Quick Look at Wisconsin Clubs in 15 Open and 15 Premier

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The 45th Annual AAU Girls Junior National Championships will be taking place in Orlando, Florida starting on Sunday and running through the end of June. Age 15 (Open and Premier Divisions) and below will be starting play on Sunday with opening pool play with the championships concluding on Wednesday. Here is your quick guide to Wisconsin clubs that will be starting play in the 15s Premier and Open Division Sunday.

Milwaukee Sting 15 Gold and 15 Black have top ten seeds in their respective divisions with the next highest seeded team from Wisconsin is Wisconsin Juniors with a 24th overall seed in the Premier Division.

How Does Seeding Work?

*Insert Mind Blown Emoji Here…The seeding is mostly compiled off of Advanced Event Systems which is the website and app that all coaches, parents, and players use for schedules of when and where to play as well as ref. With teams from all over the country playing various schedules is there a perfect system for seeding? Probably not, but this is the most uniform way to compile all the teams with their records along with the teams they have faced throughout the year.

Where Is My Club That I’m Looking For?

The schedules from the 15 Classic, Club, and Aspire Division along with 16s-18s have not been revealed as of Thursday at 2:00 PM. In the AAU format teams can choose which division they play in where the USA National format you must qualify in a certain division.

Familiarity With Top Teams

The national tournament is loaded with talented teams from the Midwest. If you take a look at the top ten, many of the teams are bordering Wisconsin or are at least within driving distance of the area outside the teams from Georgia and Florida. Many of these teams have seen each other at tournaments such as the JVA World Challenge (Louisville), JVA Jamboree (Milwaukee), Showdown in the Smokies (Tennessee), and the Great Lakes Power League (Aurora, IL).

The Power of a Tie and a Crossover

A three way tie (insert mind blown emoji again) can be a scary situations for some teams in pool play with a minor trip up forcing into playoffs of one set which can advance them into the next round or send them into a consolation pool. On Tuesday, there will be some major crossover matches which are matches that will put two teams from different pools against each other and the winner will move to a higher bracket where the loser can move down or to a much lower seed. These are must wins!

List of Wisconsin Teams in 15 Open and 15 Premier

15 Open

Milwaukee Sting 15 Gold

15 Open Top Ten Seeds

A5 Mizuno 151 Boba (Georgia)

OT 15 S. Melito (Florida)

Mizuno Northern Lights 15-1 (Minnesota)

Sports Performance 15 Elite (Illinois)

Asics KIVA 15 Red (Kentucky)

Milwaukee Sting 15 Gold

Tri State Elite 15 Blue (Ohio/Kentucky)

K2 Adidas (Tennessee)