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Double Pump Spring Tourney:
Michigan Mustangs Roster--(Apr. 5, 2000)

Yesterday when we wrote about the teams coming to this weekend's Double Pump Spring/Easter Tournament, which will be held at Cal State Dominguez Hills from Friday April 7, through Sunday, April 9, we were unsure whether last year's defending champions, the Michigan Mustangs were actually going to be participating.

Well, our friend Tracy Pierson over at Pac-WestHoops spent the nickel and called Chris Grier, the coach of the Michigan Mustangs, and Chris confirmed to Tracy that the Mustangs are set to be there this weekend. Tracy just e-mailed us the roster, and it's impressive, featuring Kelvin Torbert and Robert Whaley, among others. . . we're really looking forward to seeing Whaley, who most will recall wasn't with the team last spring when they made the trip; he stayed home to attend the funeral of a close friend. In any event, word is that he's coming, along with the rest of these guys:

Robert Whaley, 6-9 JR PF Benton Harbor.
Anthony Roberson, 6-0 SO PG, Saginaw.
Kelvin Torbert, 6-3 SG, Flint Northwestern.
Jeffrey Ferguson, 6-10 JR C, Benton Harbor.
Ricky Morgan, 6-0 JR PG, Pontiac Northern.
Cecil Hood, 6-3 JR CG, Detroit Central.
Paul Davis, 6-8 SO PF, Rochester.
Herb Golliday, 6-3 JR SG, Ferndale.
James Bridgewater, 6-3 JR SF, Ann Arbor Pioneer.
Paul Haynes, 6-6 JR SF, Pontiac Northern
Tanoris Shephard, 6-1 JR PG, Saginaw
Olu Samutimi, 6-4 FR SG, Flint Northern.
Grant Mason, 6-1 JR SG, Orchard Lakes St. Mary's.

The Mustangs are scheduled to play their first game on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. on Court No. 1 at Cal State Dominguez Hills, where they'll match up against the Aztecs, which is essentially the Esperanza HS team. The winner of that game will play the winner of Beach Cities v. Friends of Hoop Black on Saturday at 12:15 p.m., and from there, well, it gets just a bit too complicated to predict. But if the Mustangs are even half as good as they were last year, they should be one of the favorites to reach the final four of this tournament again.

We'll have the complete schedules posted up shortly. Stay tuned.