Six NY-NJ Players At 2006 Roundball Classic

The 2006 Roundball Classic, which started in 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pa., will be played on Sunday, April 9th in Chicago, Ill. at the United Center. Six players from New York & New Jersey will be in action. The game, which features four of the recruits from Scout.com's number two class, will be carried by CSTV (tape).

2006 Roundball Classic

East Roster | West Roster | CSTV schedule (tape) | Roundball website

A charity benefits from this annual event. Hoops That Help has raised more than $4 million for local organizations around the country.

Six players from New and New Jersey will participate - Derrick Caracter, Earl Clark, Paul Harris, Eugene Harvey, Curtis Kelly and Lance Thomas. Harvey, a Brooklyn native, is playing in New Jersey.

St. Benedict's Prep head coach Danny Hurley will coach the East squad. Two of his players (Harvey and Thomas) will be on the floor though Thomas will play against the East.

Two high school programs have two players on the teams. Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Ind. has sent Michael Conley II and Greg Oden. This season, Caracter and Harris played at Notre Dame Prep in Massachusetts.

Conley and Oden are two of the four Ohio State recruits selected to play. Also part of Scout.com's number two recruiting class are Daequan Cook and David Lightly. All four are playing for the West.

Alex Stephenson represents Scout.com's number one recruiting class, North Carolina.

Also on the East team with Stephenson is Kentucky-bound Perry Stevenson.

Two teams each have two recruits in the game - Carracter and Clark (Louisville) and Damion James and Scottie Reynolds (Oklahoma).

Five players have yet to announce their final intentions for next season - Darrell Arthur, Patrick Beverley, Harvey, Chris Singletary and Thomas.

Game time is 3:00 p.m. CT. CSTV broadcast schedule below. EAST

Player	Pos.	Data	Hometown	High School	College
Darrell Arthur	F	6-9, 220	Dallas, TX	South Oak Cliff High	Undecided
Derrick Caracter	F	6-9, 280	Fanwood, NJ	Notre Dame Prep (MA)	Louisville
Brian Carlwell	C	6-11, 265	Maywood, IL	Proviso East High	Illinois
Earl Clark	PG	6-9, 200	Rahway, NJ	Rahway High	Louisville
Paul Harris	G	6-4, 225	Niagara Falls, NY	Notre Dame Prep (MA)	Syracuse
Eugene Harvey	PG	6-0, 165	Brooklyn, NY	St. Benedict’s Prep (NJ)	Undecided
Curtis Kelly	F	6-10, 190	New York, NY	Rice High	Connecticut
Chris Singletary	G	6-4, 220	Chicago, IL	Florida Prep (FL)	Undecided
Alex Stepheson	C	6-10, 230	Los Angeles, CA	Harvard - Westlake High	North Carolina
Perry Stevenson	F	6-10, 197	Lafayette, LA	Northside High	Kentucky
Will Walker	G	6-2, 180	Bolingbrook, IL	Bolingbrook High	DePaul

Coach: Danny Hurley, St. Benedict's Prep, Newark, NJ

WEST

Player	Pos.	Data	Hometown	High School	College
Patrick Beverley	G	6-2, 175	Chicago, IL	Marshall High	Undecided
Michael Conley II	PG	6-1, 175	Indianapolis, IN	Lawrence North High	Ohio State
Daequan Cook	G	6-5, 210	Dayton, OH	Dunbar High	Ohio State
Bryan Davis	F	6-9, 225	Grand Prairie, TX	Grand Prairie High	Texas A&M
Tom Herzog	C	7-0, 225	Linden, MI	Flint Powers Catholic	Michigan State
Damion James	F	6-8, 227	Nacogdoches, TX	Nacogdoches High	Oklahoma
David Lighty	F	6-5, 215	Cleveland, OH	Villa Angela - St. Joseph	Ohio State
Greg Oden	C	7-0, 250	Indianapolis, IN	Lawrence North High	Ohio State
Scottie Reynolds	PG	6-0, 185	Herndon, VA	Herndon High	Oklahoma
Lance Thomas	F	6-8, 210	Scotch Plains, NJ	St. Benedict’s Prep	Undecided

Coach: Mike Conley. Spiece Indy Heat AAU Team, Indinapolis, IN

Roundball Classic
CSTV Schedule
As of April 8, 2006, subject to change
CSTV website

Date                 Time......
Sunday April 16       8:00 p.m.
Monday April 17      12:30 a.m.
                      3:00 a.m.
                     10:00 a.m.
                      7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 18    12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 19   2:30 a.m.
                     10:00 a.m.
Thursday, April 20    6:00 a.m.
                     12:00 p.m.
                     10:00 p.m.
Friday, April 21      9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, April 26  10:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 27    5:30 a.m.
                      1:30 p.m.
Friday, April 28      1:30 a.m.
                      6:30 p.m
Saturday, April 29    6:00 a.m.