Can't Get Enough of Royce White, Craig Brackins, YMCA Capital City League?
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What a Night! Former ISU Stars Royce White and Craig Brackins Shine in YMCA Summer League Game
The ISU stars — one now an NBA free agent and the other ready for the draft — take part in the YMCA Capital City Basketball League.
So, Patch.com came up short on the scoreboard Wednesday against ADIO Chiropractic in the YMCA Summer League in a 114-113 squeaker. We don't care. We're considering the night a victory, anyway. Iowa State's Royce White and Craig Brackins helped attract a standing-room-only crowd to Valley Southwoods Freshman High School for a great — and free — night out for more than 1,000 people. Want pictures and full stats from future games delivered to your email account? Click here for our newsletter. And Like us on Facebook for more pictures. And Patch.com teamed with White to raffle off a basketball donning his autograph and will donate every dime of the $265 it generated to Orchard Place, which works with youths with behavioral disorders and mental…
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Royce White Plays Against Craig Brackins – And Everybody Wins
Two of the top stars in Iowa State basketball history played against each other in the YMCA Capital City Basketball League. Full stats are here.
The final score was Craig Brackins' team 114, Royce White's team 113. In the end, though, there wasn't a loser in attendance for the game, played Wednesday before about a standing-room crowd of more than 1,000 people who jammed Valley Southwoods Freshman High School for an extra-special evening of the YMCA Capital City Basketball League. Check back later in the day for more of some pretty awesome photos taken of the game -- and the scenes afterward. Both White and Brackins are veterans of the Cap City league, and both returned to put on a quite a show, with fans ooh-ing and ahh-ing at times like they were watching a spectacular fireworks show. This is the the 9th season for the basketball league, which is organized by Derek Hannah, youth …
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The NBA Comes to West Des Moines: ISU Alums Royce White v. Craig Brackins Tonight
The YMCA Capital City Basketball League will feature the two players going against each other tonight. Royce White will play for Patch.com. Craig Brackins will play for ADIO Chiropractic.
Not every day does the NBA come to the Big WDM — but it is tonight. In a matchup of talent that should be as impressive as it should be fun, two former Iowa State University stars will square off against each other in the YMCA Capital City Basketball League. Royce White, a projected first-round NBA draft pick, will join former coach and Patch blogger Derek Hannah to play for Patch.com. Former ISU star Craig Brackins — now a free agent after playing with the Philadelphia 76ers — will play for ADIO Chiropractic. Come back to Patch tomorrow for pictures of the game. And Like us on Facebook for plenty more pictures. Game time is 6:45 tonight at Valley Southwoods Freshman High School in West Des Moines. But don't wait until then to come out. …
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Beth Dalbey
2:58 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
This guy could be doing a thousand other things as he looks forward to a career with the NBA. Instead, he supports the Y. How cool is that? more ›