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NCAA Basketball: 2018 AAU Circuit Adidas Gauntlet Preview

By Bryan Mauro

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 16: A general view of the atmosphere during adidas Creates 747 Warehouse St., an event in basketball culture, on February 16, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for adidas)
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 16: A general view of the atmosphere during adidas Creates 747 Warehouse St., an event in basketball culture, on February 16, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for adidas) /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 16: A view of the East Vs. West game at adidas Creates 747 Warehouse St., an event in basketball culture, on February 16, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for adidas)
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 16: A view of the East Vs. West game at adidas Creates 747 Warehouse St., an event in basketball culture, on February 16, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for adidas) /

The future stars of NCAA Basketball will play in another AAU Circuit contest. Here are the key players and teams to watch for.

The first of two back to back live periods was a success. Many high-profile players were seen by coaches from all over the country, and many of them received numerous offers. A few of the players on the shoe company circuits improved their stock and are now going to have many coaches watching every one of their games over the summer.

The EYBL does have some of the best players in the country participating in their summer league. Great players and some of the top players in the country play on the Adidas Uprising tour as well. The Adidas tour also has some of the top-ranked AAU teams in the country on their circuit. And just much like the EYBL, it offers the spectators an exciting brand of high-powered basketball showcasing the very best that High Schools has to offer.

The Adidas Uprising tour does have a more diverse list of teams.  The EYBL has numerous teams in a lot of the bigger states, and Adidas has lots of teams, that span throughout the nation. So while both have teams from Florida to California, the Adidas tour has teams from Florida to California with Nebraska and Iowa in between.

The Adidas tour also tends to favor a lot of midwestern teams. Sporting teams from the states mentioned above as well as multiple teams from Indiana, as well as a team from Colorado.  The Adidas tour is known as the Gauntlet, and through the first live period the games are playing out exactly like that.

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