Wes Washpun is leaving UT

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Wes Washpun is leaving UT

yes, he does both

[PantherSwag5]

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Jamie coaches the younger teams usually. When Wes played, it was coached by Jamie for a few games, then Greg Stephen coached them the rest of their tournaments. I'm sure he is trying to build his players up or whatever you want to say, but the team Wes was on his last year in AAU, with Tuttle, Oglesby, and Uthoff, finished in the top 5 in one of the best tournaments for AAU in the nation. Quite a few big teams were there such as Lebron's AAU team, and I believe they lost to Team (Drew) Gooden. So I am sure Wes had other interest than just UNI.

[EVSPanther]

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I like the fact that he and tuttle have played together before... Even if it is just aau basketball.

[9YRPLAN]

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I like the fact that he and tuttle have played together before... Even if it is just aau basketball.

Kids earn scholarships based on "just aau basketball"

[EVSPanther]

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True, but I was comparing aau teamwork to high school teamwork. I would think aau basketball is more of a "show people what I can do" versus high school teamwork is more of a "show people what We" can do. I honestly don't know as I've never watched aau teams play...just speculating.

[PantherSwag5]

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You can tell which AAU teams are a 'We' instead of 'Me' teams. If a team is playing well, such as the Barnstormers team they were on did, it was because they were playing as a team. It happens in AAU too, when teams with more talent lose to teams that play as a team. AAU basketball is just a better way to judge talent from watching good players play against other good players. Example, Tuttle playing good on the AAU circuit against other kids his height. Whereas 2A basketball did not have many kids at 6'9'' and they could afford to double and triple team him. In AAU there are other kids that can step up and help eliminate double teams.

Just some food from thought if you haven't been around it that much. You should go watch the State AAU tournament in Des Moines or there is many in Ames. The 3 'premier' Iowa teams play in these: Attack (Combined with Martin Bros), Barnstormers, and Kingdom Hoops.

[9YRPLAN]

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iowa teams have historically done much better at the large events than the states population would indicate, mainly because the kids play so well together. sure, there are times like last year when Martin Bros got creamed by BABC because they were simply outmatched talent-wise, but otherwise iowa always shows fairly well.

AAU in iowa is pretty cyclical. MB used to be THE team, now you see them alternating in the spotlight with the barnstormers and AIA (until they combined). kingdom is still lagging.

anyways, i have little doubt that tuttle is a big reason why washpun is coming here.

[EVSPanther]

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Yeah. I need to catch some aau basketball sometime this year. Sounds like it would be a good experience. When did these leagues usually start/finish? Do you guys know of any UNI recruits playing on any of the teams this year?

[9YRPLAN]

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Yeah. I need to catch some aau basketball sometime this year. Sounds like it would be a good experience. When did these leagues usually start/finish? Do you guys know of any UNI recruits playing on any of the teams this year?

casey schlatter, kyle haber, seth bonifas, jeremy morgan, wyatt lohaus, matt nelson, and ted freidman are all kids that UNI is looking at.

the barnstormers annual spring event is in iowa city this weekend.

[9YRPLAN]

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also...get ready for this...fran mccaffery's oldest son is in 7th grade and the best player in his class. his dad is 6-4 and his mom was an all-american at notre dame.

['70 Grad]

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How big is Wes? I saw Jake & all the current ass't. coaches at the Drake softball game last Saturday with a recruit. To me he looked young & small.

[9YRPLAN]

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hes listed at 6-1, but is a little shorter than that. not by much though. id say hes about johnnys height.

[williebat]

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also...get ready for this...fran mccaffery's oldest son is in 7th grade and the best player in his class. his dad is 6-4 and his mom was an all-american at notre dame.

I would never let my son play for that lunatic. Just counting down the days till he hits someone or throws a chair at someone.

Poor kid

[9YRPLAN]

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frans a good dude.

[PantherSwag5]

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May 18-20 is the 17U State Tournament in Des Moines. I am not sure how many players UNI are looking at would be there though. Fran isn't a bad guy. He is just intense and tries to fire up his team that way. The reason as to why he got so many technicals in the Big10 was because he was the new guy and hasn't gained the respect of the refs. Bo Ryan drops the F-Bomb right in the refs face and for the most part they just let it go, because its Bo Ryan.