long beach pool C preview

We finally got the rosters for the teams to go along with the schedules Dinos Trigonis sent us the other day, so now we can at least evaluate, on paper, the relative strengths and weaknesses of the various teams in each pool. Some teams look really, really strong on paper, while others look pretty weak. Of course there's no substitute for actually seeing the games, and we're sure that notwithstanding how good some teams look on paper, a lot of people will be surprised that some seemingly lowly looking rosters will be one or more high-powered and well-regarded team.

We're going to list the rosters pool-by-pool, which will be a little more helpful and give you a way to actually plan out what teams you'll watch tomorrow, since the games on Friday (today) and Saturday will all be pool play games. Here's what we now know about the teams and the schedule for Pool "C" (note: We'll include the roster numbers where they are available):

ARC Los Angeles

Coach: Robert Icart

2. Douglas Gary (6'-6" Sr. F) Marshall Fundamental
3. Todd Tomlinson (6'-1" Sr. PG) Moorpark HS
4. Thomas Herring (6'-6" 8th F) Clifton Middle School
10. Deverion Mackey (6'-5" Sr. SF) Marshall Fund.l
34. Jason Sanford (6'-6" Sr. SF) Marshall Fund.l
42. Jammie Harris (6'-6" Sr. SG/SF) Canoga Park HS
      Mike Yildiz (6'-1" Sr. SG) Bell-Jeff HS
      Jonathan Williams (6'-0" Sr. G) Muir HS
     Carlos Arroyo (6'-6" Sr. SF/PF) Bell-Jeff

Belmont Shore II

Coach: Dinos Trigonis

8. Fowzi Abdelsamad (6'-0" Sr. SG) Fairfax
84. Jeremiah Barnes (5'-7" So. PG) Rowland HS
100. Jamaal Barnes (6'-2" Jr. SG) Rowland HS
102. Sheldon Pace (6'-0" Jr. G) Upland HS
105. Jason Harris (6'-3" Jr. SG) Upland HS
114. Kirk Snyder (6'-5" Jr. F) Upland HS
117. Jon Steven (6'-5" Sr. SG/SF) Esperanza HS
139. Tye Juan Hatter (6'-5" So. SF/SG) Upland HS
168. Domonic Prince (6'-9" Jr. F) Westchester HS
209. Jeff Grgas (6'-8" Sr. PF) Los Alamitos

EBO-EA Sports

Coach: Darren Matsubara

0. DeShawn Stevenson (6'-5" Sr.SG/SF) Wash. Union
4. DeShawn Anderson (6'-3" Sr. SG) Wash. Union
5. Ronald Dostey (6'-6" Sr. SF/PF) Sacramento Grant
10. Cedric Barrow (6'-0" Sr. PG) Jesuit
21. Marcel Cummings (6'-3" Sr. SG) Laguna Creek HS
32. Jamaal Williams (6'-6" Jr. SF) Corona Centennial
33. Phillip Johnson (6'-11" Jr. F/C) Arroyo Grande
40. Chris Lopez (6'-7" Sr. PF) Fresno Edison
44. Maurice Tyree (6'-7" Sr. F) Sacramento Jesuit
Jameel Pugh (6'-4" Sr. SG) Sacramento Grant

Future Stars Elite

Coach: Harry Wilson

Travis Honour (6'-6" Sr. F) Laguna Beach
Adam Tancredi (6'-9" Jr. F) Santa Margarita
Brandon Rohe (6'-3" So. SG) Santa Margarita
Andy Lawrence (6'-1" Sr. G) University HS
R.J. Socci (6'-1" Jr. G) Santa Margarita
C.J. Hubbard (5'-8" Jr. PG) Santa Margarita
Tashaun Forehan-Kelly (6'-2" Jr. SG) Woodbridge
Derek Wheeler (6'-6" Jr. F) Woodbridge

Teams--Friday, September 10	Time	Location
Belmont Shore II v. Future Stars Elite	6:30 p.m.	LBCC Aux Gym
Ebo-EA Sports v. ARC-Los Angeles	10:15 p.m.	LBCC Main Gym

Teams--Saturday, September 11	Time	Location
ARC Los Angeles v. Future Stars Elite	12:45 p.m.	LB Millikan HS
EBO-EA Sprots v. Belmont Shore II	2:00 p.m.	LBCC Main Gym
Belmont Shore II v. ARC-Los Angeles	5:45 p.m.	LB Millikan HS
EBO-EA Sports v. Future Stars Elite	7:00 p.m.	LBCC Main Gym

Here's a prediction: If EBO shows up, guess who's going to win this pool? We're figuring EBO as the No. 1, Belmont as No. 2 and then it's a toss-up between ARC and Future Stars. Oh, and it looks like Future Stars isn't Ollie Goulston's team, after all. If you ddn't miss it already, you'll want to see the EBO v. ARC LA game, and we're also looking forward to the EBO v. Belmont game; for a "II" team, Dinos has actually put together a very strong group, and they've got a couple of legitimate D-I guys, including Jamaal Barnes and Jon Steven and Jeff Grgas, who could go low D-I or possibly D-II or III.