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Finals For Best Of Summer; Semis In Other Two
Tournaments Today--(July 24, 1999)

We've been way too busy watching games to write about them, but all that will change after today since this is the day which marks the finals in at least one of the three large tournaments: The adidas Double Pump Best of Summer, which has consumed most of our time. The Slam N Jam NIT and the Rim Rattler Southern California Summer Showdown will not be done until tomorrow, so it looks like everyone who anticipated a day off will still have to make it over to Long Beach to see some games. The first two are the most well known events, and the Double Pump tournament has been where we've spent most of our time, since that's where most of the talent has been located, and with 96 teams participating this year, it was more than twice the size of the NIT, and more than 4 times the size of the Southern California Summer Showdown which has managed just 22 teams, and some of those teams, like QBL have consisted of younger players (i.e.,not the Artesia varsity, which has instead been at the Best of Summer), there are some good top teams at Cypress, including the Hood, so some college coaches will undoubtedly make it out there today too.

The Best of Summer kicks off this morning with one or two "Sweet 16" games, and then a couple of "Great 8" games, followed by the semis at 12:30 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. The Final Championship game at the Best of Summer will be at 4:00 p.m.. Last night Texas Blue Chip I defeated EBO by about 16 points to advance to meet the Madison Broncos, and they beat Madison to advance to the quarterfinal game against QBL which will get underway at 12:30 p.m. today. QBL also advanced on a last second buzzer-beater, a running floater in the lane by Andre Hazel as QBL beat the Michigan Mustangs late last night. The QBL game and the Madison-Texas games didn't finish until well after 11:00 p.m., because in an earlier game, Spencer Cori (6'-8" Sr. F/C) who is listed at 225, but is probably at about 240, shattered the backboard on the center court, and since they were without a replacement, the center court was immobilized and some games got off later than anticipated.

Elite 8 Games
10:00 a.m.	Pump N Run I v. Salt Lake Metro
11:15 a.m.	DC Assault v. Cleveland BBC
Final 4 Games
12:30 p.m.	QBL v. Texas Blue Chip I
1:45 p.m.	Winner 10:00 a.m. v. Winner 11:15 a.m.
Championship Game
4:00 p.m.	Winner 12:30 p.m. v. Winner 1:45 p.m.

In the NIT Slam N Jam, today will mark the quarterfinals and semifinals, with the Championship game scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday at 5:45 p.m. in the Goldmine (the West Gym) at Cal State Long Beach. Here's the schedule:

Saturday, July 24, 1999--Quarterfinal Games
11:30 a.m.	West Gym	NY Riverside Church v. Kansas City 76'ers
11:30 a.m.	East Gym	Ayala v. Texas No Limit
12:45 p.m.	West Gym	The Hood v. All Ohio Red
12:45 p.m.	East Gym	North Riverside v. I-CAN Gold
Saturday, July 24, 1999--Semifinal Game
7:00 p.m.	West Gym	Winner 11:30 a.m. West v. Winner 11:30 a.m. East
8:15 p.m.	West Gym	Winner 12:45 p.m. West v. Winner 12:45 p.m. East
Sunday, July 25, 1999--Championship Game
5:45 p.m.	West Gym	Winner 7:00 p.m. Semi v. Winner 8:15 p.m. Semi

The schedule for the Summer Showdown is a bit more complex for today, and you should note that the tournament is being moved to Long Beach Millikan for the finals on Sunday, which will inexplicably be preceded by an "exhibition" game, like we all need to see "just one more game". . . Anyway, here's the schedule for today and tomorrow:

Court 1
10:30 a.m.	ICAN All Stars v. Camp Exposure
11:45 a.m	805 Express-adidas v. Seattle Rotary I
1:00 p.m.	Seattle Rotary I v. Arizona Stars I
2:15 p.m.	The Hood v. Belmont Shore
3:30 p.m.	Quarterfinal--Winner of 10:30 court 1 v. Winner 10:30 Court 2
4:45 p.m.	Quarterfinal--Winner of 11:45 Court 1 v. Winner of 11:45 Court 2
6:00 p.m.	Quarterfinal--Winner of 1:00 Court 1 v. Winner of 1:00 Court 2
7:15	Quarterfinal--Winner of 2:15 Court 1 v. Winner of 2:15 Court 2
Court 2
10:30 a.m.	Hype Squad v. QBL-Lakewood
11:45 a.m.	Portland Legends v. ARC Los Angeles
1:00 p.m.	Seattle Rotary III v. On2Hoop Future Stars
2:15 p.m.	Sam Rines Philly v. Inflight
3:30 p.m.	1 Tough School v. Arizona Stars III (consolation game)
Court 3
11:45 a.m.	IEBP v. Compton Centennial (consolation game)
1:00 p.m.	Arizona Stars II v. 805 Express-Rim Rattler (consolation game)
Sunday, July 25th Schedule @ Long Beach Millikan HS
12:00 p.m	Semi-final #1 (Winner of 3:30 p.m. Sat v. Winner 4:45 Sat.)
1:15 p.m	Semi-final #2 (Winner of 6:00 p.m. Sat v. Winner 7:15 p.m. Sat)
2:30 p.m.	Exhibition Game (Teams TBA)
3:45 p.m.	Championship Game