Its week 2 of the 2024 spring and summer season. Its the Daytona 500 this weekend and that traditionally means most everybody is playing (despite it being an ACT weekend). That being said, we have as many teams as ever that will be on the road elsewhere in the midwest. I'll have more on the Comets Shootout later but for now let's talk about the group of teams not playing in St. Cloud this weekend.
Chicago (Prep Hoops)
D1 Minnesota will have their 2nd teams in Chicago to start their season. Sizzle also has at least 1 lower level team there.
Rockford, IL (Puma Circuit)
Powerhouse and Real Phenom stay on the road and join up in Rockford for week 2 of Puma action. Real Phenom Nick 17s and the Powerhouse 16s each ran the table 4-0 last weekend in separate Puma events. Real Phenom Nick with 1 close win and 3 others by 15 or more.
Madison, WI (ROCK Spring Classic)
A premier event in God's Country and my old stomping grounds that I'd love to get to but it always matches up with the Comets Shootout. MN Lightning Ellerbusch and King will be there in 17s. Back to back weekends on the short stretch of I-94 for the Lightning King squads who were in Milwaukee last weekend. Teams get a placing game to start and then into bracket play. The event has a handful of UA Rise teams in it plus WI Playground Club from the UA circuit and a couple of New Balance teams in the 32 team platinum bracket in 17s. MN Lightning Dahl looks to continue their undefeated season there in the 16s bracket. They won the tourney in Ames going 5-0 last weekend. MN Spartans have 15s and 16s there too.
Des Moines, IA (Heartland Showcase)
Howard Pulley, Gain Elite and MN Rise all start their seasons in Iowa. Northstar Titans have 1 16s there too (other 2 are in St. Cloud). Howard Pulley and Gain Elite could meet up in the 17s semis on Sunday. Rise 17s are on the other side of the bracket. They could play Iowa United Gold in the 2nd round. That Iowa United Gold team lost to JSizzle Adidas 17s by 2 last weekend in the Swish N Dish quarterfinals.
Council Bluffs, IA
Adidas gets the 1st full blown shoe event of the 2024 season with all of their teams coming into the Omaha area. D1 Minnesota 17s easily swept 4 games in Denver last week but they'll get a super tough test in their Friday afternoon opener against the loaded Utah Prospects/Team Kessler. JSizzle part of that event as well. They play Jalen Green Elite (California) on Saturday night and then Michael Redd's new team MR22 in their final game Sunday morning.
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