Fun game to watch. Compass Prep controlled most of the game, but could never put Montverde away, which hurt them. Flagg followed a missed bunny from Sean Stewart to send it to overtime. In overtime Montverde took over, outscoring Compass 10-3.
Sean Stewart got player of the game from the ESPN crew. He’s going to be so fun at Duke. You don’t need to run anything for him on offense (outside of maybe some lob sets and BLOB stuff) for him to have an impact on the game. Plays harder than anyone else on the court, great athlete, great teammate.
Some kid named Chris Johnson going to Kansas was great. 6-5ish, great scorer, looked like the best shooter on the court to me, had some dagger shots. He’ll be a load at Kansas.
Flagg’s decision to go to Montverde is so interesting. He could be the man at literally every other program in America except the team he’s on. He was great while I watched. I still have a hard time accepting that he’s only a sophomore given his talent, maturity, and demeanor. Barring injury or something else unforeseen, he’s got a ridiculous future ahead. Didn’t have a huge stat line (probably filled all the boxes, but not huge totals in any one area), but had a big impact on the game. Just so, so good.
Really focused on the Zayden High kid that just committed to Carolina. He’s not bad, played a lot in the high post, doing some stuff on the perimeter. I thought he handled the ball well out there, able to use the dribble to put himself in better position near the cup, had a beautiful off the dribble no look pass to a teammate. Interested to see more. First glance he looks better than I was hoping, though I didn’t see much in the way of shooting, which differs from some of the scouting reports I’d read on him.