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Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:58 pm
by PeterRamTime
If he keeps getting these MVP's of tournaments he may very likely become a McDonald's all American.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 6:32 pm
by Seawrightspostgame
I have always been way more loyal to the guys on the team than the guys coming in, but I really am hoping he comes in and starts. Just so good that he has to start. Not to say that the current starter hasn't had tremendous games, or great talent. I just want this team to actually deliver once. What if he was a HS McDonald's All American? Hell of a surprise.

Why can't we just a recruit that is better than everyone else on the team? US FOR ONCE!

Then he has a Tu Halloway run of all tournament years.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:04 am
by ramster
Seawrightspostgame wrote:I have always been way more loyal to the guys on the team than the guys coming in, but I really am hoping he comes in and starts. Just so good that he has to start. Not to say that the current starter hasn't had tremendous games, or great talent. I just want this team to actually deliver once. What if he was a HS McDonald's All American? Hell of a surprise.

Why can't we just a recruit that is better than everyone else on the team? US FOR ONCE!

Then he has a Tu Halloway run of all tournament years.
How about this from game last night in a 76-73 win, yes a "close game" win :lol:, over 10-1 Math, Civics and Sciences HS, where Russell had 12 pts, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals.?
That's Russell throwing the pass.....



Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:34 pm
by thatRamBand
Hot damn thats a fun play to watch. Thanks for posting.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 11:40 am
by ramster
Russell's team has now moved up to #14 Nationally in MaxPreps.

Russell added 12 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in the double OT win over MCS. In the MCS game, Imhotep had to play very shorthanded without 7 players, including South Carolina recruit David Beatty, plus without their Head Coach and all Assistant Coaches as they were suspended due to the altercation in the game with Constitution. The Constitution game was stopped and will be replayed at a later date. All were back for last Saturday's game with Simon Gratz which Imhotep won easily.

14. (15) Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia), 12-1
Wild week for the Panthers, who had a game against Constitution (Philadelphia) halted due to a player altercation then outlasted Math Civics & Sciences (Philadelphia) on Thursday in double overtime
http://www.maxpreps.com/news/BfwJoMDV5E ... nkings.htm

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/hig ... rtime.html

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 11:40 am
by ramster
Games this week and Philly Top 12 Rankings:

http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/ne ... or-jan-17/

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 11:42 am
by ATPTourFan
Dan Hurley on Fatts last night:

"We really like him. He's good at basketball."

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 12:01 pm
by ramster
Dan also said "he was the MVP of the prestigious Beach Ball Classic and that they fell in love with him last April." He also said they watched all his games at the Peach Jam last July and "don't know who at Peach Jam played better than him." Dan called him a "dynamic blur."

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:30 pm
by rambone 78
Also called him a "high IQ" player......that's very nice and very important.....

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:59 am
by thatRamBand
More highlights.


Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:18 am
by ramster

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 10:30 pm
by ramster
Imhotep won their 1st two games of the Montverde invitational and now will play host Montverde Saturday night at 8pm for the championship. Kevin Boyle's Monteverdi has not lost on their home Court in 55 games over the past 6 years.
Montverde is ranked 3rd in maxpreps and 6th in USA Today.
Big stage tonight for Daron Russell and team in Florida.


Televised.....
http://montverde.tv

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 7:02 pm
by ramster
Interview with Russell prior to the Montverde game tonight.
Imhotep is ranked 12th nationally.
Impressive 79-50 win for Imhotep against traditional power Ranier Beach from Washington in game 1. Then Russell had 28 points to win 80-54 in semifinals vs Windermere

8pm championship vs Montverde upcoming.

Interview:

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 9:54 pm
by twisted3829
Imhotep beat Montverde 57-48, snapping Montverde's 55 game home winning streak


Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 10:04 pm
by ramster
I watched the live, streamed Championship game of the Montverde Academy Tournament that just ended this Saturday night in Florida,
12th ranked Imhotep of Philadelphia upset 3rd ranked Montverde of Florida 57-48. Montverde had not lost at home in 6 years having won 55 straight at home until tonight.
Montverde is led by #1 ranked Class of 2019 RJ Barrett who is going to be tremendous, #15 ranked 2019 Andrew Nembhard and #39 ranked 2018 Rechon Black. Very talented team.

