The AAU/Grassroots Weekend Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Where are the teams this weekend? Where should your eyes be? We offer up a weekend preview!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Twin Cities Takedown</strong>. This late April event is far, far bigger than expected with about 80 more teams that last season. So so so many good match-ups that will have a ton of local college coaches watching close. What are some of those match-ups this weekend? Here is a 17u small sample!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Hoop Habits vs [program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Zurn - TONIGHT</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Hoops Habits vs [program_tooltip program_id='2075485' first='Gain' last='Elite'] - Sunday</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Minnesota Lightning vs [program_tooltip program_id='2821775' first='Buffalo' last='Legacy'] - Sunday</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2075485' first='Gain' last='Elite'] vs Lightning - 8am Saturday</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2075310' first='Northstar' last='Titans'] vs Elevate Skills - Saturday Night</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] GVR vs Titans - Sunday at noon</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 16U division is fantastic itself with All Wisconsin, Pack and their North Dakota team headlined by a pair of future D1 players, [program_tooltip program_id='2076003' first='West' last='Central United'], Hoop Habits who won the Comets Shootout, Uncheckable, and Fury Shepherd! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Midwest Festival of Teams</strong>. A decent amount of Minnesota teams made the four hour trip to Des Moines including Select, Fury, and Pulley top teams. And as you look at the schedule, they are playing against each other a lot in their four game sets. The Minnesota teams seem to be playing locals and All Iowa Attack on their schedule. Here are the Minnesota games to keep an eye on:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fury Goring vs Select Fuerte</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fury Sabin vs Select Fuerte</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fury Goring vs [program_tooltip program_id='2455790' first='Howard' last='Pulley']</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fury Wilde 16s vs Pulley 16s</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fury Wilde vs Select Krona</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fury Antl 15s vs Select Ohnstad 16s</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kansas City Showcase</strong>. The Comets are in KC, and the top 17s get i4 Sports UA Rise team, a good VWMA team, OWE from Louisiana, the MoKan 16s and a team from Texas. Comets Elite 16s has a very similar schedule including the game with the MoKan 15s. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Adidas.</strong> [program_tooltip program_id='2075431' first='D1' last='Minnesota']'s 3SSB teams are in California this weekend. The 17s face Upward Stars from South Carolina, Breakaway basketball from Illinois, Garner Road from North Carolina, Slow Grind Elite from Washington, and Dream Vision out of South California. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->