Berry, Berry Good

Southfield's back-to-back final four boys hoops squads from 2010 and 2011 has placed another player from its roster at the Division I college level.

After a couple of years on the JUCO circuit, former Bluejays starting power forward Landon Atterberry has resurfaced out east at Long Island University (LIU) – Brooklyn, the three-time defending champion from the Northeast Conference.

This means you very well might end up seeing Atterberry in the Big Dance very soon, as in this coming March when the Blackbirds try for a fourth straight bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The past two years, Atterberry (6-foot-7) has been down south playing at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, North Carolina. Last winter, he averaged 17 points and 7 rebounds per game.

I remember Atterberry as a genuine X-Factor in Southfield's runs to the Breslin Center, providing 'Jays head coach Gary Teasley stability in the paint on both ends of the floor and a finisher in transition. Oh, yeah, if you left him open from outside the circle, he'd make you pay and swish it (an added dimension to his game that he unveiled his senior campaign in the OC).

He'll be a junior at LIU, with two years of eligibility remaining.

Carlton Brundidge and Patrick Onwenu, Atterberry's teammates in high school at Southfield, are playing together this year locally at the University of Detroit-Mercy. Brundidge, a three-year all-state pick in the backcourt with the Bluejays, transferred to U-D Mercy last summer and after sitting out the 2013 season, is finally eligible. Like Atterberry, Onwenu, his fellow post prowler at the prep level, went the JUCO route last season following a single year as a DI'er at Texas Southern.