GRR is at the Puriri Memorial Invitational this weekend in Utah, getting a good look at the Utah teams, along with one each from Arizona and Hawai'i.
Yes it's a preseason tournament but gives everyone a chance to assess their own and everyone else's quality and (crucially) depth.
Defending national school-team champs Gonzaga get on the field, as does Georgetown Prep, another highly-ranked DC-area team. Fort Hunt, a ranked team from Virginia, is on a trip to North Carolina, playing Raleigh Redhawks and Charlotte Tigers.
St. Martin's visits 901 in Tennessee, St. Thomas Aquinas faces off with Oklahoma team Bixby, and Oklahoma, by the way, has an expanded list of teams and when they kick off their schedule in March we will see Little Rock and Wichita join them in a moment of geographic logic.
Key Biscayne at Okapi is a huge one in Florida, while Strake Jesuit at Dallas Jesuit is a huge one in Texas. NorCal? Oh, only St. Francis vs De La Salle. Overall, even with Southern California taking a break in between their school and their club season, there's a lot going on. We have 12 games between ranked teams this week.
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