A feature on Oakmont's Tony Gill

Oakmont High star Tony Gill has a plan and Bill Paterson -- of course -- offers the details:

Ex-Oakmont basketball star has learned much from his AAU experience
Bill Paterson
Sacramento Bee
July 10, 2010

Former Oakmont High School star Tony Gill considers himself a late bloomer, partly because he didn't play high-level Amateur Athletic Union basketball until after his junior season.

Gill was a Cal-Hi Sports All-State Division II and Bee All-Metro first team selection this past season in leading the Vikings to the Sac-Joaquin Section D-II championship game. The 6-foot-8 center-forward credits an eye-opening summer last July for helping him have a breakout senior season in which he averaged 18.5 points and 10.5 rebounds.

That's when he got his first taste of big-time basketball playing with the Rocklin Warriors (now NorCal Pump N Run) during the July viewing period for college coaches.

"To be perfectly honest, it was a slap in the face," Gill said. "Back home I had had a pretty good amount success and was a little cocky...

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