The REPORTER
Ninety-five girls’ teams and 154 boys’ teams are set to participate in the 2024 IBCA/IHSAA Team Showcase events in June.
The second IBCA/IHSAA girls’ Team Showcase is set for June 14 and 15 at Hamilton Southeastern and Mount Vernon, while the fifth IBCA/IHSAA boys’ Team Showcase in memory of Charlie Hughes is planned for June 21 to 23 at Carmel and Westfield.
The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and the IHSAA partner to make each Showcase a “scholastic event” under NCAA and National Federation of State High School Associations rules, thereby making the events open for NCAA Division I coaches to attend in person for purposes of evaluating prospective players. Only events sanctioned by the IHSAA and IBCA may have NCAA Division I coaches attend during this “scholastic recruiting period.”
The IBCA also works with Charlie Hughes Basketball in managing both events. Craig Lyon of Charlie Hughes Basketball coordinates with IBCA chief operating officer Tom Beach in making game schedules, hiring officials, securing game facilities (events may be played in only IHSAA-member facilities) and assists, if needed, in housing arrangements.
Participating teams generally play four games in the events, although some teams choose a one-day option where they play just two games. Each contest in these events is a regulation 32-minute stop-clock game, not a running-clock game like in many other summer events. No team plays more than two games in one day.
Teams are assigned a pool based on competitive play (organizers attempt to have teams play four competitive games against a “similar” team), regardless of whether a team’s coach selects the one-day or two-day option. Organizers also try to avoid teams playing opponents they typically play during the regular season.
These Team Showcase events are not tournaments, and no champions are determined. However, these Team Showcase events offer four competitive games to help each team develop while also allowing college coaches to watch the games in person.
The two-day girls’ event begins at 9 a.m. June 14 with final games starting at 8 p.m. June 15. Games are at Hamilton Southeastern High School and Mount Vernon High School. Hamilton County girls teams participating are Carmel, Fishers, Guerin Catholic, Hamilton Southeastern, Noblesville, Sheridan and Westfield.
The three-day boys’ event begins at noon June 21 with final games starting at 4 p.m. June 23. Games are at Carmel High School and Westfield High School, 18250 N. Union St., Westfield, IN 46074. Hamilton County boys teams participating are Carmel, Fishers, Guerin Catholic, Noblesville, Sheridan, University and Westfield.
Both IBCA/IHSAA Team Showcase events are open to the public. Admission is $10 per day for adults, $5 per day for students (ages 6 to 17) and free for children (5 and younger). IBCA members are admitted free by showing their membership card at the door.
The IBCA and IHSAA began working with Charlie Hughes Basketball in the fall of 2018 when the NCAA created a “scholastic” period in its men’s basketball recruiting calendar for June 2019. Charlie Hughes Basketball started a summer boys’ basketball school-team developmental event in 2005 and ran it successfully for 14 years. The event was renamed in Hughes’ memory after he passed away in December 2014.
In 2023, 55 coaches from 49 colleges attended the first IBCA/IHSAA Girls’ Team Showcase, while 100 coaches from 82 colleges attended the fourth IBCA/IHSAA Boys’ Team Showcase in memory of Charlie Hughes.
Net proceeds from both Team Showcase events support the IBCA Scholarship Fund and Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis.
Here is link with more information on these events: https://www.charliehughesbasketball.com/