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formerlyknownasfells
03-12-2009, 05:00 PM
The United States Basketball Association (USBA) is pleased to announce open tryouts for their inaugural season. The season starts on April 11th and runs until the first part of July.

Tryouts will be taking place this weekend at the following locations:

Atlanta Platinum: Morris Brown College; John L Lewis Auditorium; 643 Martin Luther King Drive, Atlanta from 10:30-3:00.

Birmingham Crusaders: Jess Lanier High School; 100 High School Drive; Bessemer, Alabama from 6:00-9:00 pm.

Columbia (SC) Centurion: Benedict College’s HRC Arena; 1600 Hardin Street; Columbia.

Jacksonville Admirals: Edward Waters College’s Adams-Jenkins Sports Center; 1658 Kings Road Jacksonville.

Montgomery Generals: Lanier High School’s Walker-Joiner Gymnasium 1756 South Court St., Montgomery from 10:30-1:30.

Nashville Thunder: Fisk University; 1000 17th Ave N.E. Nashville from 8:00-1:00.

West Virginia Capitals: The Family and Life Center 2910 Kanawha Terrance Saint Albans, West Virginia from 10:00-2:00.

Registration for tryouts will begin one hour prior to the scheduled start time of the tryout with a cost of $75.00. Players will be required to complete the following: Player Claim Release Form, Medical Clearance Form, and Player Profile Information. Players are requested to be prompt. No one will be admitted to the tryouts after the scheduled start time.

USBA president Duane Jenkins says, “We are excited about this set of tryouts. Last weekend we had some very talented players attend and the talent pool is very deep. We are hoping for the same level of talent this weekend.”

The USBA is a mid spring through early summer professional basketball league. League offices are in Atlanta, Georgia. Players can be catapulted to enjoy further opportunities in the National Basketball Association Developmental League as well as exposure to other professional basketball leagues from around the world. The league age requirement is 20 years or older.

For media inquiries, please contact Director of Communications Chris Munson at chris.munson8@gmail.com. For more information on the league, please contact Duane Jenkins at 770-899-6388.

Wiffleman2009
03-12-2009, 06:04 PM
I am very excited about this league. Also a team in West Virginia, do you think this league will make it. I hope so. Does anybody have any information they can pass on. The website really doesn't have anything new.

formerlyknownasfells
03-15-2009, 03:36 PM
I am very excited about this league. Also a team in West Virginia, do you think this league will make it. I hope so. Does anybody have any information they can pass on. The website really doesn't have anything new.

The website is set to be updated in the next couple of days.

The tryouts this weekend were a success with all locations receiving about 35-50 players each. Next weekend all ten cities will be having tryouts; rosters are to be set at the end of this month.

All indications are that the first season will be a successful one as there is a tremendous amount of interest in the league. In the last three days, I have received about 30 phone calls from players who are interested in trying out. If that is any indication, this year will be a successful one.

Any questions, just let me know.

Chris

Chris Munson
United States Basketball Association--Director of Communications

The Magician
03-15-2009, 04:39 PM
Any questions, just let me know.

Chris

Chris Munson
United States Basketball Association--Director of Communications

Hey Munson,

What's the word on how well the Birmingham and Montgomery tryouts went?

Was there a good showing in Jax?