Boys aau tour
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AUSA Hoops is the Official USA Tour Provider for
Basketball Australia Pathways
why aau?
It is where college recruiting happens.
AAU basketball is the testing ground for all US high school players. At any given tournament there could be anywhere from 100 to 1,500 college coaches scouting for their next players. This is what makes the tournaments so valuable. They are a platform to prove you belong at the next level.
Playing AAU is the most ideal way for an Aussie player to get exposure to college basketball scouts. For a college coach, when Aussies play AAU they can evaluate you as a foreign player in an environment that they understand. For a coach, there is nothing like seeing a player perform live on the court to evaluate their talent.
Finally, if you aren’t sure if college is for you, AAU can be a phenomenal way to experience lots of games against American competition for your own experience and development. Nothing here is easy, everyone is hustling, and inevitably each player will deal with adversity at some point and must learn to grow from it.
The BOYS AAU TOUR
This is not a holiday, it is a business trip. Players will be pushed in practice, expected to attend study hall to prepare for their school exams and take care of their bodies, just like a Division I NCAA student-athlete.
Our goal is to give AUSA players the best platform to pursue a college basketball scholarship.
And our coaches will be right there to support you through it all.
We take Boy’s AAU Tours each year in May and June/July.
May - This tour is ideal for players who have graduated the year prior to the tour. This period is the final opportunity to play AAU.
Younger players may choose this trip for additional exposure to AAU basketball before competing again in July.July Senior - This tour is ideal for players who are in Year 12 in the same year as the tour. This is the most important time to play AAU. If you can only attend one tour, this should be the tour you attend. If you can’t attend this tour, the next best to attend is the May tour.
July Junior - This tour is ideal for players who are in Years 9, 10 & 11.
This tour is designed to give younger players a taste of what AAU is like (it is a different game!). It is important to help younger players understand the level they need to be at to play college basketball and to allow them some experience playing the US game.
We select our tour locations based on where we believe the best AAU tournaments will be that year.
Coaching & Mentorship
When players sign up to come on our tour, they put themselves out there and say “I want to pursue this dream I have of playing college basketball'“. And playing college basketball is hard. Chasing your dreams is even harder.
We make a concerted effort to make sure that our players have the support they need as they face the challenges that come with chasing their dreams. As much as we focus on providing a platform for college recruiting success, we provide a support system for personal growth. We work to teach our players the work ethic, accountability and consistency required to be a success in basketball (and in any pursuit).
Expect to face physical, mental and emotional challenges on the tour.
Key Outcomes include:
An understanding of the talent level in college basketball
An understanding of where you fit into the college basketball landscape
Experience with film evaluation and scouting reports
numbers don’t lie.
135+ players in the states & counting…
Friday, June 23
Depart Sydney / Arrive in Chicago
Saturday, June 24 - 26
Training Camp
Tuesday, June 27
Training Camp / College Visit
WEDNESDAY, June 28 - 29
Training Camp
Friday, June 30 - July 2
AAU Tournament: Summer Challenge (Chicago, IL)
Monday, July 3
Training Camp / College Visit
Tuesday, July 4 - 5
Training Camp
Thursday, July 6 - 9
AAU Tournament: The Last Dance (Chicago, IL)
Monday, JULY 10
Depart the US
Tuesday, JULY 11
Day lost in transit
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12
Arrive back in Sydney
SAMPLE ITINERARY
Take a look at one of our trips from 2023
From the archives
In 2016, the AUSA Platinum AAU Tour Team had 100% of it's players receive college scholarship offers.
A documentary from the 2014 AUSA AAU Tour. Get an in-depth look at what an AUSA Tour involves.