If you haven’t heard by now, you haven’t been listening.

Midnight Madness is the premier tournament in the UK, bringing together streetballers and pro’s, semi-pro’s and amateurs in a frenzy of high-octane ball.  The program was originally created in 1999 to help combat gun crime in London, using a series of basketball ‘open runs’ through the night as a positive diversionary activity for 14-25 year olds.  In large part due to the calibre of players that have rolled through over the years, as well as the support of all the ballers and spectators over the years, MM have evolved their program into the largest summer basketball competition in Europe, with over 5,000 players fighting to compete in our events each year.  Even more exciting is that the event is watched by thousands of live spectators and a tv/digital audience in excess of 6 million.

Their league is almost over for the year, but you can still catch great highlights and sick basketball through their site: http://www.midnight-madness.com/.

If you haven’t heard, the Jordan brand “Quai 54″ tournament is without doubt the premier streetball tournament in Europe.  The competition is sick; teams from across the continent flock to Paris to fight out what has been described as the best streetball in the world.  That’s right, THE WORLD.  Forget Rucker and Holcombe parks, Paris is where its at…

From athletic, mind-blowing dunk contests to some of the most physical plays you’ll ever see on the blacktop, Quai 54 brings together the best streetball has to offer.

Check out the amazing video (with many guest appearances) on the Jordan Quai 54 site.

This year the tournament was held on June 26 and 27, with the hometown La Fusion team taking out the title of International Streetball Champions.

Check out the ridiculous video of this year’s tournament over at Streetballblog.

Not convinced?  Ludacris hit em up:

The New York Gauchos, an educational and recreational basketball program based in the Bronx will host the Roundball Classic Live, Thursday, July 8 – Friday July 9th with special showcase games on Saturday, July 10, 2010.

This is a special production of the Gauchos 23rd Annual Roundball Classic, with this being its first NCAA sanctioned event.  Coaches from Villanova, Marquette, Xavier, UCONN, University of Miami, Boston College, Providence, Arizona, and St. John’s among many others will have the opportunity to see exceptional talent during these three days of elite boy’s basketball.

The tournament is open to boy’s basketball teams in the 15 Under, 16 Under and 17 Under age categories.

Teams such as BC Eagles, Connecticut Elite, Long Island Lightening, New Heights, New York Gauchos, Metro Hawks and many more will compete for the Roundball Title.

The tournament will be played at two venues in the Bronx: Gauchos Gymnasium, 478 Gerard Avenue Bronx, and Tech Academy, 2975 Tibbets Road, Bronx.

The New York Gauchos‘ goal is to motivate kids to stay in school by providing the incentive of excellent basketball competition and provide every youngster with the opportunity to make something of his or her life.  In its fourty plus year history, the Gauchos program has worked with thousands of New York City youngsters, providing them with the tools they need to complete their high school education and plan for their futures.

The program has proven effective, as every Gaucho’s graduate has had the opportunity to attend college or junior college. Gaucho alumni include such NBA players as John Salley, Kenny Anderson, Mark Jackson, Chris Mullins, Pearl Washington, Jamal Mashburn, Rod Strickland, Felipe Lopez, Stephon Marbury and Ed Pinckney.  Gaucho alumni Taj Gibson of the Chicago Bulls and Sundiate Gaines of the Utah Jazz are currently in the league.

NAME OF TOURNEY: Sudanese-Australian Basketball Invitational (SABI)

PLACE: 42 Oatley Crt Belconnen ACT 2617, (02) 6253 3066

DATE: July 9 – 11, 2010

TIME: July 9 : 7PM – Midnight, July 10 : 10AM – 7PM and July 11 : 9AM – 8PM

AGE GROUP: 14-40

SEX: Males and Females

CONTACT PERSON: Hardy Vargas, 0410288266 or Garang Bul, 0423538126

EMAIL: SABI@GTIME.COM.AU

One of NYC’s most well known and eagerly anticipated summer basketball tournaments from the ’80s and ’90s will be making its grand return in style this summer when the New York Daily News brings back “Golden Hoops.”

The event was hugely popular back in the day, but with time fell into obscurity after the AAU scene grew bigger and grassroots teams began traveling coast-to-coast to tournaments around the country consistently on the weekends.

In its heyday, the tournament spawned the likes of Kenny Anderson, Stephon Marbury, Lamar Odom and Ron Artest.

We’re looking forward to videos of the tournament…