AAU season is upon us: Here’s the 2021 schedule
In a normal year the high school State Tournament concludes on a Saturday night and on Sunday morning the AAU clubs gather for their kick-off meetings and opening practices and the spring season gets underway. The first tournament usually follows a couple of weeks later. Of course there has been nothing normal about the 2020-21 basketball season. AAU practices have already begun for those players who have been eliminated from the high school tournament and next weekend, just a few hours after the crowning of state champions, the AAU tournament season begins with not one but two events. We can’t wait!
Next Saturday April 10 the Minnesota Heat will host their annual Battle for Mom in Forest Lake. On Saturday and Sunday, the Minnesota Suns are staging the Spring Showcase at Hopkins High School. One new major event has been added to the calendar. The Prep Girls Hoops Circuit Legacy Region Finals will take place May 28-30 and is part of our national circuit. We’ll obviously be providing wall-to-wall coverage of that one!
We’re fired up to see players with their new clubs and all of the fresh faces we’ll be evaluating for the first time. With the late start to the season, the calendar is quite full and there won’t be many breaks along the way. In total there are 19 events spread over 14 different weekends. Here is the 2020 AAU schedule as we know it with the host clubs listed in parentheses. Events in bold are certified for NCAA Division 1 coaches to view in person. Mark your calendars now!
TWIN CITIES 2021 AAU SCHEDULE
April
- April 10 – Battle for Mom (Minnesota Heat)
- April 10-11 – Spring Showcase (Minnesota Suns)
- April 16-18 – Midwest Kickoff (AAU)
- April 17-18 – Comets Shootout in St. Cloud (Minnesota Comets)
- April 23-25 – Spring Showdown (Minnesota Fury)
May
- May 1 – Saturday Shootout (AAU)
- May 7-9 – AAU State Prelims (AAU)
- May 15-17 – Lake Slam (Fury, Stars, North Tartan)
- May 15-17 – May Madness (TC Takeover)
- May 22-24 – AAU State Championships (AAU)
- May 28-30 – Legacy Region Finals (Prep Girls Hoops Circuit)
June
- June 4-6 – Summer Kickoff (Minnesota Stars)
- June 4-6 – Battle on the Hardwood (Crossfire)
- June 12-13 – Suns Summer Xplosion (Minnesota Suns)
- June 18-20 – Summer Jam (North Tartan)
- June 25-27 – Great Plains Alliance (Minnesota Comets)
- June 26-27 – TC Tune-up (Crossfire, Suns)
July
- July 6-8 – Mill City Classic (Minnesota Fury)
- July 20-22 – Meltdown/AAU Nationals (North Tartan)
More detailed information on most of the events, as well as links to registration, can be found online at aauevents.com.