It's been a tough spring thus far for Gary Harris and his D3 Pride team. Last

night D3 lost forward Abdel Nader to sickness and starting point guard Jacobby

Bledsoe was lost late to cramps the D3 team was upset in the first round of the

tournament by the Michigan Titans, 77-75. Harris had 22 points and led a late

comeback but D3 once again failed to go anywhere in a spring tournament. After

the loss the Hamilton Southeastern guard was obviously upset, tweeting about his

team hasn't advanced beyond the first round all spring.

Harris had a terrific final pool game battle earlier that afternoon against

the always tough Wisconsin Playground Warriors. That team is led by North

Carolina commit J.P. Tokoto and Wisconsin commit Sam Dekker. During the first

half Tokoto skied and threw down was was perhaps the best dunk of the tournament

thus far. On the very next possession Harris responded with a dunk nearly its

equal. Harris ended up scoring 35 points in the game but again D3 fell, this

time 86-83.

When he met with the time media Saturday, Harris was very tight lipped on his

recruiting. He said there was no timeline for a decision or for a narrowing down

of a school list. He'll be busy in June with some summer camp trips with his HSE

team but had no specifics.

The Indiana Elite squad with the multiple Hoosier Class of 2012 commits had a

little easier time on Saturday, perhaps in part due to a bit less competitive super pool.

Indiana Elite won both of their pool games by more than 20 points and earned an

easy first round win last night over Shining Stars, 72-51.

The three Indiana commits shared the scoring load yesterday as evidenced by

their three game scoring averages on the day: Jeremy Hollowell/14.7 ppg, Hanner

Prea/14.0 ppg, Yogi Ferrell/13.3 ppg

Next up for this team is a 9:15 am game this morning against Baylor LNO.

Originally scheduled for Assembly Hall, that location has been changed to the

Sportsplex on court #4. Indiana Elite appears to have a favorable bracket draw

with defending champ SYF Players and the Wisconsin Playground Warriors in the

opposite bottom bracket.

The Eric Gordon All-Stars team with Indiana commits Collin Hartman and Devin

Davis have struggled a bit more than many people expected and this weekend has

been no exception to that. In Saturday pool play this squad was handled by the

Kentucky based team known as the BA Hoyas. Dominating that game was quickly

emerging 6-foot-9 forward Derek Willis, a recent Purdue commit who plays for

Bullitt East High School near Louisville. Willis had 19 points, 10 rebounds and

three blocks in a 71-63 defeat of EG.

Last night at Cook Hall it looked like another loss for this Eric Gordon

sponsored team as they trailed by 14 points early in the second half against The

Ville, another Louisville area team. With their weekend lives at stake, the 2013 squad

rode big second halves from Devin Davis (20 points) and Zak Irvin (19 points)

and forced overtime where they prevailed, 80-77. Indiana commit Collin Hartman

added 13.

This Eric Gordon All-Stars team will meet the Peoria Irish at 8:00 am this

morning at Cook Hall. The Peoria Irish advanced to this game with a double

overtime 79-73 win over

MBA 2013. Demetrius Jackson was again superb for MBA,

scoring 24 points. This weekend should help cement the Mishawaka Marian player

as a high major recruit.

The best 16 & under pool game of the weekend may have been a great back and

forth tussle between the Spiece Indy Heat squad with IU commits Trey Lyles and

James Blackmon and the Indiana Elite South squad led by Big Ten target Mark

Donnal. Park Tudor's Trevon Bluiett was the leading scorer in this one, scoring

28 points but his drive as time was expiring was blocked by Donnal to preserve a

78-77 win for Indiana Elite South. Donnal finished with 23 points for the

winners while Blackmon had 25 and Lyles finished with six.

Both the Spiece Indy Heat and Indiana Elite South team advanced through first

round play last night. Each will have round of 16 games at the Sportsplex this

morning, tipping at 8 am. A rematch is possible in the semifinals.

Not a lot of surprises here thus far but should be some excellent Sweet 16

action this morning. The Eric Gordon All-Stars team with IU target Jaquan Lyle

lost a one point pool game to Kentucky Select but had no trouble last night with

Gateway in the first round of the tournament. EG will meet Team CBIZ in a 9:15

am game this morning at Bloomington North's auxiliary gym. An interesting battle

with Meanstreets could occur in the quarterfinals if both teams with those early

games. Grand Rapids guard Drake Harris was again outstanding for Meansteets.

Also we spoke yesterday with Meanstreets power forward Tyler Wideman and the

Lake Central player confirmed Indiana is interested and he may visit Bloomington

soon. Wideman reports an early offer from Purdue. He's a 6-foot-6 wide body.

About half the round of 16 in this age group are Indiana based teams. Indiana

Elite programs boast three of those squads.

Here are printable brackets for the top brackets in the three main age

groups:

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