Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The Czar Reports In On The Magic Invitational



Magic Invite 16U Preview
This is the 2nd in a 3 part series on this weekend's 3rd Annual MN Magic Invitational at Bloomington Jefferson. Here I take a look at the 16U part of the event. Read about the 15U part of the event here.
TeamsPool G: Magic Elite, Comets Elite, 94 Ft of Game, MN PanthersPool H: WI Pirates, MN Select, MN Fury South, MN Magic #4 (not to be confused with Mambo #5)Pool I: MN Xplosion, MN Fury North, TNL Express, Magic-BlakePool J: MN Glory, Magic-Phillips (no Wilson Phillips jokes allowed), Big Game Sports, MN Comets Elite.
TNL Express beat MN Fury South to win the MN Comets classic 2 weeks ago. As previously mentioned here, the Magic Elites won the DoublePump tourney in Denver this past weekend.
Pool Schedule: 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 in 1st game, 2 vs 4 and 1 vs 3 in 2nd game, 1 vs 2 and 3 vs 4 in 3rd game. All of these games are Saturday
Pool G: 10 AM, 12:30 and 1:45, 6:45
Pool H: 10 AM, 1:45 and 3:00, 6:45 and 8:00
Pool I: 11:15 AM, 3:00, 8:00
Pool J: 11:15 AM, 4:15 and 5:30, 8:00Most of these games are on Court 5, with many on courts 3,4 and 6Sunday Playoffs:
Quarterfinals 8:45 AM (Courts 1-4)
Consolation games: 12:30 (Courts 5-6), 1:45 (Courts 3-4)
Semifinals: 11:15 AM (Courts 1 and 2)
Championship 3:00 PM (Court 2)
Teams I'd Watch:
Magic Elite, Pool G
MN Select and MN Fury South, Pool H
TNL Express and MN Fury North, Pool I
MN Glory and Magic-Phillips, Pool JPlayers I'd Watch:
All of the Magic Elite (bias disclosure). See their roster here
Aaron Ziman, Keegan Rolenc and John Hertle, MN Select
Santano Rosario and Darry Jones, MN Fury South
Jay Higgins, Michael Lindberg, Josh Hanson and Austin Rink, MN Fury North
Jasper Duberry, Jayson Sewer and Elijah Sabah, TNL Express
Peter Sorensen, Magic-Blake
Nolan Toft, MN Glory
Walter Franklin, Marcus Shaw, Dan Carney and Eric Schmechel, Magic-PhillipsPool
Games I'd Watch:
MN Select vs MN Fury South 10 AM Sat Court 5
TNL Express vs MN Fury North 11:15 AM Sat Court 3
MN Glory vs Magic-Phillips 8 PM Sat Court 7
Championship prediction: Magic Elite vs TNL Express
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