Jou Jou Presents cordially invites you to participate in the first ever city wide 1v1 Basketball competition.
Jou Jou Presents cordially invites you to participate in the first ever city wide 1v1 Basketball competition.
BEST BALLER
SUPPORTING PARTNERS
PREMISE
Across the United States, millions of boys and girls play basketball. Some are good, some are bad, and a small percentage are extraordinary. However, even the extraordinary players rarely make a profession out of their skills. For most people, the joy of the game is enough. For some very competitive people, they will push themselves more and more until they achieve their ultimate goal of becoming a professional player or until they’ve exhausted all options of making their passion their career.
Best Baller offers a unique opportunity that most other competitions do not: a chance to be challenged, one on one, by the best amateur basketball players in their city, their state, their region, and possibly their country.
Additionally, Best Baller engages the community by offering a health fair, a basketball camp and motivational instruction before each round.
We would like to thank all of our sponsors, especially the Republic Bank Foundation, Usher Transport, and the UAW 862 and the undying support from Stephanie Altobellis, Carolle Jones Clay, and Todd Dunn.
PHOTO GALLERY
Gabrielle Edmunds: Best Baller Girl 2024 ($150 in prize gifts)
CONCEPT
In efforts to find the best basketball player in each of six age groups (starting with Middle School and High School), players will compete in one on one, make it-take it games to 7.
The rounds will include a round robin portion, a quarter finals portion, a semi-finals portion, and a finals male and female portion, and then a final portion with the
Best Female competing against the Best Male for the ultimate title of Best Baller.
INFO
Middle School and High School Selection
Middle School and High School Selection
Middle School and High School Selection
Open Submissions
Open Submissions
1st 20 Middle Schools - 80 Competitors (2 Girls and 2 Boys/School)
1st 30 High Schools - 120 Competitors (2 Girls and 2 Boys/School)
Total Competitors = 200 (at most)
*Schools should send us their top 4 Competitors AND their wait list. If we have openings, we will admit students on the waitlist-first sent, first admitted.
Closed for 2024
Competition Rounds
Middle School and High School Selection
Middle School and High School Selection
Saturday, Sept. 7
Prelims - Will be played between 1 - 4pm
Finals - Will be played between 4 - 6pm
Competition Groups
Middle School and High School Selection
Competition Groups
Middle School: 6th-8th Grade (to 15 years old)
High School: 9th-12th Grade (to 18 years old)
Adult (Coming in the spring):
Adult Open 1 = 18 years old - 30 years old
Adult Open 2 = 31 years old - 40 years old
Senior Open: 41 years old+
RULES
- All games will be played on half courts or smaller.
- All games will be “make it, take it” games to 7.
- All games will be no longer than 10 minutes long.
- The Finals may be best of 3 games.
- “All Shots are worth only 1 point!” This means a layup and a shot from the 3-point line are worth the same, just 1 point.
- NO DUNKS. *Those who dunk will be eliminated from the competition. THIS IS FOR YOUR SAFETY!
- Anyone can compete, but if they are an athlete under KHSAA, they cannot claim the prize money if they win.
PRIZES
- The Best Baller of the High School Division will win $1,500. *$1,000 will go to the player. $500 will go to JCPS. *It’s up to JCPS whether that $500 goes to the school the player is from.
- The Best Baller of the Middle School Division will win $500. *$400 will go to the player. $100 will go to JCPS. *It’s up to JCPS whether that $100 goes to the school the player is from.
- The Best Baller girl will go head to head against the Best Baller boy in each school group. The Best Baller girl and boy of each group will win $150/each “unless” they win “both” Best Baller for their gender and for the competition. In that case, they will just win the top prize.
FOULS
- No flagrant fouls. *Those committing flagrant fouls will be eliminated from the competition.
- Flagrant Foul Definition: Any foul in which the person committing the foul assaults (uses their hand, fist, leg, or any part of their body to hurt or injure their opponent intentionally”). A flagrant foul is a foul in which there is enough force to leave a mark, bruise, or scratch on their opponent. A flagrant foul may appear like a grab, strike, push, or trip. A flagrant foul may be called by the floor referee who is officiating the game, or the victim of the foul. But the ultimate decision about the flagrant foul will be decided by the floor referee and/or the administrative committee from Jou Jou Presents.
- A person will lose the ball to their opponent if they commit a Personal Foul.
- Personal Foul. A player shall not grab, hold, push, charge into, impede the progress of an opponent by extending a hand, arm, leg or knee or by bending the body into a position that is not normal. Contact that results in the re-routing of an opponent is a foul which must be called immediately.
- Unsportsmanlike Conduct. *Those participating in unsportsmanlike conduct will be eliminated from the competition.
- Unsportsmanlike Conduct Definition: Any conduct by a competitor used to bully, belittle, or put down their opponent before, during, or after the competition. This behavior includes, but is not limited to cursing at, mocking, making fun of, or throwing the ball at or away from their opponent. *This does not refer to “challenging” each other. For example, a player saying something like, “Whatchu got?” is not considered “Unsportsmanlike”, but a player saying something like, “That’s why you suck!” is considered “Unsportsmanlike”. The ultimate decision about unsportsmanlike conduct will be decided by the floor referee and/or the administrative committee from Jou Jou Presents. *If you are in doubt about the behavior, “just don’t do it”!
WAIVER
In order to be eligible to compete in the Best Baller competition, players must complete a liability waiver, print the waiver, and bring it with them to give to the Jou Jou Presents staff before playing their first game. Jou Jou Presents is not responsible for any injuries which occur during the competition, whether the injury be a self-injury or whether that injury is incurred during competition, caused by an opponent.
COMING SOON
Best Breaker
Details to come
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