best of summer

The adidas Big Time tournament, the largest single high school and travel team exposure tournament in the country, will take place in Las Vegas from July 15-19, and it will feature 300 teams this year, up from 250 last summer. The Big Time will be immediately followed by two other tournaments to be held in Los Angeles, the Slam N Jam NIT, which is held at Long Beach State, and the adidas Double Pump "Best of Summer" Tournament, held at Cal State Dominguez Hills and at Rolling Hills Prep in Torrance.

While the Slam N Jam NIT has always been good, and usually features some of the top Nike-sponsored teams in the country, including Dominguez/The Hood, Riverside Church, and others, it's always a mystery right up until a few weeks before the tournament who is really coming and who isn't . But with the Best of Summer, we always manage to find out who is coming way in advance, and this year, the Best of Summer could well be the second biggest tournment in the country this summer. With 108 teams, this thing will be huge. And as we said, we have a list of who is going to be playing. Top teams will include Pump N Run, which will feature three teams ( two national/California teams, and another predominantly Arizona-based team), and many of the top national teams including the Atlanta Celtics, Michigan Mustangs, DC Assault, Nebraska, Dallas Dirty Dozen, Minnesota Select, KC ACT, Newark Rams, Gym Rats, Sam Rines, Hunting Park, Beach Ball Select, Alabama Ice, and so many others. We'll have some of the top team rosters posted shortly in anticipation of the tournament, but in the meantime, here's the complete list of teams coming to Dominguez Hills from July 20-24. :

1 Tough School I
1 Tough School II
AC Warriors
Alabama Ice
Allouthoops.com
Alleycats
Atlantic Celtics
Arizona Heat
Beach Ball Select
Brewster Heights Packing
Canoga Park
Canyon
Carson BB Club
Centennial Corona
Cleveland BB Club I (OH)
Cleveland BB Club II (OH)
Colorado Elite
Colorado Select Blue
Colorado Select White
Dakota Schoolers
Dallas Dirty Dozen I
Dallas Dirty Dozen II
Dallas Dirty Dozen III
Dallas Top 6
DC Assault
Derek Smith's All Stars I
Derek Smith's All Stars II
Eastern WA Elite
EBO/EA Sports
Esperanza Aztecs
Friends of Hoop Orange (WA)
Friends of Hoop Black (WA)
Friends of Hoop White (WA)
Friends of Hoop I (WI)
Friends of Hoop II (WI)
Ft. Worth Lions I

Ft. Worth Lions II
Full Court Express
Future Stars Elite
Galena Five Star
Gateway BB Club
Giant Step International (European)
Gym Rats
Hawaii Raiders
Hoopaholics I
Hoopaholics II
Houston Superstars
Hunting Park Warriors
Idaho Select
IEBP I
IEBP II
Ike Cadets
Inland
Jackrabbits (LB Poly)
KC Act Runnin Rebels
KYBA Select
LA Paladins
Madison Square Broncos
Mater Dei
Michigan Mustangs
Minnesota Select Royal
Minnesota Select Orange
Modesto Slam N Jam
Nebraska Bison Red
Nebraska Prime Time
NEP
Newark Rams
Olimpia Milano
Payton/Baker All Stars
Portland Legends
Pump N Run
Pump N Run (Double Pump A/S)

Pump N Run (Arizona A/S)
Queen City Prophets
Redondo
Renegades
Rockfish I
Rockfish II
Rockfish III
Sam Rines All Stars
Santa Margarita
SBYB
Seattle Rotary I
Seattle Rotary II
Seattle Rotary III
Skyview
Skywalkers
Spartans
SSA I
SSA II
Tallahassee Wildcats
TBA I
TBA II
Team Caronlina
Team Nebraska
Team North Dakota
Team Ontario (Canada)
Team Texas White
Team Texas II,
Team Texas 17 Blue
Team Washington
Texas Warriors I
Texas Warriors II
Toledo Players
Total Impact
Tru Playaz
Tucson Just Hoops
Tulsa Hawks

Not a bad lineup. . . . Hopefully, after the camps and Vegas, we'll still be able to focus long enough to provide the usual coverage you've come to expect.

What:	adidas Double Pump Best of Summer Tournament
Where:	Cal State Dominguez Hills, Rolling Hills Prep
When:	July 20-24, 2000
Who:	108 Top Travel, Club & HS Teams