An honorary program designed to showcase Long Island's best basketball players and show the basketball community that Long Island's best can play with anybody! IMPORTANT: Team Long Island is not an AAU program. Team Long Island selections continue to play for their AAU teams and do not miss any school team events.
2024 INVITATION ONLY TRYOUTS
CONGRATLATIONS! If your name is on this list, you are considered to be one of Long Island's best basketball players and a strong candidate to make the roster of Long Island's Dream Team! This tryout is for the team that will represent Long Island at the legendary NIKE/IS8 Tournament this spring. The 50 year old event has hosted just about every great player from the New York City Metropolitan Area, and also attracts great out of state players like Lebron James and Kobe Bryant looking to test themselves against New York's best!
HERE ARE THIS SEASON'S INVITATIONS:
We haven't had the chance to see everyone yet, so additional players will be invited as the season progresses
AJ AbuSaab - Syosset
Trevor Amalfitano - Port Washington
Jagger Bascombe - St. Mary's
Isaiah Blunt - West Hempstead
Anthony Caris - Floral Park
Richie Carmody - Sayville
Devon Carter - Islip
Jeremiah Carter - St. John the Baptist
Devin Clarke - Brentwood
Marquess Dennis - Brentwood
Leo Ferry - Bellmore
Jordan Gabriel - Stepinac
Ricky Gunther - Chaminade
Nigel James - Long Island Lutheran
Kieran Kehoe - Mepham
Jermaine King Jr - William Floyd
Joe Knaus - Chaminade
Dylan Kopp - Stony Brook School
Jason Mascia - John Glenn
Robby Mauer - Bayport BP
Jack Melore - Smithtown West
Dylan Mingo - Long Island Lutheran
Kayden Mingo - Long Island Lutheran
Cassius Moore - Elmont
Dominic Pennzello - Mt. Sinai
Reggie Pierre - Knox
Josh Powell - Christ The King
Jesse Roggendorf - Great Neck South
Luke Seltzer - Pierson
Christian Smiley - Bay Shore
Jawuan Smith - William Floyd
Chase Timberlake - Baldwin
Jordan Tucker - Sewanhaka
Andrew Tudda - Seaford
Nick Waga - Commack
Jerimiah Webb - Wyandanch
Hank Williams - Lawrence Woodmere Academy
Naevon Williams - Southampton
Steven Williams - St. John the Baptist
Carter Wilson - Bay Shore
PLEASE ACCEPT OR DECLINE YOUR INVITATION AT EDITOR@LONGISLANDBASKETBALL.COM
OR TEXT YOUR ANSWER TO 631-747-0413.
IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU CAN'T BE ON THE TEAM BECAUSE THAT WILL OPEN UP A SPOT FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
THE SEASON
TRYOUT DATES ARE TBA, but will be held at the end of the high school season. The first will be during the playoffs for those players whose seasons have ended, and the last will be right after the Long Island Championships, with players on the teams that advance brought in individually for tryouts once their season ends.
You are eligible for your first practice two days after your last game of the season. Once you make the team, we practice twice a week, and games begin in April and go through mid May. We play four pool games, once a week on average, and a maximum of four games in the Championship round, all in one weekend. In order to minimize conflicts with school and AAU teams, we schedule our practices and games after reviewing our players schedules, and that has worked well for us over the years, but just in case, we carry a 20 man roster to make sure we are never shorthanded. Players earn a spot on the 10 man game roster in practice, and are guaranteed to play in at least one pool game if they come to practices.
Congratulations and many thanks!
Ted Thomas/Program Director
Editor of LongIslandBasketball.com
