Pontiac Holiday Tournament Preview
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It is that time of year! We are gearing up for the holiday tournament season! Tournaments all across the state! Over the next few days we will be previewing some of the top events in the state. Here is our…
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Continue ReadingIt is that time of year! We are gearing up for the holiday tournament season! Tournaments all across the state! Over the next few days we will be previewing some of the top events in the state. Here is our Pontiac Holiday Tournament Preview!
Dates of Event
December 28, 29, 30
Location
Pontiac High School
First Day Schedule
December 28
9:00 AM Lockport vs Aurora West
10:30 AM New Trier vs Peoria Manual
1:00 PM Simeon vs Plainfield North
2:30 PM Warren vs OPRF
4:00 PM Danville vs St. Charles North
6:00 PM Curie vs Bloomington
7:30 PM Benet vs Pontiac
9:00 PM Bloom vs Joliet West
Favorites to Win
Not going to shock anyone here with the co-favorites being Simeon and Curie. Both have played well early in the season and are two of the top teams this year in the state.
Final Four and Championship Picks
New Trier
Simeon (Champion)
Curie
Bloom
Sleeper Teams
Oak Park River Forest
Benet
St. Charles North
Aurora West
Top 5 Overall Prospects
Justin Mullins
Justin
Mullins
6'4" | SF
Oak Park-River Forest | 2022
State
IL
(OPRF – 2022 – Denver)
Sam Lewis
Sam
Lewis
6'5" | SF
Oak Park River Forest | 2023
State
IL
(OPRF – 2023)
Jackson Munro
Jackson
Munro
6'8" | C
New Trier | 2022
State
IL
(New Trier – 2022 – Princeton)
Miles Rubin
Miles
Rubin
6'7" | PF
Homewood Flossmoor | 2023
State
#243
Nation
IL
and
Wesley Rubin
Wesley
Rubin
6'7" | PF
Homewood Flossmoor | 2023
State
IL
(Simeon – 2023)
Josh Pickett
Josh
Pickett
6'5" | SG
St. Laurence | 2024
State
#277
Nation
IL
(Aurora West – 2024)
Best Unsigned Seniors
Ethan Gallagher
Ethan
Gallagher
6'4" | SG
Lockport Township | 2022
State
IL
(Lockport)
Ty Rogers
Ty
Rogers
6'7" | PF
West Aurora | 2022
State
IL
(Aurora West)
Noah Shannon
Noah
Shannon
6'5" | PF
New Trier | 2022
State
IL
(New Trier)
Karlo Colak
Karlo
Colak
6'5" | SG
New Trier | 2022
State
IL
(New Trier)
Jaylen Drane
Jaylen
Drane
6'2" | PG
Simeon | 2022
State
IL
(Simeon)
Avyion Morris
Avyion
Morris
5'9" | PG
Simeon | 2022
State
IL
(Simeon)
Lance Rodgers
Lance
Rodgers
6'7" | PF
Simeon | 2022
State
IL
(Simeon)
Jayquan Adams
Jayquan
Adams
6'6" | SG
Simeon | 2022
State
IL
(Simeon)
Cooper Stacey
Cooper
Stacey
6'5" | SF
Warren Township | 2022
State
IL
(Warren)
Martez Rhodes
Martez
Rhodes
6'3" | SG
Danville | 2022
State
IL
(Danville)
Ethan Marlowe
Ethan
Marlowe
6'8" | PF
St. Charles North | 2022
State
IL
(St. Charles North)
Max Love
Max
Love
6'5" | SF
St. Charle North | 2022
State
IL
(St. Charles North)
Jude Love
Jude
Love
6'3" | SF
St. Charles North | 2022
State
IL
(St. Charles North)
Phoenix Bullock
Phoenix
Bullock
6'1" | SG
Curie | 2022
State
IL
(Curie)
Kyle Thomas
Kyle
Thomas
6'8" | C
St. Joesph | 2022
State
#183
Nation
IL
(Benet)
Brennan White
Brennan
White
6'0" | PG
Benet Academy | 2022
State
IL
(Benet)
Brady Heckman
Brady
Heckman
6'1" | PG
Benet Academy | 2022
State
IL
(Benet)
Luke Tarnow
Luke
Tarnow
6'9" | C
Benet | 2022
State
IL
(Benet)
Emondrek Ford
Emondrek
Ford
6'8" | PF
Bloom | 2022
State
IL
(Bloom)
Toby Onyekonwu
Toby
Onyekonwu
6'0" | PG
Joliet West | 2022
State
IL
(Joliet West)
Prospects Most Looking Forward to Evaluating
Jake Fiegen
Jake
Fiegen
6'3" | SG
New Trier | 2023
State
IL
(New Trier – 2023)
Tyler Van Gorp
Tyler
Van Gorp
6'10" | C
New Trier | 2023
State
IL
(New Trier – 2023)
Colby Smith (New Trier – 2025)
Justin Page
Justin
Page
6'3" | SG
Peoria Manuel | 2023
State
IL
(Peoria Manual – 2023)
Marquis Easley
Marquis
Easley
6'7" | C
Peoria Manual | 2024
IL
(Peoria Manual – 2024)
Jalen Griffith
Jalen
Griffith
5'9" | PG
Simeon | 2023
State
IL
(Simeon – 2023)
Max Johnson
Max
Johnson
5'10" | PG
Oak Park River Forest | 2024
State
IL
(OPRF – 2024)
Emerson Davis (Danville – 2024)
Chikasi Ofoma
Chikasi
Ofoma
6'6" | C
Curie | 2023
State
IL
(Curie – 2023)
Jeremy Harrington
Jeremy
Harrington
6'5" | PF
Chicago Curie | 2023
State
IL
(Curie – 2023)
Carlos Harris
Carlos
Harris
6'1" | SG
Curie | 2024
State
#283
Nation
IL
(Curie – 2024)
Adam Beasley
Adam
Beasley
6'1" | PG
Bloomington | 2023
State
IL
(Bloomington – 2023)
Niko Newsome
Niko
Newsome
6'6" | SG
Normal Community | 2024
State
IL
(Bloomington – 2024)
Nikola Abusara
Nikola
Abusara
6'5" | SF
Benet | 2023
State
IL
(Benet – 2023)
Parker Sulaver
Parker
Sulaver
6'6" | PF
Benet Academy | 2024
State
IL
(Benet – 2024)
Jordan Brown
Jordan
Brown
6'2" | SG
Bloom | 2023
State
IL
(Bloom – 2023)
KJ Cobb
KJ
Cobb
6'0" | SG
Perspectives | 2023
State
IL
(Bloom – 2023)
Raeshom Harris
Raeshom
Harris
6'4" | SG
Bloom | 2023
State
IL
(Bloom – 2023)
Gianni Cobb (Bloom – 2024)
Jayden Martin
Jayden
Martin
6'2" | SG
Joliet West | 2023
State
IL
(Joliet West – 2023)
Justus McNair (Joliet West – 2024)
Jeremiah Fears (Joliet West – 2025)
Website
http://www.pontiacholidaytournament.com/
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