NOVA AAU TEAMS (Nova94, Fairfax Stars, NovaCavaliers

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Anonymous wrote:How is winter off season for basketball?

AAU is spring/summer

And “AAU” is not the end all/be all. High school and college basketball play in the winter. Basketball is traditionally a winter sport.

It depends on the player and the team. A top AAU team is higher level than a good high school team, a top high school team is probably as high as a top AAU team.

I actually had a conversation with a college coach about what they value. My kid was in a great situation on his AAU. Team, but playing behind 5 kids who ended up on power 5 D1 teams for his high school team, so he didn’t get playing time. The college coach said he wouldn’t look at a kid who didn’t play for his high school team. Basketball is not like other sports in this way.

Your kid played behind D1 recruits, so obviously the high school program was very good. DeMatha is going to me more heavily recruited compared to just about any club team. On the other hand, a kid playing Nike or Under Armour sponsored team competing in national showcase tournaments will get a lot more exposure from that than playing for a run of the mill FCPS high school.

EYBL and UAA play in the spring so as not to conflict with the high school basketball season. The ESPN Top 100 and top 250 list kids’ high school teams prominently, not their AAU teams. Kids move to transfer high schools, not to play for a different AAU team. The reality is that AAU is more important for exposure and coaches recruit at AAU tournaments, but they really want to see what a kid did on their high school team - especially if the kid isn’t a top 100 in the country kid. This is why so many kids do a prep year also - to have a year of “high school” ball against strong competition.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is winter off season for basketball?

AAU is spring/summer

And “AAU” is not the end all/be all. High school and college basketball play in the winter. Basketball is traditionally a winter sport.

It depends on the player and the team. A top AAU team is higher level than a good high school team, a top high school team is probably as high as a top AAU team.

I actually had a conversation with a college coach about what they value. My kid was in a great situation on his AAU. Team, but playing behind 5 kids who ended up on power 5 D1 teams for his high school team, so he didn’t get playing time. The college coach said he wouldn’t look at a kid who didn’t play for his high school team. Basketball is not like other sports in this way.

Your kid played behind D1 recruits, so obviously the high school program was very good. DeMatha is going to me more heavily recruited compared to just about any club team. On the other hand, a kid playing Nike or Under Armour sponsored team competing in national showcase tournaments will get a lot more exposure from that than playing for a run of the mill FCPS high school.

EYBL and UAA play in the spring so as not to conflict with the high school basketball season. The ESPN Top 100 and top 250 list kids’ high school teams prominently, not their AAU teams. Kids move to transfer high schools, not to play for a different AAU team. The reality is that AAU is more important for exposure and coaches recruit at AAU tournaments, but they really want to see what a kid did on their high school team - especially if the kid isn’t a top 100 in the country kid. This is why so many kids do a prep year also - to have a year of “high school” ball against strong competition.

When you say prep year, do you mean post grad? Or reclass?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is winter off season for basketball?

AAU is spring/summer

And “AAU” is not the end all/be all. High school and college basketball play in the winter. Basketball is traditionally a winter sport.

It depends on the player and the team. A top AAU team is higher level than a good high school team, a top high school team is probably as high as a top AAU team.

I actually had a conversation with a college coach about what they value. My kid was in a great situation on his AAU. Team, but playing behind 5 kids who ended up on power 5 D1 teams for his high school team, so he didn’t get playing time. The college coach said he wouldn’t look at a kid who didn’t play for his high school team. Basketball is not like other sports in this way.

Your kid played behind D1 recruits, so obviously the high school program was very good. DeMatha is going to me more heavily recruited compared to just about any club team. On the other hand, a kid playing Nike or Under Armour sponsored team competing in national showcase tournaments will get a lot more exposure from that than playing for a run of the mill FCPS high school.

EYBL and UAA play in the spring so as not to conflict with the high school basketball season. The ESPN Top 100 and top 250 list kids’ high school teams prominently, not their AAU teams. Kids move to transfer high schools, not to play for a different AAU team. The reality is that AAU is more important for exposure and coaches recruit at AAU tournaments, but they really want to see what a kid did on their high school team - especially if the kid isn’t a top 100 in the country kid. This is why so many kids do a prep year also - to have a year of “high school” ball against strong competition.

When you say prep year, do you mean post grad? Or reclass?

I meant post grad.

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Well, two kids we know who aren't amazing made the Nova 94 team, so even if they had a ton of kids at tryouts, I don't think the bar was particularly high. Just FYI for anyone who would be interested next year, go for it--their standards were pretty low.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, two kids we know who aren't amazing made the Nova 94 team, so even if they had a ton of kids at tryouts, I don't think the bar was particularly high. Just FYI for anyone who would be interested next year, go for it--their standards were pretty low.

What age? Girls? Boys? A team or B team?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, two kids we know who aren't amazing made the Nova 94 team, so even if they had a ton of kids at tryouts, I don't think the bar was particularly high. Just FYI for anyone who would be interested next year, go for it--their standards were pretty low.

