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AAU Profile: Rising Stars, JG Gold
by Pat Benninger
March 24, 2008

Location: Deerfield, Illinois

Coach: Brian Davis

Affiliation: Jordan Brand

Top Dog: Jereme Richmond (6-7, F, SO);

Projected Starters: Cully Payne (6-0, G, JR); Marcus Jordan (6-4, G, JR); Nik Garcia (6-6, G, JR); Jack Cooley (6-9, C, JR);

Other Key Guys: Cortney Bell (6-5, F, JR); Eric Dortch (6-5, F, JR); James Gill (6-5, F, JR); Evan Okrzesik (6-0, G, JR)

Notes: A team with good perimeter size but limited ball handling.  Jereme Richmond (Illinois) has proved to be an absolute phenom and will be a great dual threat comboforward.  Garcia is lights out from beyond the arch and Payne (DePaul) is a great teammate.  Inside, Jack Cooley (Notre Dame) will be the lone true post man but will have help from a few undersized forwards.  Also, you can’t forget about their most clutch player, Marcus Jordan.  Year in, year out, he’s proved to be their on-the-floor leader and glue to the team.

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