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Hoops Festival tryouts

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With Empire State Games no longer existing, the BCANY (Basketball Coaches Association of New York State) has come up with an alternative for Boys and Girls HS basketball players.  BCANY will be hosting a "Hoops Festival" on August 5th – 7th in Johnson City (Binghamton area).  There are a few changes from the old Empire Games format.  Most importantly, Buffalo will now have it's own team.  So will Rochester – in fact there will be eight separate regions instead of six, so more kids will be able to be involved.

 

Players returning to high school next year are eligible – no longer by age.  Coaches need to be BCANY members, so if you are not, your players would not be eligible, so please become members for your kids sake. 

 

Buffalo area tryouts will be  Monday June 6th & Thursday June 9th at St. Mary's HS (142 Laverack Ave. in Lancaster) from 7:00-9:00 p.m.   Practice will be less time extensive than it was for Empires. 

 

There should be a good response from college coaches that will be able to see 80 of the best New York State kids play together in one setting. Please spread the word quickly to anyone that may not have heard about this opportunity for the kids.

 

Call 585-746-8327 if you have more questions.

 

 

-centercourt

126 responses to “Hoops Festival tryouts”

  1. Patrick Moran Avatar
    Patrick Moran

    Buffalo lost to Rochester, 94-82 and finished the tournament in 6th place

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  2. guest Avatar
    guest

    disappointing to say the least

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  3. Patrick Moran Avatar
    Patrick Moran

    Yes, especially considering they led by 17.
    Jordan Williams and Matt Hart did do well at Saturday’s three-point shootout. They had a team format and the two combined for 18 makes to finish second as a team overall.
    Williams hit 11 three pointers during the contest, the second-most individually of anyone. Hart sunk seven.

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  4. Roundman Avatar
    Roundman

    Thank you to the coaches and players that represented the buffalo area boys and girls that played in the festival you did us proud. Thank you

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  5. Roundman Avatar
    Roundman

    I would like to hear a report from the coaches on the games to get a feel for how our team did in rebounding,defense,assists, overall play.

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  6. sam Avatar
    sam

    Me too. Wish there had been some reporting from the festival. Would like to hear what happened. I thought we would do much better.

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  7. guest Avatar
    guest

    sounds like they had leads(double digits) and lost that could be them not being familiar with each other. what happened to stan weir? i know he didnt practice much or participate in the lone scrimmage,but didnt hear much about him

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  8. guest Avatar
    guest

    It would be interesting to hear coaching staffs’ take on team performance. From what I heard, Stan Wier had issues with his knee and went home after first game. From what I saw, too many guards that couldn’t create shots for themselves or others, too many 3s (8 for 40) in the first game and at least 150 over 4 games. A lot of over dribbling, bad shots and very little use of high and low post. No one to rebound outside of Reggie A. Jumpers from 30 feet away from basket are bad shots unless at end of shot or game clock. These were normal shots by some of players. I liked ball movement between Adam Weir, and Reggie A; Hopefully players learned what they need to work on.

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  9. sam Avatar
    sam

    Thanks guest. It sounds like they could have used more time getting ready and getting used to their teammates.

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  10. JellyDonut Avatar
    JellyDonut

    weir is banged up right now…nothing too serious…east aurora is going to be very athletic this year

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  11. sam Avatar
    sam

    Does anyone know why Jaysean Paige wasn”t on the festival team?

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  12. sal Avatar
    sal

    CAN/AM still has a couple of spots open SEPT 9-11, always very competitive well attended by D3 coaches. Checkout http://www.niagarapal.com for more info.

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  13. hoopster Avatar
    hoopster

    Hope everyone is having a great summer and hitting every fairway!!!
    Just got a call from a friend. Should be some interesting news coming out soon. Stay tuned.

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  14. guest Avatar
    guest

    atleast you weren’t vague lol

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  15. JohnFrederickPSU Avatar
    JohnFrederickPSU

    The fairway is the area with the lower cut grass, right? Not very familiar with that landscaoe.

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  16. guest Avatar
    guest

    411 Games today at City Honors,great hoops for a great cause

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  17. Patrick Moran Avatar
    Patrick Moran

    Keith McShea reports that Stan Wier has committed to UB.

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  18. Use Ya Left Avatar
    Use Ya Left

    Perhaps the Stan Wier news shows that the talent level in WNY hasn’t fallen as far and McKissic’s Buffalo News article suggested last week.
    And I was surprised there were no call-outs about Reggie Agbeko not being mentioned as a potential D-1 player in the article. Unless he wasn’t mentioned because he’s not home-grown in WNY. Paige from Jamestown also appeared to be overlooked (unless he’s not truly D-1 material).
    In any case, it would be fun again to see a Buffalo-area AAU club rise above the rest to be regarded as a true national-level club. Agbeko had to hook onto a Rhode Island-based team for the important July period, while Sterling Taplin is listed as playing for Albany City Rocks.

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  19. Division 1 Avatar
    Division 1

    Article by Mckissic in The Buffalo News is correct about Buffalo needing an AAU outfit to fill the void left by Jeff Bishop’s GC Ballers departure. However, much of the article read as a press release for UpstateBasketball. My vote to an up and coming program to fill that void is Rodney Nevins Buffalo Dragons. He is a very skilled coach who makes great ingame adjustments and is an excellent player developer. Interestingly enough he has been involved with development of many of players on Buffalo BCANY roster. He also has played a tremendous role in Reggie Agbeko’s development this spring and summer. Reggie currently has 30+ division 1 schools working hard for his services due in part to the time Rodney has put in with personal and team workouts. Local high school head coaches are missing a golden opportunity with Mr. Nevins.

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  20. JohnFrederickPSU Avatar
    JohnFrederickPSU

    I echo division 1’s sentiments. Having known Rodney since back to his coaching day’s at St. Aloysius Gonzaga school and before that, to be more accurate, coach Nevins has always led with a firm but fair approach. He will make a young player more confident as well as more skilled and expects nothing more in return than showing up on time and giving maximum effort.

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  21. guest Avatar
    guest

    did wil north gat a transfer from tennessee

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  22. Roundman Avatar
    Roundman

    Any news on this coming weekends games in the falls. How many local teams are in or the rosters for the teams or the times the games start.

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  23. sal Avatar
    sal

    6 us and 4 canadian just emailed sched to keith

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  24. guest Avatar
    guest

    big happenings in wny scene coming soon-wow

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  25. guest Avatar
    guest

    alot of transfers

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  26. Alejandro Burciaga Avatar
    Alejandro Burciaga

    As a basketball fan can’t wait.
    Basketball drills are an important part of any basketball program. You need fundamentally sound drills in order to be successful.
    Basic offensive fundamentals are dribbling (bouncing the ball with your fingertips), passing (there are bounce passes and chest passes, where the ball does not touch the ground), and shooting (which takes a lot of practice to do well). The basic defensive fundamentals are guarding an opponent (keeping him or her from dribbling, passing, or shooting), and moving on the court.
    Teaching correct techniques is crucial in developing young player’s basketball skills. You not need to worry about making every shot, focus on taking every shot the correct way, and always take the shot the same way. Make practices more realistic by attempting the drill at game speed in game situations. Repeating drills in your practices can help increase muscle memory so players can read and react to situations on the court rather than think too much.
    The drills you teach to improve young players are not important as in the manner which you do them. Proper technique and attention to detail in every drill will help a young person become a better player.
    Keep on Playing!
    Alex Burciaga

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