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National Basketball Tournaments
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2006_Asian American National Championship in Vegas |
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 COMMISSIONER'S MESSAGE: Added info on Shootout's two recent tourney championships.Updated the list of teams below. Looks like we have between 10-13 teams of Elite caliber! Welcome to the Vegas Elite Invitational aka our 2nd Annual Asian American National Championship (AANC). Enter online by July 31 and get ESPN The Magazine for FREE!!!... More info DATES: Sat Sep 9 to Sun Sep 10 (last tipoff is 5:00PM Sun Sep 10) LOCATION(S): Las Vegas, NV (surrounding high-quality gyms) TEAMS/DIVISIONS: The time has finally come for the championship Japanese/Chinese, IndoPak, and Filipino teams to come together. While the Filipinos (at least on the West Coast) are always down to play, what has been difficult is coordinating the Japanese/Chinese and IndoPaks' schedules. Well, we finally have the solution: play it on the same weekend as the Japanese/Chinese LVI!!! Good thing it doesn't coincide with any IndoPak nationals... More info, esp. for LVI teams The Quick-and-Dirty Thirty-Five The following is not scientific. It is based purely on Dream League's travels, observations, and hearsay within the tight-knit community. We think it is actually pretty accurate in the following ways. The Top 9 teams have all won high-quality national tournaments in the past year (2005-06). The next 15 or so have come close (but no cigar), ranging from Final Four finishes to consistent quarterfinals finishes (we're definitely thinking, "What have you done for me lately."). Finally the last 10 or so have made respectable appearances in high-quality national tourneys, yet have not quite gotten over the proverbial hump at the national level. More in-depth analysis... CR PR ETH TEAM 01 01 IPB Vancouver TBA/Drive/etc ...no word back 02 03 J/C Tigers Blue (LA) ...too many injured 03 -- IPB Calif. Assassins/BKS/Wolfpack ...too many IPB tourneys 04 04 PHI So. Bay Shootout (SJ/Stockton) ...confirmed 05 02 IPB California Shockwaves ...too many other IPB tourneys 06 05 CJP DreamLeague All-Stars (SF/Oak) ...confirmed 07 06 CHN Seattle Bladerunners ...might be disbanding 08 12 IPB Maryland Five Pillars ...player getting married 09 07 IPB Houston Underdogs ...no word back 10 08 J/C Pacific Coast/Barons (Oak/Sac) ...maybe 11 10 J/C Setai Cossa/Duke (SF) ...not enough players available 12 11 ALL Wildcatz (Stanford) ...does not play outside Bay Area 13 09 IPB Dallas Bandits ...newborns and weddings 14 13 PHI Bay Area HEADS ...many players injured 15 14 IPB Houston OCP ...too many players banged up from Toronto 8/27 16 15 ALL DLNYC/Cruisers/DaBien/etc ...playing in PIBNA Montreal 17 33 PHI Hawaii Phenoms ...confirmed 18 16 PHI Las Vegas Aces (fka Vegas ABL Select) ...confirmed 19 24 IPB Philadelphia F.A.Y. ...couldn't get a hold of 20 17 PHI PacRim Sports (LA) ...no word back 21 18 J/C Arizona Desert Jade ...confirmed 22 19 CJP MIN/CHI Lakers/Dragons ...flight back on 9/10 is too early 23 20 PHI Driven (Bay Area) ...confirmed 24 32 IPB Toronto Khalsa ...conflicting tourney schedule and captain running for office 25 21 CJP AS Friends Gold (LA) ...know about it, but won't be joining us 26 25 PHI Wizards (Bay Area) ...confirmed 27 26 CHN Washington CYC (DC) ...morphed with AZ Desert Jade for LVI 9/9 28 27 IPB Houston Boyz ...work and family conflicts 29 28 CHN Texas Ballistics ...no word back 30 31 PHI APIBA (SD/LA) ...confirmed 31 -- IPB California Bad Boyz ...too many IPB tourneys 32 22 IPB Chicago DOME/Untouchables/etc ...weddings and too many IPB tourneys 33 34 PHI Island Heat (Las Vegas) ...confirmed 34 35 J/C LA Dragon's Den ...no word back via LA Tigers 35 29 CJP San Jose Kidz/Hoopwear ...captain getting married 36 30 IPB Virginia Playaz ...too many IPB tourneys 37 -- PHI 3GS (LA) ...confirmed 38 -- PHI West Covina Stunners ...confirmed 39 -- ALL Houston Alief/Screwston ...airfare from Houston too high 40 -- PHI LA Showtime ...confirmed ALL = All listed Asians CHN = Chinese only CJP = CHN/JPN/PHI/VIE/KOR IPB = IndoPak J/C = Japanese/Chinese PHI = Filipino VIE = Vietnamese KOR = Korean FORMAT: Pool play followed by tiered playoff. We utilize NBA-style rules: 24-sec shotclock, stopped clock on FT during crunch time, etc. LOGISTICS: Details on airfare, hotel, and rental cars... More info ANY OTHER QUESTIONS: Please check our FAQ or email info@dreamleague.org |
