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Archive for July, 2007

G.E.S.U.S. Out At AAU 17U Nationals

July 31st, 2007

(tournament coverage, photo, and video highlights here)
G.E.S.U.S. Ball was eliminated Tuesday morning in the quarterfinals of the AAU 17U Boys Basketball National Tournament. The team coached by Lamont Strothers turned heads with a strong march through the tournament. G.E.S.U.S. swept its pool play games on Friday and Saturday and then claimed a win on Sunday […]

Rolling with G.E.S.U.S.

July 30th, 2007

(tournament coverage, photo, and video highlights here)
After spending only a season in the NBA with the Portland Trailblazers, G.E.S.U.S. Ball coach Lamont Strothers knows something about being overlooked. Despite a successful career in Europe, Strothers never made it back to the NBA. Now, though, Strothers is proving that sometimes leftovers are tastier than the freshest […]

AAU 17U Nationals Live Blog Coverage

July 30th, 2007

(tournament coverage, photo, and video highlights here)
Ballgame. GESUS takes it 55-44. Wright finished with a game-high 18 points. He hit 9 of 12 foul shots. Weaver added 13. Derek Libbey led Maine with 16 points.
Maine went on an 8-2 run to gain a foothold, but they still trail 42-31 with 2:57 to play.
Maine just scored […]

Hounds rally past Suffolk

July 30th, 2007

(tournament coverage, photo, and video highlights here)
The D-1 Greyhounds rallied from a 62-61 deficit to defeat the Suffolk Blazers Monday afternoon in the third round of the AAU 17U Boys National Tournament at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
The Greyhounds, winners of the 2006 national championship, advanced and will face the Westchester Hawks tonight at 7:30 p.m.
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Suffolk Blazers Running With ‘Hounds

July 30th, 2007

(tournament coverage, photo, and video highlights here)
It was supposed to be Boo Williams’ squad that faced Virginia’s Suffolk Blazers this afternoon at The Milkhouse in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Instead, Virginia’s state AAU champs are no more than spectators after losing Sunday evening to the D-1 Greyhounds in the third round of the AAU 17U […]

Two Virginia Teams Still Alive At AAU Nationals

July 30th, 2007

The sun set Sunday for 45 teams, including favorite Boo Williams 17U, 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 […]

Greyhounds nip Boo in the end

July 30th, 2007

Late on Saturday evening, a D-1 Greyhounds assistant coach was frantically seeking an explanation of tiebreaker rules after the Greyhounds lost a close battle in the finale of their pool play. The Greyhounds won that tiebreaker, and, with two victories in Sunday’s AAU 17U Boys Basketball National Championship bracket, there’s reason to believe the Greyhounds […]

Boo Is Scary Good

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 Reed is prepared to finish his AAU […]

Boo Coasts On Day 1 at AAU Nationals

July 28th, 2007

The Boo Williams AAU basketball bunch is doing it again. One year after losing its first game in the AAU’s 17U National Basketball Championship game, Virginia’s own Boo Williams Summer League team put on a shooting clinic to win both of its Friday pool play games at The Milkhouse at Wide World of Sports (full […]

AAU National Basketball Championships

July 28th, 2007

The AAU National Basketball Championships are underway at World Wide of Sports at Disney and in other Orlando area venues. Check out all the news, photos, and video highlights of the Virginia teams and teams across the nation on our AAU National Basketball Championship page:
2007 AAU National Basketball Championships
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