The Week 5 AAU/Grassroots Basketball Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What is upcoming this weekend for Minnesota teams? There are a lot of interesting items to talk about. We start with.....</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[program_tooltip program_id='2075310' first='Northstar' last='Titans'] vs RWE Elite</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Prep Hoops Cream City Collision event in Milwaukee has RWE Elite in town playing four games at a local college and the Titans are in the event, and got a Sunday game with RWE Elite! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We all know these games are a social media hoops social festival but RWE isn't just online celebrity hoopers, they also bring in four and five star superstars to play on their team. So guys like [player_tooltip player_id='1819128' first='Bryce' last='Gaustad'], [player_tooltip player_id='2417091' first='Isiah' last='Boyer'], [player_tooltip player_id='2140590' first='Cody' last='Benson'], [player_tooltip player_id='2126461' first='Cal' last='Spencer'], [player_tooltip player_id='2402042' first='Akan' last='Berisso'] and others get to match-up against some superstars, and for better or worse, find themselves on a social media video. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Also playing in Milwaukee are teams from Powerhouse, [program_tooltip program_id='2221115' first='Midwest' last='Kings'], and Forward Thinking</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Scheels League</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The biggest Minnesota team event of the weekend is the Scheels League. They have 17s, 16s, 15s and 14s in the ever expanding league that will have games in Woodbury and Rosemount. The invite only grouping includes the Comets, the Heat, Select, Fury, Lightning, Sanford Sports Academy, the Playmakers, [program_tooltip program_id='2821775' first='Buffalo' last='Legacy'], Heiser Sports Academy, Rise, Southwest Stars and North Dakota Phenom. Saturday looks to be pool play, Sunday is bracket play. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Meg Vang</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The massive, monster like, huge, annual Meg Vang event with more youth teams than you will ever see is this weekend. When you look like the team list it seems to go on forever: 400, 500, 600, 700 teams? Who knows. It's massive.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The event includes a 32 teams 17u division with teams from the Sizzle, Magic, Select, Real Phenom, [program_tooltip program_id='2075425' first='CRCTB' last=''], Titans and obviously the Heat. There are 48 teams in the 16u division, 60 teams in the 15u division, and a million middle school teams. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Out of State</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>There are events in both Fargo and Sioux Falls, not huge events but events that have Minnesota teams in them to keep an eye on.<br><br>The Minnesota Gold teams are competing in Indianapolis this weekend. It's the Adidas Gold East Open Qualifier. <br><br>The weekly road travel for Real Phenom and Minneapolis Central continues this week in Lincoln.<br><br>Hoop Habits has multiple teams in a small event in Lawrence, Kansas that includes KC Run GMC's 16s playing up, Big 3 from Illinois, Missouri Phenom and a few others.<br><br><br><br><br></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list -->