

2012 Las Vegas Fab 48 Recap: By Dinos Trigonis
This year, a total of 352 teams (maximum capacity) from across the nation, Canada and Germany competed in the four 17u divisions (192 teams), two 16u divisions (96 teams) and two 15u divisions (64 teams).


Team Loaded (VA), behind Andrew Rowswer and Troy Caupin’s combined 26 points, defeated tourney #1 seed Arkansas Hawks 60-52 to capture the 17u Invitational title at the 3^rdannual Las Vegas Fab 48 held during July 25-29 at Bishop Gorman HS (Las Vegas NV). Arkansas Hawks were led by Imara Ready’s 18 points in the championship game. Team Loaded and Arkansas Hawks advanced to the 17U Invite title game by defeating Net Gain Sports (MN) and Grassroots Canada, respectively. Past champions of the Fab 48 17u Invitational Division include KC 76’ers (2011) and Oakland Soldiers (2010).


The title game of the loaded 16u Invitational Division featured FiveStarBasketball.com’s top two ranked teams: Team SCAN (NY) and Team Thad (TN). Shavar Newkirk (16 points) and Chris McCullough (14 points) combined for 30 points to help Team SCAN edge highly touted Leron Black and Team Thad 74-71 for this year’s title. Chris Chiozza led Team Thad with 16 points. Team SCAN scored a second 2012 Fab 48 title when their 15u squad squeaked by Minnesota Cyclones 59-58 to capture the 15u Invitational championship

Other Fab 48 champions this year included:

17u Invitational Bronze Bracket– LA Rockfish/CA (63-59 over Paul George Elite/CA in title game) 17u Platinum Championship Bracket– Deron Williams Metro Elite 2013/TX(60-59 winners over Lake Show 17 Black/CA in title game) 17u Platinum Bronze Bracket– Team Eleate/CA(51-43 over Peak Germany Select in title game) 17u Gold Championship Bracket– Texas Gulf Coast(61-60 winners over Grassroots MSP/MN in title game) 17u Gold Bronze Bracket– MN Comets Elite(62-59 over Texas Select PAT in title game) 17u Premier Championship Bracket– Bulls Premier/IL(66-59 winners over Minnesota Heat in title game) 17u Premier Bronze Bracket– Roadrunners 17/CA(76-71 over ATX Lockdown/TX in title game) 16u Invitational Bronze Bracket– Gamepoint Black 16/CA (69-51 over X-Factor Hoops 16/UT in title game) 16u Platinum Championship Bracket– Ballers For Christ16/CA(58-56 winners over Northern Knights/Ontario CAN in title game) 16u Platinum Bronze Bracket– Roadrunners 17/CA(49-38 over San Diego All-Stars 16/CA in title game) 15u Platinum Championship Bracket– Texas Tigers(66-50 winners over United Elite/TX in title game)


OVER 300 COLLEGE COACHES AND MEDIA SCOUTS IN ATTENDANCE! As was the case last year, a huge contingent of national/regional media and scouts attended including Dave Telep & Joel Francisco (ESPN.com), Van Coleman (Hot100Hoops.com and XOFan.com), Evan Daniels, Josh Gershon & Greg Hicks (Scout.com), Eric Bossi (Rivals.com), Clark Francis (Hoop Scoop), Frank Burlison (BurlisonOnBasketball.com & Sports Illustrated), Rob Harrington (Prep Stars & USA Today), Gary Parrish & Jeff Borzello (CBSSports.com), Seth Davis (CBS Sports & Sports Illustrated), Mike DeCourcey (Sporting News), Pete Thamel (Sports Illustrated), Patrick Stanwood (Nothing But Net Magazine), Dinos Trigonis (Fullcourt Press and Nothing But Net Magazine), Ronnie Flores (ESPNHS.com), Dave Keefer & Dave Rogahn (California Preps/Rivals), Etop Udo-Ema (Fullcourt Press & Hoopmasters), Dave Nahabedian (Networx), Matt Rodriguez & Arek Kissoyan(BallisLife.com), Gerry Freitas (Hoop Review), Roy White (Ihigh.com), Jason Hickman (CBS/Max Preps), Gary Randazzo (Wildcat Sports Report), Chris Poopola, James Kerti & Dave Benezra (Premier Ball Illustrated), Chad Groth (AreaCodesBasketball.com), Matt Moreno (GOAZCats.com/Rivals),Neal Nieves (Rivals.com), Scott Sommer (AztecReport.com/Scout.com), Ace Thakore (PointGuardU.com), Alan Utter (Hoop Scoop), Don Small (GPA Scouting), Nick Koza (SportsAmp.com) and Scott Kurtz (Kurtz Photo). Another special feature this year included the enhanced quality of our officiating crew which included several Pac-12 and NCAA tourney officials like Bruce Hicks, Bob McRoy and Jimmy Giron.



