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Basketball Elite Southeast Summer Showcase

It’s that time again – Registration for the 3rd annual Basketball Elite Southeast Summer Showcase is now live at http://events.BasketballElite.com, and the event will be held on June 2, 2013. This is one of the premier individual showcases on the East coast, and last year we were at full capacity – I love the success rate we’ve had at finding players who will play at the college level, but it’s a lot of planning and preparation in order to make it happen. We have to coordinate our coaches (several have won state basketball titles), and the overall schedule to make sure that players get a full day of solid instruction and play. Our goal for the showcase is the same every year:

“Walk out of the gym a better player.”

Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to see some of the best basketball coaches, players and world class instructors on the planet. I love the fact that our staff is able to bring those same drills, experience and knowledge to players at all levels.

The results have been phenomenal. We’ve had a huge percentage of alumni who have gone on to play in college – just yesterday, TyQuan Bitting, an alumni from last summer, committed to play for Charleston Southern. On Saturday, our reigning dunk champion Craig Hinton competed on CBS for the National High School Dunk championship. Craig’s committed to VMI, by the way.

This year, I wanted to expand on the overall experience for players and parents who attend – so we’ll be adding new content and information before the event even happens. Registration for the event is not yet available – it will be soon – but if you want the free info we’ll be giving out beforehand, be sure to register – and sign up on the events email list so you can get the inside track on future announcements – at this link.

Team Winston is poised for another strong AAU season this year, and here is the roster and schedule for the team:

March 30-31: Big Shots — Myrtle Beach, SC

April 11-12: D1 State Pool Play — Charlotte, NC
April 19-21: Double Pump Hoop Fest — Los Angeles , CA
April 27-29: Bob Gibbons (Tournament of Champions) — Suwanee, GA

May 3-5: D1 State Bracket Play — Raleigh, NC
May 17-19: Hoop Group (Southern Jam Fest) — Hampton, VA

July 10-14: Next Level Invitational — Mequon, WI
July 19-21: Hall of Fame National Invitational — Springfield, MA
July 23-29: D1 Nationals — Orlando, FL

PF/C Coye Simmomns 6’8 (WS Prep)
G/F Will Tibbs 6’5 (WS Prep)
PG Colton Bishop 6’1 (Forsyth Country Day)
G Hanif Bilal 6’3 (RJ Reynolds High)
G Larry Curry 6’3 (East Forsyth High)
F Brayden Masten 6’8 (High Point Christian Academy)
F Cory Hanes 6’5 (Forsyth Country Day)
C Carson Mounce 6’7 (Mt. Airy High)
PG Sadeeq Bello 5’7 (Westchester Country Day)
F Malik Wright 6’4 (High Point Christian Academy)

NC Court Kings logo

Try Out Information


WHEN:  TUES March 19 & THUR March 21
TIME:   6:30pm – 8:00pm
WHO:  Age 14
and up are welcome (including unsigned seniors)
WHERE:
Glenwood Recreation Center  2010 Coliseum Blvd. GSO

FEE:  $5 per participant OR 2 canned food items (includes
both dates)


Student athletes will be selected for the AAU 15U boys team and the 17U Division I boys team.​

A signed waiver form is required in order to participate. More info available at NCCourtKings.com. Email: info@nccourtkings.com

Basketball Elite is not affiliated with any AAU program. If you would like your AAU information posted on our site, please send it (schedules, tryouts, notable players) to contact@basketballelite.com and be sure to follow us on twitter @bball_elite

The elite AAU program Illinois Old School will be holding tryouts on Sunday, May 3 at Maine East 15u-17u info at illinoisoldschool.net

Elementary/Middle School, Grades 4th-8th

Sunday March 3rd (Make up Date)
5:30-7:00pm

High School

Sunday March 3rd
15U – 5:00-6:30pm
​16U – 6:30-8:00pm
17U – 7:30-9:00pm
Wednesday March 6th
15U – 7:30-9:00pm
16U – 7:30-9:00pm
17U – 7:30-9:00pm

Basketball Elite is not affiliated with any AAU program. If you would like your AAU information posted on our site, please send it (schedules, tryouts, notable players) to contact@basketballelite.com and be sure to follow us on twitter @bball_elite

Squire’s Richmond. aau tryouts:march 3&10th.17u/15u 1pm til 3:30pm,16u 4pm til 6:30pm.location info,go to http://squirebball.com

Basketball Elite is not affiliated with any AAU program. If you would like your AAU information posted on our site, please send it (schedules, tryouts, notable players) to contact@basketballelite.com.

AAU Tryout Alert: Kappa Magic

Kappa Magic Men’s 17U AAU try outs Tuesday, March 19th 7-830PM at New Hope Academy in Thomasville NC. For more info, you can also follow @KappaMagic on Twitter.

