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Grassroots Rising Star 2017, Lindell Wigginton Hoops Central Story

Hardwood Hoops Central's story on Grassroot's Lindell Wigginton, rising star of 2017 from Nova Scotia, Canada.

May 21, 2013 |  Read more


Shakur Daniel, the next Phenom coming out of Canada in Canada

Shakur Daniel is talked about as the next best player in North America. Read more from the article below.

Apr 22, 2013 |  Read more


Myck Kabongo declares for draft

Grassroots Alumni ,Texas sophomore guard Myck Kabongo, will be entering the draft this summer.

Apr 12, 2013 |  Read more


Grassroots Alumni Chadrock Lufile makes 2013 Final Four

Congratulations on our Grassroots Alumni player Chadrack Lufile on making 2013's Final Four. Chadrack Lufile played his heart out to help Wichita State advance to the final four.

Mar 31, 2013 |  Read more


Grassroots Alumni, Nik Stauskas, makes 2013 Final Four

Congratulations to Nik Stauskas on helping Michigan beat Flordia to advance to the 2013 Final Four. Nik himself had 22 points.

Mar 31, 2013 |  Read more


Grassroots Canada Elite Well represented in the NCAA, NIT and CBI Post Season Championships

Grassroots Canada AAU is the first, longest running and most successful AAU program out of Canada, and is well represented in the NCAA and NIT post Season Championships NCAA Junior Cadougan Marquette Nik Stauskas Michigan Renaldo Dixon New Mexico State Chadrack Lufile Wichita State Agunwa Okolie Harvard NIT Dwight Powell Stanford Brady Heslip Baylor Jason Calliste Detroit CBI Myck Kabongo Texas

Mar 25, 2013 |  Read more


Tristan Thompson making case for most improved player

Grassroots Alumni Tristan Thompson is being discussed as the most improved player of the year. What a great achievement for Tristan. Keep working hard!

Mar 17, 2013 |  Read more


Grassroots Academy at Cavaliers Game in Support of Alumni Player Tristan Thompson

On March 8th after NCSAA Basketball showcase both Varsity and Junior Varsity Academy teams travelled down to The Q Arena in Cleveland, Ohio to watch Grassroots Alumni Player Tristan Thompson play against the Memphis Grizzles. After the game, Tristan shared old Grassroots stories with both teams. He talked about his training, experiences during his AAU seasons with Grassroots and Coach Ro. Tristan words of advice inspired our players and pumped them up for our upcoming AAU Season!

Mar 11, 2013 |  Read more


Grassroots Academy Plays in NCSAA Division 1 Elite Basketball Showcase

This past weekend March 7th- 8th, 2013 Grassroots sent both their Elite Academy teams (Varsity and Junior Varsity) to compete in the NCSAA Division 1 Elite Basketball Showcase at the Spire Institute in Genova, Ohio. Both Grassroots teams went head to head with SPIRE Institute, Athletic Institute Academy, IMG Academy and London Academy. Our players were able to compete with these highly skilled and well developed academies. This weekend was a great success and offered the opportunity for our athletes to showcase their talents!

Mar 11, 2013 |  Read more


Grassroots/ Herbalife Combine

Grassroots Basketball Canada is excited to introduce a Revolutionary Sports Nutrition Program aligning with the Industry Leader / Herbalife International. Along with this achievement we had a skills combine to introduce the Nutrition of Herbalife to our athletes. The Combine was a huge success. We gave our guys great skill training, strength and conditioning workouts, scaled all participants for their composition numbers and of course introduced Herbalife's products and showing them the importance of nutrition on and off the court.

Mar 3, 2013 |  Read more


Happy Holidays to All

On behalf of Grassroots Canada Elite Basketball, we would like to wish everyone a blessed Christmas and a prosperous New Year!. Our 2012 AAU basketball season was a very productive year for us and we are excited for the prospects for 2013. As we all spend time with family and friends lets pray and think about those less fortunate and pave it forward for our up and coming young talent. We are thoroughly proud of the great work all of our Alumni are doing in the NCAA and NBA. We Look for many more to come in the near future.

Feb 10, 2013 |  Read more


Toronto’s Tristan Thompson chosen for NBA’s Rising Stars roster

Grassroots Alumni Tristan Thompson is among 18 players chosen for the Rising Stars Challenge to be held during the NBA all-star weekend.

Feb 3, 2013 |  Read more


Marquette Junior Cadougan Block vs. Providence

Junior Cadougan had this swat, and was fouled with 9:30 to go in the first half of Marquette's 81-71 win over Providence on Jan. 26, 2013.

Jan 28, 2013 |  Read more


McDonald's All American game Grassroot's Nominees

We’d like to congratulate Mikyle McIntosh and A.J. Lapray for being selected for nominees for the Mcdonalds All American game of 2013.

Jan 27, 2013 |  Read more


Hardwood Central Story on Mikyle Mciontosh

Hardwood Central did a personal story on one of our upcoming stars Mikyle Mcintosh!

Jan 9, 2013 |  Read more


The story of Grassroots Canada

Coach Ro Russell is interviewed by Hardwood Hoops Central about the history and current accomplishments Grassroots Canada has acheived.

Dec 17, 2012 |  Read more


The nation's best freshmen

2 of the Top 3 Freshmen in America(NCAA) are homegrown(Toronto). Nik Stauskas and Anthony Bennett are off to amazing starts to their NCAA careers.

Dec 13, 2012 |  Read more


Justin Edwards Named America East Player of the Week

Justin Edwards Named America East Player of the Week

Dec 13, 2012 |  Read more


Michigan's Nik Stauskas wins second straight Big Ten Freshman of the Week award

Nik Stauskas captures his 2nd consecutive Big 10 Freshman of the week Award. BTW how do you shoot almost 70% from 3pt line? lolol... Congrats from you

Dec 13, 2012 |  Read more


Michigan freshman Nik Stauskas turning Crisler Center into his own Canadian backyar

Michigan freshman wing Nik Stauskas dropped in an almost effortless 20 points Tuesday during a win over North Carolina State. The freshman is now shooting better than 58 percent from 3-point range this season.

Dec 13, 2012 |  Read more


Baylor Downs St. John's For 4th Win

Brady Heslip paces Baylor with 29pts to defeat St Johns

Dec 13, 2012 |  Read more


MiKyle McIntosh SKIES For Putback Over Defender

MiKyle Milo McIntosh runs a clinic on Oak Hill in season opener

Dec 13, 2012 |  Read more


Catching up with Cory Joseph

Cory Joseph 1 year later.

Dec 13, 2012 |  Read more


2012-13 Michigan basketball player preview: Nik Stauskas

Nik Stauskas off to a great start at Michigan

Dec 13, 2012 |  Read more