Five-Star Top 25: 17U: July 27, 2011

One more shakeup

With the season winding down, pretty much every team was in action this week. Whether it was a trip to Vegas for the Super 64 or a flight to Orlando for the Super Showcase, ranked teams had plenty of chances to make one last statement for why they should be the Five-Star Summer National Champion.

*Please note that this week's rankings are based on games played thru Tuesday end of day and DO NOT include Wednesday's Orlando results. 

Rank	Prev	Team		Comments
1	1		BABC Boston, Mass.
One of many teams in Orlando, BABC rebounded from a stunning early loss to the Ohio Shooting Stars with a thrilling victory over SYF and a rout of the Georgia Stars.
2	2		Memphis YOMCA Memphis, Tenn.
Their only blemish this week was a triple overtime loss to Hoops Heaven Elite in the quarterfinals fo the Super Showcase.
3	3		Oakland Soldiers Oakland, Calif.
Though they had an early exit in Vegas, it's hard to punish a team with just three losses all year.
4	10		DreamVision Las Vegas, Nev.
Dream Vision had a great run in the Super 64, but lost in the title game to Texas Assault.
5	5		Team Takeover (D.C.) Washington, D.C.
Since falling out of the top spot, they've taken care of business, reaching the Final Four in Orlando.
6	4		Georgia Stars Norcross, Ga.
Don't let their crushing loss to BABC fool you — this club has beaten some good teams, including the former No. 1 Team Takeover.
7	7		Indiana Elite Indianapolis, Ind.
A strong adidas Super 64 run for Indy Elite ended with a loss to Dream Vision in the semis in Vegas.
8	13		Houston Defenders Houston, Texas
The Defenders took care of business at the Super Showcase against overmatched competition.
9	8		Mac Irvin Fire Chicago, Ill.
Still in the top 10 after a trip to Las Vegas.
10	6		Playaz Basketball Club (N.J.) Paterson, N.J.
A first round loss at Fab 48 to Seattle Rotary drops them a bit this week.
11	9		CIA Bounce Brampton, Ontario
Some questionable losses to unranked teams hurt the Canadians.
12	21		SYF Players Gary, Ind.
Mitch McGary's squad continues its surprising rise in the rankings, with its only loss coming to BABC at the Super Showcase.
13			Connecticut Basketball Club Hartford, Conn.
After a disastrous last few weeks, CBC is back in the rankings after knocking off a trio of ranked teams last week.
14	12		New England Playaz Springfield, Mass.
Their loss to CBC isn't so bad, but they couldn't afford to lose to Family First or the Michigan Mustangs at this point in the season.
15			New Orleans Elite New Orleans, La.
A strong run out west ended with a quarterfinal loss to Indiana Elite at adidas Super 64.
16			Texas Assault Dallas, Tex.
Texas Assault vaults into the rankings this week after repeating at adidas Super 64, where they handled No. 4 Dream Vision in the chip.
17	18		Texas PRO Houston, Tex.
Texas Pro keeps its spot in the Top 20 and is one of four ranked teams from the Lonestar State.
18	15		New Heights New York, N.Y.
New Heights had a chance to come away with some big W's, but lost to New Orleans Elite and Dream Vision in Vegas.
19	14		Atlanta Celtics Atlanta, Ga.
The Celtics lost some close games this week, but could have made a statement had they beaten Dream Vision.
20	11		Florida Rams - Black St. Petersburg, Fla.
The Rams were poised to enter the Top 10 last week, but sub-par play this week drops them five spots.
21			KC 76ers Kansas City, Mo.
They are back in the Top 25 after beating Mac Irvin en route to the Fab 48 championship.
22	20		All Iowa Attack Des Moines, Iowa
Two bad losses this week prevent them from moving up.
23	19		Nike Baltimore Elite Baltimore, Md.
Hanging tough in our Top 25.
24	17		All-Ohio Red Columbus, Ohio
A loss to Atlanta Xpress in the first round of bracket play in Orlando pushes All-Ohio Red to the bottom of the rankings.
25	22		Houston Hoops Houston, Tex.
Made it to the championship game at the Las Vegas Live event, but was upset by Texas D1 Ambassadors San Antonio.
Best of the Rest Cali Supreme, Colorado Chaos, Colorado Hawks, CP3 All-Stars, D.C. Assault, Double Pump Elite, East Coast Fusion, Fairfax Stars, Houston Hoopstars, Pump-N-Run Elite, Southern Phenoms, Spiece Indy Heat, Team Loaded and Wisconsin Playground Warriors.