X5 Wins 4th Consecutive YBOA State Championship
X5 set a goal to end this season as the #1 travel team in Georgia and set out to prove it by winning the three top Georgia tournament championships (AAU, YBOA, and GA Cup). This past weekend X5 completed one of the pieces to the puzzle by beating several of the top teams in the state and taking home the 2014 YBOA state championship!
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As usual, X5 breezed through pool play, easily beating Choice Management Knights, Champions Chance and Ballers Inc squads. X5 knocked of the ProComm Warriors in the quarter-finals to set up a match-up with the Atlanta Playmakers in the semi-finals. The Playmakers had lost every game they’d played against X5 over the past two seasons and were salivating over a chance to finally get a “W” against the “X”. They even went as far as recruiting several new players from other top teams over the past week to finally get over the hump. The gym was packed, the crowd was raucous and the tension was high as the teams battled intensely for 28 minutes. X5 scored the first basket of |
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the game and never relinquished the lead. When the final horn sounded, X5 had handed the Playmakers another ego deflating defeat – final score: 38-33!
In the finals, X5 faced a retooled ATL Elite squad it had already beaten earlier in the season. Though the final score was a bit closer than the last time, the result was no different. ATL Elite simply couldn’t handle X5’s ball pressure and inside game and fell to the “X” again, this time by the score of 46-38. Check the box for another piece of championship hardware for X5!
Check out the action from the championship game below:
Version for mobile devices http://youtu.be/cTXAASBtrCc
Version for desktop computers http://youtu.be/0OX2qG5fjLU
Next week the X5 boys head down to the Big Easy to play in the New Orleans Super 60 AAU SuperRegional event. Follow us on Twitter @GAXclusiveBball to keep up with the action!
X5 Wins D1Spects Reebok Invitational
(College Park, GA 5/4/14) Xclusive’s X5 continued to put in work in preparation for the AAU National Championship tournament in July. This weekend the boys took on all comers at the D1Spect Reebok Elite Invitational Tournament in College Park GA and (as is customary) walked away with 1st place hardware – their six championship of the season!
X5 easily took care of the A1 Elite, Carolina Cavaliers and Star to Legends teams in pool play. In the championship game X5 disposed of the Cavaliers for a second time with a decisive 40-14 spanking!
All tournament honors went to Jalen Royals, Bashaar Hamid, and Holden Staes. Tournament MVP honors went to Julian “Big” Nixon. The Xclusive “player of the week” award went to Jordan Wicker for his hustle, attitude and improved play. But everyone on the roster contributed, including our wounded warrior Madison “Brown Mamba” Durr who was sidelined with a broken hand.
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Next up is the Georgia YBOA State Championship tournament May 16-18. Until then you can find us in the gym working up a sweat!
X5 wins YBOA Gwinnett County Shootout
(Duluth, GA April 27) X5 put in work this weekend, downing several Atlanta area teams to capture their second YBOA championship of the season.
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X5 went undefeated in pool play beating up on Champions Chance, Gods Property Thunder and the Innerman Running Rebels. In the semi-finals X5 faced the Atlanta Playmakers. The game was close, but the Playmakers couldn't make plays in the clutch and ultimately fell by 10 points. This was the 6th consecutive time Xclusive beat the Playmakers - who were ranked 12th in the nation in the end of last season's AAU poll.
X5 faced Choice Mgt Knights in the championship. The game was a a yawner, as X5 held the Knights under 10 points in the first half and cruised to an easy 42-21 win and ... more hardware for the trophy case! |
X6/7 Brings Home Some Mo' Hardware!
The X6/7 combo team does it again!!!!!! This time they went to the West Georgia Spring Shoot-out Tournament with nothing but hardware on their mind. The first game of the tournament started late Saturday night but X6/7 was wide awake, beating the skilled West Ga. Xtreme team in double OT (thanks to Jamar Bell, who hit the winning shot). After seeing what X6/7 was bringing to the table, the Atl. Attack team chose not to show up the next morning. After an extended layover the X6/7 team came out flat and lost to a tough Atl. Select team. Knowing that they had not played up to their abilities in the previous game X6/7 took it out on its next opponents, the Hiram Knights. Dohnaven Smith was a beast on the boards garnering a double-double, and Antonio Price (in normal fashion) led all scorers with 27 points. Not to be left out of the action, Jay Hammond and Kenon Hunter let the 3’s rain after the starter took a break. By the end of the contest X6/7 had handed the Knights a 30 point “L”.
