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7:30 PM - Wahoo Neumann (17-1) vs. Aurora (18-1) - This game could be the be the fastest paced contest of the day. Both teams love to push the pace and nobody does it better than Bishop Neumann. The Cavaliers may have the best front court trio in the state below Class A, and possibly the finest in any class.

Neumann's backcourt threesome of Jaxon Simons, Ben Simons and Noah Vedral are as good as it gets and of the three, only Ben Simons is a senior. The Cavaliers also posses some size in 6-5 senior Skyler Woita and 6-5 junior Brandon Bruenig. And junior Reid Jurgensmeier can hurt you from anywhere on the court.

Aurora has one of the state's best bigs in junior Austin Allen. The 6-9 post player will hurt you with his moves to the hoop and defensive boards, while junior floor general Tommy Leininger, the 6 footer whose father Tom is the head coach, is a driver and a superior ball distributor. Junior Cade Moural proved he can bury the trey in the Central Conference Tournament and the Huskies passing game is about as swift and crisp as it gets in Class B, often times catching opposing teams in the dust attempting to guard their man.

The question that just keeps lingering in my mind is this. Does Aurora want to get into a running contest with Neumann? While not pretending to play basketball expert here, I'm wondering if it would be the best game plan to try and run with Class C-1's top rated Cavaliers? This team just ripped a terrific Columbus Scotus to shreds, 75-42 last Friday and ran the Rocks to death that night. We'll soon find out if the Huskies pursue this game plan.

Regardless, this is a premier matchup you would never see anywhere else but in the Heartland Hoops Classic. The only word for this matchup is......Sweet.

9:15 PM - Aurora (Colo.) Overland High (16-3) vs. Omaha South (20-0) - This Aurora Overland squad is currently rated number 3 in Colorado's largest class (5A) and boasts Indiana recruit, De'ron Davis. Davis (13.3 ppg), Jervae Robinson (12.5) and Alijah Halliburton (12.7) make up a trio that will present tough matchups for Omaha South.

All three of Overland's losses are to Colorado teams, but the Trailblazers have a trophy in their case that just sparkles like a rare diamond. Overland went to Las Vegas in mid December and won the the Tarkanian Classic while competing in the Platinum Division, the largest grouping in the prestigious get-together.

The Trailblazers beat 4 of the nation's better prep basketball teams to nab that crown. Overland's wins came over Long Beach Poly, Ft. Lauderdale (Fla) Dillard, South Jordan (Utah) Bingham and Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, the host school. Go ahead and google those four schools and be sitting down when you see their histories and rap sheets.

The Trailblazers placed Jervae Robinson, De'ron Davis, Reggie Gibson and Alijah Halliburton on the All-Tournament squad. Robinson was named MVP of the entire shootin' match.

Meanwhile, Omaha South comes in undefeated with Nebraska recruit Aguek Arop (6-5, Jr.) leading the charge. Arop, who signed with the Huskers as a freshman, is averaging 16 points and outing with 7 boards a game. Just a year ago in the Hoops Classic, Omaha South led the might Oak Hill Academy 47-46 after three quarters before falling 59-54. And let's be honest, Packers head coach Bruce Chubick has, and still remains, one of the best in the business.

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I missed the Gothenburg vs.Winnebago game, But I was told Wingett did look impressive to the guy I talked to who had seen the game. Said that Wingett didn't hustle back on defense and didn't get across half court a couple of times. FWIW he is a former sports writer for a local newspaper. Austin Allen is bigger than I remember him from football, I'm not much of judge on talent so my input wont help much here. Allen gets up and down really well Aurora's offense is not centered around him like a lot of teams probably would have. It would have been nice to see him go up against De'ron Davis 6'10" 240 of Overland (Colorado) who is going to Indiana next season. De'ron Davis is the real deal, he runs the floor very well and is a good rim protector Omaha South didn't make much hay at getting to the rim with Davis in the game. Once South got him on the bench South got the game back to a manageable game and kept it close until the end losing 59 - 55. Aguek Arop had his hands full with Davis, although their stat lines were similar Davis won the match up. I realize Arop is giving up five inches and about fifty pounds, like I said earlier once South got Davis out of the game, Arop made his presence felt. Arop is a quick leaper and has a lot savvy around the bucket, When Davis came back in to the game with four fouls Davis had to play soft and not foul out so Arop played Davis even in he fourth qtr. on a side note Noah Fant and Davis mixed it up one time and almost had a fight going both got T'd up. Davis also hit a trey.

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