The Best AAU Team Ever

[TheGame414]

Who else was on the team?

Romeo Travis and Dru Joyce both played for Akron.

[wang4three]

Romeo was a player. I liked his game whenever I watched SVSM. He seemed athletic, moved well and had good hands. Wonder where he is now.

[dab0yech0]

The Soliders
Lebron James, Kendrick Perkins, and Leon Powe

DeMarcus Nelson of UNC was also on that team and former Cal guard Ayinde Ubaka

[Chicago76]

Definitely a debatable point, but St. Vincent-St. Mary not only had one of the all-time great high schoolers, but two others who went on to be pretty good D-I players. That was a legit national champ.

I definitely agree that SVSM was a legit contender for the mythical national title that year. I just think they got an extra boost from 2-3 other contenders based upon the James publicity. National #2 Pike was a really well-balanced team with a lot of DI talent, but no superstar. They flew under the radar all year, going undefeated in the largest class in Indiana while never being challenged in the state tourney. Lawrence North lost to them by 8 while being down much bigger w/ 2 minutes left. No one else came within 13. Top 8 players (all Jrs/Srs):

Robert Vaden (all-Big Ten at Indiana, now at UAB, probable 09 NBA draftee)
Courtney Lee (W. Kentucky 20 ppg scorer, probable 08 NBA draftee)
Justin Cage (key Xavier starter, fringe NBA player/D League/Euro)
Parnell Smith (starter at U of Buffalo)
David Barlow (starter at IUPUI)
Mike McCoy (Murray State)
Desmond Gadis (LOI @ Purdue before running into some trouble)
Darren Yates (Ball State - later dismissed from BSU for conduct)

[TheGame414]

I forgot about that team. Maybe it's because I erased everything I knew about Indianapolis basketball from my head because of Eric Gordon.

[JohnnyBravo5]

I still haven't seen a frontline that was better than Howard, Smith, Morris. Size, speed, athleticism. And Critt was the freaking 6th man. Just sick.

[Da KO King]

I forgot about that team. Maybe it's because I erased everything I knew about Indianapolis basketball from my head because of Eric Gordon.

[HaNdLe ThE RoCk]

Dwight, Morris, Smith and Crittenton was nasty but so was Conley, Cook, McRoberts, Oden and Gordon

[Roy Munson]

DeMarcus Nelson of UNC

I hope no UNC fans caught that.

[sick_brah07]

has anyone here heard of the patterson school like 2 years ago they were 2nd best in the states?

[sick_brah07]

has anyone here heard of the patterson school like 2 years ago they were 2nd best in the states?