BABC gets recognized by Five-Star

Boston Herald Highschool Insider The BABC had a summer to remember, standing out against the best AAU programs in the country. Their achievements were so impressive Five-Star named the BABC the “Five-Star Summer Program of the Year” for its dominant top-to-bottom performance throughout the entire spring and summer, headlined by its 17U-14U squads. The success was across the board in each of the BABC’s age group. 17U: Winners of the prestigious Nike Peach Jam title, BABC’s 17U squad rattled off an unparalled 92-4 ledger over the course of four months. They also claimed the Boston Shootout, earned a spot in the Super Showcase finale and notched 11 wins against Top 25 teams. BABC spent 17 weeks inside the Top 25, four weeks at No. 1 and finished second overall in our final rankings. 16U: Got ‘chips? BABC’s ultra-talented 16U squad piled up the hardware this summer behind the efforts of Nerlens Noel, Jaylen Brantley, Wayne Selden and Goodluck Okonoboh, who all were good enough to play up for the 17U team, too. They captured the Hall of Fame New England Championships, 16U Massachusetts State Tournament, Boston Shootout Championship, Hoopville Spring Finale and AAU National Championship. To top it off, they finished at No. 1 in the final Five-Star Top 25 with a 30-0 overall record. 15U: Success trickles downward for BABC. This mighty 15U team won the 9th Grade National Championship, and Boston Shootout, and even made a run all the way to the Super Showcase finals before losing to Team Takeover, 61-54, to secure the silver medal. Final record: 67-3. Not bad, eh? 14U: BABC 14s went 6-0 en route to a Rumble in the Bronx tournament championship. At Super Showcase, they went unblemished in pool play (3-0) and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Gold Bracket. BABC also won a pair of gold medals at the 2011 NEAAU District and Super Regional tournaments, but were surprisingly knocked out in the first round of bracket play at 14U AAU Nationals after going 2-1 in pool play action.