Another Shot for the Unsigned : Basketball: Players try to impress college scouts at Discovery Classic.

Referees at the Discovery Classic at Valley College on Saturday might have ignored an infraction here and there, but there were no complaints from the basketball coaches and more than 120 players.

“The main purpose of these games is just to watch the skill level and ability of the players,” UCLA assistant coach Brad Holland said. “The officiating wasn’t that important.”

The daylong tournament, which featured many of California’s best unsigned high school and junior college players, attracted college scouts and coaches from universities throughout the country, including Nevada Las Vegas, Seton Hall and Colorado.

“It’s an opportunity to showcase these kids, especially ones that may have been overlooked,” said USC assistant coach Brian Hammel, who arrived from Pittsburgh on Saturday morning after watching a high school all-star game the night before.

“It’s the biggest tournament for unsigned players on the West Coast. I’ve been able to see a lot of players whose teams have lost in the early rounds of tournaments that I might have not seen otherwise.”

Grant guard Keith Weinstein was one of those hoping to make a good impression.

“I’m hoping that something will come of this,” said the 6-foot-1 Weinstein, who averaged 16.4 points a game and helped lead the Lancers to the City Section 3-A Division semifinals the past season. “I’m keeping my fingers crossed. It was just run-and-gun the whole way. I played well on defense, I just hope I attracted some attention from somebody.”

For Valley guard Andre Harrell, the Western State Conference Player of the Year who has committed to Cal Poly Pomona, the tournament offered the chance to reassure Pomona coaches.

“At Pomona, they want to switch me to point guard from shooting guard,” Harrell said. “I want to show them I can play.”

Holland said that although most of the Bruins’ recruiting is completed, he was doing some last-minute scouting before Wednesday, the first day to sign national letters of intent.

“We’re here to take one more look,” Holland said. “There might be a diamond in the rough that we looked over. I had an opportunity to look at a couple of players that we are interested in.”

Valley Coach Jim Stephens, who guided the Monarchs to the WSC crown in February, attended primarily to see San Fernando’s 6-5 Russell Baldwin, the West Valley League MVP and an All-City 3-A selection.

However, Stephens was especially impressed with one of Baldwin’s Northwest Valley Conference opponents, Canoga Park’s Marcus Reed, a Times’ All-Valley second-team choice who averaged 20.1 points.

“We have plenty of guards,” Stephens said. “We’re looking for front-line players. I like Baldwin a lot, but Marcus Reed showed a lot of talent out there. I haven’t seen him play before today, but I talked to his coach and am going to give (Reed) a call.”