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Team Breakdown Breaks Into AAU Final Four

July 31st, 2007

Team Breakdown defeated the Georgia Blazers this morning and faces the Georgia Stars at 5:30 p.m. in a game that will decide which team advances to Wednesday’s AAU National Basketball Championship Game at The Milkhouse in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
(tournament coverage, photo, and video highlights here)
Team Breakdown was a 69-60 victor against the Blazers in […]

Florida Ambassadors to AAU Nationals Great Eight

July 31st, 2007

In a thrilling, up and down the court game, the (Florida) Ambassadors beat the (South Carolina) Augusta Metro 59-58 to advance to the great eight. Full AAU National Basketball Championships coverage is at our AAU Nationals Site including video clips like this missed dunk followed by an alley-oop slam from the exciting Ambassadors-Augusta Metro […]

Breakdown Breakfast

July 30th, 2007

(tournament coverage, photo, and video highlights here)
Team Breakdown feasted on the Philadelphia Patriots for a blowout 85-47 victory Sunday evening in the AAU 17U Boys Basketball National Tournament. The victory moves Team Breakdown one game closer to its ultimate goal, a national championship.
“We lost in the championship of the Reebok Roundball Classic, so we […]

AAU 17U Nationals Live Blog Coverage

July 30th, 2007

(tournament coverage, photo, and video highlights here)
Ballgame. The Breakdown win 85-47.
Boynton just hit a trey. He now has 22 points. There’s still 2:00 left, and the Breakdown lead 80-44. Keith Clanton came up limping after a score. He appears to have twisted his ankle.
Bo Reliford just got a slam. Then Boynton got a steal and […]

Breakdown Not Broken Yet At AAU Nationals

July 30th, 2007

(tournament coverage, photo, and video highlights here)
Team Breakdown, based in Plantation, rolled to victory Monday morning to advance to the AAU 17U Boys Basketball National Tournament’s fourth round. The Breakdown defeated Shining Star-Callahan and now face the Philadelphia Patriots in a game set to tip-off at 5:30 p.m. The winner advances to Tuesday’s 9 a.m. […]

Three Florida Teams Still Running At AAU Nationals

July 30th, 2007

Sunday brought an end to the championship tournament runs of 44 teams at the AAU 17U Boys Basketball nationals at The Milkhouse in Lake Buena Vista, Fla (photos and video highlights here). Hope springs eternal, though, for three Florida teams that survived Sunday’s 44 games, which featured 77 different teams.
The time is now for Team […]

AAU Hoops Championship Bracket Cut To 32

July 30th, 2007

The sun set Sunday for 45 teams at the AAU 17U Boys Basketball National Championship Tournament, and Monday’s sunrise brings a busy day for the 32 teams still competing for the national crown.
(For full coverage of the tournament, visit LocalReplay.com’s tournament page.)
Today’s third-round games begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 2:30 p.m. The day’s […]

GA, SC, NC, and VA Team Coverage

July 30th, 2007

Full news, team, photo, and video highlights of teams from every state back at our AAU National Basketball Championships home page here, and articles on teams from GA, SC, NC, and VA are linked below:
Georgia Sends Seven Into Championship Playoff Bracket
South Carolina teams hit tough competition Saturday
North Carolina teams start hot but freeze on Sunday
Virginia’s […]

Marcus Jordan buzzer beater takes down SSBC

July 29th, 2007

One of today’s most exciting games featured the Rising Stars JG 16 Gold team (Illinois) taking on the South Shore Basketball Club (Massachusetts). The Rising Stars JG 16 Gold includes Marcus Jordan. Yes, the son of Michael Jordan. Marcus Jordan is just like any other player on the very talented Rising Stars team, […]

Big Boo Is Big Scare

July 29th, 2007

With pool play concluded at the 2007 AAU Boys Division I National Basketball Championship, Boo Williams has positioned itself as one of the teams vying for the crown. With a verbal commitment to the University of North Carolina already tucked into his hip pocket, 6-8 power forward Ed Davis is prepared to finish his AAU […]