By Sean Couch
An official NYC tournament shirt is a big thing. Not everyone can get one. All sorts of flavors in the five boroughs. We’re going to show “shirt” throughout the summer of 2007.
Uptown Challenge HS & College Women between 130th 131st & 5th Ave on
weekends
See Holombe Rucker @ 145th Street and Lenox - Boys 10 and up & HS Girls
See UDC @ Barnes Ave and 218th Street on weekends - Boys 10 and up and
HS Girls
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June 24th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
BallGurl says:
I always loved tournament shirts/jerseys. I played in Uptown Challenge myself as a h.s. junior, senior, and college freshman. That was when the tournament was sponsored by And1 who made crazy nice reversible joints. My favorite was the 2003 baby blue/white top with the 5 train busting out of a basketball. It is one of my all time favorites, especially since I ride the 5 being from the BX. Plus, my team, coached by Mr. Jim Couch, won the ‘chip that summer.
June 24th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Bobbito says:
i’ll never forget my first tournament jersey. summer of ‘81, holcombe rucker memorial, ran with kelsey stevens’ douglass projects c.c. midgets division crew. we were given deep purple unis (now you know the design inspiration for my aubergine nike af1 ‘kool bob love’ butters). pony was the sponsor. the shirts smelled so good! i was whiffing it before and after the game (i barely broke a sweat as i got no burn). i cherished that shirt. i wouldn’t put it in the dryer, favoring hang drying so the printing wouldn’t crack. i wanted to keep it forever.
i wonder where it is now!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Bakar says:
Them Holcombe Rucker joints are sweet! I got a few jerseys from 3-on-3 tournaments, but they got cheap screenprinted designs on, so I won’t rock those. So far my favorite is a red adidas tournament shirt - I wore those until they fell apart. Got a pair of pink (yes, pink!) shorts once, I used it to get autographs from fellow ballers and stuffed it in my closet as soon as I got home. It should turn into a fossil any day now..
July 5th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Dr A2C says:
We got a shirt too!
A2C
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