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Bracket established for elite high school basketball tournament, The Throne

‘The Throne’ has a bracket set for its high school championships.

The brackets are set for ‘The Throne,’ an elite high school basketball tournament that will feature several of the top programs in the nation as well as a number of top recruits.

‘The Throne’ released their bracket this week, including four of the top 10 teams in the USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25. Heading line the event will be No. 2 Plano East (Plano, Texas) and No. 3 Columbus (Miami, Florida) as well as No. 7 Grayson (Loganville, Georgia).

Also included in the event is No. 9 Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, New Jersey) who will play under the name ‘The Brotherhood.’

Cameron Boozer, the second-highest ranked recruit in the class of 2025, will compete at the event. His brother, Cayden Boozer, is a four-star and the No. 17 recruit. The brothers play for Columbus.

‘The Throne’ will be hosted by the American Dream (East Rutherford, New Jersey) and will run from March 27-30. The brackets for the boys and girls sides are now up.

The skating rink at the American Dream will be converted into a basketball court. That rink recently served as the host for the USA Curling National Championships.

 

Cameron Boozer leads No. 19 Columbus to win over No. 3 Long Island Lutheran

Cameron Boozer had 26 points and Jase Richardson had six stocks to lead No. 19 Columbus to its third win against a top-6 team this season.

The 2024 Hoophall Classic at Springfield College in Massachusetts featured one of the games most stacked with high-level Division I prospects so far this season: No. 19 Columbus, headlined by five-star brothers Cameron and Cayden Boozer and four-star brothers Jase and Jaxon Richardson, and No. 3 Long Island Lutheran, with five-star VJ Edgecombe supported by four four-star players and depth from five-star sophomore Dylan Mingo.

Long Island’s blistering start to the season was stymied by Columbus, which gave LoLu its second loss by a score of 81-62. Cameron Boozer led the 15-4 Columbus Explorers with a game-high 26 points in 26 minutes.

Columbus led for almost the entirety of the first half, but Long Island Lutheran snuck a 39-36 lead into the break and maintained that three-point lead through the third quarter.

The Explorers put their foot on the gas in the fourth quarter, though, going on a 25-3 run to take away any chance the Crusaders had at victory. The tough-nose defense resulted in Long Island shooting only 38% from the field, Edgecombe making just five of 14 field goal attempts, and four-star Kiyan Anthony shooting just 2-for-10 off the bench.

In addition to Cameron Boozer’s 26 points and five blocks, Jase Richardson had 20 points to go with nine assists, two blocks, and four steals, and Cayden Boozer had 17 points.

The full game can be found on NBA.com.

Long Island Lutheran now has two losses, with this game adding onto the loss to No. 1 Montverde. With wins against Super 25 teams like No. 11 Don Bosco Prep, No. 15 Link Academy, and No. 23 Mater Dei, the Crusaders remain one of the best teams in the country despite this defeat.

Columbus, meanwhile, has four losses, but don’t let that make you think this victory is a fluke. This is now the third team in the top six of the Super 25 the Explorers have taken down: No. 3 LoLu, No. 4 Harvard-Westlake and No. 6 Prolific Prep. Columbus’ losses are to very good teams: Montverde, Don Bosco Prep, Link Academy, and No. 17 Wasatch.

They’ll test themselves again on Monday when they face off against No. 2 Paul VI.

Scoreboard: Super 25 boys basketball

Boozer twins will visit Florida basketball in November

The twin sons of Carlos Boozer will return to Gainesville for an official visit in November.

A pair of highly sought-after 2025 prospects announced they’ll visit the University of Florida this fall.

The Boozer twins, Cameron and Cayden, will follow up on an unofficial visit from last season and be on campus the weekend of Nov. 4 and plan to attend the matchup with the Gators and Arkansas Razorbacks on Jan. 13.

Cayden Boozer is especially excited to revisit Gainesville.

“I loved the fans, I loved the atmosphere, the team, and the coaching,” Boozer said. “It was a good experience for us.”

Landing both recruits would be a big get for head coach Todd Golden and the Florida basketball squad, but the prospects stated before they are willing to go their separate ways in college.

“We definitely could be a package deal, we also could go somewhere different,” Cameron Boozer said. “At the end of the day, we’ve got to go somewhere that’s best for us.”

“It would be awesome if we could go to the same school at the same time, but one school might be the best situation for him and it might not be for me.”

The Boozer twins are the sons of former NBA star Carlos Boozer, who played in the league for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz and the Chicago Bulls.

According to 247Sports, Cameron Boozer is the consensus No. 1 recruit in the nation with a five-star rating and receives comparisons to Orlando Magic forward and NBA first-round pick Paolo Banchero.

Cayden Boozer, however, is a four-star recruit and nationally ranked No. 17 and is the No. 3 overall point guard.

Cameron Boozer says his twin brother is the best point guard in the nation.

“(Cayden) is a very underrated player and gets overlooked a lot because I am his brother,” Cameron said. “The way he pushes the tempo and controls the pace of the game, the way he attacks the rim and finishes, how crafty he is, his skill and feel for the game is rare and I feel like he should be talked about way more.”

The Florida Gators basketball season is still a couple of months away. The first tipoff against Loyola is set for Nov. 6.

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