PORTER GAUD HOLIDAY CLASSIC EVENT RECAPS
NCISAA Championship Previews
After a season full of anticipation, the wait is finally over. We’ve reached playoff time after the first (somewhat) normal season since everything crashed due to covid. Between teams playing full schedules and the decreasing amount of general hysteria throughout the country, folks clearly wanted basketball to return. While some restrictions (masks, testing, etc.) still remain in place, this...
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Unsigned Senior Spotlight: 6’4 Kyle Bean
At the beginning of each new year, Phenom Hoops works to assemble a series of articles centered around unsigned senior prospects. Last season, hundreds of players from North Carolina went on to play at the Division I, II, III or NAIA levels, and that number looks likely to continue increasing with the current senior class. Typically, we take a closer look at guys who are...
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Guard play excelling at Carmel Christian
Logan Threatt Coming into the season, it was going to be interesting to see how different Carmel Christian may look from last year’s team, as they lost some key guys. 2022 Cade Tyson came back for his senior season and we knew what we were going to get from him but it was going to be the others that look to step up, especially at the guard position. Though it is still early, guard play has...
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Phenom Open Gym Tour: Carmel Christian
Phenom Hoops continued their travel around North Carolina for the Open Gym Tour, then making a late-night stop at Carmel Christian. The Cougars had a special year last season but came up just short in their quest for a state championship. But Carmel is back on the court and ready for another chance to make a championship run. 2022 6’7 Cade Tyson will be looked at as one of the senior...
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Carmel Christian looking to reload and preparing for another big upcoming season
If you paid attention to high school basketball in North Carolina last season at all, you would have known how much fun it was to watch Carmel Christian on the court. A team loaded with talent looked almost unstoppable but they came up just short in earning another state championship. With the likes of Ben Burnham, Glenn Bynum, and a few others now gone, there are a few new names that will...
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Five Vital Role Players within North Carolina
Basketball has aggressively transitioned into a game surrounding star power, specifically given the overall nature of talent accumulation: the more “stars” on a team, the better. However, no team has ever found true, prolonged success without role players. Guys like Robert Horry have become legendary by embracing their identity as a smaller cog, rather than the fulcrum piece. The same notion is...
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Holiday Classic: Carmel Christian vs. Calvary Day (Recap/Standouts)
Game 3 kicked off as the action continued in Rock Hill. Two teams in North Carolina came down to battle it out, as Carmel Christian and Calvary Day took the court. It was a tight one in the first half, with both teams playing scrappy basketball. Carmel took the early 17-13 lead after the first, led by their big three but it wasn’t until the second quarter until they really started to...
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Phenom Hoops Open Gym: Carmel Christian
Patrick O'Brien went to Carmel Christian Academy to continue the Phenom Hoops Open Gym, checking out some of the teams around NC early on. See what the Cougars have this season.
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