Sommerville to get an invite to Portsmouth

[BU fan]

There is a report out that Marcellus Sommerville has been invited to the NBA tryout camp at Portsmouth, Virginia. Can anyone confirm this? It's not on the Bradley site, yet.

[BU1999]

Haven't heard, but a PJS story from the weekend said Cellus was waiting to hear.

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/032606/BRA_B9BQJDGN.071.shtml

Indiana State's David Moss has already been invited.

http://www.tribstar.com/collegesports/local_story_081230903.html

[BUBravesMan]

The PIT website ( http://www.portsmouthinvitational.com/rosters.html ) lists 14 seniors right now.

Name College
James White Cincinnati
Akin Akingbala Clemson
Tim Smith East Tennessee State
Brandon Bowman Georgetown
Erek Hansen Iowa
Alex Loughton Old Dominion
Cameron Bennerman N.C. State
David Noel North Carolina
Jose Juan Barea Northeastern
Torin Francis Notre Dame
Robert Hite Miami
Brad Buckman Texas
Nick George VCU
Anthony Winchester Western Kentucky


Note Moss is not on the list, but I have no doubt he received an invitation. The list is seniors who have confirmed they will play.

[BU fan]

Here is the announcement in Thursday's PJ Star

BU's Sommerville gets PIT invitation-

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/033006/BRA_B9CVV620.071.shtml

[chitownBUB]

Great news, and I am so happy for Cellus that he can participate in this
very prestigious event.

http://www.bubraves.com//pdf6/33981.pdf?ATCLID=252078&SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400

[Da Coach]

Here are the rosters for the Portsmouth event

http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=1248

Marcellus is on the last team listed, along with James Augustine.

[chitownBUB]

There's actually two ex-BU guys there!
Not only Cellus, but Joah Tucker, too!

[thefish7]

So does anyone know if they televise these games?

Also, how much does the NBA pay attention to the PIT? I know Cellus will get to pay for play somehwere, but I'd really love him to make it to the NBA...

[user1]

Every NBA team will have some reps there.
They don't want to head into the draft without seeing all the available talent.

The Portsmouth web site claims:
"Approximately 200 NBA representatives in attendance."

http://www.portsmouthinvitational.com/

[thefish7]

Thanks, user1.

Does anyone know of any good NBA draft analysis sites out there? ESPN doesn't seem all that strong on the NBA draft.

[user1]

Here are a few you can have fun with:

http://www.nbadraft.net/

(click on any individual player for more info)

http://www.nbadraft.net/articles.asp

http://www.nbadraft.net/history.asp

http://probasketball.about.com/od/nbadraft/a/nbamockdraft061.htm

http://probasketball.about.com/od/nbadraft/a/nbamockdraft062.htm

http://probasketball.about.com/od/nbadraftplayerprofiles/

http://www.insidehoops.com/nba-mock-draft.shtml

http://www.hoopshype.com/draft.htm

http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba_draft/2006_nba_mock_draft-ar22954.html

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/lottery2006/mockdraft

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/Draft/mockdraft.htm

Several of these have Patrick O'Bryant going in 2006 from 10-15th pick.

[tornado]

Here is an article on the Portsmouth Invitational which gets under way today

http://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-99246sy0apr05,0,5157460.story?coll=dp-sports-local

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Cellus' team plays at 9PM tonight (8PM central time)
and as soon as the game is over, the box score will be posted at this site:

http://www.portsmouthinvitational.com/2006boxscores/2006game05.htm

All the games and box scores can be accessed here by clicking on "Box Score":

http://www.portsmouthinvitational.com/scores.html

[OrangeandBlack74]

Cellus' team plays at 9PM tonight (8PM central time)
and as soon as the game is over, the box score will be posted at this site:

http://www.portsmouthinvitational.com/2006boxscores/2006game05.htm

All the games and box scores can be accessed here by clicking on "Box Score":
http://www.portsmouthinvitational.com/scores.html

Cellus' team plays at 9PM tomorrow night (Thursday, April 6), not tonight.

[tornado]

You are correct, O&B, thanks for the correction.

[Majik45]

There was a game last night at Portsmouth and Paul Miller, Jacobsen, and Moss all played.

Miller had an outstanding game, scoring 19 points on 8 of 12 shooting, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 31 minutes.

Jacobsen was only 1-5, scored 3 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in 24 minutes.

Moss was 3-9, 7 points, 3 rebounds and an assist in 27 minutes.