Sunday pool play schedule

What: 6th Annual adidas EBO-EA Sports "Mats' Madness" Memorial Day Tournament
Where: Fresno, CA
When: May 25, 26 & 27
Who: 64 Top West Coast Travel Teams

We now have the Sunday Pool schedule, and we've also gotten an explanation from Mats about the nature of the gym assignments. First, about Sunnyside #2: Mats decided to use the smaller gym for the younger age groups. For thing, he says that everyone in years past has complained about having to play in a smaller gym; second, because Mats personally also coaches younger age group teams, having his teams all in one venue makes it easier for him to adminster the event without having to leave the main headquarters. Third, the addition of newer, larger gym sites allowed him to avoid using some of the schools that have been used in the past, i.e., the ones without air-conditioning....and for anyone who has spent their Memorial Day weekend in Fresno (as we have for the past 5 years), it's no picnic without air-conditioning.

Anyway, here's the Sunday Pool Play schedule. At the conclusion of pool play, there will be a Slam Dunk and Three-point contest at Sunnyside, and the single-elimination brackets will be announced. Obviously those aren't known right now, so we can't post them.

Sunday	Gym 1 SS#1	Gym 5 Edison	Gym 6 McLane	Gym 7 Scandanavia	Gym 8 Kings Cyn	Gym 9 Sequoia	Gym 10 Computech	Gym 12 Tioga
9:00 a.m.	EBO 8th v. Dolphins	BWBA 1 v. Amer-I-Can	SSA Gold v SBD Ballers	Solano Heat v Texas Slam	IEBP 1 v Stockton Roughriders	AZ Stars (Holmes) v Alley Cats	Inland 2 v Mid City Mustangs	Oakland Soliders v Athletics Unltd.
10:30 a.m.	EBO-Fresno v. Rough House	Pump N Run v. Triple Threat	Palladins v Orcas	ROHK v Hoover	Carls Jr. SS v Spirt of the North	SD A/S v 805	Outlawz v Calvary Eagles	Lodi Heat v Clovis
12:00 p.m.	Jr. EBO v. Reedley Pirates	Double Pump v. NorCalHeat	AZ Stars v Pump Young Guns	IEBP 2 v Hanford	SSA Platinum v N. Riv. S&J	Beach Cities v Parlier Panthers	Madera v 4D Stars 1	Inland I v Clovis West
1:30 p.m.	EBO-1 v. CABC	Swordfish v. USA BlueChips	Byeond Limit v Sac-Town	BWBA 2 v DRV Cats	4D Stars 2 v Beyond Limit 2	IEBP 4 v Kern County AS	IEBP 3 v Fresno	Marlins v Wildcats

Here are the gym locations again. They are all located in the City of Fresno.

Gym 3 (and Gym 4): Hoover HS, which is located at 5550 North First, in Fresno.

Directions to Sunnyside From Los Angeles:

Since this is SoCalHoops, we're assuming that everyone is coming from this general direction. Hey, the NorCal Preps guys can give you maps from the Bay Area or other points north.

Take the 405 Freeway north (headed to Sacramento). Eventually, after you leave the San Fernando Valley, the 405 turns into the 5 Freeway. Proceed on the 5 North towards Bakersfield, and when the I-5 splits just past the Grapevine in the Central Valley, take Highway 99 North through Bakersfield and then to Fresno (You'll continue on the 99 North for about another 131.6 miles, not to put too fine a pencil to it). When you reach the California Hwy 41 turnoff, take the 41 North towards Yosemite. Take the VAN NESS AVE exit towards CIVIC CENTER and proceed for about .2 miles, and then you'll merge onto San Benito Street. Turn left at "O" Street and then turn right onto "P" Street. You'll then want to proceed East on CA-180 for another three miles until you reach Peach. Turn right and you'll see the campus at 1019 S. Peach Avenue.

Plan on spending at least 4 hours for the drive (less if you can really hammer. . .), but four hours is about right, especially if you have a van full of players and you stop to eat. . .

And since the tournament headquarters is at Sunnyside HS, and everyone has to check in there first, (at least that's the customary thing to do at tournaments like this) we've provided links to maps for each site below, and driving directions to each site from Sunnyside HS. Hey, if you get lost, don't
blame us. . .

You'll have to go to Sunnyside before going to any of the other venues (to check in and get your coach's packet, etc), and there will be maps showing driving directions from Sunnyside to all of the venues, and vice versa.