Under 17 Provincial Team @ the Nationals

The Under 17 Nationals are held at the Univ. of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba from August 2-7, 2010.

Under 17 Ontario Team Roster:

Grant Mullins - Burlington Skyhawks
Kaza Kajami-Keane - Ajax Lions Basketball Club
Kevin Blake - Toronto JCC
Sean Patrick - Toronto JCC
Rohan Boney - Burlington Basketball
Connor Wood - Guelph Youth Basketball Association
Isaiah Watkins - North Toronto Basketball Association
MiKyle McIntosh - East End Basketball
Agunwa Okolie - St. David Blues Basketball Association
Ryan Evans - Ottawa Guardsmen Basketball Club
Keegan Dunlop - St. Catharines CYO Rebels
Marko Pirovic - Caledon Cougar Basketball Association

Alternates:
Dapo Badmos - Ottawa Guardsmen Basketball Club
Jack Daneyko - Niagara Falls Red Raiders
Shaquielle Keith - Brampton Minor Basketball Association

Coaching Staff:
Chris Cheng (Scarborough) - Head Coach
Fatih Akser (St. Catharines) - Assistant Coach
Bryan Blue (Toronto) - Manager

Schedule:
August 3rd at 11:15 a.m. - Ontario vs. Newfoundland (Centre Court)

Game 1: Ontario 114 - Newfoudland 55

Top Scorers for Ontario:
Kaza Keane - 20 points
Kevin Blake - 20 points
Grant Mullins - 15 points
Agunwa Okolie - 14 points
Isaiah Watkins - 10 points

Other Notable Stats for Ontario:
Rohan Boney - 7 assists
Kaza Keane - 6 assists
Grant Mullins - 6 assists
Mikyle Mcintosh - 6 blocks
Marko Pirovic - 11 rebounds
Isaiah Watkins - 9 rebounds

Up next: Ontario vs. British Columbia - Wednesday August 4th @ 3:45pm

Game 2: Ontario 77 - British Columbia 69

Top Scorers for Ontario:
Grant Mullins - 13 points
Marko Pirovic - 12 points
Kevin Blake - 10 points
Agunwa Okolie - 9 points

Other Notable Stats for Ontario:
Grant Mullins - 7 assists

Up Next: Quarter-final's vs. New Brunswick on Thursday August 5th @ 3:45pm

Game 3: Quarter-finals: Ontario 85 - New Brunswick 58

Top Scorers for Ontario:
Kevin Blake - 15 points
Marko Pirovic - 14 points
Rohan Boney - 10 points
Mikyle Mcintosh - 10 points

Other Notable Stats for Ontario:
Rohan Boney - 8 assists
Kaza Keane - 5 assists
Grant Mullins - 5 assists
Rohan Boney - 9 rebounds
Agunwa Okolie - 8 rebounds

Up Next: Semi-finals vs. Saskatchewan on Friday August 6th @ 8:15pm

Game 4: Semi-finals: Ontario 89 - Saskatchewan 53

Top Scorers for Ontario:
Agunwa Okolie - 20 points
Kevin Blake - 19 points
Isaiah Watkins - 16 points

Other Notable Stats for Ontario:
Isaiah Watkins - 10 rebounds
Mikyle Mcintosh - 10 rebounds
Mikyle Mcintosh - 7 blocks
Kaza Keane - 7 assists
Kevin Blake - 6 steals

Up Next: Championship finals vs. Quebec on Saturday August 7th at 8:15pm

What happened in the finals?

lol they lost

The Ontario team ran into a very quick and athletic Quebec squad. The Quebec squad had a kid who played on the national team who just 'went off' for 30 points. I feel that the Ontario squad was a little frazzled and stayed in a zone longer than they should have and their offense never seemed to get off the ground cohesively. The Quebec team shot 15-3 pointers many of which with a hand in their face. When all was said and done Quebec was the better team on that day. It was a pretty good run for Ontario but it was definitely a silver medal performance.

Off course they lost did you guys see the roster HAHAHA. No big names or heavy hitters on there. Not one PEEL player oh wait I forgot, some no name for Caledon which is technically in PEEL. Not one B Town or Sauga man, what did these loser coaching staff who no one even heard of expect. So many good T DOT players also not chosen. Seems like they tried to get an all-around Ontario team and not just GTA.

Let's face it the GTA alone could beat an all out Canada team with best players from all the other provinces combined.

I been out of the scene for a few weeks and then I came back and saw this squad and started cracking up, only reason they even made finals is bc rest of canada SUCKS.