| With a 3-1 record for the tournament, X6/7 headed to the championship to avenge their only loss of the tournament and let the Atlanta Select team know that “X gonna give it to ya”. Having played two games within 4 hours, there was concern that fatigue would be an issue, but X practices are designed for these moments. To start the championship game, Antonio Price won the opening tip and received a dazzling pass from Zachary Atkins to score the first bucket (and a foul). Right then and there, Atlanta Select knew that is was going to be a LONG day! The first half of the game was relatively close, with X6/7 leading by 5 at halftime. But a heart felt talk from Coach Ron at halftime caused the boys to perk up and get set to do something special. In true “X” fashion Coach Pete let the dogs out and gave the order to press the remainder of the game. X6/7’s guard Devon |  |
Brown was the main beneficiary, snagging converting seven steals into easy layups (with several ending resulting in “and 1s”. Bottom line … Atlanta Select folded like a cheap suit and X6/7 snagged another piece of championship hardware!
The X6/7 team is definitely making its name on the Atlanta basketball circuit. And believe it or not, X6/7 still has a roster spot available. If you know of someone who is ready to put on the “X”, give us a holla and let us set you up with a tryout!
X5 finishes as one of the Top Teams at AAU State Championship
(April 14, LaGrange, GA )This weekend X5 showed why they are still one of the premier travel basketball programs in the state! For the fourth consecutive year, Xclusive advanced to the AAU state championship game. Unfortunately, this time the 3x defending state champions came up short, falling to the Atlanta Celtics and finishing as the first runner up in the tourney.
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This year’s tourney featured 14 teams from around the state. On their way to the championship game, X5-2021 defeated the Choice Management Kings, Team Power (Augusta), Champion’s Chance, and the Atlanta Playmakers.
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The teams were 1-1 vs each other on the season, with X5 winning the AAU Superregional several weeks ago and the Celtics beating X5 in pool play in this tournament.
X5 led for most of the first half of the game, but the Celtics got hot at the end of the 2nd quarter and took a 20-15 lead into halftime. Xclusive, (playing their 7th game in 48 hours), came out flat after halftime and the Celtics took full advantage. In the end X5 came up short and finished #2. It’s all good though! X5 will be back in the gym tightening things up and preparing to get back on top ASAP!
Next stop for Xclusive is a YBOA tune-up tournament followed by the YBOA State Championship tourney the weekend of May 16th. If you aren’t busy, come out and cheer us on!
Check out the action from the AAU state tourney below where X5 routed one of their rivals the Atlanta Playmakers (who finished ranked #12 in the 2013 AAU national rankings).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE9euMYUlWk (mobile phone version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE9euMYUlWk (desktop version)
X5 wins inagural "Georgia Cup" tourney in Suwanee, GA
(Suwanee, GA 3/24/14) Challengers keep trying to test the “X” and the “X” keeps passing with flying colors! This past weekend X5-2021 neutralized “Team Threat” and captured the inagural Georgia Cup tourney 11u championship!
X5 used pool play as “practice”, dismissing God’s Property Thunder, TNBC (Top Notch Basketball Club), and Team Threat easily with victory margins of 36, 46 and 15 points respectively. In bracket play X5 played Team Forrest in the semi-final. The game was not much of a contest. X5 quickly took a chain saw to “The Forrest” and chopped them down with ease, winning to 30+ points.
| In the championship game X5 again faced Team Threat. Threat’s coach made a buck and a quarter before the game selling woof-tickets about how his team was going to take down the “X” in the rematch. These ridiculous comments were posted to the X5 virtual bulletin board and it was on!
Team Threat jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter and their ruckus crowd became delusional, believing they had a chance. X5 stepped on the gas and Team Threat’s throat in 2Q, outscoring them 18-3 and taking a 10 point lead into the half. To their credit, Team Threat continued to fight; cutting into X5’s lead and trailing by only 5 points with less than a minute left. |
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Then, Threat guards hit two miracle shots and pushed the game into OT. At this point, X5 had had enough. X5 “turnt it up and eliminated the Threat 43-39. Game, set, match!
Every player on the X5 roster made major contributions in the tournament. In the early games, X5’s second unit played a majority of the minutes, with guards Jameison Winters, Brashar Hamid and Saiku White running the competition raged with nifty ball handling and drives to the hoop. Reserve forward Jordan Wicker had a career game in the semi-final, camping out on the box and dropping points at will. In the championship game Jalen “the Beast” Royals and Julian “Big” Nixon, held things down tallying 10 and 9 points respectively. Kyle “Swag” Duncan, Holden Staes and KJ Doucet each chipped in a bucket, but their major contributions came on on the defensive end. Tournament honors went to Madison Durr who “showed out”, registering 18 points and earning tournament MVP. As always it was a team effort!
