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From Friday, June 16th to Sunday, June 18th, the nation's top AAU basketball teams will once again be at Portland's Grant High School for the adidas Rose City Showcase. Now in its fourth year, the Showcase will feature a number of the top prep players in the country, all battling it out for the aRCS title. Nationally ranked teams such as DC Assault (DC), D-One Greyhounds (OH.), Southern Cal Allstars (CA),T Mac Allstars (TX.) and Atlanta Celtics (GA.) will all be in town for the event, and the Northwest will be well represented with the Friends of Hoop (WA), Seattle Rotary Select (WA.) and Oakland Shakur Village (CA.) programs all in the field.

This years event will be one of the most anticipated grassroots basketball events of the year as (11) of the top (25) players in the 2007 class will be in Portland for the festivities.

#1 RANK- OJ MAYO- D- ONE GREYHOUNDS
#2 RANK- MICHAEL BEASLEY- DC ASSAULT
#3 RANK- KEVIN LOVE- SCA
#4 RANK- BILL WALKER- D- ONE GREYHOUNDS
#6 RANK- KYLE SINGLER- SCA
#7 RANK- TAYLOR KING- SCA
#17 RANK- NOLAN SMITH- DC ASSAULT
#19 RANK- AUSTIN FREEMAN- DC ASSAULT
#21 RANK- SENARIO HILLMAN- ATLANTA CELTICS
#22 RANK- JULIAN VAUGHN- DC ASSAULT
#23 RANK- JJ HICKSON- ATLANTA CELTICS

Previous participants have included the likes of current NBA players Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic), Josh Smith (Atlanta Hawks), Marvin Williams (Atlanta Hawks), Martell Webster (Portland Trailblazers), and Gerald Green (Boston Celtics).

In addition to an”A” list of current and future college stars who have played in our event including; Randolph Morris (Kentucky), Brandon Rush (Kansas), Mario Chalmers (Kansas), Micah Downs (Kansas), Brandon Costner (NC State), Marshall Brown (Missouri), Gerald Henderson (Duke), Wayne Ellington (North Carolina), Jawan Carter (St. Josephs), Dominic Waters (Hawaii), Javaris Crittendon ( Georgia Tech), Josh Heytfelt (Gonzaga), Mike Mercer (Georgia), Jovan Adams (UNLV), Marcus Williams (Arizona), Terrence Williams (Louisville), Mitch Johnson (Stanford), Josh Tarver (Oregon State), Artem Wallace (Washington), Phil Nelson (Washington), Quincy Poindexter (Washington), Spencer Hawes (Washington), Calvin Haynes (Oregon State), Seth Tarver (Oregon State), Lathan Wallace (Oregon State), Ian Andersen (Charlotte), Earl Clark (Louisville) and former state of Oregon players of the year Maarty Leunen (Oregon), Jeremiah Dominguez (Portland), and Kevin Love (undecided, Lake Oswego).

To add to this years event we have expanded our tournament format to cover 17U- 9U, which will bring some of the “NATIONS NEXT” to Portland and join this exclusive INVITATION ONLY event. There will be only (8) teams invited at each age division!
2006 aRCS commitments include:

SUPER 17’S
 DC ASSAULT (DC.)
 D-ONE GREYHOUNDS (OH.)
 SOUTHERN CAL ALLSTARS (CA.)
 T MAC ALLSTARS (TX.)
 SEATTLE ROTARY SELECT (WA.)
 FRIENDS OF HOOP (WA.)
 OAKLAND SHAKUR VILLAGE (CA.)
 ATLANTA CELTICS (GA.)

SWEET 16’S
 ICP PORTLAND (OR.)
 SEATTLE ROTARY SELECT (WA.)
 FRIENDS OF HOOP (WA.)
 TEAM FLIGHT (OR.)
 TEAM TG adidas (TX.)
 OAKLAND REBELS (CA.)

