best of summer pools

The adidas Double Pump Best of Summer gets underway this Tuesday, at two different locations: The usual spot at Cal State Dominguez Hills, and new for this year, to accomodate the 96 teams participating, the Rolling Hills Prep facility just as Vegas is ending, and if it all seems like it's blurring together, just imagine what it would be like being a college coach having to actually work and watch all these kids playing day in and day out for almost one solid month, every day and every night. Better yet, imagine what it's like to be one of the players. . . . well, it's not really all that bad, and since we've spent most of the month with many of these players, we've seen first-hand that despite the fact that they're playing two, sometimes three games a day, they're really having fun, and if a player can stay healthy, he'll get better and improve and may even get a college scholarship in the process, and so in our view, if even one young man gets to college who might not otherwise make it, that's one less problem for the rest of society.

In any event, the adidas Las Vegas Big Time ends for most of the teams tomorrow, Sunday, July 18. Of course the best teams will still be playing, and the finals won't be until Monday afternoon, July 19. But that's only 8 teams out of 256 (2 each in four different divisions) so the majority of teams at least get the day off on Monday to use for travel. Some kids will be leaving for 5 Star Camp, and still others will be heading to LA for the Best of Summer, the Slam N Jam NIT, and the Summer Showdown, all of which get started on Tuesday, July 20.

We'll post up the schedules separately for the Best of Summer. In the meantime, here's who is coming to town:

Pool A Atlanta Celtics I Emerald City Pioneers IEBP Tulsa Hawks	Pool B BWBA I Dallas Warriors Red Omaha Godfather's KYBA	Pool C Cleveland BB Dallas Dirty Dozen A Derek Smith II North County Spartans	Pool D DC Assault Los Alamitos Arizona Heat Black KC ACT Runnin Rebels
Pool E EBO/EA Sports Dakota Schoolers Colorado Elite 2 The Hoop	Pool F Inland I Brewster Packers Blue Dallas Magic Granite Bay Grizzlies	Pool G Long Island Panthers Colorado Jam Dallas Warriors Black Hawaii Raiders	Pool H Madison Broncos Bay Area Ballers Toledo Players Kingsburg
Pool I Mater Dei Rising Stars Express Hoopaholics White SSA Sacramento I	Pool J Massachussetts Wildcats Dallas Dirty Dozen B IEBP Originals Nebraksa Valentino White	Pool K Utah Select LA Barracudas Ft. Worth Lions Hunting Park Warriors	Pool L Texas Blue Chip I Boise Valley Select Minnesota Select Silver Salpointe
Pool M Team Texas West Valley Atlanta Celtics II BWBA II	Pool N QBL Lakewood Tucson Heat Colorado Stars Derek Smith I	Pool O Team Carolina Sonics adidas Gym Rats Alley Cats Brewster Packers White	Pool P Salt Lake Metro Minnesota Select Gold Inland II Santa Margarita
Pool Q Los Angeles Rockfish Sam Rines I Dallas Dirty Dozen C Evolv Basketball	Pool R New Orleans Jazz Sam Rines II SSA Sacramento II LA Hoyas	Pool S Pump N Run I Modesto Slam N Jam Payton/Baker/Pinnacle Minnesota Select Black	Pool T Michigan Mustangs Los Angeles Marlins Hoopaholics Green Team Texas 2000
Pool U Newark Rams North Arizona Heat Blue On2it Future Stars Inland Empire Stars (WA)	Pool V Capital Players Los Angeles Orcas Newark Rams South NorCal	Pool W Raleigh Razorbacks Pump N Run II Esperanza Aztecs Texas Blue Chip II	Pool X International adidas Select Nebraska Valentinos/Red Team Detroit ___________