The biggest and best Summer tournament begins June 26, 2017. The top teams from 7 area Varsity locations plus divisions for Junior varsity and Freshman teams. The 2017 Pittsburgh Basketball Club Summer League Championships begin June 26, 2017. Games will be played at Montour High School with additional games being held at Sto-Rox, Ambridge, Cornell and Our Lady Sacred Heart.

This years tournament concludes with the annual “Night of Champions” when Summer Champions will be crowned in 2 Varsity divisions, Junior Varsity and Freshman divisions. We will also announce the winner of the Wovchko Award as Summer League MVP. Please join us for some GREAT Summer basketball. It has always proven to be a prelude to the upcoming season as I am sure it will be again this year. The complete schedule is listed below.

2017 Summer playoffs schedule

The Pittsburgh Basketball Club is absolutely heartbroken to announce PBC Legends Hall of Famer and Courage award winner Joe Fryz lost his courageous fight with ALS at the age of 58.

Joe was a great basketball player but a much greater person. Joe was kind, humble and caring. The world would be a better place if there were more people like Joe Fryz. On behalf of the entire PBC family, our thoughts and prayers got to Linda and the entire Fryz family in these difficult times.

In the coming weeks, we will have a special announcement for the planned PBC tribute to this amazing family man and basketball player. Until then, god speed my friend until we meet again soon.

Pine Richland Head Coach Jeff Ackerman has been named the winner of the 2017 PBC Dick Cetrone Coach of the Year award.

The Pine Richland 2016-17 season speaks for itself. 28-2 overall record, Section Champion, WPIAL 6A Champion as well as PIAA State Runner-up finish against one of the area’s toughest schedules. Truly one of the best seasons in Pine Richland Basketball history.

The Cetrone Award is named after legendary Sto-Rox Basketball Coach Dick Cetrone, who was the founding father of the Sto-Rox Basketball dynasty, winning 1 State championship, 5 WPIAL Championships as well as 10 Section Titles. Coach Cetrone’s 1983 State Championship team was Pennsylvania’s last 32-0 undefeated state champion. The feat has since been matched by New Castle (31-0 in 2014) and Aliquippa (30-0 in 2016).

Jeff will be presented with his award at the 2018 Pgh HS Classic at Montour High School on January 28, 2018.

Due to some issues with the NCAA Certification, the 2017 PBC Pro Am League can not be held. The issue is complex, yet petty due to the NCAA requiring the event be submitted for certification 45 days prior to the event and the leagues annual insurance being updated approximately one week later than the NCAA requirement. Be assured every attempt was made to discuss and amend this issue with the NCAA to no avail.

In previous years, our certification application was submitted 45 days in advance and pended by the NCAA for receipt of the PBC new insurance certificate which would annually be issued approximately one week after this deadline. In May 2016, calls were made to the NCAA asking if it would simplify our process if rather than submitting our application and there pending the application for receipt of the new insurance, would it be easier to simply submit the application a few days later with complete information. The NCAA advised us this would make sense.

In all there wisdom, in May 2017 when submitting the application as discussed, the NCAA approved the application, but would not allow the Division I players to play in the league the 1st week. My application was received 38 days in advance rather than 45. My application was submitted with all updated information the NCAA required to approve the application. The time frame to approve would not have changed had I submitted the application to be pended 45 days prior or I submit the application in full 38 days prior. This reasoning was to no avail. and truly highlights the issues of dealing with the NCAA, common sense usually does not prevail.

My apologies to the many fans and players who so looked forward to the league every summer. I am not sure anyone truly did anything  wrong. At best, the delay in the application was inadvertent and done with good intent  of only streamlining the process. Sadly the NCAA does  not operate in that manner.

Thank you to all and we will return the league in 2018!

JMG

Moon Basketball Coach Adam Kaufman and the Pittsburgh Basketball Club will be hosting youth basketball camps for Grades 1 thru 9 July 24-28 at Moon High School.

Camps will feature extensive work on basketball fundamentals in stationary and moving ball handling skills, pivoting, passing and of course shooting and driving to the basket.

Please find listed below the camp brochure and contact the Moon Basketball staff with any questions.

2017 Moon/PBC Camp application

Legendary Chartiers Valley Head Basketball Coach Tim McConnell will be hosting basketball camps on the campus of  through out the summer months. *** Because of construction on the CV campus, the 2017 camp will be held at Upper St. Clair High School.

Boys and Girls shooting camps will be held at the Chartiers Valley Primary School, which is located across the street from the Chartiers Valley High School complex, 125 Thoms Run Road, Bridgeville, PA 15017

The Pittsburgh Basketball Club highly recommends these camps for improvement in your son or daughter’s game and for the amount of individual instruction the children receive during camp.

Below find brochures for his Boys Individual and Shooting camps as well as his Girls Shooting Camps. These camps annually sell out and we recommend early enrollment.

Boys Camp 2017

Boys Shooting Camp 2017

Girls Shooting Camp 

RJ Bell of Canon McMillan’s put back with .02 seconds left was the difference as the PBC defeated Ozanam 159-158 in the 2nd annual PBC-OZ Showcase.

An amazing showcase of skills was on display for both teams. Josh Creach of Beaver Falls was MVP of the PBC team with 27 points and some gym rattling dunks. Prince Oduro of First Love Academy was MVP of the Ozanam team with 30 points.

Congratulations to Mark Shehady of Hampton for winning the 2017 3 point shooting contest and to Robert Crute of Aliquippa for winning the Slam dunk contest.

Thank you to all of the participants of the annual Showcase event  and we are looking forward to the 2018 event!

The Scoring Factory, under the leadership of Coach Pete Strobl, will be hosting Youth Academies throughout Western PA in the spring of 2017.

With an emphasis on skill development, this is a great program for the aspiring basketball player. Coach Strobl is one of the nations leading skills development coaches and assists many area college players improve there game.

Any questions, please contact the Scoring Factory directly for enrollment information.

SCORING FACTORY 2017

The 2017 PBC Pro Am Summer League will return in July 2017!

This years league will again feature many of the area’s top Division I players as well as select Division II players as well as players with Western PA roots who play professionally overseas returning home to make our collegiate summer league amongst the best in the nation.

More information coming soon. Tentative tip- July 6, 2017.

The 24th  annual 2017 PBC Summer Invitational is scheduled to begin in early June 2017 in several sites with the event being headquartered at Moon High School as well as the Montour Athletic Center. The tourney will be followed by the 2017 PBC Summer League Championships. The tournament are fully insured per PIAA rules and regulations for off season programming.

Sites will also be held at Ambridge High School, Baldwin High School and Central Catholic High School.

The PBC will also hold Summer Leagues for JV and Freshman teams. These leagues will culminate with championship games at the PBC Summer league Championships.

The Varsity League application is below. Please have these submitted May 20, 2017

2017 Summer App