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bornacatfan
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Posted: 7/5/2015 5:43 PM
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Ballup set up a site in Indy. Between covering 10k MILES already teaching shooting camps Tommy has made it home to join some elite amateurs and overseas players in playing for a million bucks. His team has guys from UK, Pitt, Evansville in addition to some good local guys . Playing against like teams they have been undefeated. Good to catch up to parents and players we have not really seen except on TV since we left AAU weekends in 2006. Good action with AAU teamies now in the NBA showing up to support. Indy is a hotbed of bball. Close knit community. Odd though that you have to do metal detectors at the door. Music playing with a DJ talking the whole time. got a new nick and hashtag #whitechocolate as they have gone undefeated at this site so far. Looking to get top seed in the tourney and a chance to go meet other site winners in LA to play for the big prize and the 7500 dollar 3 pt shootout. Great to be in the gym and see Indiana kids among those still getting it done.

http://ballupmdsc.com/

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Posted: 7/5/2015 10:45 PM
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Sounds like great fun. Hope Tommy's team keeps winning.
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Posted: 7/6/2015 9:39 PM
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Music playing and a DJ talking the whole time? What is the point of that?
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Posted: 7/12/2015 4:35 PM
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giacomo wrote:expand_more
Music playing and a DJ talking the whole time? What is the point of that?
It s a cultural thing. Time at the park playing is almost always with a DJ and the crowd. My guess, and it is only a guess, is it comes from Rucker park and like tourneys( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ObkMefsDFs _) and has spread since the 80's but in the time we been going to the park I do not ever remember there not being a DJ and music.

The music is loud and the DJ is louder....you might just hate it.... but the action is good and the folks I see and reconnect with after being in OHIO since 2007 are a lot of fun.
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Posted: 7/15/2015 11:41 AM
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As we get a little older they don't make stuff for us anymore. I think it would be distracting to the players with all that going on, but maybe that's what they like and are used to. That's one of the reasons I don't attend many sporting events these days. I can't stand the constant noise. If I want to watch a baseball game I go to the local sandlot and watch the kids play.
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Posted: 7/21/2015 7:36 PM
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Boys got an all expenses paid trip to LA to In 2 weeks to play the winners of the Chicago, DC, NYC, Philly and LA tourneys.


Tommy won the 3 ball comp. Cool $7500 for his effort.

Team mopped up 65K Sunday for the win.

More than that they are the current kings of Indiana basketball proving the strength of the old North Central (Anderson, Kokomo, Marion, Muncie) Conference over the Indy centric teams that have recently displaced the industrial towns and farms that dominated Hoosier Hoops for so long.

Picture with one of our oldest hoops friends and the local organizer of the Indy market tournament Shawn Teague

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100491424060813...

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Posted: 7/21/2015 10:20 PM
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Congrats to Tommy and the team.
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Posted: 7/22/2015 12:18 AM
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When and where is the L.A. action?
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Posted: 7/22/2015 6:09 PM
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Good luck to Tommy. Who are the sponsors that are paying the prize money?
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Posted: 7/22/2015 10:53 PM
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giacomo wrote:expand_more
Good luck to Tommy. Who are the sponsors that are paying the prize money?
Agree - congrats and good luck to Tommy. I was wondering who the sponsors are also - big $ prize for the 3 contest!
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Posted: 7/23/2015 7:51 AM
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Good luck to Tommy. Who are the sponsors that are paying the prize money?
Agree - congrats and good luck to Tommy. I was wondering who the sponsors are also - big $ prize for the 3 contest!
Not sure....ESPN has a stake in it somehow. They went out to the farm and interviewed him the other day while shooting on the first basket we tacked up to the barn door. Part of the money was that the guys they wanted had to do the interviews or they forfeit their cut....Looks like that will be in a documentary to air on ESPN sept 15

Sample of press in Evansville http://www.courierpress.com/sports/ue/former-ue-guard-tay...
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Posted: 7/23/2015 8:45 AM
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bornacatfan wrote:expand_more
Good luck to Tommy. Who are the sponsors that are paying the prize money?
Agree - congrats and good luck to Tommy. I was wondering who the sponsors are also - big $ prize for the 3 contest!
Not sure....ESPN has a stake in it somehow. They went out to the farm and interviewed him the other day while shooting on the first basket we tacked up to the barn door. Part of the money was that the guys they wanted had to do the interviews or they forfeit their cut....Looks like that will be in a documentary to air on ESPN sept 15

Really cool. Congrats to him on that.
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Posted: 7/24/2015 8:48 AM
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When and where is the L.A. action?
Looks like the games are 7/29, 7/30 and the Championship Game on 8/1. All games appear to be at East Valley High School starting at 7pm.

Would normally be rooting for DC but they open up against Tommy so I guess I'll have to be a Chicago fan next weekend.
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Posted: 7/30/2015 11:45 PM
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Won last night, play tonite at 830 PST vs LA market champs. Tommy banged in a 4 point play going into the half.

Singletary (can't) was talking smack to the DC guys and game was suspended while they got it sorted out. Chicago (with D Rose in house with his boys) bit off more than they could chew with DC



http://ballupmdsc.com/schedule

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Posted: 7/31/2015 11:38 AM
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Looks like the championship will be East Coast / West Coast as Tommy's team lost by 11 to the LA team.

NYC vs LA for the championship.
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Posted: 8/4/2015 8:01 AM
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Looks like there is a brouha brewing on this one. Team was ordered to take down videos of officials talking on cell phone videos how they wanted east vs west. Lots of stuff surrounding team,venues, officials and such. Team was up 8 with 3 mins left and lost as LA team went on a 20-3 run with the points coming from the FT line. 20 points from FT line in the last 3 minutes. Will be interesting to see how this new tourney withstands the appearance of impropriety.
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Posted: 9/29/2015 9:46 AM
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Viewing series on ESPN>

I think Indy Episode is this wednesday. Not sure which time it is. DVR set. Interesting player interviews this far. ESPN came out to the farm to shoot.

http://ballupmdsc.com/tv-schedule

9/30/15 5:00 pm TBD
9/30/15 5:30 pm TBD
10/7/15 5:00 pm PST Playoffs
10/14/15 7:30 pm Championship Game
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Posted: 9/29/2015 10:07 AM
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Thx for the info.
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Posted: 9/29/2015 10:39 AM
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I'm checking on my guide to schedule the DVR, and I'm not seeing it here. Anyone have a time frame they've found it in?
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Posted: 9/30/2015 7:55 PM
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I'm checking on my guide to schedule the DVR, and I'm not seeing it here. Anyone have a time frame they've found it in?
Looks like it got switched to 10/7 9 pm on ESPN2HD Indianapolis edition and the LA playoffs to follow.
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Posted: 10/1/2015 8:59 AM
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Thanks! Recording is now set.
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Posted: 10/6/2015 8:16 PM
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206309995526570...
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Posted: 10/6/2015 10:01 PM
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bad link - interest is perked
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Posted: 10/7/2015 2:50 PM
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RSBobcat wrote:expand_more
bad link - interest is perked 

Link worked for me, maybe you are blocked from facebook by your company?  Hopefully the image below shows...it's the image from Tommy's facebook showing the ESPN feature on his summer team....on tonight at 8:30 on ESPN2.

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Posted: 10/8/2015 11:30 PM
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I missed it as they ran Indy and Philly in the opposite spots. Crap. Going to have to wait to see it when they show it again later this month.
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