X5-2021 will take some time off to relax, recharge, and prepare to win their fourth straight AAU State Championship on April 11-13. If you aren’t doing anything, you should come check us out!
Click to check out action from the championship http://youtu.be/N1Fv5USI2Z4 ...
X5 "Drops that Nae Nae" after winning Georgia Cup Tourney
Click here to watch Xclusive Drop that Nae Nae http://youtu.be/nt4oyjv1XAY
X5's "Brown Mamba" wins Georgia Cup tournament MVP
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Madison Durr let'em know that you don't mess with the "X". The Brown Mamba averaged 19 ppg in during bracket play and led the X5 team to the crown on Sunday. For his efforts, Durr was awarded the tournament MVP award!
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X5 wins Georgia AAU SuperRegional tournament
(Cobb County, GA 3/16/14) Xclusive X5-2021 punched their ticket to the AAU National Championship tournament in Cocoa Beach, Florida later this summer with a Victory over the Atlanta Celtics in this weekend’s Georgia AAU SuperRegional hosted by PQ Sports.
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Xclusive went undefeated in pool play, beating the Five Star and Team Forrest basketball clubs. In the semi-finals X5 had a rematch with Team Forrest, who put up quite a fight, pushing X5 into double OT with a couple of rainbow 3 pointers in the final seconds of the game. However, X5’s experience and superior skill eventually took its toll on Team Forrest and X5 advanced to the championship game against the Atlanta Celtics.
X5 dominated the Celtics for the first 3 quarters of the championship game, taking an 18 point lead into the 4th quarter. A commanding lead and tired legs caused X5 to take their foot off the gas and give the Cetlics false hope of a comeback, but the game was really never in doubt as X5 cruised to a 40-37 win and their 3rd championship of the young season. |
Next up for Xclusive X5 is the Georgia Cup tournament in Suwanee GA, sponsored by Hoopseen.com.
X5-2021 Dominates YBOA Georgia SuperRegional in Dalton, GA
(March 1, 2014) Xclusive X5-2021 took to the hardwood last weekend and played in the YBOA Georgia SuperRegional tournament in Dalton, GA. They were on a mission to quickly establish themselves as the top 11u team in the state of Georgia and to no one’s surprise, when the smoke cleared X5 had torched the competition, scoring nearly 50 ppg and winning by an average of 27 ppg. X5 not only brought home first place hardware, but they also won free entry into the YBOA National Championship later this summer!
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Xclusive made quick work of RYBBA (Rockdale Basketball Club) and Team F.O.E. in pool play winning 49-18 and 44-8 respectively. In bracket play Xclusive faced the Choice Management Knights in the semi-final. The Knights led 18-15 at halftime and their fan base was in a frenzy thinking that that might defeat the “X”. But X5 “turnt it up” after halftime and outscored the Kings 30-6. Final score 45-24. Rumor has it that the King’s fans are still mumbling and scratching their heads trying to figure out what happened.
In the Finals X5 faced an Atlanta Elite team that featured a couple of former Xclusive ballers. ATL Elite was ranked #3 |
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in the state in the Jr. Hoopseen Preseason poll and thought they might get revenge from the beating they took in last season’s YBOA State Championship game by X4-2021. It took about 60 seconds for ATL Elite to realize that it was gonna be a long, unhappy ride home! X5 came out red hot, raining down 3s like it was a monsoon and playing defense tighter than a pair of Nikki Manaj jeans! When it was over, Xclusive had put a major beat down on ATL Elite, winning 57-38 and once again showing that if you ain’t with us, “X gonna give it to ya”!
Kudos to all the X5 ballers! Madison “Brown Mamba” Durr led the team in scoring at 12 ppg, but got lots of help from his friends including big man Julian “Big” Nixon (9ppg), and swingmen KJ “K-Boogie” Doucet (6.8ppg) and Holden “Cash Money” Staes (6.5ppg). Nixon completely dominated the board (10rpg) and got back-up from Jalen “The Beast” Royals who was big on the glass too (5.5rpg). Kyle “Captain Swag" Duncan led the team in pickpockets and dimes (2.8spg, 2.2apg) and Nixon led the team in flyswats (1.8 bpg) along with help from Alexander “the Big Fundamental” Zwerner (0.8bpg). Newcomer Saiku “Hustleman” White played defense like a Tasmanian devil, while Jamisen “Moneyball” Winters kicked started the tourney by leading the team in scoring (12pts) in the first pool play game. Rookies Jordan Wicker and Bashaar Hamid made their marks with big hustle and grit intangibles! As always, it was a team effort!
