Adidas/Wendy's National Invitational Tournament 2008

Well, it took seven tournaments, but Naddiyah's team is finally above 500. They are a great group of 11 year old girls, so it has been a joy to watch them grow to the level they displayed in this past weekend's tournament at the Kingdom Sports Center in Franklin OH.

We were playing up in the 12 & under division which we won in very good style. The girls played like a team the entire way, moving the ball extremely well. We even saw an ally-oop that in a few years may be a dunk as Johna made a beautiful pass to Chea on fast break that looked very (W)NBA.

After going 4-0 in this tournament, the girls have a record of 17-14 now with 13 loses being to DI Nationals bound teams with 12 coming from the same 5 teams that have been or will most likely be in the sweet sixteen or close to it. With how we started the year, it is a big accomplishment that I am very proud of the girls for. Additionally impressive is that it is two undefeated weekends in a row, which was also a welcome occurrence after all our struggles. The middle schools better watch out because these girls are going to do some damage in the future. With some hard work, the high schools will be rocking in a few years as well. And even better, if they can avenge some of the 13 loses to DI National Qualifiers next year, they can do some damage on the AAU courts.

Can't stop now...

Keep playing hard and sticking together!

Who are we: HOOPSTARS! And how did we do it: TOGETHER!