Mike Flynn

Mike Flynn is owner and operator of Blue Star Basketball and U.S. Junior Nationals. He is a National Evaluator and publishes the Blue Star Report which ranks the top 100 high school girls basketball players in the nation. He also serves as Secretary of the Middle Atlantic District AAU, National Chair for AAU Lacrosse, Consultant to Gatorade for girls basketball, member of the McDonald's All–American selection committee, & Consultant for Nike Global Basketball.

Stories By Mike Flynn

HS Girls
/ 9 years ago

USA Basketball U17’s – Picking The Perfect Team

Colorado Springs, Colo. – There is a more serious and determined atmosphere here as the USA Basketball u17 National Women’s Team...

By Mike Flynn
HS Girls
/ 9 years ago

Maryland Heads 2016 Blue Star Report Recruit List

Indianapolis – The Lady Terps fresh off their 2015 NCAA Final Four appearance capitalized on that showing to grab six players...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

Home Sweet Canadian Home

EDMONTON, Canada – The Road to Rio can start anywhere. That green and yellow brick Brazilian road for this very special and...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

FIBA Americas Semifinal Battles

EDMONTON, Canada – The road to Rio, let alone the road to the FIBA Americas finals tomorrow evening wasn’t easy but...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

FIBA Americas Pool Five

EDMONTON, Canada – This was supposed to be the big night for the race to Rio 2016 for the top teams...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

Finally U19 Gold in Russia

CHEKHOV, Russia – It was USA Basketball’s last attempt to win gold this summer after going Silver (u18 3X3), Bronze (u16s),...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

Big Wins to the Big Game

CHEKHOV, Russia — It was another game, another Spain game but this one was the third and final one of Team...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

A Win Win Loss

TORONTO, Canada – Angst and happiness reigned last night at the RYA Athletic Center after the National Women’s team of Canada...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

Ugly Basketball

TORONTO, Canada – When two of your stars (Breanna Stewart and Moriah Jefferson) are missing shots, throwing the ball away and...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

Doing What It Takes

TORONTO, Canada — The road to this gold medal journey has been long and difficult for USA Pan American point guard...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

No Letdowns in Toronto

TORONTO, Canada – No second day blues for the USA as they cruised to a 32-6 first quarter lead and eventual...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

Outlasting Brazil

TORONTO, Canada — The Pan American games tipped off here at the RYA-Ryerson Center with a small field of eight teams...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

A Great FIBA U16 Finish

PUEBLA, MEX – It was the greatest game in FIBA Americas youth basketball history and perfect happenstance it happened to be...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

Historic Score

PUEBLA, MEX – The final score said it all: Brazil 72, USA 63. It was not a shock. Coming into this...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

Just Great Basketball

by Mike Flynn PUEBLA, MEX – The third day of the 2015 FIBA Americas u16 Championships was a full day of...

By Mike Flynn
USA Basketball
/ 9 years ago

Next Edition USABu16 2015

By Mike Flynn PUEBLA, MEX — My last trip to Mexico was watch the 2013 USA Basketball u16 team in...

By Mike Flynn