The Elizabeth Giants AAU Basketball team has made us proud again, winnng their second consecutive national title.
U13 / 7th Boys – Elizabeth Giants 49 vs. Ohio Valley Force 48

In 2007 the Elizabeth Giants 6Th Grade 12U AAU Basketball Team became the first team in Elizabeth History to Win a National Title, and on June 30, 2008 they repeated that accomplishment and won their 2ND National Title in two years.
Lead by Coach Tyce and Coach Jemmeo this unbelievable group of 12 & 13 year old kids defied all the odds stacked against them, with Street Gangs at an all time high this group of young men fought off the temptation and pier pressure from close friends and allies and successfully became part of another chapter in Elizabeth History.

It all started in early March with an Inner City Tournament hosted annually by the Elizabeth Giants called “March Madness” this tournament usually serves as a pre warm up to kick off the AAU season, with 9 of the 12 players from the traveling AAU squad they put together an 8-0 record and won the Championship. In early April they we’re runner ups in a Spring Fling tournament hosted by Training Today’s Athlete’s, they then took to the road and won 4 out of the 5 major tournaments they entered competing in competition from Connecticut to the Pocono’s and ending up in Maryland and Virginia. Despite horrible officiating in Virginia & Maryland they placed 2ND and qualified for the Nationals in Memphis Tennessee, however due to financial restraints they decided to attend the AABC Nationals in Dayton, OH after winning the Regional Qualifier in Wayne, NJ. All and All they compiled an overall record of 34-5 of course our success would not have been possible without the support of the President of the Elizabeth Giants Ahmed Ismail, Vice President Humza Thomas and the Treasurer Malik Jackson. We would like to especially acknowledge Mayor Chris Bollwage, Assemblyman Niel Cohen, Senator Raymond Lesniak, Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, and Chief of Staff Gleisha Givens, Councilman Grova, Councilman Gallman and Councilman Cuesta and Last but not least our dedicated Parent committee Led by Valencia Coleman, Crystal Brown and Raja & Suhda Natarajan.

AABC Nationals in Dayton, OH
Elizabeth Giants Basketball has enjoyed tremendous success at State and National A.A.U. Tournaments. While participating in national tournaments is not the underlying goal of the organization, the history of success is no doubt the result of the Giants continuing commitment to skill development and improved knowledge of the game.

Our mission started in March of 2007 we started off by winning several Invitational Tournaments and after being 14-0 we finally lost in the Regional Finals in Wayne NJ but that qualified us for the Nationals.

Shortly after that we won the USBAState Championship and became the #5 team in the Nation in that Division, In early June we traveled to Connecticut and defeated the Connecticut State Champions which made us Regional Champions, our last stop was Dayton Ohio where we played for a National Title and Won.

This was no easy task as we lost our very first game in Ohio to the defending National Champs, but since this was a two game elimination we went on to win the rest of our games which brought us to the Championship where we had to face the team that beat us. The Defending National Champion Dayton Nets, this team had at least 4 players over 6 feet tall and their best player was 6 foot 3 and dunking at will, but our kids weren’t impressed the second game, with a few coaching adjustments and a team of kids playing with Heart the Elizabeth Giants 6Th Grade 12U AAU Basketball team became the 2007 National Champions, with a final record of 34-5. The first ever National Champions from Elizabeth, NJ.

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