Looking ahead to this weekend, all 3 Hoop Dreams Orange teams are in action in Atlanta.

 

The Travelers EYBL squad has 5 tough games this weekend. They'll play 3 of the top 5 teams in the league. Great opportunity for them.

 

Not sure where the Travelers 16s are.

 

Magic 15s and 16s are in Chicago. Will be interesting to see how they do with additions of Tre Hill at 15u and Treyvon Sylvester at 16u level.

 

I believe Manimal and WKY Elite are playing the 3 stripes event in Louisville.

 

Where will TBC, Shining Stars, Hoopsters, etc. be this weekend?

 

Good luck to all!

16U Travelers are in Atlanta I believe for EYBL qualifiers.

Shining Stars are in Kings Island Tourny in Cincy and Hoopsters told me they where going to Three Stripes.

TBC will be in Atlanta

Are the Hoop Dreams black teams playing this weekend?

Are the Hoop Dreams black teams playing this weekend?

 

Yes. They are in the field for the Three Stripe event in Louisville.

 

The schedule can be found at:

 

http://www.midwestyouthtournaments.com/Docs/EventFiles%5C3SMDCCPool.pdf

Looking ahead to this weekend, all 3 Hoop Dreams Orange teams are in action in Atlanta.

 

The Travelers EYBL squad has 5 tough games this weekend. They'll play 3 of the top 5 teams in the league. Great opportunity for them.

 

Not sure where the Travelers 16s are.

 

Magic 15s and 16s are in Chicago. Will be interesting to see how they do with additions of Tre Hill at 15u and Treyvon Sylvester at 16u level.

 

I believe Manimal and WKY Elite are playing the 3 stripes event in Louisville.

 

Where will TBC, Shining Stars, Hoopsters, etc. be this weekend?

 

Good luck to all!

 

As mentioned above, the 16U Travelers are in Atlanta as this event is a 16U EYBL qualifier like the Boo Williams, Spring Takeover (in Louisville) & Houston two weekends ago. What I suspect is there will be a separate 16U division for the teams Nike has identified as their 16U EYBL programs and another 16U open division. I am just guessing based on what Nike is doing to make the 16U EYBL program more exclusive like the 17U is.

 

I have also heard that Sylvester may not be joining Magic now so we will have to see if he stays with Hoopsters or ends up in Chicago after all. Hill will be in Chicago for sure though and will make the 15U team even better.

As mentioned above, the 16U Travelers are in Atlanta as this event is a 16U EYBL qualifier like the Boo Williams, Spring Takeover (in Louisville) & Houston two weekends ago. What I suspect is there will be a separate 16U division for the teams Nike has identified as their 16U EYBL programs and another 16U open division. I am just guessing based on what Nike is doing to make the 16U EYBL program more exclusive like the 17U is.

 

I have also heard that Sylvester may not be joining Magic now so we will have to see if he stays with Hoopsters or ends up in Chicago after all. Hill will be in Chicago for sure though and will make the 15U team even better.

 

Correct. There is a EYBL qualifier and a regular 16U tourney for the non Nike teams. This is the last qualifier for Peach Jam. The top 16 16U teams will go to North Augusta in July.

Correct. There is a EYBL qualifier and a regular 16U tourney for the non Nike teams. This is the last qualifier for Peach Jam. The top 16 16U teams will go to North Augusta in July.

 

According to the D1circuit.Com website, the Travelers 16s have only 1 point in the rankings. The leaders have 42. Anyone know how this point system works? Obviously the 16s didn't go to Houston 2 weeks ago because they played AAU state. So were they penalized for that?

 

I notice 50 16u teams ranked. But there are only 40 EYBL teams. This whole thing is a bit confusing.

According to the D1circuit.Com website, the Travelers 16s have only 1 point in the rankings. The leaders have 42. Anyone know how this point system works? Obviously the 16s didn't go to Houston 2 weeks ago because they played AAU state. So were they penalized for that?

 

I notice 50 16u teams ranked. But there are only 40 EYBL teams. This whole thing is a bit confusing.

 

Basically you get a point for every win. Winning your pool gives you 2 more, winning a first round game gives you 6, semis gives you 10 more and winning it adds like 16. I believe they take your top two tourney results. So not going to all 4 tourneys doesn't hurt you.

Basically you get a point for every win. Winning your pool gives you 2 more, winning a first round game gives you 6, semis gives you 10 more and winning it adds like 16. I believe they take your top two tourney results. So not going to all 4 tourneys doesn't hurt you.

 

Thanks for the insight. Makes sense now.

According to the D1circuit.Com website, the Travelers 16s have only 1 point in the rankings. The leaders have 42. Anyone know how this point system works? Obviously the 16s didn't go to Houston 2 weeks ago because they played AAU state. So were they penalized for that?

 

I notice 50 16u teams ranked. But there are only 40 EYBL teams. This whole thing is a bit confusing.

 

Travelers actually have 2 points not 1 because they have 2 wins and 4 losses out of the 6 pool play games. If a team does not get 1st or 2nd in their pool out of 4 team pools then they have no opportunity to get more than a couple points in each tournament; hence the reason there are 5-6 teams with a lot of points in the 16U EYBL and 20+ Teams with very few points just like the Travelers... The same 5-10 teams continue to make it to Bracket Play and win while everyone else struggle to get out of pool play. The EYBL is the toughest AAU league in the World, therefore getting a win at all is an accomplishment.

It's quite funny that doubletake continually throws jabs at coach Q and Hoop Dreams, when his team is basically ranked 50 out of 50. Sorry guys. I have no dog in this fight. But I watch the superiority talk on here and that just struck me as funny. You should worry more about your Travelers than you do Coach Q's Hoop Dreams.

It's quite funny that doubletake continually throws jabs at coach Q and Hoop Dreams, when his team is basically ranked 50 out of 50. Sorry guys. I have no dog in this fight. But I watch the superiority talk on here and that just struck me as funny. You should worry more about your Travelers than you do Coach Q's Hoop Dreams.

 

You are comparing apples to oranges my friend... EYBL=SEC/ACC, UA=Conference USA, Adidas=WACC/Patriot League

Travelers actually have 2 points not 1 because they have 2 wins and 4 losses out of the 6 pool play games. If a team does not get 1st or 2nd in their pool out of 4 team pools then they have no opportunity to get more than a couple points in each tournament; hence the reason there are 5-6 teams with a lot of points in the 16U EYBL and 20+ Teams with very few points just like the Travelers... The same 5-10 teams continue to make it to Bracket Play and win while everyone else struggle to get out of pool play. The EYBL is the toughest AAU league in the World, therefore getting a win at all is an accomplishment.

 

 

Apologies for getting your points wrong. I took a screen shot of the 16u standings on the D1 Circuit website and it shows the Travelers with 1 point. Don't want you thinking I'm trying to sleight you or the program.