Daron Russell had 10 points in the championship game and a host of rebounds, steals and assists. Russell was named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. He has a knack for being at the right place for rebounds and loose balls. He's going to be a good one for URI. Donte Scott of Imhotep was named MVP for the championship game itself.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:03 pm
by bigappleram
This kid seems under ranked in terms of recruiting grades. He has performed very well on the big stage.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 9:19 am
by ramster

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 9:26 am
by ramster
Donte Scott also made the all tournament team. Will be interesting to see to what degree the Russell signing impacts future recruiting.

http://www.cityofbasketballlove.com/new ... id=1716033

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 10:10 am
by rambone 78
ramster, maybe this will be enough to get him the McD's recognition?

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 2:16 pm
by DanInAZ
Link to full highl;ights from Montverde game

You guys know more than I re: his teammates/opposing players... figured I'd share.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 2:19 pm
by DanInAZ
Oh and he's #1 (for those who don't know) not just because we think highly of him. *wink*

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:41 pm
by bigappleram
That move at 2:55 was sweeeeet

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:06 pm
by ramster
Imhotep goes from unranked in Expert Poll in USA Today to #15 with winning Montverde's Tournament this weekend. Daron Russell was MVP of the Tournament, duplicating his Tournament MVO accomplishment of the Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach SC over the December Holidays

http://usatodayhss.com/2017/imhotep-cha ... l-rankings

Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia) broke into the Super 25 boys basketball rankings in a big way, ending a 55-game home winning streak for then-No. 5 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.).
The Panthers are 18-2 and now No. 15 after going 3-0 to win the Montverde Invitational. David Scott had 17 points in a 57-48 defeat of Montverde Academy in the championship. Koby Thomas had 26 points and 12 rebounds in an 80-54 defeat of Windermere Prep (Windermere, Fla.) in the Montverde Invitational and Daron Russell had 24 points in a 70-59 defeat of Rainier Beach (Seattle) in the Montverde Invitational.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:11 pm
by ramster
pair-of-imhotep-charter-games-downingtown-east-coatesville-highlight-top-philly-games-of-the-week

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:47 am
by ramster

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:34 am
by ramster

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:12 pm
by ramster
Imhotep now up to #7 in the Nation in USA Today

http://usatodayhss.com/rankings/expert/ ... ll/2016/11

Rick O'Brien ‏@ozoneinq 38 minutes ago
Public League boys' hoops semis Saturday at HS of the Future:
Del-Val Charter vs. MLK, noon
Imhotep Charter vs. MC&S, 4 p.m.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:39 am
by Billyboy78
I'm wondering if he is regretting his decision now.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:54 am
by rambone 78
Well if he's that good Billyboy....he'll get plenty of PT right off the bat...or he should.....if he's got a high BB IQ, then that will be something kind of new on this team [although JD has it too].......

Although with the rest of the teams' and coaching issues, you have to wonder if he will have his doubts. Will he improve here?

