Style of Play: The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament is a showcase tournament where under the radar college seniors play and showcase their skillset. The games had a balanced offense with pick and rolls for the ball-handler to score, catch and shoot threes, rim running in transition, and post up opportunities for skilled bigs. The player archetypes that looked well in this tournament are athletes who run the floor well and can dominate with their athleticism, big guards who

Style of Play: The National Junior Circuit, National Senior Circuit, and The Platinum Circuit is one grassroots tournament with a variety of Canadian prep schools participating. It has an AAU type feel with a lot of easy fast-break and transition opportunities for teams to score. In the half-court, the teams that had success were the ones that could run a pick and roll or implement a drive and kick offense with multiple shooting options. The type of players that had the most

Crestwood Prep Lions Style of Play: Crestwood Prep played at their best in this game when operating in the open court and getting easy baskets. They have guards who can push the pace, get all the way to the rim, and utilize their athleticism. They played more of a half-court style of offense with different variations of dribble handoffs. The player initiating the dribble handoff would either set up their teammate for a catch and shoot three-pointer, run a dribble handoff and

Style of Play: iSchool is a team that plays at a significantly slower pace than other teams. They like operating more in the half-court than in transition. In the half-court they are a pick and roll heavy and jump shooting team from three-point range and mid-range. Their bigs set good hard picks, understand screening angles, and don't shy away from contact freeing up their pick and roll ball-handler. They can also score by rolling to the rim, slipping picks with their quickne

Style of Play: Albuquerque Prep is a team that plays fast in transition with its guards and ball-handlers grabbing defensive rebounds and speeding up the pace rather than having a big grab the rebound and find the ball-handler. They have quick and explosive guards who push the pace and convert easy fast-break opportunities. Their guards score more points in transition than bigs either as ball-handlers or leak-out guys getting all the way to the rim. They are more of an inside