5th Annual Ballerz Challenge of Champions
The 5th Annual Ballerz Challenge of Champions proved to be the best field in event history, hosting, among others, 3 of the top 5 17u teams in the State (SE Elite Memphis, Midstate Ballerz Blue, and Team Chaos), and the #1 15u team in the State (M33M Pacers). I would like to start off by thanking all of the teams, coaches, players, and fans that attended the Challenge of Champions this year and made it such an enjoyable and quality event! We look forward to having everyone back next year!!
In the Platinum Division (17u and top 16u teams), SE Elite Memphis evenged an earlier pool play loss to the Ballerz Blue 17s with a hard fought 56-55 win in the Championship game. SE Elite knocked off highly touted Team Chaos out of Memphis in impressive fassion in the quarterfinals before outlasting a scrappy Tennessee All Stars team in the semis. The Ballerz slipped by an equally scrappy Tn Fire group in the quarters before handling the Ballerz 17s White in the Semis.
In the Gold Division, the talk of the touney clearly was the M33M Pacers, a team that many in Tennessee had known little about. Led by all-everything guard Joe Jackson, and a cast of impressive Class of 2010'ers, M33M dominated the competition on it's way to a title. Terrance Durham, Central G Justin Harris, and Hamilton do-it-all F Carlos Denton also were very impressive as M33M also handily defeated talented 16u teams Tn Fire and Tn Mavs along the way.
The tourney, as always, was full of sleepers, so click below for a full rundown of the deepest field in tourney history!!
Playoff Results for Platinum and Gold Divisions
Top Individual Scoring outputs for the Event
Player Evaluations and Prospect write-ups for the COC (new!!!)