FAB 15’S
 ICP PORTLAND (OR.)
 SEATTLE ROTARY SELECT (WA.)
 FRIENDS OF HOOP (WA.)
 TEAM TG adidas (TX.)

FUTURE 14’S
 SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE (WA.)
 ATLANTA CELTICS (GA.)
 UNITED CELTICS (NC.)
 TEAM TG adidas (TX.)

13 & UNDER
 SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE (WA.)
 PORTLAND KINGS (OR.)
 TEAM TG adidas (TX.)

12 & UNDER
 ICP PORTLAND (OR.)
 SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE (WA.)
 DC ASSAULT (DC.)
 ATLANTA CELTICS (GA.)
 PORTLAND KINGS (OR.)
 TEAM TG adidas (TX.)

11 & UNDER
 ICP PORTLAND (OR.)
 SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE (WA.)
 BALLARD HEAT (WA.)
 SOUTH SEATTLE SOUND (WA.)
 DC ASSAULT (DC.)
 TEAM TG adidas (TX.)
 PORTLAND KINGS (OR.)

10 & UNDER
 ICP PORTLAND (OR.)
 SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE (WA.)

9 & UNDER
 ICP PORTLAND (OR.)
 SEATTLE ROTARY STYLE (WA.)
 ABOVE THE RIM (OR.)
 GRANTS PASS (OR.)
 VISAT BOYS & GIRLS CLUB (WA.)

The action all begins Friday evening w/ an exclusive 2006 aRCS Opening Ceremonies, followed by (4) feature SUPER 17’s games, ALL @ Grant High School.

June 16th
• 3:30pm – 2006 aRCS Press Conference
• 4:00pm- 2006 aRCS Opening Ceremonies

Tournament Seeding Games
• 5:30pm – # 1 DC ASSAULT (DC.) v. # 8 FRIENDS OF HOOP (WA.)
• 6:45pm – # 4 ATLANTA CELTICS (GA.) v. # 5 SHAKUR VILLAGE (CA.)
• 8:00pm – # 3 SOUTHERN CAL ALLSTARS (CA.) v. # 6 T MAC ALLSTARS (TX.)
• 9:15pm – # 2 D-ONE GREYHOUNDS (OH.) v. # 7 SEATTLE ROTARY SELECT (WA.)

June 17th – Tournament Games
• 5:00pm – loser of Game 1 v. loser of Game 4
• 6:15pm – loser of Game 2 v. loser of Game 3
• 7:30pm – winner of Game 1 v. Winner of Game 4
• 8:45pm – winner of Game 2 v. Winner of Game 3

June 18th – Suck It Up, Consolation, 3rd Place and Championship Games
• 3:45pm – adidas Rose City Showcase Suck It Up Game
• 5:00pm – adidas Rose City Showcase Consolation Game
• 6:15pm – adidas Rose City Showcase 3rd Place Game
• 7:30pm – adidas Rose City Showcase Championship Game

All Super 17’s feature games will be played at Grant High School, located at 2245 NE 36th Avenue in Portland. 2006 aRCS (16U- 9U) divisional tournaments will be held at Grant, Benson and Franklin high schools, (8am- 8pm) Saturday and Sunday.

A FULL DETAILED game schedule of the 16U - 9U brackets will be posted no later than Friday, June 9th, 2006. Proceeds for this year’s event will benefit Grant High School and Inner City Players Athletics.

Don't miss your chance to see some of the best basketball competition in the country right in “OUR OWN BACKYARD” June 16-18 at the 4TH ANNUAL adidas Rose City Showcase!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Canaan Chatman, Courtside Entertainment / ICP
(t) 503.381.6310
canaan@courtsideentertainment.com

Tamara Hickok, Courtside Entertainment
(t) 503.425.9975
tamra@courtsideentertainment.com

Kelly Olmstead, adidas America
(t) 971.234.2461
Kelly.Olmstead@adidasus.com