double pump easter tourney results

We saw so much basketball yesterday, starting at 9:00 a.m. and concluding well after 10:30 p.m. that we just didn't have (and still dont' have) time to write about a lot, so we're going to limit this to just the results from yesterday, and maybe a couple of observations about games and players along the way. The big news of the day was that Pump N Run I managed to meet up with the Hood in the second round for both teams, and it was a matchup that probably shouldn't have happened until the semifinals or the finals. Pump N Run I won, beating what was essentially next year's Dominguez team (actually it was this year's State Championship team, but without Keith Kincade, Marcus Moore, or Ronald Jackson, who are all seniors). Pump was led by Branduinn Fullove who had 19 points, and The Hood was led by Steve Moore who had about 15 points, including 4 three-pointers.

The rest of the predicted favorites won, including the Michigan Mustangs, who were playing without Robert Whaley, who reportedly may still make the trip for today. His coach told us that he elected to stay back in Michigan because a close friend of his had just been killed and Robert was a pall-bearer at the funeral. Our condolences to Robert. Michigan was led by Desmond Farmer who scored 24 points (and 4 threes) in the first game against NC Spartans, and another 26 points (5 threes) in the game against FOH White. Seattle Rotary's teams were all tough, as were the FOH teams, and we'll do profiles on most of the players when we get a chance to catch our breath.

BWBA I and II were also very talented. Modesto Slam N Jam was led by Nick Tabari who had 17 points in the first game against Houston Gold, a loss. EBO was led by Marcel Cummings with 21, and DeShawn Stevenson with 18, but given that the competition wasn't very tough, Mats had the good sense to pull these two guys for much of the second half.

In short, there's just a ton of games being played, and if you want to see some great action, then by all means, come on out to Cal State Dominguez Hills. Games will continue all day today, on three courts simultaneously, from 9:00 a.m. until the last games get underway at 9:30 p.m.

Game	Result
Game 1	Seattle Rotary III 56, Carson BBall 53
Game 2	Salpointe 83, Street Wise 51
Game 3	BBall 79, Gridley 57
Game 4	Friends of Hoop Orange 83, Carson BBall 61
Game 5	Friends of Hoop White 81, Narbonne 54
Game 6	True Players 28, Friends of Hoop Black 75
Game 7	Houston Gold 88, Modesto Slam N Jam 57
Game 8	Michigan Mustangs 98, NC Spartans 48
Game 9	Pump N Run I 68, Seattle Rotary II 61
Game 10	The Hood 88, Inland 67
Game 11	Seattle Rotary I 65, LA Hoyas 50
Game 12	Top Prospects 77, 805 Baskeball 72
Game 13	Carson 69, Streetwise 65
Game 14	LA Hoyas 76, Gridley 65
Game 15	Friends of Hoop Orange 67, BBall 46
Game 16	Seattle Rotary III 62, Salpointe 34
Game 17	Pump N Run II 63, Utah Titans 58
Game 18	North Coast Spartans 62, Narbonne 77
Game 19	True Players 63, Modesto Slam N Jam 67
Game 20	Arizona Heat Blue 80, Camp Exposure 54
Game 21	Friends of Hoop Black 54, Houston Gold 36
Game 22	BWBA I 91, San Clemente 39
Game 23	Arizona Heat Blue 59, KYBA 61
Game 24	Michigan Mustans 78, Friends of Hoop White 65
Game 25	Pump N Run I 78, The Hood 63
Game 26	BWBA II 100, Inflight 71
Game 27	IEBP 69, CA/.NY II 71
Game 28	QBL 105, Inflight Elite 89
Game 29	CA NY 51, IEBP B&P 77
Game 30	Alley Cats 65, Tarheels 54
Game 31	EBO 90, Granada Hills 38
Game 32	Rising Stars__, Las Vegas Stars__
Game 33	Oakland Soldiers beat Valley All Stars

Note, we didn't get the final scores of the last two games; the Rising Stars game was something like 68-64, but we didn't stick around long enough to find out who won; the Valley All Stars (Montclair Prep) were hammered pretty badly by Oakland Slam N Jam, by about 40 points. We'll get the correct scores today and plug them in later.