If you haven't comprehended my saying over and over that the game starts at the one, then you will never be GURU certified and probably didn't have an SAT score of over 1500 like Jasmine Ocanas. The 2012 class of area basketball players mirrors the 2005 class in a number of ways, both had great kids who were great players and now I'm also seeing quite a number of great students. I saw Jasmine while she was in middle school and playing with the Houston Angels and had they stayed together, they would have been a team that could have competed on the national level. This young lady was completely under the radar as she had moved in from Dallas however 4 three pointers from around the timeline later let me know I needed to keep an eye on her and I have done exactly that
Ocanas is about to finish her star studded career at Elsik where she will have made not only all district four straight seasons, she has also been named Houston Chronicle All Greater Houston along with a couple of All Region Teams however to solidify her ability on the court, she was also one of my original Top 20 in the area for this class and when the "GURU" puts his stamp of approval on a player, he has documentation, well in my head, ready to support just why I say this or that and for this young lady to still be unsigned is a mystery to me. Throw out the all whatever teams, that can sometimes be as misleading as being nominated for this team or that team and that's the truth!
What's also the truth is she is the point guard on the defending Region 3 Champion and let's back track on her mindset. In her sophomore year, Jasmine's season ended in the Elite 8 after Bellaire came back from a 20 plus point deficit to win the game. We talked about it a few times and she assured me that wouldn't happen again. Jasmine isn't the flashiest or fastest point guard around, she knows that and what she also knew was whatever decencies she had in her game, she needed to improve on and that work ethic paid off. Opening day, they build up a 20 plus point lead on Bellaire and expand it as they not only won but sent a message heard around the city, or was it a fluke? After knocking off Cy Woods in the Elite 8, they defeated not only Clear Springs, who had lost only once until that point, but also North Shore for a trip to state
With all that being said, my "it's not what you do it's who you do it against" seems like the perfect closing however I'll end it with this. Yes, she is unsigned but with a 1500 score and a resume that shows she can run a team, that will be a blur before you know it
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