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In 1897, the AAU held its first national men's basketball championship. The winner was the 23rd Street YMCA from New York City. The first AAU women's basketball tournament was held in April 1926 at the Los Angeles Athletics Club. The Pasadena Athletic & Country Club Flying Rings were crowned the champions.
AAU basketball was particularly strong in the Midwest, Southwest and West Coast, where the NBA had not yet established a presence. [3] [4] The top teams also played in the National Industrial Basketball League, which began play in the 1947–48 season, [5] two years before the establishment of the NBA. The NIBL had as many as eleven teams for ...
The era between 1921 and 1968 is referred to as the "Golden Era" of AAU basketball [2] while companies began vying for players to compete on their teams. [2] There was a great allure to playing AAU basketball besides job security; by remaining in the AAU as opposed to the National Basketball League or American Basketball Association , players ...
What began with two boys' AAU teams playing under the Best Virginia name turned into four a year later, ranging from grades 5th-8th. Those teams were represented by players from Uniontown, Pa. to ...
The New Hampshire Spartans basketball program entered multiple teams at last weekend's Zero Gravity Boys National Finals in Massachusetts, and the Hampton-based organization brought home two ...
This category is for men's basketball players in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) between the seasons of 1920–21 and 1967–68.During this time, the AAU was considered the top amateur basketball league in the United States.
John Clark, a 6-foot-9 forward who committed to Texas men's basketball recruiting class of 2025, is a gifted rebounder who's on T.J. Ford's AAU team.
By the time Haldorson retired, AAU basketball was dying a slow death. TV had discovered the NBA, and the pros were starting to stabilize and pay more money than teams like Phillips could. The National Industrial Basketball League, the top amateur loop, disbanded in 1961. The Phillips players were strictly amateurs.