Stories By Mark Lewis
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USA Basketball
/ 11 years agoStat Sheet Spotlight Game Two
For the second straight game the USA U16 Women’s National Team rolled to an early lead but this time around actually...
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USA Basketball
/ 11 years agoStat Sheet Spotlight
It’s always hard to asses and evaluate any team’s performance in a game that is essentially over in just a few...
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Travel
/ 11 years ago6th Annual North Tartan Summer Jam
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—For the sixth consecutive year teams from around the Midwest have found a stop in the Twin Cities to be...
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Travel
/ 11 years agoUSJN U9 – U13 Midwest National Championships
The USJN Midwest National Championship in Bourbonnais, Illinois has evolved into one of the best experiences and options for both teams...
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Mark Lewis
/ 11 years agoSlimming Down For Summer
A while back I wrote about some pending changes in the current recruiting communication structure that would have personal ramifications for...
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Travel
/ 11 years agoEBA Super 64
Suwanee, Ga.—In an era where tournaments dominate the non-scholastic basketball landscape it’s nice every once in a while to check out...
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Travel
/ 11 years agoOutside Looking In – USA Basketball Podcast
Not everybody gets the opportunity to wear a USA Basketball uniform. Every set of trials leaves some talented and promising athletes...
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Travel
/ 11 years agoPicture This – Images of the USA U16 National Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—They started with 124 athletes last Thursday and following 10 sessions of skill, breakdown and scrimmage work finished with...
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Travel
/ 11 years agoUSA basketball – Observations From A First-Timer
Just finished my first major assignment as a member of Blue Star Media/Basketball at the 16U USA Basketball trials in...
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Travel
/ 11 years agoUSA Basketball – Forty-Three Finalists
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Over the past four days we’ve seen the roster of candidates for the USA Basketball U16 Women’s National...
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Travel
/ 11 years agoSaturday Triple Threat
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Four sessions are in the books and two roster cuts have been made leaving 71 athletes hoping to continue...
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Travel
/ 12 years agoFive Friday Favorites
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The structure of the USA Basketball U16 trials provides for three sessions of skill work before reality sets in...
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Travel
/ 12 years agoWest Coast Spring Invitational
RANCH CUCAMONGA, Calif.—As the NCAA tightens their certification and evaluation belts, the number of events being run outside of their...
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Mark Lewis
/ 12 years agoCasting Call Colorado Springs
When the USA U16 Trials begin next week in Colorado Springs it will be the first time that many of the...
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Travel
/ 12 years agoCompeting in the Queen City
MASON, Ohio—The first annual USJN Queen City Challenge provided a glimpse of a promising future. A future for a solid, well...
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Travel
/ 12 years agoSecond Annual USJN Great Plains Qualifier
CHICAGOLAND, Ill. – USJN offers the most reputable and extensive roster of girls grassroots basketball events in both NCAA certified and...