Basketball Elite is not affiliated with any AAU program. If you would like your AAU information posted on our site, please send it (schedules, tryouts, notable players) to contact@basketballelite.com.

AAU Tryout Alert: NC Spartans

NC Spartans

The NC Spartans Elite 16/17U AAU tryouts will be held this Sunday, March 3, at Bishop McGuinnes HS from 2:00-4:00. The Spartans play only live events (events that are open to NCAA D1 college coaches) and will be once again playing a competitive schedule this year. If you would like to know more information, contact Program Director Josh Thompson at joshthompson33@gmail.com.

Basketball Elite is not affiliated with any AAU program. If you would like your AAU information posted on our site, please send it (schedules, tryouts, notable players) to contact@basketballelite.com.

Isaac Copeland Garner Road
Top recruit Isaac Copeland and the Adidas-sponsored Garner Road Bulldogs will be in attendance.

 

One of the biggest myths in college recruiting is that in order to get exposure, you should play AAU basketball, and that will automatically get you “seen” by college coaches and scouts. But the reality is that not all AAU events are created equally. Some are valid, big time events with many college coaches and scouts in attendance. Others are held in empty gyms with little competition and do little to impact players’ recruitment.

Finding quality AAU events is not always easy, and AAU teams are constantly looking for good places to travel which will not only have good competition but hopefully some exposure as well.

This is one of the events that accomplishes both of those things.

The inaugural Basketball Elite Early Bird Review AAU Tournament will be held at the J.D. Lewis Center in Raleigh, NC on March 15-17, 2013.  Cost to enter the tournament is a mere $200 and several high profile teams will be in a attendance. Not only that, but it’s the same weekend as the North Carolina High School state championships – also held in Raleigh – which means that the college coaches who descend on those games will be able to hop over and catch as many recruits as they can in one weekend.

In addition, Basketball Elite will have multiple scouts covering all courts at the event – looking for players who colleges should be recruiting and tracking. We will have more scouts at this event than any event we’ve ever covered in the past.

Even better, NetCastSports.com will be broadcasting this tournament live as well. NCSN has broadcast high profile high school and AAU including nationally ranked teams such as Oak Hill and Wesleyan, and brings high definition broadcasting into the gym, giving the players even more visibility.  This is not just a fuzzy camera phone catching some action (usually with someone’s head in the way), but a full HD broadcast with play by play, multiple camera angles and color commentary.

You can sign up your AAU team for the tournament at this link, which shows all of the upcoming tournaments at Garner Road, or contact:

Byron Solomon
Cell: (919) 395-6243
Email: grbasketballclub@yahoo.com

Sign up today! The deadline to get in on this is fast approaching!

The Carolina Phenoms AAU 8th Grade Boys team will have tryouts on November 17, 2012 from 4:30-6:30pm at South Rowan High School.

The Phenoms program is a solid program put together by good coaches who are focused on helping their players improve, and are some of the ‘good guys’ in the world of AAU, so please check them out.


Photo Source: AAUNews.org

By Marcus Shockley

Negative recruiting isn’t a new phenomenon. It’s been happening as long as recruiting has existed. However, it’s reached new heights with social media. Players now are bombarded by fans of various schools not only begging them to choose their team, but often trashing the other schools that a player is reportedly considering.

Sports Illustrated recently ran a story about how much negative recruiting players have to wade through today, especially high profile players like Julius Randle:

“I don’t really like hearing about why I shouldn’t go to certain schools too much,” said Julius Randle, a rising senior forward at Prestonwood Christian (Plano, Texas). “It happens all the time, but, for me, I just don’t like when coaches do that.”

First and foremost, fans should know that engaging in this type of behavior is an NCAA violation for boosters of athletic programs, and that doesn’t just mean people who give money to a program. A booster pretty much includes anyone who supports a team.

But not only that, it’s incredibly stupid and childish behavior, usually exhibited by 30, 40 and 50 year old adults constantly bombarding 16 and 17 year old players.

Then there’s an entire layer of negative recruiting that comes from insiders, people posing as media, and most damaging of all, coaches. It should go without saying that a coach that will say negative things about another program will do the same to you when you are not around (that’s just true in life, not only sports), but considering that many adults never figure that out, it’s hard to imagine that it doesn’t work on at least some recruits.

Wayne Selden talks about how negative recruiting turns him off of schools, as it should:

“It makes me pay more attention to the fact that you’re steadily talking about this other school,” said Selden, a shooting guard at Tilton (Tilton, N.H.) who recently reclassified from 2014 to 2013. “That’s not cool. Just talk about why I should come to your school. I don’t want to hear all that negativity.”

Parents seem more susceptible to negative recruiting than players in many cases. That’s probably because parents are more worried about making a long-term mistake, while players are just thinking about where they might like to play ball.