SoCalHoops All-Star News

Coca-Cola All-American Classic
Re-Set For Las Vegas June 3--(Apr. 26, 2001)

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5th Annual Coca-Cola All-American Classic Las Vegas Durango HS Sunday June 3, 2001 Top Players From All Over The U.S.

The 5th Annual Coca-Cola All-American Classic has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 3, 2001 at Durango HS, in Las Vegas, Nevada.  While the event was originally planned to take place at the MGM Grand Arena, Durango is a familiar venue for top high school all-star events, and this one still promises to be one of the top games this year.

Formerly known as the "Eddie Jones Classic" and the "Dada Classic", the event is organized by Dinos Trigonis of Fullcourt Press and Belmont Shore.  While there have been some minor adjustments to the rosters, the main game looks to be unchanged in terms of the players who are expected to play.    The All-American Game is scheduled to be played at 7:30 p.m. (PDT--the flyer we received said "PST" but last we looked, Nevada was also on Daylight Savings Time):

WEST ALL-STARS

* Jamaal Sampson 6'11" Mater Dei (Santa Ana CA) (Cal signee)
* Isaiah Fox 6'9" Crossroads (Santa Monica CA) (Arizona signee)
* Julian Sensley 6'9" St. Thomas More (Oakdale CT) (Cal signee)
* Dennis Latimore 6'8" Halstead KS (Arizona signee)
* Andre Patterson 6'7" Washington (Los Angeles CA) (UCLA signee)
* Dijon Thompson 6'7" Redondo Union (Redondo Bch CA) (UCLA signee)
* Jamaal Wiiliams 6'6" Centennial (Corona CA) (New Mexico signee)
* Floyd North 6'5" St. Augustine (San Diego CA) (Oregon St. signee)
* Cody Pearson 6'4" Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks CA) (undecided)
* Dommanic Ingerson 6'3" Santa Barbara CA (Michigan signee)
* Jason Braxton 6'3" Canyon Springs (Moreno Vlly CA)(Ariz.St. signee)
* Errick Craven 6'2" Bishop Montgomery (Torrance CA) (USC signee)
* Derrick Craven 6'2" Bishop Montgomery (Torrance CA) (USC signee)
* Chris Hernandez 6'2" Clovis West (Fresno CA) (Stanford signee)

EAST ALL-STARS

* Eddy Curry 6'11" Thornwood (So. Holland IL) (DePaul signee)
* Duane Erwin 6'9" Lee (Huntsville AL) (Memphis signee)
* Robert Little 6'9" Pius VI (Fairfax VA) (Stanford signee)
* Hakim Warrick 6'8" Friends Central (Wynnewood PA)(Syracuse signee)
* Najeeb Echols 6'7" Morgan Park (Chicago IL) (Missouri signee)
* Alan Anderson 6'6" De La Salle (Minneapolis MN)(Michigan St. signee)
* Marcellus Sommerville 6'5" Central (Peoria IL) (Iowa signee)
* Anthony Rice 6'5" Clayton County(College Park GA) (Memphis signee)
* Anthony Naylor 6'4" Mt. Herman Prep (Northfield MA (committed to Army)
* John Allen 6'4" Coatesville PA (Seton Hall signee)
* Billy Edelin 6'3" Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson VA) (Syracuse)
* Ernest Turner 6'2" Sterling (Sommerdale NJ) (UNLV signee)
* Jonathan Hargett 6'0" Nat'l Christian Acad. (Ft. Washington MD)(West Virginia)
* Jason Straight 6'0" Dunbar (Chicago IL) (Wyoming signee)

The revised material we received did not mention anything about the "The All-American 'Border War' Game which had been previously scheduled to tip-off immediately prior to the All-American National Game, and we just don't have any idea if that game will still be played or not.  Previously announced players in that game who were anticipated to play included Chad  Bell (New Mexico signee), Matt Short (Oregon signee), J.S. Nash (Oregon State signee), Eric Osmundsen (Utah signee), Nick Curtis (USC signee), Edwin Draughan (committed to Yale), Jason Johnson (UTEP signee), Anthony Davis (Long Beach State signee), Mark Bowens (Long Beach State signee) and Phillip Johnson (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo signee).

For more info on this event, please call Dinos Trigonis at (562) 223-0190.

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