• We are asking all families to respect a 24 hour “cooling off” period and are asking all families to abide by the following:

  • No emails, texts, phone calls, or in-person comments to MBA Board Members regarding teams or roster choices for 24 hours

  • Once 24 hours have passed, please direct any questions regarding tryouts or rosters to Board Presidents, Andy Chilson or Molly Bethke, via email. They can be reached at chilly53@hotmail.com or mbethke@alliant-inc.com 

    • MBA is unable to share the following details regarding tryouts:

      • Player’s specific scores

      • Player’s specific stack rankings

      • Number of players at each level

    • Via an email request, MBA can provide the following information about your player’s tryout

      • Player approximate ranking (top third, middle third, bottom third) for each evaluated category

      • This is provided to help guide any extra work your player may want to focus on during the next year.

      • If evaluators left any comments or observations during the tryout regarding your player, those can be shared

• MBA strives to roster as many travel teams as are supported by the tryout numbers.

• Please remember that players go through many changes over the course of a year. Each year we see players move up, move down, join our community or stop playing basketball. Each move has an impact throughout an age level. 

• If a team’s coach has yet to be determined, please know MBA is actively working on filling the position.

• Please do not confront MBA Board members regarding team selections in-person, or your player’s eligibility to participate in the upcoming season and future years may be forfeited. 

  • This includes not confronting a board member at a football game, Homecoming Parade, community event, Trick-or-Treating, a hockey game, or at the grocery store (for example). MBA Board members are volunteers. If you wish to discuss the tryout process, or team selection, please send an email to MBA Presidents to begin the conversation in a respectful manner.

For families whose player was selected for a travel team:

• Instructions regarding Dibs for the 2025 - 2026 season will be sent at a later date.

• Teams and coaches will be rostered in SportsEngine within the next few weeks. 

• Tournament weekend dates and some relevant information are posted for both BOYS and GIRLS.

• Practices will begin the week after MEA (Oct 20).  The coach of your team will be in contact with you about practice days and times.

For families whose player did not make a travel team:

• MBA would like to acknowledge how hard this may be for your player and your family. Please know that we take roster decisions seriously and a great deal of time goes into providing an equitable evaluation process. Our process strives to give each player a chance to show what they can do in an equitable setting. 

• Every player that did not make a travel team will be invited to participate in our 2026 In-House leagues. In-House registrations are currently open through Sept 21. We will be in touch about in-house registration shortly.