We would like to make a statement on the matter of rules, compliance and the actions of others that have caused many to take issue with AAU basketball in the macro, which is why we are eschewing identification with AAU and referring to the genre as Grassroots, and with a team or coach in the micro: Not only do we know the rules (both the letter and spirit) we wholeheartedly pledge/endeavor/mandate ourselves to follow them without fail every day that ends in a "y." We maintain a higher standard for ourselves than others expect of us. In all matters, we live by the Golden Rule in addition to Rules #1 and 2.
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ADVICE:
All Juniors should -- must, please -- take the SAT or ACT three times before the end of your Junior year.
Practice Schedule:
17u Rubin Team - Beginning Sunday March 11 and then weekly tentatively on Wednesdays from 7-10p at at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville NY at the Campbell Sports Center at 12 Wilgarth Road 10708 running through May 24 and eschewing practice during the AP Test week. This schedule will change; final mid-February.
17u Krumins Team - Beginning the week of March 21 (players are allowed to participate only once their hs team has completed their CIAC season) 2 nights a week in Bridgeport running through May 25.
The Tournament Schedule is the biggest change we have had in years with the formation of The Academic Basketball Circuit managed by Zero Gravity. The plan is for 12 teams, all academic in fact, meeting three times during the season on a Saturday so they can take Sundays off for homework. The remainder of the schedule will be from the beginning of April through the end of May, concluding the season on Memorial Day weekend in time for players to prepare for the SAT, ACT and final exams. More information on The Academic Basketball Circuit
Forms for Camps are available for download and click-through links
Remember To Have Fun
Acquiris Quodcumque Rapis
Proper Preparation not only Prevents Poor Performance, it puts us in a position to succeed. That is our goal!
Our Teams are in a focused training program to become professionals, albeit in something other than basketball. Their route will take them through one of the many fine colleges or universities renowned for their high standards of academic excellence and the proven success of their basketball program.
Our basketball players are focused on the end-goal of becoming professionals, at which time basketball will still be played for passion after all their work is done for the day. Like everything they do, they take it seriously and perform with both full effort and enthusiasm. That approach has gotten them to where they are today and is what will drive and motivate them on their own personal roads towards success.
Over the past 17 years, players involved with the programs have gone on to play (or are on their way to playing) at Williams, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, Hamilton, Tufts, Wesleyan, Trinity, Connecticut College, Sarah Lawrence, Union, Hobart, Ithaca, RPI, Vassar, Bard, Clarkson, St Lawrence, MIT, WPI, Babson, Clark, Springfield, Emerson, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, Haverford, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Muhlenberg, Washington College, Washington & Lee, NYU, Brandeis, Rochester, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Washington University, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Occidental, Puget Sound, Colorado College, Macalester, St Olaf’s, Grinnell, Lawrence, Kenyon, Denison, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, Sewanee, Rhodes, Birmingham Southern, Earlham, Hartwick, Gordon, Geneseo, Stevens, John Jay, Hunter, Allegheny, Susquehanna, Chatham, Emmanuel, Suffolk, Curry, RIC, Keuka, Franklin Pierce, American, Rice, Depaul, Fairfield, Furman, Vanderbilt, Elon, Holy Cross, Colgate, Binghamton, UMBC, Monmouth, Sacred Heart, Quinnipiac, FDU, Maryland, UConn and Duke (2).
In addition to the basketball players, several members are at schools in these same conferences and haven chosen to play a different sport. However they got there, the exclamation mark is on their success in having gotten into the schools of their respective choices.