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Since moving to Wichita, I have been able to watch Sunrise Christian Academy play. They currently are 22-0 and rated the 8th best prep school in the country. Tonight I watched them play Henry Ford Academy out of Chicago. They had the leading scorer in the nation for Prep Academies. His name was Elliott Cole. He was averaging 35.4 per game. He got 32 tonight but had a very poor percentage. The team only scored 50 points. Sunrise got 107. I talked to the Sunrise coach after the game and he said some interesting things. He said Buddy Hield, who went to Oklahoma, and is doing very well as a freshman probably would have come to Nebraska if it hadn't been that he felt Doc would be fired and he had no idea at that time who would be Nebraska's coach. Coach also said Andre Sands a 6'8" senior is considering Nebraska and South Carolina. Andre had 14 points tonight playing no more than half the game. He is a force underneath the basket with some very good moves. He rebounds well and runs the floor well. I am not sure what range he has as his baskets came near the basket or were slams. They have a junior transfer from Wichita East, Larry Dennis who will be division 1 and a sophomore named Nathan Bain. Larry is 6'9" and Nathan is 6'6" with good range from outside and both are very athletic. I guess Miles has seen them play or at least an assistant. They also have a point guard who is as quick as a cat that Kansas is looking at. He also is a junior by the name of Tum Tum Nairn. They are all receiving looks by Division 1 coaches. I have not seen Atewe play but Sands could really help rebounding and will score under the basket and is a pretty good defensive player as well. They play a team out of Texas tomorrow at 4 so will get to see them all again.