And we can definitely turn him into a 40% FT shooter in no time.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:24 am
by Billyboy78
I meant playing for a school that was on the rise, an A10 power, a team that would be in the tourney often. When he was recruited and signed, all the hype was still alive. We were a top 25 pre-season pick, a favorite to win the A10, a sleeper final 4 team. That's what sold him on URI. I'm sure he wanted to be a part of all that. He's a winner. He's the MVP on one of the best high school teams in the country. He has been an MVP in big tournaments. Now he is seeing what is happening to his future team. If he's as good as they're saying, he can be a piece in getting to where we want to go. But, he's a 5'10", 160 lb. guard. He'll need a lot of help. Our situation has obviously changed since he signed here. If we're not a top 25, A10 power, NCAA tourney team this year, will we be next year, or the year after that? It certainly seems there's a pretty big dropoff in talent once Hass, Iverson, EC, Jared and Jarvis are gone. Unlees we have a huge '18 recruiting class, there's a good chance Fatts will never play in an NCAA tourney game. I'm sure that was not his vision.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:19 pm
by rodfromcranston
Years ago, we had a McDonald's AA from Philly,
Pappy Owens, sign here.
Huge get by Jack Kraft.
Pappy signed here with the idea of playing with Sly Williams and for
Jack Kraft.
Marc Upshaw also signed that recruiting cycle, with the same idea.
URI was becoming a top program under Kraft.
Well, Sly went to the NBA, and Kraft got a heart attack.
Upshaw ,who was a tremendous talent, blew out his knee as a soph,
and was never the same.
Meanwhile, neither he nor Pappy Owens ever played for a tournament team.
URI went 10 years between NCAAs, under Claude English and
Brendan Malone, before Tom Penders came here.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:37 pm
by Seawrightspostgame
All of the guards are back first of all.

Second, you are comparing those guys best play against their back ups as they are now. Presumably the back ups will get better and our top players currently don't give their best play all of the time.

All the good things Martin,EC,Iverson, and Terrell have done have been brought back to earth by something they do bad or just don't do. There's plenty ways to compete and win a game.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:13 pm
by ramster
Imhotep ranked 7th in USA Today National Top 25
In the 4A Semi Final Win over Math, Civics, Sciences on Saturday Daron had 13 points in the 1st quarter alone and finished with 26 points in an easy 89-57 win. Russell hit Six 3-pointers.

This Thursday Imhotep plays Martin Luther King for the 4A Championship

http://usatodayhss.com/rankings/expert/ ... ll/2016/12

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:14 pm
by giovanni

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:14 pm
by ramster
Imhotep Charter defeats King tonight at St Joseph's Hagan Arena to win the Philadelphia Public League Tournament in Overtime.
Daron Russell had a game high 24 points, 7 rebounds and 6 steals to lead Imhotep and take home the MVP award!!

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 10:06 pm
by ramster
Daron Russell once again was named MVP for the championship game!!

Imhotep came from behind to defeat Martin Luther asking coached by former URI player Sean Colson.

http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/ne ... gue-title/

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:37 am
by adam914

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:07 pm
by giovanni

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:44 pm
by ramfan85
I'd bet ace was there.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:52 pm
by Mongo
Russell looks like the real deal, if he was over 6'0 he'd be a high 4 star recruit. We got a steal here, he's going to be FUN to watch... Ohhhh myyyyyyyy

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:19 pm
by Optimistic

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 1:42 pm
by ramster
USA Today Top 25 Rankings out Feb 27:
Russell has led Imhotep to their highest ranking all year - now at #6

http://usatodayhss.com/rankings/expert/ ... ll/2016/13

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:48 am
by giovanni

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:52 pm
by Billyboy78
I'm getting excited about this kid. Check this out.


Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:15 pm
by TruePoint
Fatts looks awesome.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:18 pm
by ramfan85
Looks like Chuck, Christie and I have to get him on the Total Gym. Looking forward to him being a Ram.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:57 am
by ramster

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:05 am
by Billyboy78
I see that link still didn't make it. Go to youtube and search,

Daron Russell: Episode 1 "LIMITLESS" ....It's really good.
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Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:43 am
by ATPTourFan
Billyboy the link works fine. We see the Limitless video.

Re: '17 PA PG - Daron Russell (URI Signed NLI)

Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:13 am
by ace
Daron and Imhotep are still playing. They have a quarterfinal match-up against Audenreid Sunday at 2 at Temple. Imhotep beat them 74-69 in a really good game along their way to the Public League Championship. It's expected to be another competitive game, unlike their first win in this round of play-offs (81-52 over Scranton Prep). Weather had the schedules all messed up, but they're back on track now.