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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone want to drive to practice in PG county multiple times a week when they live in Nova? Thats insane.

In my friend’s case if they’re good enough, 8th grade is so important for high school recruiting. Driving to MD 2 nights a week which isn’t bad if you’re coming from Alexandria to Ft Washington and the exposure of that team and coach’s connections can get you recruited for a top 5 private with generous aid.

Most of Nova isn't tiny Alexandria. No one sane is driving from Loudoun, Vienna, Centreville, Gainesville etc to PG for basketball practice. A kid who is good enough to play with a top HS team will get recruited whether he plays for the Stars (their rising 8th team is not good BTW, OP) or with a bunch of PG superstars. And, OP never said that was her goal. It is nearly impossible to make the best teams. She should aim lower.

Hence why there is nobody from Gainesville being recruited to play at top private school. It’s fine, that kid can play for Nova 94 and go to tier local high school. Just didn’t know what level the OP’s kid is on.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone want to drive to practice in PG county multiple times a week when they live in Nova? Thats insane.

In my friend’s case if they’re good enough, 8th grade is so important for high school recruiting. Driving to MD 2 nights a week which isn’t bad if you’re coming from Alexandria to Ft Washington and the exposure of that team and coach’s connections can get you recruited for a top 5 private with generous aid.

Most of Nova isn't tiny Alexandria. No one sane is driving from Loudoun, Vienna, Centreville, Gainesville etc to PG for basketball practice. A kid who is good enough to play with a top HS team will get recruited whether he plays for the Stars (their rising 8th team is not good BTW, OP) or with a bunch of PG superstars. And, OP never said that was her goal. It is nearly impossible to make the best teams. She should aim lower.

Sorry that’s just not true. There is nobody getting recruited from any nova bball team other than DNA Elite. And two of those recent 8th graders are the ones I mentioned that are already getting offers from D1. One even getting talked about that has NBA potential. There may be some kids that only play travel in Nova that end up at a private school, but it’s not because they were recruited.

The point is sure, you can play for the Stars or any Rec team in Nova. But if your kid has D1 potential, you actually do need to play for an elite team and they almost all practice on PG. You def want to have kid try out for one of the Nova PYBL winter teams. Follow PYBL on IG to track when they’re having tryouts. They are in middle of summer league now. Fairfax team is pretty good. If kid lights it up on PYBL winter, and parents reach out to high school coaches, they will come to watch kid and could get recruited that way. Our kid was recruited for one school strictly from PYBL winter league and other schools through AAU on one team mentioned here.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone want to drive to practice in PG county multiple times a week when they live in Nova? Thats insane.

In my friend’s case if they’re good enough, 8th grade is so important for high school recruiting. Driving to MD 2 nights a week which isn’t bad if you’re coming from Alexandria to Ft Washington and the exposure of that team and coach’s connections can get you recruited for a top 5 private with generous aid.

Most of Nova isn't tiny Alexandria. No one sane is driving from Loudoun, Vienna, Centreville, Gainesville etc to PG for basketball practice. A kid who is good enough to play with a top HS team will get recruited whether he plays for the Stars (their rising 8th team is not good BTW, OP) or with a bunch of PG superstars. And, OP never said that was her goal. It is nearly impossible to make the best teams. She should aim lower.

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Anonymous wrote:I did see the recent threads but they were not specific to this age group or were geared towards girls.
Was hoping for specific 8th grade teams. In NC where we moved from there could be a good club but a certain grade level was terrible even though the club was good. Feel me?

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1062515.page#22836628


These are pretty much the major players in this area. Mostly practice in PG county even if the have tryouts in VA.

I’d say ranking wise right now (my son just graduated 8th) are:
DNA Elite
Team Take Over (TTO) look for both names in IG
Team Durant
Team Melo MD
DC Premier

Other mentions
DMV Rebels
Team Vito

You have to be really good to make the A teams for these teams. At least 4 or 5 boys that just finished 8th grade and are coming off summer league with their new high school for fall already have high D1 level offers.

I’m sure you know this but DC basketball scene is something fierce. If your kid is at least 6’2 he should be able to get a spot on any of these teams, at least B team. And trust me even B teams are competitive.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone want to drive to practice in PG county multiple times a week when they live in Nova? Thats insane.

In my friend’s case if they’re good enough, 8th grade is so important for high school recruiting. Driving to MD 2 nights a week which isn’t bad if you’re coming from Alexandria to Ft Washington and the exposure of that team and coach’s connections can get you recruited for a top 5 private with generous aid.

Next month there will be tryouts for local teams that play in fcybl (local winter travel league).
Easier to make those teams usually then an aau team. What zip code?

Why would anyone want to drive to practice in PG county multiple times a week when they live in Nova? Thats insane.

Anonymous wrote:I did see the recent threads but they were not specific to this age group or were geared towards girls.
Was hoping for specific 8th grade teams. In NC where we moved from there could be a good club but a certain grade level was terrible even though the club was good. Feel me?

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1062515.page#22836628


These are pretty much the major players in this area. Mostly practice in PG county even if the have tryouts in VA.

I’d say ranking wise right now (my son just graduated 8th) are:
DNA Elite
Team Take Over (TTO) look for both names in IG
Team Durant
Team Melo MD
DC Premier

Other mentions
DMV Rebels
Team Vito

You have to be really good to make the A teams for these teams. At least 4 or 5 boys that just finished 8th grade and are coming off summer league with their new high school for fall already have high D1 level offers.

I’m sure you know this but DC basketball scene is something fierce. If your kid is at least 6’2 he should be able to get a spot on any of these teams, at least B team. And trust me even B teams are competitive.

I did see the recent threads but they were not specific to this age group or were geared towards girls.
Was hoping for specific 8th grade teams. In NC where we moved from there could be a good club but a certain grade level was terrible even though the club was good. Feel me?

Not to be snarky at all but there were a few recent posts about this. Especially 8th grade. Hopefully search results will help.

We just moved to the area and are looking for a boys fall 8th grade AAU team in the area. Located in NOVA. What are the best teams and how do they announce tryouts? Any to avoid?