The  annual Kenner Summer League is an early opportunity to see Georgetown basketball. Today, we check in with some of the team’s lesser known players (except for Jerrelle Benimon, who didn’t play on Saturday).

Julian Vaughn

As the tallest and strongest player in his game on Saturday, Vaughn succeeded around the basket. But, don’t expect Vaughn to play defense for 40 minutes a night—he disappeared for portions of the scrimmage, despite finishing with a line of 14 points, eight rebounds, an assist, and a steal. The following day, he kept up his strong inside game by dominating the boards and finishing with some surprisingly-polished post moves.

Henry Sims

Oh, Henry. Although he was a lauded recruit, Sims is still an indecipherable mixed bag. He has the ability to hit mid-range jumpers, has the best length of any Hoya, and seems to have better hands this summer than in seasons past … but, he gives up too much ground while defending his man in the paint.

One sequence from Sunday summed up Sims’s weekend: he blocked a shot, gathered the rebound, turned the ball over on an ill-advised pass, and then he held his ground on a 3-1 break, blocking the shot against the rim. He still needs to work on his post moves, but it was good to see Sims play confidently.

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In need of a pick-me-up after this year’s disappointing season and the recent slew of desertions?  Here’s a video to tide you over until Georgetown’s newest basketball player and hi-top fade enthusiast Vee Sanford hits the court next semester:

On Sunday afternoon, the Georgetown men’s basketball team only had eight players on its predicted 2009-10 roster. Eight players, for those casual basketball fans out there, aren’t even enough to run a five-on-five scrimmage during practice.

The Hoyas added a ninth player to their roster on Monday, when Kentucky All-State shooting guard Vee Sanford of Lexington Catholic, a 6-3 three point shooting expert, announced his intention to play at Georgetown next season.

According to the Lousiville Courier Journal, Sanford’s coach, Brandon Salsman, said, “”I think it’s great for him. He will fit in like one of the round pegs on their puzzle. They have a role for him and he’ll do what they want.”

Sanford averaged 22.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.4 assists a game this past season.

ESPN Insider’s basketball recruiting gurus evaluated Sanford in March and rated him an 86 out of 100, and the 70^th-ranked shooting guard in this year’s senior class. While the ranking isn’t extremely high, they added:

Sanford is a skilled, long athlete that has the ability to score in a variety of ways. He is a good ball handler and underrated passer but his strength lies in his three point range of the catch or dribble and his floater in the lane that he executes with excellent touch and body control. Sanford must add strength and he didn’t shoot well this weekend but he has the potential to be an excellent college player.

“An excellent college player” is all Hoya fans need to hear.