Grind Region Preview: Colorado Mayhem
Still relatively new to the club basketball scene, Colorado Mayhem is looking to continue and move their program forward this spring and summer. Mayhem is in its second year as a program, its director Josh Turner, though, has been around…
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Continue ReadingStill relatively new to the club basketball scene, Colorado Mayhem is looking to continue and move their program forward this spring and summer.
Mayhem is in its second year as a program, its director Josh Turner, though, has been around longer. He was involved with a different Colorado program prior to his current one.
Turner says he started Mayhem to be a fair, honest and true organization.
“I decided to start my own program because I knew the ins and outs of Colorado basketball in the club world, and on the high school scene,” said Turner. “We want to be one of the true, honest, and fair programs. Some people do this for the wrong reason, and we never want to fall into that category.”
Turner added: “We want to give the kids in our program lessons in life through the game of basketball. We will provide opportunities to children of all skill sets, and compete at a high level against teams all around the nation.”
The goals for Mayhem are pretty straightforward: to see their athletes grow as both players and people, and to win basketball games.
“(We want to) watch the kids in our program continue to grow and develop, on and off the court. And add additional student athletes who want to work hard, add to our amazing families we have in our program,” said Turner. “And we want to be in the Elite 8 in every tournament we play in.”
Though some around the West might still be unfamiliar with the new-ish program. Mayhem will be have the personnel to make itself well-known in a big way this spring and summer.
There’s Colton Sanders, a 6-foot-1 point guard from Thunder Ridge. Turner describes him as a knockdown shooter, high level competitor and tenacious defender. Sanders is PHCO’s 39th-ranked 2020 prospect.
Austin Holt is a 6-foot-5 combo-guard also from Thunder Ridge. Turner describes him as the best all-around player in the state. “He was playing the four/five and opened up his game drastically last spring and summer. For his high school, in the beginning of the season, he ran the one. This shows his versatility. He’s the best defender in the state, one through five.”
Then there’s Bryson Stephens, a 6-foot-1 point guard from Arapahoe. “He’s the best scorer in the program,” said Turner. “He scores at all levels, and is a high-level assist kid. He scores extremely well around the rim, and is very slithery in the lane.”
Colorado Mayhem will play in the Prep Hoops Circuit Grind Region, and looks forward to prove they are one of the Centennial State’s best.
“It seemed like the best opportunity for our kids,” said Turner. “And I like that the finals for each region is based off the qualifying tournaments and not just placed off of past reputations of programs.”