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AVON, Conn. — The high-major coaches crowded around the court to watch top-50 prospect Kyle Filipowski, a 6-foot-10 power forward at Wilbraham & Monson Academy who projects as a high-end college player in the class of 2022.

Varying hues of powerful basketball brands — Indiana red, Iowa yellow, UConn blue, Ohio State red, North Carolina blue, Virginia orange, Michigan maize and Notre Dame green — lined the floor at different times this weekend at Avon Old Farms. Plenty of others watched with curiosity, with some mid-major schools eyeballing his twin brother, Matt Filipowski, a gritty 6-foot-11 center who also plays at Wilbraham & Monson.