With NCAA rules getting tough, times are getting tight for Bob Gibbons:He’s just a looking for a home to host his basketball tournament with No More UNC, STATE or DUKE…

New NCAA rules are in place, that say UNC, STATE and DUKE can no longer host any of the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions showcase basketball events….The NCAA feels this creates an unfair advantage for UNC, N.C. State and Duke, to bring all these kids on their campuses and now that Gibbons can’t take his tournaments to Chapel Hill, Raleigh or Durham any more, what’s he going to do???

“I don’t know what we are going to do,” Gibbons said. “I’ve got teams that have already purchased their airplane tickets to come. This really yanks the rug from under us.”

The Bob Gibbons 20th Annual Tournament of Champions is due up on Memorial Weekend, with 128 young men coming in and to find out what has happened and what they might be doing next, now that UNC, N.C. State and Duke are off-limits, CLICK HERE to get the inside, from inside the News and Observer, in Raleigh…..

2 thoughts on “With NCAA rules getting tough, times are getting tight for Bob Gibbons:He’s just a looking for a home to host his basketball tournament with No More UNC, STATE or DUKE…

  1. Sounds like it may be more involved than NCAA. Big Shots is having a tournament at UNC in July. Big shots is holding tournaments a DI schools such as Clemson, South Carolina, VCU, Withrop etc.

    MAR 5 | BIG SHOTS BALTIMORE | LTA-LANSDOWNE, MD l
    MAR 19-20 | BIG SHOTS SOUTHERN SHOOTOUT | ALPHARETTA HS – ALPHARETTA, GA
    MAR 26-27 | BIG SHOTS SOUTH CAROLINA | USC-COLUMBIA, SC
    MAR 26-27 | BIG SHOTS WEST VIRGINIA | CHARLESTON, WV
    MAR 26-27 | BIG SHOTS NORTHERN VIRGINIA | FLINT HILL PREP-OAKTON, VA
    APR 2-3 | BIG SHOTS BALTIMORE FINAL 4 | LTA-LANSDOWNE, MD
    APR 9-10 | BIG SHOTS DC ASSAULT 1 | CAPITAL SPORTS-DIRSTRICT HEIGHTS, MD
    APR 9-10 | BIG SHOTS SOUTH CAROLINA | USC- COLUMBIA, SC
    APR 9-10 | BIG SHOTS MISSISSIPPI BIG RIVER CLASSIC | MBA – JACKSON, MS
    APR 16-17 | BIG SHOTS GEORGIA | ALPHARETTA HS – ALPHARETTA, GA
    APR 23 | BIG SHOTS VIRGINIA SPRING 1 | BOOTH SPORTS COMPLEX – STAFFORD, VA
    APR 23-24 | BIG SHOTS CLEMSON | CLEMSON UNIV. – CLEMSON, SC
    APR 30-MAY 1 | BIG SHOTS MYRTLE BEACH SPRING | MYRTLE BEACH, SC
    APR 30-MAY 1 | BIG SHOTS BALTIMORE | LTA-LANSDOWNE, MD
    MAY 7-8 | BIG SHOTS FLORIDA STATE | TALLAHASSEE, FL
    MAY 7-8 | BIG SHOTS DURHAM | DURHAM, NC
    MAY 7 | BIG SHOTS VIRGINIA SPRING 2 | LOUDOUN CO., VA
    MAY 14-15 | BIG SHOTS ALABAMA | BIRMINGHAM, AL
    MAY 14-15 | BIG SHOTS DC ASSAULT 2 | CAPITAL SPORTS-DISTRICT HEIGHTS, MD
    MAY 14-15 | BIG SHOTS ROCK HILL | SOUTH POINTE HS – ROCK HILL, SC
    MAY 21-22 | BIG SHOTS CLEMSON | CLEMSON UNIV. – CLEMSON, SC
    MAY 21-22 | BIG SHOTS COACH WOOTTEN | DISCOVERY SPORTS COMPLEX-BOYDS, MD
    MAY 21-22 | BIG SHOTS SOUTHERN OPEN | MONTGOMERY, AL
    MAY 28-29 | BIG SHOTS ATLANTA (MEMORIAL WEEKEND) | ALPHARETTA HS- ALPHARETTA, GA
    MAY 28-29 | BIG SHOTS RICHMOND (MEMORIAL WEEKEND) | VCU-RICHMOND, VA
    JUN 4-5 | BIG SHOTS SOUTHEAST SUPER REGIONAL | USC – COLUMBIA, SC

    JUN 11-12 | BIG SHOTS COACH WOOTTEN TOURNEY / HS TEAM TOURNEY | MARYLAND
    JUN 11-12 | BIG SHOTS MYRTLE BEACH 1 HS TEAM TOURNEY | MYRTLE BEACH, SC
    JUN 25-26 | BIG SHOTS MYRTLE BEACH 2 HS TEAM TOURNEY | MYRTLE BEACH, SC

    JC = JUCO SHOWCASE also
    JULY 7-8 | BIG SHOTS MYRTLE BEACH 1 | MYRTLE BEACH, SC
    JULY 9-10 | BIG SHOTS MYRTLE BEACH 2 | MYRTLE BEACH, SC
    JULY 11-12 | BIG SHOTS MYRTLE BEACH 3 | MYRTLE BEACH, SC
    JULY 14-15 | BIG SHOTS CHICAGO | JOY OF THE GAME-DEERFIELD, IL
    JULY 14-15 | BIG SHOTS MISSISSIPPI | JACKSON, MS
    JULY 23-24 | BIG SHOTS NORTH CAROLINA | UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA DEAN SMITH CENTER – CHAPEL HILL, NC
    JULY 27-28 | DESERT DUEL *** JC | PHOENIX, AZ
    JULY 30-31 | BIG SHOTS CHICAGO | CHICAGO, IL
    JULY 30-31 | BIG SHOTS SOUTH CAROLINA | WINTHROP UNIV. – ROCK HILL, SC
    JULY 30-31 | BIG SHOTS DC ASSAULT 3 | CAPITAL SPORTS – DISTRICT HEIGHTS, MD

  2. 128 teams, not players. The NCAA is getting out of control. The only people losing out here are the kids. Bob Gibbons has done so much to advance college basketball and this is how they repay him?

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