Slam Dunk to the Beach Starts the 26th
The Slam Dunk to the Beach tournament will again be held in oceanside Rehobeth Beach, Delaware, starting the day after Christmas. One of the best tournaments in the country, this year's event will run from Thursday, December 26 through Monday, December 30, 2002.
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Suburban Philadelphia's Mustafa Shakur signed with Arizona last month. |
While the majority of teams come from the Northeast, teams from across the country will be playing at this event, including Oakland Tech from California, Reno from Nevada, Hopkins from Minnesota, Miami Christian from Florida, Starkville from Mississippi and Clfton J. Ozen from Texas.
A number of seniors who have signed with major Division I schools will be participating including
Kendrick Perkins who signed with Mississippi State last month and is considering entering the NBA draft,
Kris Humphries who signed with Duke, and
Mustafa Shakur who signed with Arizona.
There will also be many highly regarded underclassmen at this event highlighted by juniors
Sebastian Telfair from New York City,
Randolph Morris from Georgia and 7-footer plus
Roy Hibbert from Maryland who has already committed to Georgetown.
Below are the schools that will be participating at this Bobby Jacobs tournament. Where possible, we've listed a 'notable' player from each school, though there are many schools with more than one high Division I prospect. And we've indicated the first game each school is scheduled to play; the tourney begins Thursday but some schools will not hit the court until Friday or Saturday.
Team | Location | + Bracket | Notable Player | First GameAbraham Lincoln | Brooklyn, NY | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Sebastian Telfair (JR) | Fri. 2:30 pmAmityville | Amityville, NY | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | A.J. Price (JR) | Thurs. 1 pmArchbishop Spalding | Severn, MD | Slam Dunk to the Beach | Will Bowers (Maryland signee) | Thurs. 8:30 pmBergen Catholic | Oradell, NJ | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Sean Banks (Memphis signee) | Thurs. 2:30 pmBloomfield Tech | Bloomfield, NY | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Courtney Nelson (JR) | Thurs. 1 pmBullis | Potomac, MD | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Jerome Johnson (JR) | Thurs. 7 pmCape Henlopen | Cape Henlopen, DE | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | | Thurs. 10 amCardinal Dougherty | Philadelphia, PA | Slam Dunk to the Beach | Kyle Lowry (JR) | Thurs. 10 pmClifton J. Ozen | Beaumont, TX | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Kendrick Perkins (Memphis signee) | Fri. 7 pmEleanor Roosevelt | Greenbelt, MD | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Jared Gaither (JR) | Thurs. 4 pmFriends Central | Wynnewood, PA | Mayor's Cup | Mustafa Shakur (Arizona signee) | Thurs. 11;30 amGeorgetown Prep | Rockville, MD | Slam Dunk to the Beach | Roy Hibbert (JR - Georgetown verbal) | Thurs. 8:30Germantown Academy | Ft. Washington, MD | Mayor's Cup | Ryan Ayers (SOPH) | Thurs. 11:30 amGonzaga College HS | Washington, DC | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Antwan Harrison (JR) | Thurs. 5:30 pmHillcrest | Tuscaloosa, AL | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | D.J. White (JR) | Fri. 4 pmHopkins | Minnetonka, MN | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Kris Humphries (Duke signee) | Fri. 1 pmLandmark Christian | Fairburn, GA | Tip-off Classic | Randolph Morris (JR) | Sat. 1 pmLaurel | Laurel, DE | Mayor's Cup | Trey Elzey (JR) | Fri. 10 amLaurel | Laurel, MD | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | | Thurs. 10 amLaurinburg Institute | Laurinburg, NC | Slam Dunk to the Beach | Regis Koundjia (LSU signee) | Fri. 8:30 pmMiami Christian | Miami, FL | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Jesus Verdejo (unsigned) | Fri. 5:30 pOakland Technical | Oakland, CA | Slam Dunk to the Beach | Leon Powe (California signee) | Fri. 10 pmOur Lady of Good Counsel | Wheaton, MD | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Omari Isreal (Notre Dame signee) | Thurs. 2:30 pm Our Savior New American | Centerreach, NY | Slam Dunk to the Beach | Juan Diego Tello Palacios (JR) | Thurs. 10 pmOxon Hill | Oxon Hill, MD | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Rashad Nixon (unsigned) | Thurs. 5:30 pmPaterson Catholic | Paterson, NJ | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Darryl Watkins (unsigned) | Fri. 7 pmReno | Reno, NV | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | David Padgett (Kansas signee) | Fri. 5:30 pmSaint Andrew's | Barrington, RI | Slam Dunk to the Beach | Demetrius Nichols (Syracuse signee) | Fri. 8:30 pmSaint Augustine | Richland, NJ | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | | Fri. 10:30 amSaint Benedict's Prep | Newark, NJ | Slam Dunk to the Beach | Artie Bowers (Massachusetts signee) | Fri. 10 pmSaint Mark's | Wilmington, DE | Mayor's Cup | | Fri. 10 amSanford | Hockessin, DE | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Will Sheridan, Jr. (Villanova signee) | Thurs. 7 pmSpingarn | Washington, DC | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Mikail Malik (JR) | Thurs. 4 pmStarkville | Starkville, MS | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Travis Outlaw (Mississippi State signee) | Fri. 4 pmWilcox Central | Camden, AL | Tommy Jacobs Memorial | Mike Williams (JR) | Sat. 5:30 pm | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+ Bracket listed is for first game; some teams will play in more than one.
For more information, please check the event schedule on the Slam Dunk to the Beach
website.