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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 ...
Many National Basketball Association stars opted to play in the AAU to preserve their amateur status in order to be eligible to play in the Olympic Games. Please note this category is not intended to include AAU alumni from outside of this time period (i.e., present-day notable basketball players do not belong here
The AAU James E. Sullivan Award has been presented annually since 1930 to the best collegiate or Olympic-level athlete in the United States – making this award older than the Heisman Trophy (1935). [39] The AAU Sullivan Award is a salute to founder and past president of the Amateur Athletic Union, and a pioneer in amateur sports, James E ...
A look at The Times' top 25 boys basketball rankings for the Southland after Week 4. Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week. 1. ST. JOHN BOSCO (10-0); Braves go 4-0 without injured Brandon ...
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 ...
Here is a look at this week's rankings. BOYS Class 6A. 1. Plano East (19-0); 2. Stony Point (20-1); 3. North Crowley (18-3); 4. ... High School Basketball Farwell's Landri Richey welcomes tough ...
The ESPN RISE boys' high school basketball All-American (2009–2011), formerly EA Sports boys' high school basketball All-American (2005–2008) and Student Sports boys' high school basketball All-American (1989–2004), [3] [4] is an annual honorary list that includes twenty first team All-American selections of the best high school ...
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 ...