While at the ASU tourney yesteday I stumbled upon the 7th and 8th grade baby Swish playing the 8th and 9th grade Warriors. Fun, fun game to watch. The baby
Swish must not be reading some of the posts on this site because they were not in awe of the Warriors. The lead went back and forth in the first half until
the Warriors hit a shot at the end of the half to give the Warriors a three point half time lead. Second half was sloppy and very physical. Warriors ended up
winning the game by seven but this game must have been a surprise to them. Having not seen the Swish team since March I talked to one of the parents on the
team. The Swish played the game without its starting point guard who was out of town; additionally, the team's starting big and one of the starting
guards just recently joined the team - both players are former Warriors who left the team last year because they didn't want to go to a particular high
school.
I have seen the Warriors play several times and I have got to believe that most of their players were full grown when they were in 7th grade - the players are still improving but kids that seemed huge as 7th graders don't seem so big anymore.
Warriors are good but they would have been in big big trouble playing the older Swish Black team. After the game I looked up the Swish website - aren't 90% of last year's Az Finest Diamonds this year's Swish Black?
Arizona club baskeball just got a lot more interesting. Both the baby Swish and the Warriors are in the End of the Trail tournament in Oregon next month. Let's hope the play again.
I have seen the Warriors play several times and I have got to believe that most of their players were full grown when they were in 7th grade - the players are still improving but kids that seemed huge as 7th graders don't seem so big anymore.
Warriors are good but they would have been in big big trouble playing the older Swish Black team. After the game I looked up the Swish website - aren't 90% of last year's Az Finest Diamonds this year's Swish Black?
Arizona club baskeball just got a lot more interesting. Both the baby Swish and the Warriors are in the End of the Trail tournament in Oregon next month. Let's hope the play again.
