EYBL Nike National Championship - Nike TOC: JB’s Notebook (Day 3)

Friday was the kick off of Nike TOC, Nike EYBL Nationals, and USJN Nationals taking place at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. This event has brought in around 10,000 players to compete under one roof for a 4/5 day period to end the July Live College Viewing Period.   I have the privilege to be in attendance for the weekend to see some great action. Here are some notes that I ended up taking in real time while evaluating through out Day 3 at the EYBL/Nike TOC portion of things.   Thanks for tuning in and enjoy!   #2 - Jada Seubert - 2027 - Team Prime Nation 16U EYBL   "Walking bucket. A lefty with feel, touch, coordination, and balance in everything she is doing. Someone that can change a games outcome by her production alone when she is in the right mindset. Seubert stands at 5'11 with quick movement on both sides of the floor. She can also handle at a high rate and make the others around her better with her play. Throughout her team's first few contests she is averaging around 24 PPG, 7 RPG, and 6 APG. She has even had some contests with 10 Assists the past few days. I'm not sure if she had any D1 offers before this event but I'd hope so because at the 16U level, she is KILLING it this weekend."   #30 - [player_tooltip player_id='595151' first='Rowan' last='Jacobi'] - 2026 - Missouri Phenom 17U - Iowa Hub   "The Missouri Phenom 17U Iowa Hub team secured a nice W this morning after falling just short last night in Bracket Play. It's all about how you resound. Are you going to compile mistakes or are you going to shake it off and regroup for success? This group did a fantastic job of regrouping. They were led in this specific contest by F/C - [player_tooltip player_id='595151' first='Rowan' last='Jacobi'] in the middle. Jacobi ended with 19 Points and 9 Rebounds in paint. Doing all that she could do in the paint."   #12 - Simone Walker - 2027 - Missouri Phenom 16U EYBL   "We had 5 buzzer beaters throughout EYBL Play the past few days. The most recent that I saw was the one out of Simone Walker of Missouri Phenom 16U EYBL as they beat the [program_tooltip program_id='712377' first='All' last='Iowa Attack'] 16U EYBL to move onto the Final Four of the 16U Platinum Bracket. Walker used her size, physicality, and touch to score with her back to the basket off of the block in OT. You could tell this play was the look for the Phenom the entire time. They had everyone clear, gave Walker space, she received a tough pass, went to work, and the rest is history. Walker comes in right at 6'2 and she is a handful. If you want to stop her, putting her in 1v1 situations on offense on the block is not the way to do it. She demonstrated that today to a T."   #32 - Jayla Forbes - 2027 - Team Essence 17U EYBL   "A monster to contain in the post. A hooper with natural height, balance, a soft touch, and everything in between at the PF/C position. It makes sense that Forbes has a stack of P4 offers at this time. She is someone that opposing programs MUST game plan against with a double team in some sort of way. If not, she is going to have 15/15 by halftime. Forbes has been consistent going to the boards on both ends this weekend, making the defense pay when they don't double team her or act first. I'm sure this is a name we will see at the next level for years to come."   #32 - [player_tooltip player_id='777233' first='Romey' last='Croatt'] - 2027 - [program_tooltip program_id='712377' first='All' last='Iowa Attack'] 11th EYCL   "AIA 11th EYCL has made the 11th grade EYCL Championship behind elite guard play with a sprinkle of post touches. There are a number of hoopers doing their thing for this group but someone who is really standing out is PG - [player_tooltip player_id='777233' first='Romey' last='Croatt']. Croatt is receiving a lot of love from the college ranks lately. She is a pass first PG, who controls pace and just plays the game the right way. She understands that her best ability creating and making the others around her better. It's notable. It stood out last Winter during her team's State Tournament run and it's been continuing ever since. When you simplify it, this is an athletic, who rarely makes mistakes. She competes with a chip on her shoulder mentality and that's been easy to see this weekend in Chicago. Especially during Day's 2 and 3 of this event."   #X - Kiersten Tebockhorst - 2029 - Missouri Phenom 14U Iowa Hub   "Tebockhorst will be a name we hear during this upcoming Winter season within the state of Iowa. Tebockhorst is a smart, productive player, that is going to be able to kill some schools that she comes across. During her team's 4th game of this event, Tebockhorst recorded 29 points and 5 steals in a 35+ point victory. These numbers are impressive. She led with her offense and followed through with her defense. If you want to play at the next level one day, you have to play both ways and TeBock does a great job of that."   #12 - [player_tooltip player_id='920716' first='Bentley' last='Dill'] - 2028 - [program_tooltip program_id='712377' first='All' last='Iowa Attack'] 16U EYBL   "Usually we see [player_tooltip player_id='920716' first='Bentley' last='Dill'] kill it from three point range offensively but in this game, she kept it simple and went 5-10 from the field, only going 1-2 from three point range. She also added along 4 rebounds, 1 assist, and 3 steals. For someone playing up a grade level on the EYBL Circuit, this is a nice showing from Dill. She is demonstrating each week that she deserves to be competing with the big dawgs on the National scale. She competes hard, has well rounded skill-set already, and she never takes plays off. If those things hold up, watch out."

Friday was the kick off of Nike TOC, Nike EYBL Nationals, and USJN Nationals taking place at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. This event has brought in around 10,000 players to compete under one roof for a 4/5 day period to end the July Live College Viewing Period.