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9th adidas Las Vegas Big Time:
Some Interesting (And Mostly Useless) Numbers--(July 27, 2003)

	9th Annual adidas Las Vegas Big Time Tournament
	July 22, 23, 24, 25 & 26, 2002
	Las Vegas, Nevada
	400 Teams, 5,000+ athletes
	NCAA Certified Event

The guys at the Big Time media office churned out a lot of useful stuff during the tournament: Team records in pool play, daily schedules, tournament leaders in various categories, and the ever helpful brackets, letting us know who was playing whom and where and when. Really good stuff. For a tournament that started off with just 64 teams in 1995, and ballooned up to 344 for the last two years, this thing has just gotten huge... And somebody has to do all the counting, right? We're not sure who is doing all this counting, but when we got this set of stats (below) we finally realized that someone had far too much time on their hands during this event....We want to thank the person who put this info together, because now we have finally gotten confirmation that there is someone out there more obsessed than we are with all of this....So, if any of you out there are thinking of putting on your own "Big Time" tournament, this is what you'll need:

BIG TIME NUMBERS
(As compiled by the adidas Big Time Media Center)

400 Record number of teams in 2003

43 Record number of states represented in this year's field
30 Record number of courts used
996 Record number of games played
6 Record number of teams from Canada
1 First team from the U.S. Virgin Islands-The Master's Touch
1 First female to ever play in this event-Charde Houston, a 6-3 all-star
Forward from San Diego HS. She scored a total of five points in the three
games she appeared for her 4-1 team (EBO/EA Sports of Fresno, Calif.)
1 "Mr. Adidas" SONNY VACCARO Nobody does it any better
222 Record number of media registered
4,842 Record number of rostered players
25,000+ Record number of room nights generated
127 Record highest winning total points scored by team in single game
(Red Shield Cohawks White (CO) 127, Yerwood Ballers (CT) 66)
29 Record lowest winning total points scored by team in single game
(Positive Image (PA) 29, Santa Margarita (CA) 22)
93 Record highest margin of victory
(Texas Top Prospects (TX) 125, Shadow Ridge (NV) 32)
106 Record highest losing score
(Dallas Texas Warriors Black (TX) 112, Hanford Heat (CA) 106)
51 Record lowest total game score
(Positive Image (PA) 29, Santa Margarita (CA) 22)
57 Record total points by player in single game
(6-6 Mike Gordy, North HS-Denver, Red Shield Cohawks White (CO)
vs Yerwood Ballers (CT))
23 Record field goals made by player in single game
(6-6 Mike Gordy, North HS-Denver, Red Shield Cohawks White (CO)
vs Yerwood Ballers (CT)
106 Record total points by losing team in single game
(Hanford Heat (CA) 106, Dallas TX Warriors Black (TX) 112)
825 Total NCAA Certified participating coaches
3 Total number of teams that were forced to play without coaches
on court (no coaches were certified by the NCAA in time)
89 Total number of teams that did NOT have roster changes
311 Total number of teams that DID have roster changes
5-1 Shortest player-Casey Baldwin, Wrecking Crew (Marysville HS, Ohio)
7-6 Tallest player-Jerry Sokolowski, Texas Blue Chip I (Prep School,
Dallas)
1,992 miles Farthest distance travelled by staff member to work event-Tampa,
Fla.
511 College coaches (NCAA or NJCAA) that checked in
24 NBA coaches or scouts that checked in
15 Record NCAA representatives monitoring event
404 Game officialsâ€Ś
SWAC and SEC working Green Valley HS, Silverado HS, Foothill HS
and Durango HS
NBA camp at Valley HS
CCAA (Calif.) at Desert Pines HS, Chaparral HS and Las Vegas HS
Groups from Louisville, San Diego, Denver, Reno, San Francisco,
San Bernardino, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas
81 Southern Nevada Officials Association scoring personnel
120 Basketballs
25 Athletic trainers
24 Statistics personnel
33 Administrative staff
245 Site workers
600 adidas staff T-shirts
100 adidas staff polo shirts
100 adidas staff shorts
5,500 adidas Big Time official participant T-shirts
8,400 adidas Big Time official hot dogs consumed
24 Total hours needed to officially check in 400 teams
39 Overtime games (33 1OT, 6 2OT) through the first 934 games
4 Average hours of sleep per night for key staff
150 adidas banners
30 PowerAde banners
15 989 Sports banners
12 24Hour Fitness banners
7,200 Bottles of PowerAde consumed by teams, media and staff
2,400 Bottles of Dasini water consumed by teams, media and staff
12,000 Pounds of ice used
175,000 Sheets of copy paper for roster books and media materials
156 Toner and ink cartridges
2,000 Trash bags
41,760 Feet of athletic tape used
129,046 Total points scored during tournament