300+ Attend Manitoba Provincial Team Tryouts

This past weekend, over 300 young basketball players took the court at the Canada Games Sport for Life Centre, all aiming for a position with one of Manitoba's Provincial Basketball Teams this summer.  The record crowd of athletes in attendance allowed the Provincial Team Coaching Staff to evaluate the top athletes at the 17U and 15U levels.


In all, 48 athletes will be selected from those chosen to continue to the final steps occurring in the coming week to represent Manitoba on one of the four teams.  An overview of the program over the next 2 months includes...

• All Teams - “Team Toba Day” - Sat June 16, 2018 @ Canada Games Centre (10am - 4pm) 
• All Teams - Prairie Cup Challenge vs Team Sask (Brandon) July 1
• 17U Female Team - Nike Tournament of Champions* (Chicago, IL) July 8-12
• 17U Male Team - D1 Summer Classic* (Minneapolis, MN) July 19-22 
• 17U Female Team - North Tartan Meltdown* (Minneapolis, MN) July 22-25
• 17U Male Team - Prep Hoops Chicago Summer Challenge* (Chicago, IL) July 25-30 
• 17U Female - Canada Basketball National Championships (Fredericton, NB) Aug 4-12
• 17U Male - Canada Basketball National Championships (Kamloops, BC) Aug 5-12

For more on the Manitoba Provincial Team program CLICK HERE.