Game: Carmel vs Zionsville

Zionsville struggled early from the outside, but that turned around in the third quarter as they shot their way to a 16-2 run, erasing what had been Carmel’s biggest lead of nine points.

Game: Carmel at Cathedral

To most casual onlookers, this was about watching Cathedral’s Colin Hartman and Carmel’s AJ Hammons.

Super Hoops New Year’s Classic

12:15pm Huntington North vs. Triton 2:00pm Peru vs. Marion 3:45pm North Central vs. LaPorte 5:30pm New Albany vs. Zionsville 7:15pm Warsaw vs. Noblesville 9:00pm Carmel vs. Valparaiso

POTW: December 21-27, 2009

Triple doubles are hard to come by in the high school game. In part because it’s tough to find players who excel in such diverse ways, but also in part due to the games only lasting 32 minutes.

Game: Carmel vs. Noblesville

This will be an interesting year for Carmel. They have a nice group of seniors, and they have a nice group of sophomores, one of whom, AJ Hammons, is one of the more highly recruited players in the state.

Game: Brownsburg vs. Carmel

This one might be better off to revisit in a few weeks. Four of their top six play on the football team which reached the regional this year.

4A PREVIEW: 2009-2010

Undefeated and defending state champs, Bloomington South swap out Mr. Basketball Jordan Hulls for transfer Matt Carlino, as North Central looks to get healthy and make for a state title run.

Carmel basketball giant passes

There are more familiar names to those outside of the Carmel basketball community. However, when you’ve watched a varsity basketball game at Carmel High School since 1997, you’ve sat in the Eric Clark Activities Center.

Let the visits begin

September 9 has become an annual event that is big in the circles of basketball recruiting. It is the first day of the new school year that colleges can visit a prospect’s school for the purposes of evaluating his play.