A Sea Of Red

Has anybody else ever heard of this place? It's like a prep school I think. Only it's just for basketball. If you click on the academics link it even says (optional) right next to it. How is this in anyway legit? They have a PO box in martinsville, but I don't see a physical location. I guess it's there.

http://heatbasketballacademy.org/first.html

And obviously this was brought to my attention because they have a very high profile recruit that Uconn is trying to bag. I don't know, it seems like it's on a level below "diploma mill" in terms of legitimacy.

after some more searching, the wapo just did an article about the place yesterday. What a coincidence.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02109.html

An Academy Devoted To Playing Basketball

By Eli Saslow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 19, 2007; Page E01

MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- After two hours of basketball practice, a group trip downtown to pay the electric bill, grocery shopping, napping and the second hamburger-centric meal of the day, school finally started here at the Heat Basketball Academy.

Sort of.

I like that move LUconn...post something you just read in the Washington Post and then a post later be like "Ohh look a here, the Post just did an article on that!" so it seems like you're Mr current events!

WOW...so this pretty much is a year round AAU team....Academics (OPTIONAL) HA...that's funny to me

weird. this article came out in the roanoke times yesterday

Hot prospects play in Martinsville club
By Aaron McFarling
981-3124
MARTINSVILLE -- Ater Majok taps his size-17 foot to the beat as Michael Jackson plays softly on the radio.

Keep on with the force don't stop,

Don't stop till you get enough.

C.W. Elliott steers the white van around sharp turns on a country road. He is driving three very large men to a basketball game, and they are running a little behind. The uniforms weren't quite dry yet, but he had pulled them from the laundromat anyway. There's no time. Got to keep moving.

Don't stop till you get enough.

Two players from Roanoke. Four from Australia. Two from Charlotte, N.C. One from Nigeria. One from just outside Atlanta. One from Franklin County. It's an odd mix they've got on this team, but it's working to a degree few could have envisioned a year ago when the program began.

http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/144095

bigsmooth wrote:weird. this article came out in the roanoke times yesterday

Hot prospects play in Martinsville club
By Aaron McFarling
981-3124
MARTINSVILLE -- Ater Majok taps his size-17 foot to the beat as Michael Jackson plays softly on the radio.

Keep on with the force don't stop,

Don't stop till you get enough.

C.W. Elliott steers the white van around sharp turns on a country road. He is driving three very large men to a basketball game, and they are running a little behind. The uniforms weren't quite dry yet, but he had pulled them from the laundromat anyway. There's no time. Got to keep moving.

Don't stop till you get enough.

Two players from Roanoke. Four from Australia. Two from Charlotte, N.C. One from Nigeria. One from just outside Atlanta. One from Franklin County. It's an odd mix they've got on this team, but it's working to a degree few could have envisioned a year ago when the program began.

http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/144095

Smoothie we may have to take a drive to check this out. Also noteworthy is Niblett played at ETSU during my time. No he is not in the Poster

Hold My Own wrote:I like that move LUconn...post something you just read in the Washington Post and then a post later be like "Ohh look a here, the Post just did an article on that!" so it seems like you're Mr current events!

Actually, I was reading about the recruitment of Ater Majok and somebody mentioned something funny about the team he was playing for. But I will have to try that in the future so you will all be impressed with me.

im always up for a hoops roadie SCAR!

martinsville, public or private school, is always putting out some players...

most of these kids are not from martinsville.