Dakotas: Grassroots Preview & Rankings
The AAU season is upon us! With so many valuable programs in the Dakotas it’s only fitting that we @ PGH hit you with our AAU rankings. Important note, these are pre-tournament play. So, don’t get all in your feelings about the rankings. There is plenty of time, games and performances to shift the standings. A good thing is most of the programs will have a chance to match up a few times over the summer.
Programs across the Dakota have unique schedules. However, you will get to see most of the teams all at once starting in June, during the Summer Jam tournament held in Minneapolis. Here are some key dates and the preliminary rankings
April 26-28 Windy City Classic, Milwaukee (SD Network-BlueStar)
April 26-28 Be The Best, Ames (SD Attack)
May 17-19 Great Plains Challenge, Kansas City (SD Network-BlueStar)
May 17-19 Lake Slam, Minneapolis (SD Attack)
June 22-23 Great Plain Alliance, Chanhassen (SD Attack, ND Attack, ND Pro, ECI)
June 14-16 NT Summer Jam, Minneapolis (SD Network-BlueStar, SD Attack, ND Attack, ECI Drillers, BBA Fierce, Bear Tails Gauntlet, ND Pro)
July 6-8 Mill City Invitational, Minneapolis (SD Network-BlueStar, SD Attack, ECI Drillers, ND Pro, Bear Tails Gauntlet)
July 6-8 Dakota Challenge, Sioux Falls (Pentagon Schooler, ND Attack, BBA Fierce, Sacred Hoops, ECI)
July 10-12 Nike Tournament of Champions, Chicago (SD Network-BlueStar, SD Attack, ECI Drillers, ND Pro)
July 20-22 Tarten Meltdon/AAU Nationals, Minneapolis (SD Network-BlueStar, SD Attack, ND Attack, ECI Drillers, BBA Fierce, Bear Tails Gauntlet, ND Pro, Pentagon Schooler)
17U Rankings
Rank | Team | Record | PHD Ws of Note | PHD Ls of note | Previous |
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1 | SD Attack | 19-13 | 1 | ||
2 | Pentagon Schooler- Borchers | 17-6 | Sacred Hoops-BEEBOUT | 6 | |
3 | SD Network-BlueStar | 14-11 | ND Pro-Hutter | 2 | |
4 | BBA FIERCE-Cunningham | 15-10 | 3 | ||
5 | ND Attack | 13-8 | Sacred Hoops-MAHONEY, Pentagon Schoolers-Brown | ND Pro-Hutter | 4 |
6 | Pentagon Schoolers-Brown | 11-13 | Sacred Hoops-MAHONEY | 5 | |
7 | ND Pro-Hutter | 9-13 | SD Network-BlueStar, Missouri River Elite | 7 | |
8 | Sacred Hoops-BEEBOUT | 10-2 | Pentagon Schooler- Brown | Pentagon Schooler- Borchers | 12 |
9 | Missouri River Elite | 5-4 | ND Pro-Hutter | 8 | |
10 | Sacred Hoops-MAHONEY | 7-6 | Dakota Niners | ND Attack, Pentagon Schooler- Brown | 9 |
11 | Ambush | 5-3 | 10 | ||
12 | South Dakota Thunder | 1-3 | 13 | ||
13 | Bears Tail Basketball -Gauntlet Circuit | 1-12 | 11 | ||
14 | Dakota Niners | 0-4 | 14 |
16U Rankings
Rank | Team | Record | PHD Ws of Note | PHD Ls of note | Previous |
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1 | SD Attack | 20-9 | Mo Phenom Columbia 16U,Kingdom Hoops 16U, OSA 16U | Lady Martin Bros 2021, ECI Driller | 1 |
2 | ECI Driller | 13-6 | Missouri River Elite 11th, SD Attack | 7 | |
3 | Pentagon Schoolers-Schlekeway | 17-12 | All Iowa Attack 10th National, Sacred Hoops-THIEN HO, ND Attack-Green | Nebraska Lasers National Gold, ND Attack-Green | 6 |
4 | SD Network | 13-9 | 2 | ||
5 | ND Attack-Green | 14-7 | Sacred Hoops-THIEN HO,Pentagon Schoolers-Schlekeway | Pentagon Schoolers-Schlekeway | 8 |
6 | ND Pro-Anderson | 12-10 | ND Attack 17u | 5 | |
7 | BBA FIERCE-Speeks | 10-6 | Ambush-North Stars | 3 | |
8 | Ambush-North Stars | 9-13 | BBA FIERCE-Speeks | NR | |
9 | Sacred Hoops-THIEN HO | 8-9 | Pentagon Schoolers-Schlekeway | 10 | |
10 | ND Attack-Blue | 4-12 | 9 | ||
11 | Eastern Dakota Elite | 2-7 | NR | ||
12 | South Dakota Thunder | 0-4 | NR |
15U Rankings
Rank | Team | Record | PHD Ws of Note | PHD Ls of note | Previous |
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1 | SD Network | 24-7 | Capital City Express, Illinois Defenders | MW Force Select, MN Fury Yellow | 1 |
2 | SD Attack | 24-4 | All Iowa Attack 9th National | North Tartan 9th Scalia | 2 |
3 | ND Pro-Olsen | 17-9 | 13 | ||
4 | ND Attack-Green | 13-8 | SD North Stars, Sacred Hoops-Herther | ND Pro-Porter, MV Ambush | 7 |
5 | ND Pro-Porter | 17-5 | ND Attack-Green | 8 | |
6 | BBA FIERCE-Cunningham | 15-7 | SD North Stars | 3 | |
7 | Pentagon Schoolers-Johnson | 9-3 | Iowa Prep 15U, Sacred Hoops-Herther | Lady Martin Bros 2022 | 5 |
8 | Sacred Hoops-Herther | 8-9 | ND Attack=Blue | Pentagon Schoolers-Johnson, ND Attack-Green | NR |
9 | MV Ambush | 8-5 | Pentagon Schoolers-Johnson | ND Attack-Green | NR |
10 | ND Attack-Blue | 6-15 | Sacred Hoops-Herther ,Pentagon Schoolers-Johnson, Dakota Niners | 11 | |
11 | KFD Swish | 5-5 | SD Attack | NR | |
12 | Dakota Niners | 3-11 | 9 | ||
13 | ECI Driller | 2-14 | ND Attack Blue 16u, | 6 | |
14 | Master Basketball Academy | 3-1 | NR | ||
15 | South Dakota North Stars | 5-4 | NR | ||
16 | Earnest Elite | 0-5 | NR |