Game 5: Championship Final: Quebec 86 - Ontario 75

Top Scorers for Ontario:
Kevin Blake - 13 points
Connor Wood - 13 points
Mikyle Mcintosh - 11 points
Rohan Boney - 11 points

Other Notable Stats for Ontario:
Mikyle Mcintosh - 4 blocks
Mikyle Mcintosh - 13 rebounds
Isaiah Watkins - 9 rebounds

Tournament MVP: Olivier Hanlan - Quebec

1st Team All-stars:
Kevin Blake - Ontario
Agunwa Okolie - Ontario
Frederic Dure - Quebec
David Wagner - British Columbia
Joe De Ciman - Saskatchewan

2nd Team All-stars:
Tyson McIntyre - Alberta
Malcolm Williams - British Columbia
Matt Daly - Prince Edward Island
Joey Nitychoruk - Manitoba
Kevin Zabo - Quebec

JT, you sound bitter?? Did you have friends that didn't make the team? GTA players have to try-out. Cadet-National team members weren't allowed on the Provincial team in Ontario. Anyways, big names at 17 years old? How many do you know? How many guys do you know who've gone 'pro'? and you can't say, a guy will go pro, no one knows that until it happens. This isn't the pro's it's development.

Thanks youngblood I was wondering why a guy like Notice and Wiggins would not be on the roster. Dont even pay attention to JT he's always spouting off the same foolishness about Brampton.

Three of our kids from the St David program represented Ontario (2 U15-Tyrlell Greene and Shandon Mootoosamy and 1 U17-Agunwa Okolie) Of which Tyrell Greene (St David) received MVP and Agunwa Okolie received 1st team All-Star.

All the kids from both teams sacraficed their time and they played very well. Is the provincial and national system perfect; far from it. However, they are moving in the right direction, albeit a little slow for my liking.

Dont disrespect the players and coaches who are trying to develop a system that would benefit the future players wanting to come up and play for the national teams.

I have helped out at many national team workouts and let me tell you, 10 years ago you'd have to BEG players to come. Now, there are more quality players coming out on their own as well as players agents who have been contacting CB to enquire about their clients' tryouts etc.

So instead of always being critical, involve yourself in any capacity to try to make things better.

Coach Mauro

Thanks Coach Mauro for such a great response. jt never fails to make negative comments no matter what the cause is. I too would like to thank the coaches and the players who have sacrificed so much to represent their Province.

Once again, well said Mauro..

Big names- ANTHONY BENNETT is probably one of Canada's biggest names U17 nuff manz in the states know about him. If you don't know about him here I dont know what to say.

If Bennett, Negus, Bhullar, Wiggins, Peters, Pangos were on this team, Quebec would have been smoked for real.

^^^^ I dont know about that Bennet, Negus and Pangos were on the Provincial team last year and lost

THe game dun change b. Bennett is beastin right now, he stepped up his game so much after a year down south in prep school.

Well done, JT. What an incredibly ignorant series of posts on your part.

By the way, Marko (as a Grade 10) started on the Caledon Cougars Junior team that stuffed your beloved B-town boys twice this past year by 20 points.

The only people who don't know who the coaches are, are the ones without much of a clue in the Basketball Ontario scene. Again, congratulations.

Unless they try out they can't play. Also, you couldn't be on the U17 Cadet and the Ontario team. JT, It's just an fictional 'what if scenario'.

From what I understand alot of players went to try out. At the tryout the coach asked if anyone was attempting to also play AAU with a club team. Those who answered yes were not considered.Some just chose to withdraw there names. Some didnt try out.

Coach Mauro I noticed Henry,Marcus, and Troy all made the first cut. But didnt make the final roster. Am I right by assuming they chose AAU over Team O. There no doubt that the 3 have provincial talent.

[quote="stevelogan92"]From what I understand alot of players went to try out. At the tryout the coach asked if anyone was attempting to also play AAU with a club team. Those who answered yes were not considered.Some just chose to withdraw there names. Some didnt try out.

Coach Mauro I noticed Henry,Marcus, and Troy all made the first cut. But didnt make the final roster. Am I right by assuming they chose AAU over Team O. There no doubt that the 3 have provincial talent.[/quote]

I encourage my players to tryout for the provincial teams. Every January, I give the OBA my summer schedule to try to workout any potential conflicts (IF they pick any of our players) For the most part this works. The idea is that the kids will get MORE basketball in general, and not just from our club.

Regarding Henry, Troy and Marcus, they didnt choose AAU over Team O. IMO I felt that they should have been on the team, however, obviously it wasn't my call.

My advice to anyone who didnt make the teams and felt they should have, turn that expience into a motivating factor and "up your game". We have all heard the Michael Jordan story...........

Coach Mauro