AAU West Tennessee Regional Tournament Results

10u
1. Lady Plash
2. Pink Panthers

11u
1. Tennessee Elite
2. Team Memphis Elite

13-1
1. Team Memphis Elite - Holmes
2. Lady Magic Elite

13-2
1. Team 4 Evergreen
2. Lady Magic Elite

15-1
1. Team Memphis Elite
2. Lady War Eagles

15-2
1. Team 4 Evergreen
2. Team Memphis Elite

16
1. Dyersburg Storm
2. Henderson Heat

She Got Game 19 This Saturday

I recently interviewed Millington Central's senior Jasmine Newsome for She Got Game. It was my first time interviewing a player and it was so exciting. You can watch this interview and more on this Saturday's episode of She Got Game 19 at 11am on Cable Channel 17.

Be on the look out for more interviews.

Check out this snippet:

ESPN Hoopgurlz Top 10 Girls Basketball High School Teams

ESPN Hoopgurlz has released their Top 10 Girls Basketball High School Teams for the 2009-10 season.

1. Mater Dei Santa Ana, Calif. 32-1
2. St. Mary's Stockton, Calif. 34-1
3. Ben Davis Indianapolis, Ind. 28-0
4. Brea Olinda Brea, Calif. 31-3
5. Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, Ill. 29-1
6. Cy-Fair Cypress, Texas 35-1
7. Potter's House Jacksonville, Fla. 36-4
8. Norcross Norcross, Ga. 28-4
9. Mt. Lebanon Pittsburgh, Pa. 29-2
10. Polytechnic Long Beach, Calif. 32-3

Click here for the complete story

AAU West Tennessee Regional Tournament Brackets

Team Memphis Elite is hosting the AAU West Tennessee Regional Tournament this weekend.

This AAU tournament will have competition in 10U, 11U, 13U-1, 13U-2, 15U-1, 15U-2 and 16U-2 brackets.

The location is St Benedict At Auburndale High School.

Play begins Saturday at 8:00am with a match up between Team Memphis Elite Harris 13U vs Memphis Lady Magic Elite - 13U-1.

For the complete schedule click here

Lady Tarheels Play Day - Saturday, April 3

LOCATION:
Porter Girls & Boys club @ 620 S. Lauderdale, Memphis,Tn. 38126

SCHEDULE:

8AM EAGLES VS. TARHEELS 4/5
9AM DRAGONS VS TARHEELS
10AM EAGLES 8 VS. MUSTANGS
11AM EAGLES 6/7 VS DRAGONS
12 ARK. SELECT VS. MPHS ELITE
1PM EAGLES VS. TUPELO
2PM LADY MAGIC ELITE VS. ARK. SELECT
3PM LADY MAGIC ELITE (B) VS. MUSTANGS
4PM TARHEELS VS. TUPELO

RULES:
18-MINUTE RUNNING CLOCK
CLOCK STOPS LAST TWO MINUTES OF EACH HALF
HALF-TIME WILL BE 3 MINUTES
3 TIMEOUTS
PLAYERS FOUL OUT ON 5TH FOUL

CONTACT: Rachel Dorsey @ 9016905426

Memphis Girls Basketball Fundamental Friday: Learn from Womens Final Four

ESPN Hoopgurlz's Mark Lewis is no ordinary sports writer. Check out his bio:

Mark Lewis is the national recruiting coordinator for ESPN HoopGurlz. Twice ranked as one of the top 25 assistant coaches in the game by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, he has more than 20 years of college coaching experience at Memphis State, Cincinnati, Arizona State, Western Kentucky and, most recently, Washington State.

If someone with over 20 years of college coaching experience is offering advice, I would definitely listen.

Mark Lewis makes some great points in his latest article on Hoopgurlz:

• It seems today that the willingness to spend time in the gym or studying and following the game is taking a back burner to simply playing games.
  
• What do you hear college recruiters claim is missing? Focused skill workouts in addition to the games and practices of both high school and club teams.
• Although shooting workouts are imperative, so are ball handling skills, footwork, passing and cutting and a host of other parts of the game that aren't just going to appear come game time.
• When you are shooting, be sure your goal is shots made and not shots taken. It doesn't matter if you got in 500 shots before school if you only made 75.
• Good coaches will tell you that skill development is about repetition.
• TV coverage of both the college and WNBA game continues to grow, along with internet coverage, offering more opportunities to learn basketball from some of the best in a flat-screen classroom.
• It's great to know that Maya Moore is a great player or that Brittney Griner is changing the game. But beyond that know what exactly it is that sets Moore apart from the rest or why Griner made such incredible strides in her game since the start of her freshman season.

To read the complete article click here

To download girls basketball workouts and other resources click here

College Basketball Behind the Scenes

Although this is related to Mens Basketball, I thought it would interest readers of this blog. Michigan State's Tom Izzo recently allowed media an inside glimpse of his preparation for an NCAA tournament opponent.

This video will give you an example of how serious college basketball really is, both mens and womens college basketball.

McDonalds All-American Girls Game Recap

image from ESPN Hoopgurlz

West team's Meighan Simmons was named co-MVP of the McDonald's All-American Game.


Anytime you can get 24 of the nation's top players on the floor you can bet something is going to happen. It doesn't necessarily guarantee that it will be something good. The ninth McDonald's All-American girls' basketball game Wednesday night was the equivalent of a lot of good ingredients looking good on their own and coming together to create a bad recipe.

In a game that featured 59 turnovers between the two teams, the West squad led by co-MVP Meighan Simmons held off a late charge by their counterparts to claim an 84-75 victory. Natasha Howard of the East team, named co-MVP with Simmons, helped ignite a second half charge that closed a 22-point lead to seven at one point.

Click here for the complete ESPN Hoopgurlz story

Danielle Ballard receives invitation from USA Basketball

image from ESPN Hoopgurlz

Central's Danielle Ballard

Central's Super Sophomore, Danielle Ballard, has received an invitation from USA Basketball to participate in the 2010 U-17 National Team Trials held June 8-11, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two teams will be selected during the trials, the 12-member 2010 FIBA U-17 World Championship Team and the 4-member 2010 U-18 National Team. Both teams will then depart for home on June 15 and reassemble later for training and the competitions according to the schedules listed.

2010 U-17 FIBA World Championship

June 8-11 U-17 National Team Trials (Colorado Springs, CO)

June 11-15 Training Camp (Colorado Springs, CO)

***break***

July 5-7 Training camp (site tbd)

July 7 Depart for Europe

July 8-12 Preparation tournament in Spain (city tbd)

July 13-15 Training in France

July 16-25 FIBA U-17 World Championship (Rodez and Toulouse)

July 26 Return to United States

2010 U-17 Youth Olympic Games

June 8-11 U-17 National Team Trials (Colorado Springs, CO)

June 11-15 Training Camp (Colorado Springs, CO)

***break***

August 5-10 Training camp (site tbd)

August 11 Depart for Singapore

August 12-13 Training in Singapore

August 14-26 FIBA U-17 World Championship (Rodez and Toulouse)

August 27 Return to United States

Baylor wins Memphis NCAA Region

image from baylorbears.com


Baylor's youth nearly cost the Lady Bears a trip to Final Four, and ended up saving the day.

Phenomenal freshman Brittney Griner caught a pass, spun around and hit a short jumper with 45 seconds left to propel fourth-seeded Baylor to a 51-48 win over No. 2 seed Duke on Monday night for its second trip ever to the Final Four.

Click here for complete ESPN article and video highlights