If You Go: Wally Keller Classic

The 12th annual Wally Keller Classic tips off January 19 and 20 at Charlotte High School (1250 Cooper Street, Punta Gorda). It is sixteen games in two gyms over two days. The gyms, Wally Keller Gymnasium and the Fish Tank, are adjacent so you never need to leave the building if you wish to go back and forth to watch games.

Four games, including a rivalry junior varsity game will be played Friday, starting at 4 p.m., with the remaining games on Saturday starting at 11:20 a.m.

Once again the Wally Keller Classic features some of the top teams and prospects in the state of Florida plus a team from outside of the state. Among the teams and players you can watch this weekend are:

City Of Palms Champions University School (Davie): Vernon Carey, Jr. (No.1 ranked prospect in the 2019 class), Scottie Barnes (No. 2 ranked prospect in the 2020 class), Trey Doomes (West Virginia commit and ranked No. 136), Drue Drinnon (New Mexico).

Kissimmee Osceola: Omar Payne and Isaiah Palermo are ranked No. 44 and No. 148 in the 2019 class.

Gulliver Prep (Miami): Tony Sanders and Jamal Mashburn, Jr. are ranked No. 62 and No. 67 in the 2020 class. Gabe Taylor is an intriguing sophomore point guard for the Raiders.

Orlando Christian Prep: Nassir Little (North Carolina commit and No. 5 ranked prospect in the 2018 class), Ronaldo Segu (Buffalo), C.J. Walker (No. 113 ranked prospect in the 2019 class) and senior DeJuan Lockett.

Miami Christian: Neftali Alvarez and Jeffrey Hernandez are talented seniors.

Canterbury (Fort Myers): Berrick JeanLouis (South Alabama)

SW Florida Christian (Fort Myers): Caleb Catto (FGCU)

Miami Norland: Reece Wilkinson (Tennessee Tech) and junior Chris Spenkuch

Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton): Evan Spiller and Keon Buckley

Winter Haven: Keyshawn Bryant and Dorian James (UNF)

Russ Wood is a contributing national basketball recruiting analyst for Rivals.com and FlaVarsity.com. You may click here to follow him on Twitter.