mats madness preview

This is another one of those persistent reminders that we are known for: Next weekend is the "Mats' Madness" Tournament, the big adidas sponsored tournament of the Memorial Day weekend, and it takes place up in Fresno.

This will again be a 64 team tournament, and the tournament starts Saturday, May which will be taking place over the weekend of May 26 and continues on through Monday, the 28th. The games will start on Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. and will continue through the Championship which will be played late Monday afternoon. The first day and a half of competition will be pool play, and then starting a shortly after noon on Sunday, the single-elimination portion of the tournament will get started.

This is going to be a very competitive tournament, and while we haven't seen all of the rosters (yet) we've got some information on a few of them and you can read about them in our new index of teams (again, we make no warranty as to the current accuracy of the rosters we do have).

Dennis Magro, who actually runs around organizing this event (he also works with Bort Escoto on the War on the Floor, but that's another story), sent us the tentative pool assignments this morning (remember, the operative word is tentative). Here's what it looks like so far:

Pool A @ Sunnyside LA Rockfish Renegades Benchwear Bruins WildKnights	Pool B @ McLane Pump N Run Sal Lake Metro Central Valley AS Soul Vikes	Pool C @ Roosevelt Inland I Smooth Ballers Inner City Hoops US Tarheels	Pool D @ Wash. U. Amer-I-Can I SSA Gold Oakland Hotshots Fresno Falcons
Pool E @ Edison 805 H-Squad II Commanches Pates	Pool F @ McLane Double Pump All Stars Hustlin Eagles 805 Bakersfield Mustangs	Pool G @ W.U. Oak Soliders II Rockfish Dolphins N. Riverside S&J Y.O.U. Hoops	Pool H @ Roosevelt RF Hammerheads IEBP Players Rim Rockers Wildcats
Pool I @ Fresno Bay Area Ballers I Amer-I-Can II SacTown Ballers Solano All Stars	Pool J @ Edison Inland II Next Level Tigers ARC Top Frosh	Pool K @ W.U. H-Squad I Oakland Soldiers III Rockfish Swordfish Cent. Valley Outlawz	Pool L @ W.U. SSA Platinum IEBP Ballers Alleycats Red Modesto S&J
Pool M @ Fresno IEBP All Stars Bay Area Ballers II Triple Threat Warriors	Pool N @ Sunnyside EBO/EA Sports II IEBP B&P Carl's Jr. Superstars Lodi Frosh	Pool O @ Sunnyside EBO/EA Sports I Rockfish Barracudas Lodi Flames Grizzlies	Pool P @ Sunnyside Oakland Soliders I Camp Exposure Laguna Select South Gate Bumboys

We'll have some preview stuff on some of the teams (in addition to the raw rosters) later in the week.