Depends which age group you are talking about. I know of one age group where the B team isn’t very strong, but most age groups are pretty competitive

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, two kids we know who aren't amazing made the Nova 94 team, so even if they had a ton of kids at tryouts, I don't think the bar was particularly high. Just FYI for anyone who would be interested next year, go for it--their standards were pretty low.

Depends which age group you are talking about. I know of one age group where the B team isn’t very strong, but most age groups are pretty competitive

The younger Nova94 blue teams are developing players. Some players will get bumped up to orange while others will get bumped off next year. I’ve seen the ones who stop practicing after spring get left behind quickly especially if new recruits are added in the off season. Nova94 positions the blue teams for multi sport players but so hard to seriously play on another team (forget travel) with uncertain game tournament schedule released last minute.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, two kids we know who aren't amazing made the Nova 94 team, so even if they had a ton of kids at tryouts, I don't think the bar was particularly high. Just FYI for anyone who would be interested next year, go for it--their standards were pretty low.

Depends which age group you are talking about. I know of one age group where the B team isn’t very strong, but most age groups are pretty competitive

5th grade boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, two kids we know who aren't amazing made the Nova 94 team, so even if they had a ton of kids at tryouts, I don't think the bar was particularly high. Just FYI for anyone who would be interested next year, go for it--their standards were pretty low.

Depends which age group you are talking about. I know of one age group where the B team isn’t very strong, but most age groups are pretty competitive

5th grade boys.

I haven’t seen the 5th grade, but I know a lot of them left last year for Durant, Takeover, Mew World, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, two kids we know who aren't amazing made the Nova 94 team, so even if they had a ton of kids at tryouts, I don't think the bar was particularly high. Just FYI for anyone who would be interested next year, go for it--their standards were pretty low.

Depends which age group you are talking about. I know of one age group where the B team isn’t very strong, but most age groups are pretty competitive

5th grade boys.

I haven’t seen the 5th grade, but I know a lot of them left last year for Durant, Takeover, Mew World, etc.

Current 5th graders. They said there was no team last year and the team was "new". There is only one team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, two kids we know who aren't amazing made the Nova 94 team, so even if they had a ton of kids at tryouts, I don't think the bar was particularly high. Just FYI for anyone who would be interested next year, go for it--their standards were pretty low.

Depends which age group you are talking about. I know of one age group where the B team isn’t very strong, but most age groups are pretty competitive

5th grade boys.

I haven’t seen the 5th grade, but I know a lot of them left last year for Durant, Takeover, Mew World, etc.

Current 5th graders. They said there was no team last year and the team was "new". There is only one team.

Darn it. Our DS should have tried out for it. We heard from friends that one (or two) of the Fairfax Stars teams is also not very competitive.

It is so hard to have to commit to a team within a few days when other tryouts are ongoing or haven't started.

[Anonymous]

Darn it. Our DS should have tried out for it. We heard from friends that one (or two) of the Fairfax Stars teams is also not very competitive.

It is so hard to have to commit to a team within a few days when other tryouts are ongoing or haven't started.


Lol. You don't trust your sons ability .....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, two kids we know who aren't amazing made the Nova 94 team, so even if they had a ton of kids at tryouts, I don't think the bar was particularly high. Just FYI for anyone who would be interested next year, go for it--their standards were pretty low.

Depends which age group you are talking about. I know of one age group where the B team isn’t very strong, but most age groups are pretty competitive

5th grade boys.

I haven’t seen the 5th grade, but I know a lot of them left last year for Durant, Takeover, Mew World, etc.

Current 5th graders. They said there was no team last year and the team was "new". There is only one team.

Darn it. Our DS should have tried out for it. We heard from friends that one (or two) of the Fairfax Stars teams is also not very competitive.

It is so hard to have to commit to a team within a few days when other tryouts are ongoing or haven't started.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, two kids we know who aren't amazing made the Nova 94 team, so even if they had a ton of kids at tryouts, I don't think the bar was particularly high. Just FYI for anyone who would be interested next year, go for it--their standards were pretty low.

Depends which age group you are talking about. I know of one age group where the B team isn’t very strong, but most age groups are pretty competitive

5th grade boys.

I haven’t seen the 5th grade, but I know a lot of them left last year for Durant, Takeover, Mew World, etc.

Current 5th graders. They said there was no team last year and the team was "new". There is only one team.

Prepandemic the age group that is currently 5th grade had what was probably the most talented team that age in the metro area. There have been some coaching changes and players have left. The current 6th grade team orange is one of the best in the area as well, but they have another 6th grade team which is not as competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Darn it. Our DS should have tried out for it. We heard from friends that one (or two) of the Fairfax Stars teams is also not very competitive.

It is so hard to have to commit to a team within a few days when other tryouts are ongoing or haven't started.


Lol. You don't trust your sons ability .....

If you are good enough they will make room.