How AAU basketball is the way to help yourself during the basketball recruiting process and land a scholarship offer

There is no doubt that the NCAA shutting down college basketball coaches able to go to spring AAU tournaments does not help basketball recruits throughout the country from adding to their scholarship lists.  However, there is no doubt that playing AAU basketball at as many open events as possible is the best way to draw interest from college coaches and hopefully earn scholarship offers.

The reason is rather simple.  While college coaches were able to go to high schools themselves and evaluate prospects in person, these recruits would already have to be on the radar of schools.  But when the evaluation period of AAU kicks off during the summer, these coaches see many more recruits and can be easily impressed.

The key is to play your best basketball at the right time.  If you step up and play the best game of your life with numerous college coaches in attendance, you definitely can help yourself overall.  That doesn’t mean college coaches will be knocking down your door but it does mean playing AAU basketball on the national circuit is the best way to be evaluated.

For basketball recruiting, highlight videos are not as important as in football.  As one college coach put it to me a while back, anyone can cut the footage to make themselves look like an All Star.  While I do feel that they are worth doing in a lot of situations, if you shine during the AAU circuit and get yourself interest by playing well in front of these coaches, then the recruiting tape is not as important.

I have also seen many athletes really step up their game over a course of a few games at an AAU tournament.  There was a basketball recruit who I felt was a Division II player because he was big, athletic, and really had gotten a ton better over the last year.  After his performance at an AAU tournament, one college coach I knew swore that he should be getting Division I scholarship offers and that one mid-major was close to offering him.  Fast forward a few weeks later and this same coach saw him play terrible and had completely jumped off his band wagon.

This happens all the time because high school basketball players are inconsistent.  There is no doubt about that.  They will play scholarship worthy one game and be worthless the next.  It happens all the time.  The biggest key for those on the AAU circuit is to limit those bad games and play your best as much as possible.

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