first day's schedule for easter touney

The first day of the adidas Double Pump Spring Tournament is Friday, April 7, and the games will get rolling at 3:00 p.m. The tournament will run for three days, with the first games, as mentioned, starting at 3:00 p.m. on Friday and the last game tipping off at 9:30 p.m. (which means it will end at around 11:00 p.m. Friday night) and then things will get going at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, and continue on through until the last game tips off again at 9:45 p.m. (which projects out to about an 11:30 p.m. finish). Sunday, things are a bit more pedestrian, and the tournament will get started at 9:00 a.m.

The Consolation championship and the Championship games will run concurrently at 4:30 p.m., so the tournament will project to end at about 6:00 p.m. on Sunday night, which is just about as much basketball as any human being can take for one weekend. . .

In short, this is a three day marathon of unbelievably talented high school players, a tournament which will feature at least 100 legitimate Division I players among all the juniors and underclassmen in attendance, and probably at least 25 high-major D-I guys. If previous years are any indication, there will be college coaches from all over the country, and they'll also be drawn to the area to check out the Rockfish Spring League which is running concurrently just up the Harbor Freeway from Dominguez Hills at LACC. Suffice it to say this will be a busy weekend.

As we did last year and the year before, we'll present the schedules in two different formats: First by time in a chronological fashion, and then by team, alphabetically, so you can follow those teams you'll want to watch. Since there are about 48 teams in this tournament, which has to be completed in three days, there will be no "pool play." The winners will advance to a winner's bracket, and the losers will advance to a losers bracket. A lot of AAU coaches can't figure it out if it's not pool play, but it's really very easy. You either win, or you lose, that's just the way it goes. If you drop a game, forget competing for the title. You might win the consolation, but not the overall championship. But then who wins or loses in these things is really hardly the point. . . it's the exposure, and what you end up playing for is "prime time", i.e., a better time for the coaches to see you than if you were playing at a time when, say, the coaches are either in bed or completely burned out. . .

Game	Time	Court	Opponents	Next Game
1	3:00 p.m.	1	IEBP Ballers v. Modesto Slam N Jam	Winner to G38, Loser to G26
2	3:00 p.m.	2	Utah Titans v. IEBP Players	Winner to G43, Loser to G31
3	3:00 p.m.	3	Friends of Hoop Orange v. No Limits BBall	Winner to G47, Loser to G35
4	3:00 p.m.	4	Friend of Hoop Srs. v. QBL Rising Stars	Winner to G41, Loser to G29
5	4:15 p.m.	1	Arizona Heat v. 805 Basketball	Winner to G38, Loser to G26
6	4:15 p.m.	2	H Squad v. Arizona Jam	Winner to G39, Loser to G27
7	4:15 p.m.	3	Hoopaholics Jr. All Stars v. NorCal Elite	Winner to G 53, Loser to G36
8	4:15 p.m.	4	Carson BB v. Payton/Baker All Stars	Winner to G42 Loser to G30
9	5:30 p.m.	1	Beach Cities v. Friends of Hoop Black	Winner to G37, Loser to G25
10	5:30 p.m.	2	BWBA White v. Hoopaholics Sr. All Stars	Winner to G39, Loser to G27
11	5:30 p.m.	3	Friends of Hoop White v. CABC	Winner to G40 Loser to G28
12	5:30 p.m.	4	Dallas Dirty Dozen v. Monsters of the Midway	Winner to G40, Loser to G28
13	7:00 p.m.	1	Michigan Mustangs v. Aztecs	Winner to G37, Loser to G25
14	7:00 p.m.	2	Inland v. Utah Select	Winner to G44, Loser to G32
15	7:00 p.m.	3	Pump N Run v. Total Impact	Winner to G53, Loser to G36
16	7:00 p.m.	4	Crew v. BWBA Orange	Winner to G41 Loser to G29
17	8:15 p.m.	1	Friends of Hoop WI White v. Bruins	Winner to G45, Loser to G33
18	8:15 p.m.	2	Double Pump AZ All Stars v. Alleycates White	Winner to G43, Loser to G31
19	8:15 p.m.	3	Oakland Hot Shots v. AAB	Winner to G44 Loser to G32
20	8:15 p.m.	4	BWBA Orange County v. Next Level II	Winner to G42, Loser to G30
21	9:30 p.m.	1	Next Level I v. Bay Area Ballers	Winner to G45, Loser to G33
22	9:30 p.m.	2	Double Pump All Stars v. Sacramento Renegades	Winner to G46, Loser to G34
23	9:30 p.m.	3	Friends of Hoop WI Black v. West Valley	Winner to G46, Loser to G34
24	9:30 p.m.	4	Oakland Slam N Jam v. Alleycats Red	Winner to G47, Loser to G35

