MoMo Jones – Arizona
Doron Lamb – Kentucky
Nolan Smith – Duke
Roscoe Smith – UConn

Good luck this weekend!

Good luck in the NCAA Tournament to all the Warriors!

The game will air live on ESPN March 30th at 10pm EST.

Click here for more detailed event info from the McDonald’s All-American site.

Oak Hill Senior Quinn Cook

Oak Hill senior Quinn Cook has committed to Duke University.

The 6-foot-1 point guard, an ESPN RISE Underclass All-American last year, cited his relationship with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski as the reason he chose the Blue Devils.

Congratulations, Quinn!

Click here to listen to Quinn’s announcement yesterday on ESPNU.

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Congratulations to former Warrior Nolan Smith (’07) who has won the 2010 NCAA Championship with the Duke Blue Devils!

Nolan had 13 points and 4 assists as Duke defeated Butler University 61-59 in Indianapolis Monday night.

Your Oak Hill family is proud of you, Nolan!

Congratulations to Nolan and Danny as well as the other Oak Hill alum who participated in this year’s NCAA Tournament:  Julian Vaughn – Georgetown, Landon Milborne – Maryland, Dion Dacons (asst coach) – Temple, Rod Strickland (asst coach) – Kentucky.

The News & Observer

February 24, 2010 — The text message delivered to Nolan Smith’s cell phone two weeks ago didn’t say much, but it was exactly what the Blue Devils’ junior guard needed to hear after Duke’s win at North Carolina.

Duke's Nolan Smith drives on Virginia Tech's Erick Green during first-half action. / Photo credit Chuck Liddy, The News & Observer

“Get in the gym,” the late-night text read.

It came from Michael Beasley, Smith’s childhood friend and Miami Heat forward who was the No. 2 pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. Short, direct messages such as Beasley’s have helped spur Smith to overcome the struggles of his sophomore season to become the ACC’s fourth-leading scorer at 17.9 points a game.

Quick-witted with an eager smile, Smith remains close with his childhood teammates from Upper Marlboro, Md., and from his high school days at Oak Hill Academy.

Duke guard Jon Scheyer is constantly amazed by the number of friends Smith has. When Duke was at Miami last week, former Hurricanes guard Jack McClinton was there to have his jersey retired.

Just before the start of the second half, McClinton yelled at Smith, telling him to look for his shot. After the game, McClinton texted Smith to say he has a sweet shot and needs to be confident with it.

“He’ll know somebody on the other team, no matter what team we’re playing,” Scheyer said. “He really knows everybody, either from playing AAU or, ‘Yeah, at this camp I met him.’ We always joke about it.”

Beasley and Smith have been close friends since childhood and were teammates on the D.C. Assault club team. Smith also corresponds with former Oak Hill teammates Ty Lawson of the Denver Nuggets and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

“They really help me because they give me the confidence that I need,” Smith said. “They let me know to keep working, keep staying in the gym.”

Smith usually heeds their advice.

Click here to read the full article at newsobserver.com.

OHA Class of 2002

Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets will make his third All-Star game appearance as a starter for the Western Conference. Melo leads the league in scoring (30 ppg) and the Nuggets lead the NW Division.

OHA Class of 2004

Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics, an Eastern Conference reserve, is the second NBA All-Star from the Draft class of 2006. Rondo currently leads the Eastern Conference in both assists and steals. He’s averaging career highs in points (14.2), assists (9.7), steals (2.54) and field-goal percentage (.534).

OHA 2005

 
Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, a Western Conference reserve, is the league’s third-leading scorer and a first-time All-Star.

The All-Star Game will be broadcast live on TNT February 14, 2010 from Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

by Steve Aschburner

NBA.com

January 26, 2010 — Three or four players and a few civilians were left in the Milwaukee Bucks’ locker room late Saturday night when the relative quiet was pierced by the sound of someone going all “American Idol” in the shower. Turns out, it was Jerry Stackhouse’s baritone echoing off the tile and down the hall, singing a tune no one instantly recognized but making known his presence that began with Milwaukee just five days earlier.

Bucks guard Jerry Stackhouse is still shaking off the rust after his long NBA layoff. Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images

Eager to fill the void created by shooting guard Michael Redd’s latest season-ending knee injury, seeking to replace some of the scoring and experience that Redd provided, the Bucks reached out to Stackhouse. Never mind that the long-ago North Carolina star had played in just 10 NBA games since the end of 2007-08 and none at all this season in what was looking more like a forced and endless furlough than any official retirement. The Bucks knew Stackhouse — general manager John Hammond had been with him in Detroit, coach Scott Skiles actually played with him for a season in Philadelphia — and felt he had something left in his tank.

So if that had been a rookie crooning away in the shower, the grinning folks in the locker room might have thought: Knuckleheaded new guy. But since it was a warhorse drafted nearly 15 years ago, taken No. 3 overall in 1995 ahead of fellow All-Stars Rasheed Wallace, Kevin Garnett and Michael Finley, Stackhouse’s little audience could nod knowingly at his not-quite dulcet tones and think: Savvy veteran influence, keeping things loose.

I talked with Stackhouse Saturday before and after he blew out the carbon of nearly 1 1/2 seasons of inactivity in his new team’s 127-94 cruise past Minnesota. In 28 minutes, playing in his third game in four nights, Stackhouse scored 14 points with three rebounds, five assists, two steals and four turnovers. Next stop: Dallas, where he spent five of his best NBA seasons but was dumped in a trade last summer to Memphis, a team that waived him almost immediately.

Click here to read the full article and interview with Stack at NBA.com.