2012 Las Vegas Fab 48 All-Tourney Team colleges denoted in bold indicates schools players are verbally committed to** 17U
Frank Mason 6’0” 2013 Massanutten Miltary (Woodstock VA) (MVP) Shaqquan Aaron 6’6” 2014 Victorville CA Bryce Alford 6’1” 2013 La Cueva (Albuquerque NM)/New Mexico Dakarai Allen 6’5” 2013 Sheldon (Sacramento CA) Marcus Allen 6’3” 2013 Centennial (Las Vegas NV) Brandon Austin 6’6” 2013 IMHOTEP (Philadelphia PA) Nate Britt 6’1” 2013 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson VA)/North Carolina Elijah Brown 6’3” 2013 Mater Dei (Santa Ana CA) Troy Caupain 6’3” 2013 Cosby (Midlothian VA)/Cincinnati Eric Cooper Jr. 6’4” 2013 St. Anthony (Long Beach CA)/Arizona Elijah Cottrill 6’2” 2014 Beaver Falls (Beaver Falls PA) Tyler Dorsey 6’4” 2015 St. John Bosco (Bellflower CA) Zena Edosomwan 6’8” 2013 Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood CA)/Harvard Junior Etou 6’8” 2013 Bishop O’Connell (Arlington VA) Kentan Facey 6’9” 2013 Lutheran (Glenn Head NY)/UConn Ahmad Fields 6’4” 2013 Massanutten Miltary (Woodstock VA) Keith Frazier 6’4” 2013 Kimball (Dallas TX) Jordan Fuchs 6’7” 2013 Christ the King (Middle Village NY) Nick Fuller 6’7” 2013 Sun Prairie (Sun Prairie WI)/Nebraska Daniel Hamilton 6’7” 2014 St. John Bosco (Bellflower CA) Martez Harrison 6’1” 2013 Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro NH) Robert Hubbs 6’5” 2013 Dyer County (Newbern TN) Vince Hunter 6’7” 2013 Consortium (Detroit MI) Ikenna Iroegbu 6’2” 2013 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson VA) Bronson Koenig 6’2” 2013 Aquinas (Lacrosse WI)/Wisconsin AJ Lapray 6’5” 2013 Sprague (Salem OR) Jorrel Marshall 6’6” 2013 South Kent (South Kent CT) Mikyle McIntosh 6’7” 2013 Christian Faith Center (Creedmoor NC) Jordan McLaughlin 6’0” 2014 Etiwanda (Etiwanda CA) Jeremy Morgan 6’6” 2013 West (Iowa City IA)/Northern Iowa Detrick Mostella 6’3” 2013 La Lumiere (La Porte IN) Rashad Muhammad 6’4” 2013 Gorman (Las Vegas NV) Emmanuel Mudiay 6’3” 2014 Grace Prep (Arlington TX) Mamadou Ndiaye 7’5” 2013 Brethren Christian (Huntington Beach CA) Cullen Neal 6’4” 2013 Eldorado (Albuquerque NM)/St. Mary’s (CA) Austin Nichols 6’8” 2013 Briarcrest (Eads TN) Sean O’Brien 6’7” 2013 Mundelein (Mundelein IL) London Perrantes 6’1” 2013 Crespi (Encino CA)Virginia Roddy Peters 6’4” 2013 Suitland (District Heights MD) RaShawn Powell 6’1” 2013 Phillips (Orlando FL) Imara Ready 5’10” 2013 Parkview (Little Rock AR)/Mississippi State Kameron Rooks 6’11” 2013 Mission Hills (San Diego CA) Andrew Rowsey 5’10” 2013 Rockridge (Rockridge VA) Terrance Samuels 6’4” 2013 South Shore (Brooklyn NY)UConn Horace Spencer 6’8” 2015 Tennant (Warminster PA) Ethan Telfair 6’0” 2013 Lincoln (Brooklyn NY) Reggie Theus Jr. 6’6” 2013 Fairfax (Los Angeles CA) Matt Thomas 6’4” 2013 Onalaska (Onalaska WI)/Iowa State Tre Thompson 6’8” 2014 Forest City (Madison AR) Rashad Vaughn 6’6” 2014 Cooper (Golden Valley MN) Brian White 6’7” 2013 Marshall (Chester VA) Christian Wood 6’10” 2013 Findlay Prep (Henderson NV)/UNLV Byron Ziegler 6’7” 2013 Community (Detroit MI) Kevon Looney 6'7" 2014 Hamilton (Milwaukee WI) Robert Cartwright 6'2" 2014 Flintridge Prep (La Canada CA) Chance Murray 6'3" 2013 Price (Los Angeles CA)/Arizona State





	16U All-Tourney (in alphabetical order)

Chris McCullough 6’9” 2014 Brewster Academy (MA) (MVP) Andre Adams 6’8” 2014 Westview (Litchfield AZ) Anton Beard 5’10” 2014 Parkview (Little Rock AR)/Missouri Leron Black 6’7” 2014 White Station (Memphis TN) Jaylen Brown 6’5” 2014 Wheeler (Marietta GA) Brekkott Chapman 6’9” 2014 Roy (Roy UT) Shaquille Carr 6’1” 2014 Canyon Springs (Las Vegas NV) Chris Chiozza 5’8” 2014 Bartlett (Barlett TN) Cheick Diallo 6’9” 2015 Our Savior Lutheran (Centerreach NY) Daniels Giddens 6’10” 2014 Wheeler (Marietta GA) Brodricks Jones 6’8” 2015 View Park (Los Angeles CA) Caleb Martin 6’7” 2014 Davie County (Mocksville NC) Cody Martin 6’7” 2014 Davie County (Mocksville NC) Shavar Newkirk 6’0” 2014 Cardinal Hayes (Bronx NY) Sean O’Mara 6’10” 2014 Benet Academy (Glen Ellyn IL) Malik Pope 6’8” 2014 Capitol Christian (Sacramento CA) Cody Riley 6’6” 2017 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth CA) Jake Showalter 6’3” 2014 Germantown (Germantown WI) Derryck Thornton 6’0” 2016 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth CA) Jack Williams 6’8” 2014 Chaminade (West Hills CA) * The all-tourney teams were compiled using feedback from the national scouts and media who were in attendance.