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Anderson made the game winning shot to get his team into Semis--which will be shown on ESPNU tomorrow. He's in the Semis, along with Austin Rivers team--despite the fact they LOST opening round game to Findlay Prep and Rivers was outplayed by Corey Joseph.

St. Benedicts also advanced and the other team is Montaverde Academy--with future Nova player James Bell and future Marquette player Jalil Jones.

Forgot to mention the 6'11 African kid from St. Ben's who has listed Hoyas--Blaise M....forget his last name but he'll be playing as well.

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Watched the game and will focus on Kyle--despite the game really being the "Austin Rivers Promotional Video" headed by Bruno Kirby--I mean Paul Biancardi.

1. Anderson is NOT a PG--but he's got vision of one. He really plays the "point" for Paterson in their halfcourt sets. He is very unselfish and yet when game was on line--he took ball to hole twice and scored easily. Hit 2 big FT's as well.

2. The game turned when Kyle Anderson defended Rivers. There is a big write up of game on Adam Zagoria's blog and sadly the guy who wrote it must not have watched the game. In last 5 minutes--Anderson was put on Rivers and while Paterson rotated defenders to tire Rivers, it was Kyle's length that really bothered him the most. Kyle forced him into bad shots or to pass it because he's got such long arms. He had 2 blocks by simply extending his arms under hoop as Winter Park players attempted shot and a nice weakside block of a Rivers shot too. Game went from a 1 pt hole for Paterson to an 8 pt win as Anderson made the plays.

3. Anderson is an ideal recruit for Georgetown because he can effect the game in a variety of ways with/without the ball. He sets up teammates well, has great court vision, and is a solid defender. He's one of those "passers who leads to assist" guys too--so as many assists he's had--the other guys also made nice plays after he gave them ball too.

4. His weakness is literally that--he needs to get stronger/quicker as he plays very deliberately--but doesn't effect his impact on the game now. He's more of a Point Forward type--guy who makes great decisions with ball--and takes his guy off dribble well too--but not quick enough to handle ball pressure as you advance to next level.

5. Teammates nickname him "slo Mo"--because he doesn't move that fast--but he is a leader and watching this game--he was difference down the stretch. Paterson is very well coached and plays HARD---but credit to their unselfishness that they let Anderson make decisions and don't care who scores.....

6. Really liked Fuquan Edwin who is a Seton Hall Signee--and Myles Mack who is an undersized PG. They were huge factors and got the acclaim due to pts--but also due to unselfishness-they shared the ball and were more then happy in halfcourt to allow the younger Anderson to control the game.

7. Kyle's got to improve his jumpshot as well---he's got a nice soft shot but he needs to use his legs more and get more arc.

8. The one guy I could see Anderson developing into--Shaun Livingston type. About same size and same court vision--only Anderson isn't as mobile which is why I see him as a Forward who plays Point/has ball in halfcourt more as compared to Livingston who had a huge future ahead of him before his horrific knee injury. Now that's not saying he's Livingston like now--but he's only a Soph and with more strength/added quickness, that is type of frame he's got/going to have.

One of those kids you see and aren't sold on immediately due to his lack of speed--but he grows on you as you watch game and down the stretch he was best player on court as he impacted the game without needing the ball--(defense and passing) and he also picked the right time when to score--4 points in last 2 minutes of his 6. Just like to watch guys who understand how to WIN--not play--because he does that exceptionally well but he knows how to WIN. His current team has guys who can score-they need him to pick his spots and he's happy to do that and it's reflective of type of player he is but also the type of coaching he's received because I thought Paterson kids were all winners who cared about playing to win--not to be "stars". Will serve them all well as they move onto college careers and their Coach was very impressive as well.