2024 AAU Tournament Schedule
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The girls high school season in Minnesota has been over for three weeks now. I don’t know about you but after a brief respite for the Easter weekend we are more than ready for the start of the AAU campaign. The season officially gets underway this Saturday, April 6 at Forest Lake with the MInnesota Heat’s Battle for Mom and at Bloomington Kennedy for AAU Saturday Shootout #1. In addition to the host club, the Heat tournament includes squads from Minnesota Diamond Elite , Opportunity Basketball , Minnesota Comets , MN Crossfire , Air Minnesota and more. Our man Tony Ragulen will be there doing evaluations.
In addition to attending the high school all-star games in Northfield, we’ll be at the AAU Shootout. The field might be small but we are looking forward to seeing some new faces and rising prospects as we begin our Prep Girls Hoops spring and summer evaluation season. The teams will play two games apiece.
The
Minnesota Aces
have three squads at the tournament while
Rochester Shock
has two. The biggest names in attendance will be wearing the yellow (or blue? or pink?) of the
Minnesota Fury
as the club’s strong 2027 S40 group makes its 2024 debut. The team is led by
Arshia Ramlall
Arshia
Ramlall
5'7" | CG
Rosemount | 2027
State
MN
of Rosemount, the 31st-rated prospect in this year’s freshman class. She’ll be joined by three more ranked freshmen: #59
Ellie Drange
Ellie
Drange
5'9" | CG
Hill-Murray | 2027
State
MN
of Hill-Murray, #64
Ava Litecky
Ava
Litecky
5'11" | CG/SF
Totino-Grace | 2027
State
MN
of Totino-Grace, and #65
Brynn Verbout
Brynn
Verbout
5'7" | CG
Maple Grove | 2027
State
MN
of Maple Grove.
Action will heat up in a big way next weekend April 12-14 with the Midwest Kick-Off Classic, which looks to have a strong field as usual. Among the Minnesota clubs participating will be North Tartan , Minnesota Fury , Metro Stars , Legacy Hoops , MN Crossfire , Minnesota Rise and others. They’ll be joined by Sanford Sports out of South Dakota and the Wisconsin Lakers. Other events next weekend will be hosted by the Suns and Comets.
Watch for player evaluations from AAU Saturday Shootout #1 and the Heat’s Battle for Mom early next week.
2024 AAU TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
April
- April 6 – AAU Saturday Shootout #1
- April 6 – Heat Battle for Mom
- April 12-14 – Midwest Kickoff
- April 13-14 – Comets Spring Shootout (St. Cloud)
- April 13-14 – Suns Spring Showcase
- April 19-21 – Spring Showdown
- April 27 – AAU Saturday Shootout #2
- April 27-28 – Midwest Spring Splash
May
- May 3-5 – AAU State Prelims
- May 10-12 – AAU State Championships
- May 17-19 – May Madness
- May 17-19 – Live at the Lakes
- May 31-June 2 – Stars Summer Kick-Off Classic
June
- June 1-2 – Crossfire Battle on the Hardwood
- June 8-9 – Suns Summer Xplosion
- June 8-9 – Midwest Summer Sizzle
- June 21-23 – Summer Jam
- June 16-18 – Great Plains Alliance
- June 28-30 – Mill City Invitational
July
- July 12-14 – Meltdown/AAU Nationals
If you see any errors in the schedule, or need to add events we’ve missed, please email me: gmachoops@gmail.com. More detailed information and links to the various events are posted at aauevents.com.