And here's a different way of looking at the same schedule, but organized by team:

Team	Time	Court	Opponent
805 Basketball	4:15 p.m.	1	Arizona Heat
AAB	8:15 p.m.	3	Oakland Hot Shots
Alleycats Red	9:30 p.m.	4	Oakland Slam N Jam
Alleycats White	8:15 p.m.	2	Double Pump AZ All Stars
Arizona Heat	4:15 p.m.	1	805 Basketball
Arizona Jam	4:15 p.m.	2	H Squad
Aztecs	7;00 p.m.	1	Michigan Mustangs
Bay Area Ballers	9:30 p.m.	1	Next Level Basketball I
Beach Cities	5:30 p.m.	4	Friends of Hoop Black
BWBA White	5:30 p.m.	2	Hoopaholics SR All Stars
BWBA Orange	7:00 p.m.	4	Crew
BWBA Orange County	8:15 p.m.	4	Next Level Basketball II
Bruins	8:15 p.m.	1	Friend of Hoop WI White
CABC	5:30 p.m.	3	Friends of Hoop WA White
Dallas Dirty Dozen	5:30 p.m.	4	Monsters of the Midway
Double Pump All Stars	9:30 p.m. `	2	Sacramento Renegades
Double Pump AZ All Stars	8:15 p.m.	2	Alleycats White
Friends of Hoop Orange	3:00 p.m.	4	No Limits Basketball
Friends of Hoop Black	5:30 p.m.	1	Beach Cities
Friends of Hoop Seniors	3:00 p.m.	4	QBL Rising Stars
Friends of Hoop White	5:30 p.m.	3	CABC
Friends of Hoop WI White	8:15 p.m.	1	Bruins
Friends of Hoop WI Black	9:30 p.m.	3	West Valley
H Squad	4:15 p.m.	2	Arizona Jam
Hoopaholics Jr. All Stars	4:15 p.m.	3	Nor Cal Elite
Hoopaholics SR All Stars	5:30 p.m.	2	BWBA White
IEBP Ballers	3:00 p.m.	1	Modesto Slam N Jam
IEBP Players	3:00 p.m.	2	Utah Titans
Inland	7:00 p.m.	2	Utah Select
Michigan Mustangs	7:00 p.m.	1	Aztecs
Modesto Slam N Jam	3:00 p.m.	1	IEBP Ballers
Monsters of the Midway	5:30 p.m.	2	Dallas Dirty Dozen
Next Level Basketball I	9:30 p.m.	1	Bay Area Ballers
Next Level Basketball II	8:15 p.m.	4	BWBA Orange County
No Limits Basketball	3:00 p.m.	3	Friends of Hoop Orange
Nor Cal Elite	4:15 p.m.	3	Hoopaholics JR All Stars
Oakland Hot Shots	8:15 p.m.	3	AAB
Oakland Slam N Jam	9:30 p.m.	4	Alleycats Red
Payton/Baker All Stars	4:15 p.m.	4	Carson BB Club
Pump N Run	7:00 p.m.	3	Total Impact
QBL Rising Stars	3:00 p.m.	4	Friends of Hoop Seniors
Sacramento Renegades	9:30 p.m.	2	Double Pump All Stars
Total Impact	7:00 p.m.	3	Pump N Run
Utah Select	7:00 p.m.	4	Inland
Utah Titans	3:00 p.m.	2	IEBP Players
West Valley	9:30 p.m.	3	Friends of Hoop WI Black

We'll post up the Saturday and Sunday schedules shortly so that players, coaches and others can get an idea of where and who they'll be playing depending on whether they win or lose these first games, but that's going to take a while to type it all in (should be up though shortly), but in the meantime, we thought everyone would at least like to see what's up for Friday. See you there.