Chantilly, VA-Two heavy weight AAU teams from the Mid Atlantic Hoops area fought it out in the final of the Second Annual Nike Baltimore Elite Invitational. The New Jersey Playaz club defeated Team Final (PA), 77 to 60 to win the tournament.

New Jersey Playaz’s were led by Vaughn Gray, a 6-foot-5 wing forward (from Don Bosco Prep in Elmwood, NJ) with 20 points. Gray used his outside shooting to start the game & gave the Playaz an early 10 points lead that they held for the remainder of the game.  Our Mid Atlantic Hoops Spring rankings of Class of 2011 #1 prospect and Nation’s #1 player in the 2011 class Michael Gilchrist, a 6-foot-8 guard/forward (St. Patrick HS, Elizabeth, NJ) lead all scorers with 22 points & did everything he could to keep Team Final in the game but the playaz were too much, as Kyle Anderson & Miles Davis chipped in with 15 & 18 respectively.

Our Mid Atlantic Hoops ranking of the top 25 players based on performance at the Nike Baltimore Elite Invitational17 & Under Division are as follows: 1) Mike Gilchrist Jr. 6-8/WF from Team Final, 2) Rakeem Christmas Jr. 6-9/C from Team Final, 3) Kyle Anderson So. 6-8/G from New Jersey Playaz, 4) Nick Faust Jr. 6-6/SG from Nike Baltimore Elite, 5) Vaughn Gray Jr. 6-5/WF from New Jersey Playaz, 6) Aquille Carr Fr. 5-6/PG from Nike Baltimore Elite, 7) Michael Gbinijie Jr. 6-6/G from Dc team Takeover, 8) James Robinson So. 6-3/G from Dc Team Takeover, 9) Myles Davis Jr. 6-3/SG from New Jersey Playaz, 10) Julian Dubose 6-3/G from Dc Team Takeover, 11)  Myles Mack Jr. 5-9/PG from New Jersey Playaz, 12) Desmond Hubert 6-9/PF-C from New Jersey Playaz, 13) Aaron Brown Jr. 6-5/WF from Team Final, 14) Derrick Randall 6-8/PF from New Jersey Playaz, 15) Greg Lewis Jr. 6-9/PF from Nike Baltimore Elite, 16) AJ English 6-2/G from Dc Team Takeover, 17) Tyrone Johnson Jr. 6-2/G from team Final, 18) Dylan Ennis 6-1/PG from Canada Takeover 19) Trevor Cooney Jr. 6-4/SG from Team Final, 20) Ricky Ledo 6-6/SG Expressions Elite, 21) Mikael Hopkins Jr. 6-8/PF from Dc team Takeover, 22) Matej Delinac 6-4/SG from Canada Takeover, 23) James Milton Jr. 6-6/PF from Nike Baltimore Elite, 24) Kevin Thomas 6-8/PF from Canada Team Takeover,  25) Chris Harper So. 6-9/C from Long Island Lighting