Next stop is the Battle for Magic City in Birmingham, AL where X5 is poised to face three of the toughest teams in the nation (Texas Pipeline (Dallas), WACG All-Stars (Nashville) and Memphis Wildcats (TN), the #7 ranked team in the nation! But ain’t nobody scared! We got our hard hats ready! Check back on Monday to see how we did! Click the link below for video action from this weekend's game.
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Xclusive X7 wins City of Atlanta Winter League
This winter Xclusive put together a new 6th/7th grade team and placed them in the City of Atlanta 12u winter league. In true Xclusive fashion, X7 dominated the playoffs, winning games by an average of 30 points and taking home the championship trophy. This is the 3rd straight City of Atlanta league championship for the Xclusive organization.
X7 Roster: Antonio Price (7th), and Derrick Perry(7th), Zachary Atkins (7th), Jakeem Faulkner (7th), Jay Hammond (6th), Nathan Beaulieu (5th), Kenon Hunter (5th), Jalan Lane (4th) and Jaden Lane (4th)
Be on the lookout for X6 and X7 to be bring home more hardware soon!
Xclusive X5-2021 Ranked #1 Georgia in Hoopseen Pre-Season Poll
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JR SEEN PRE-SEASON TRAVEL POLL
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6. NORTH GA ELITE |
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Xclusive X5-2021 Elite Roster Released
X5 Dominates 2014 ATTP Christmas Tournament
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The X5 (pre-season) squad picked up where they left off this summer, took their talents to Marietta and dominated the All Tournament Players Park Holiday tournament, winning first place and taking home their first piece of hardware of the season!
X5 played up into the 6th grade division to "test themselves" and passed with flying colors as they cruised through pool play - spanking the competition by an average margin of 30ppg.
When it came time for bracket play it was more of the same, with X5 spanking the East Cobb Shockers in the semi-finals and the East Cobb Playmakers in the championship game. |
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Leveraging a blend of 8 seasoned veterans and 4 talented new-comers, X5 is looking as good as ever! The X5 preseason team begins play in the city of Atlanta rec league on Saturday January 4th in preparation for the upcoming AAU season. If their play in the ATTP tournament is any indication, the future looks really bright for the Georgia Xclusive organization this season!
For video highlights of the championship game, click the video link below. To read the Big Sports Report's writeup of the game, click this link http://bigsportsreport.com/georgia-xclusive-dominates-at-atpp/
Xclusive X4G finishes 2013 AAU season ranked in top 20 of AAU D1 Power Rankings
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Georgia Xclusive X4G may not have earned the 2013 AAU National Championship in 2013, but they certainly earned the respsect of the Amatuer Athletic Union - earning a spot in the top 20 of the official 2013 AAU Power rankings. Only one other Georgia team - the Atlanta Playmakers, (who Xclusive handled easily in the 2013 Georgia AAU state tournament), finished in the power ranking top 25 this season.
Xclusive X4G (who officially became X5G on September 1st), has already begun retooling and is posied to retain their AAU and YBOA state titles and make another run at theAAU National Championship in 2014, so be on the lookout!
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Xclusive X4G heads to Lexington, KY to compete for AAU National Championship
(July 16, 2013) The nationally ranked & reknowned Georgia Xclusive X4G basketball team headed to Lexington Kentucky on Monday to begin their quest for an AAU National Championship.
X4G started out red hot, going 3-0 in pool play - defeating the Ohio and North Carolina AAU state champs (Cincinnati Royals and Carolina Basketball Club) and trouncing “Team Dream” from Los Angeles California. X4G’s stellar pool play earned them a first round bye in the championship bracket and a slot in the sweet sixteen.
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X4G’s first championship bracket game was against the street-tough New York Gauchos. Xclusive fell behind big early, but fought back to take the lead early in the 2nd quarter. The game was nip and tuck throughout and while X4G gave it all they had, they fell short in the end, losing 41-35 and ending their bid for the National Championship.
X4G’s final game was against the Baltimore Stars (#3 ranked team in the nation). X4G gave the Stars all they could handle, tying the game in the final seconds of regulation and just missing a last second shot that would have won it at the buzzer. The game went into overtime where the Stars had a little more gas in the tank and nipped X4G 37-31.
The final AAU 10u rankings haven’t been released yet, but Xclusive is guaranteed to be ranked in the top 20 in the nation! While X4G did not succeed in their quest for a national title this year, the team is undeterred, ready to retool, and set to try again in 2014!
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X4G vs. New York Gauchos
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