Future college superstars Brandon Jennings and Tyreke Evans earned co-Most Valuable Player honors in the Jordan Brand Classic high school all-star game last night. The annual Jordan Brand Classic took place at the world's most recognized basketball arena, Madison Square Garden in New York City. Oak Hill Academy's Jennings led the Blue Jerseys to a 124-112 win over the White Jerseys. The future Arizona Wildcat created offense for the Blue with 14 assists, a Jordan Classic game record, and added 10 points. Jennings said that he would brake the assists record and he did just that. American Christian's Evans led all scorers with 23 points and had seven rebounds and four assists. He verbally committed to play for the Memphis Tigers earlier this week. Other notable performances were 21 points from future Tennessee Volunteer Scotty Hopson, 20 points from future WVU Mountaineer Devin Ebanks and 13 points and 12 rebounds from future Wake Forest Demon Deacon Al-Farouq Aminu.After watching a couple of these high school all-star games, I believe that the best player of this class is Brandon Jennings. Jennings' quickness combined with his ability to score and distribute the basketball has shown me that he is at the top. While his goal in both the McDonald's High School All-Star Game and the Jordan Brand Classic were to break the assist records, Jennings still showed off some of his scoring skills. He is still a true point guard because he runs the offense and passes, but can take over any game by simply scoring. Jennings should be highly successful at the U of A under coach Lute Olsen, a program that has seen some top notch point guards.
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