Everybody Out of the Pool

Some teams have thrown in the towel, but not the Eclipse, winding up pool play with a splash in a decisive 86-43 win over the Lady Blazers of Illinois. Too bad all games can't be like these last two.

Winning our pool allows the Eclipse to maintain our No. 3 seed in the tournament, and makes us one of just four teams to earn a first-round bye. In all, 32 teams (from the original 95) advance to the Championship Bracket. The rest play in the consolation, or Classic, bracket.

As U-13s, this is the last year that AAU Nationals is a double elimination tournament. If a team loses once, it can still fight it's way back through the "losers' bracket." We don't want this, because it means playing more than one game a day. It's exhausting. That said, we've done it before!

Tip off is 3:30 p.m., Monday. Don't yet know who our opponent will be.