BBC FUND RAISING DINNER AT THE BROWNSTONE

More information and online ticket purchasing coming soon!

This event will sell out so get your tickets ASAP!

FGCU FIRST EVER 15 SEED IN SWEET 16

This is when you know your players love you, love playing for you and would die for you! My boy, Andy Enfield is a pure players coach, makes a world of difference! Players chanting his name Andy Andy Andy! Sweet 16 here they come LET'S GO FGCU! Congrats Andy! Keep Rolling Baby!

2013 BBC First Practice Scheduled!

Our first practice has been scheduled and posted. Please be sure to check the link in the left hand side menu marked 2013 SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULE for date and times.

THANK YOU,

BLAZE BASKETBALL CLUB

BBC INTRODUCTORY MEETING RESCHEDULED

Attention Parents: Due to the winter weather last night, a make-up date has been planned for the introductory meeting since many of you were unable to attend.  The make-up date is Friday March 22nd at 7:00 pm at the Wayne PAL bingo hall.  This meeting is mandatory for all parents if your child plans on playing this spring.  If you cannot attend for any reason, please contact Rudy Brown 201-800-4IYB (492) or e-mail him directly at IYBball@gmail.com.

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BLAZE BASKETBALL CLUB

CONGRATS TAVON and IONA GAELS!

Congrats to Tavon Sledge and the Iona Gaels who punched their ticket and are going Dancing in the NCAA Tourney! Bust up people's Brackets ! Let's Gooooooo!  Tavon has trained with IYB since grammar school and is a camp counselor each summer at our camp!

2013 BBC SPRING ROSTERS POSTED!

All rosters for the upcoming Spring AAU season have been posted.

Please be sure to check the rosters for your name and team by clicking on the tab to the left.

Please be sure to contact Rudy Brown at IYBball@gmail.com if your name has been accidentally omitted or misspelled.

Thank You,

BLAZE BASKETBALL CLUB

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF FOR JMU!

While many Virginians bemoaned the arrival of a March snowstorm, the James Madison Dukes may have seen it as a good omen for the start of the Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament.  In 1994, a storm dropped 20 inches of snow over the Shenandoah Valley just before the tournament that year.

The Dukes dug themselves out and made it to Richmond, eventually leading to Kent Culuko hitting a 3-pointer in the waning seconds for a one-point win over Old Dominion to give the Dukes the CAA title, their last one before Monday night’s 70-57 victory over Northeastern at the Coliseum.
Appropriately, the Dukes came to town just after winter storm Saturn dumped about the same amount of snow across the state and defeated William and Mary, Delaware and No. 1 seed Northeastern.

“It’s like LeBron James said after he won his first championship,” redshirt senior forward Rayshawn Goins said. “ ‘It’s about damn time.’ ” Snowstorm aside, the history attached to the Dukes’ win was not lost on James Madison coach Matt Brady.

“It has a monumental ripple effect for any program that can get to this point,” he said. “It’s a tremendous accomplishment. What this can do for a program is set the bar so high and attract guys that can follow in the footsteps that are hard to follow.”
James Madison was 12-20, 5-13 CAA last season. The Dukes started this season 1-5.
However, JMU has gone 19-9 since, thanks to a simple mantra.
“We’ve been saying all year ‘Whatever it takes,’” Goins said. “That was my mindset.”
Brady said another reason for the turnaround was the result of consistency in the lineup and the emergence of redshirt senior guard A.J. Davis.

“For five straight years, I’ve brought a different team to Richmond,” he said. “(Davis) has had one of the most remarkable turnarounds for someone invested in a team as I’ve ever seen.”
Davis has been a key player for the Dukes over the past nine games, shooting 58 percent from the field and 30 for 66 from 3-point range, scoring 179 points.
He scored 26 points in the CAA final and was named tournament MVP, something he didn’t think was going to happen at the start of the year.

“Coach put me in the right position time in and time out,” he said.
With the CAA title comes an NCAA bid. The Dukes last attended the tournament in 1994, losing to Florida in the first round 64-62.  James Madison has defied history all season, and Brady doesn’t believe moving forward will be different. “I’ve been a part of staffs where magical things have happened,” he said. “March is a crazy month. We’re going to face a challenge, no matter who we draw.

KENT / ZO MOURNING / KAREEM

There are Shots and There Are Big Shots....... Kent, Kareem and Zo (Alonzo Mourning, NBA and Georgetown University Super Star for all you young bucks.) were super big shots back in the day! 
Reppin out IYB style! 
Let's gooooo!

ATTN: BLAZE 5th / 6th Grade Team: Sat. 3/9

Our games tomorrow for round robin tournament for blaze 5/6th boys will be at 9:30am and then depending whether or not we win or lose we will play again in the championship game or consolation game at 10:30am or 11:30am @ Hawthorne Christian Academy / Pavilion gymnasium on left side of parking lot.

Address:  2000 Rt 208 North Hawthorne.   

Please confirm that you will be there!
 
Immediately following our games we are having our Spring Blaze AAU Tryouts at 1:30 pm at St. Anthony's in Hawthorne!  
I hope you will all be in attendance!  
Looking forward to a great BLAZE BASKETBALL CLUB Spring Season  

Thanks Kent

BBC AAU SPRING SEASON! YOU READY?

BLAZE BASKETBALL CLUB AAU TRYOUT DATES

All Tryouts @ St Anthony's Church 

276 Diamond Bridge Avenue

Hawthorne, NJ

Last Spring our 9th Grade Elite team won the BELMAR OUTDOOR SHOOTOUT! 
Who will it be this year?  

Do you have what it takes to be a CHAMPION?

Blaze Basketball Club is the only 
local AAU program that features former NBA players and Pro-Skills Trainers as coaches.

BBC Baby!  Let's Go! 

$125 TRYOUT FEE PAYABLE AT DOOR
$25.00 non-refundable tryout fee + $100.00 BBC AAU Fee Deposit
If your child does not make either of the BBC or BBC ELITE teams
for their age group, the $100.00 BBC AAU Fee will be refunded.
               CASH - CHECK - MONEY ORDER 

Saturday March 9, 2013
*10:00 am Boys: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
                 Girls: 3rd Grade and 4th Grade

*11:30 am Boys: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

*  1:30 pm Boys: 5th Grade and 6th Grade 

*  3:00 pm Boys: 7th Grade and 8th Grade 

*  4:30 pm Girls: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, and 7th Grade

*  5:30 pm Girls: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade  

Saturday March 16, 2013
(Make Up Tryouts)
*11:00 am All Boys Grades 1st thru 6th
*12:15 pm All Boys Grades 7th thru 12th
*  1:30 pm All Girls Grades 3rd thru 7th
*  2:30 pm All Girls Grades 8th thru 12th
"Blaze Basketball Club, Where Player Development Happens"!
Blaze Basketball Club Teams Coached by *Professional Players and Pro Skills Trainers! No Other Program Can Say That!
*NBA Player Cliff Robinson will be Coaching our Elite 1st/2nd Grade team as well as our Elite 9th Grade Team.