Session IV of The Hoop Group Elite Camp got underway on Monday at The College of New Jersey. The school has been home to thousands of elite high school players for days at a time during the hectic July recruiting periods, and upwards of 500 are at TCNJ right now. Coaches from schools such as West Virginia, Villanova, and LaSalle have already made their way to the Garden State to observe the talent, which includes many high-major and/or big-name players. Here is a sampling of those talents:

Aaric Murray '09, Glen Mills (PA)
Isaiah Philmore '09, John Carroll (MD)
CJ Aiken '10, Abington (PA)
Will Adams '09, Imhotep Charter (PA)
Egheosa Edomwonyi '09, The Hun School (NJ)
Vaughn Gray '11, Don Bosco Prep (NJ)
Tyree Harris '09, Prep Charter (PA)
Isaiah Morton '11, St. Augustine's (NJ)

The campers were split up into tryout teams in order to be evaluated for the Draft on Monday night. This was a great time for kids to get recognized by evaluators as players with potential, and some stepped up. A number of players caught my eye during the games today. Here is a list of the performers that I saw on Monday:

Julio Rosario '09, Cardinal McCarrick (NJ)
Daquan Allen '09, Boys & Girls (NY)
Peyton Mullings '09 PG, Far Rockaway (NY)
Mike Gittens '09, Montville (CT)
Boris Jeremic '09, Masters School (NY)
Josh Chojnacki '10, Mercyhurst Prep (PA)
Jamaal Gill '09, New Rochelle (NY)
Eric Brooks '09, Paramus Catholic (NJ)
Curtis Loving '09 PG, Wadleigh (NY)
Adam Ahern '09, Avon Grove (PA)
Lorenzo Christmas '09, Norristown Area (PA)
Craig Clark '09, Hodgson Vo-Tech (DE)
Adam Johnson '09, City College HS (MD)
Jhamir White '11, Paterson Catholic (NJ)
Corey Spence '10, Dunbar (MD)
Jermaine Peart '10, Paterson Catholic (NJ)
Will Wise '11, Abington Friends (PA)
CJ Aiken '10, Abington (PA)
Aaric Murray '09, Glen Mills (PA)

The two most impressive players that I saw Monday were Adam Johnson and Aaric Murray. Both are dominant players with great raw talent. Murray is beast down low and is certainly one of the premier players in camp. Johnson is not as big of a name as the highly-regarded Murray, but he was great on Monday. The rising senior is a flashy, great dunker, and a tremendous athlete. These two players should be watched during camp to see how they perform.

SCHOOL LISTS-

Vincent Council '09 PG, Lincoln (NY): Kent St., George Mason, and Central Florida
                                  Favorite: Kent St.
                                  Notes- Council said that he will be going to The Patterson School (NC) next year, and mentioned that he will "most likely" go to Kent St.

Julio Rosario '09, Cardinal McCarrick (NJ): Boston University, Quinnipiac, Manhattan, Monmouth, Central Connecticut, New Hampshire, St. Francis (PA), Niagara, High Point, and Binghamton
                         Favorite: Boston University "if they offer"

Jordan Robinson '09, Rutgers Prep (NJ): Boston University, Towson, Syracuse, Virginia, Princeton, and Central Connecticut
                               Favorite: "probably" Boston University

David Laury '09 PG, The Nia School (NJ): St. John's, Seton Hall, Missouri, Providence, Niagara, Rider, and Monmouth
                             Favorite: St. John's

Isaiah Philmore '09, John Carroll (MD): South Florida, Virginia Tech, UMass, St. Joseph's, Providence, Central Florida, Kansas St., Michigan, Nebraska, Auburn, Towson, Temple, Rhode Island, Virginia, Delaware, Delaware St., Oklahoma St., Oklahoma, USC, Kansas, Texas, UConn, Kentucky, Florida, Florida St., Duke, and North Carolina
                             Favorites: South Florida, Virginia Tech, UMass, St. Joseph's, and Providence are his top five
                             Notes- Philmore said that he is also "heavily considering" Oklahoma and Oklahoma St., and "wants to go visit" the schools. He mentioned that "pretty much all [of] the A-10" is recruiting him, and that if tomorrow were signing day and he had to choose a school, he would "as of right now probably [pick] UMass."

CJ Aiken '10, Abington (PA): St. Joseph's, LaSalle, Xavier, West Virginia, Virginia, Clemson, Stanford, and Syracuse
                   Favorites: None, "Any of them, I don't have any."

                   Note- Aiken said that there are other schools recruiting him that he could not think of.

Boris Jeremic '09, Masters School (NY): Princeton, Yale, Brown, and Cornell
                          Favorite: Princeton
                          Note- "I think it was a 3.9," said Jeremic of what his GPA is.

Curtis Loving '09 PG, Wadleigh (NY): St. John's, Rhode Island, Hofstra, and Robert Morris
                               Favorites: St. John's, Rhode Island, and Robert Morris
                               Notes- Loving, who will either go to Laurinburg (NC) or Mt. Zion (NC) next year as a post-grad, said that there are "a few other" schools recruiting him in addition to those four.

Cameron Badger '09, APEX Academies (NJ): VMI, Siena, and Rider
                               Favorite: Siena
                               Note- Badger said that all of his interest has come after attending Session II of The Hoop Group Elite Camp, and that he is "hoping to get more [interest] this time."

Aaric Murray '09, Glen Mills (PA): Temple, LaSalle, Villanova, St. Joseph's, West Virginia, St. John's, Kentucky, Rutgers, UConn, Marquette, and Indiana
                         Favorites: None, "I don't got [any] favorites."
                         Note- Murray mentioned that there are other schools recruiting him, but that he "just [could not] think of the names right [that] moment."

Jhamir White '11, Paterson Catholic (NJ): Tennessee, Stanford, North Carolina St., Farleigh Dickinson, and St. Francis (NY)
                          Favorite: "I like Tennessee."

Adam Johnson '09, City College HS (MD): Texas A&M, Florida St., North Carolina St., and South Alabama
                            Favorite: Florida St.

The Hoop Group Elite Camp Draft is a great event. At the NBA Draft tonight the numerous top-notch players were not surprisingly taken near the top of their positions. The center, small forward, and point guard positions are the most stocked in camp, and had the biggest names at the number one spot. Here's who went top two at each position according to Jay Gomes of http://njhoops.rivals.com/default.asp:

Centers: #1 Aaric Murray '09, Glen Mills (PA), #2 Erique Gumbs '09, Caravel Academy (DE)
Point Guards: #1 Isaiah Epps '10, Plainfield (NJ), #2 Kellen Cade-Jones '09, Hotchkiss School (CT)
Small Forwards: #1 Isaiah Philmore '09, John Carroll (MD), #2 Josh Turner '10, Sacred Heart (CT)
Power Forwards: #1 Koron Reed '09, Roman Catholic (PA), #2 Curtis Loving '09 PG, Wadleigh (NY)
Shooting Guards: #1 Devon Saddler '09, Aberdeen (MD), #2 Dion Waiters '10, South Kent

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