West Virginia fans will have plenty to track when Peach Jam opens July 14 in North Augusta, South Carolina, with several of the Mountaineers’ top targets set to take center stage in AAU basketball’s biggest event.
The headline matchup comes right away. Team Thad and UPLAY Canada are both in the field, and they’ll face each other on Day 1 at 6 p.m. on the court 2 stream. That gives WVU followers a direct look at two of the program’s priority point guard targets going head-to-head in a high-stakes setting.
Team Thad had to fight through a rough start to Session IV just to make the cut, but it arrives with one of the circuit’s biggest stock risers in Justin Frison. The 5-foot-10 class of 2027 point guard is putting up 15.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 2.4 steals per game while shooting 47% from the field and 38% from three.
He leads the entire circuit in assists per game by a wide margin and recently picked up his fourth star from 247Sports. Frison also has an official visit to WVU set for late September, making him one of the Mountaineers’ top targets to monitor closely over the next few days.
UPLAY Canada brings its own featured WVU target to the floor in 5-foot-8 guard Javion Tyndale. The cousin of Miles Sadler, Tyndale is averaging 18.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game and is ranked No. 57 overall in the class by 247Sports.
He’s scheduled to visit Morgantown the weekend of the Coastal Carolina football game. UPLAY went 10-5 in the regular season to secure its spot in North Augusta.
Arizona Unity is another team loaded with names West Virginia fans should know. Miles Sadler’s former AAU team features consensus five-star big man Paul Osaruyi, who has been strong in the lead-up to Peach Jam with averages of 9.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 2.8 stocks per game while shooting 42.9% from the floor. He’s joined by three other players who hold WVU offers: 6-foot-4 Canadian shooting guard Lyris Robinson, a top-65 recruit and member of CIA Bella Vista’s championship team; LJ Diamond, a 6-foot-3 combo guard and top-120 prospect; and Hassan Abdulkadir, a class of 2028 big from Bahrain.
AZ Unity went 8-7 to punch its ticket and opens play tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. on the court 2 stream.
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West Virginias November schedule just got a lot clearer, and a lot more interesting, with the Players Era Mens Basketball Championships setting its 2026 ticket rollout and unveiling the structure for a loaded Vegas showcase. The event will bring 24 college teams to Michelob ULTRA Arena and T-Mobile Arena for separate tournaments, with the Players Era 8 and Players Era 16 both slotted into a mid-November window that is already shaping up as one of the early measuring sticks on the calendar.
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