College Exposure Camp 2012 

                23rd/24th/25th of march

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What student-athletes (players) should know about the recruiting process in Europe

Since a few years, clubs in Europe also offer the possibility to players to combine basketball and education. Teams are connected to Universities and they also have possibilities to put you into different schools where you can get a good education.

If you are interested, you need to either speak the language of the country you would like to go to or English to enter one of the international schools or Universties. SAT or Toefel is not requested in Europe. All you need is your high school diploma and some schools invite you for a sign up test.

As a young player you should always have a school dregree before you decide to only play basketball. Too many players get hurt and then they end up with nothing in your hand. Once you are hurt, it´s too late to ask the team to help you go to University or get another education.

What student-athletes (players) should know about the recruiting process and college hoops in the USA and Canada

-    The combination of academics and sport is most likely the best in the world.

-    You will need 12 years of high school.

-    You are not the only one being recruited! Stay realistic about your chances.  
      Have alternate plans ready.

-  Different leagues have different rules. The best known league is the NCAA. 
   But there is also NAIA who give scholarships. It´s just another league.
   The education you get there is the same as the NCAA schools. NCAA doesn´t
   say anything about the academic quality of the school, NCAA only speaks for the  
   sports. NCAA and NAIA are 4 year schools, with the opportunity to red-shirt one 
   year, which means not to play one year, just practise and  study. 
   You red-shirt if you are hurt or if you need some more academic grades 
   to qualify.

-  You can also start at a 2 year school. These schools are called Junior College or  
    Community College. After 2 years you can transfer to a 4 year school. You will 
    transfer over the 2 years which you have already done.

-    When you are in your final year of high school, coaches can contact you by mail (unlimited), e-mail (unlimited), messengers -like MSN or Yahoo- (unlimited) and by phone (once a week). They can only speak to you IN PERSON on dates as assigned by the NCAA (the organization over the college sports). They can come and watch you play, but still NOT talk to you on certain occasions.
As long as you are NOT in your final year of high school, coaches can only send you mail the old fashioned way (letters etc).   NCAA rule, doesn´t count for NAIA and 2 year schools.

     NCAA coaches are only allowed to speak with you, your family or coach at certain  times. They are not allowed to stay in the same hotel.

-   You can ALWAYS contact the coaches without ANY limitation.

-   Coaches can not give you any gifts (T-shirts, hats, meals, money, drinks etc.). If you accept these, you are violating NCAA rules and in the worst case, you might not be allowed to play college basketball.
They can give you information on the school, its studies and the team, but NO video tapes on the team.

-   Without passing your high school exam and passing the SAT (and sometimes TOEFL) you will never be allowed to play college basketball.  SAT is necessary in all programms.

-   The Clearinghouse (an NCAA division) will finally decide about your eligibility to play collegiate basketball. Get GREAT grades in high school!!    

-   AFTER you took the SAT, schools are allowed to fly you in on the university´s costs for an ´official visit´. The schools will pay for your flights, the transportation from and back to the airport, housing and food. This visit however may not last longer than 48 hours!
For Europeans this mostly means (example) leave on a Friday morning local time, arrive in the USA Friday afternoon local time, leave Sunday afternoon local time and return back home on Monday morning local time.
You are allowed to visit 5 Universities, NO MORE! Schools are also on a limit

-   You sign a ´letter of intent´ to attend that University. The scholarships are not automatically for 4 years, but will have to be renewed each year. In general however, a school makes the commitment to you for 4 years, as well as that you make a commitment to that school for 4 years.

-   School starts mid-August. Basketball practices start mid-October. In that period you will have daily weight lifting and conditioning sessions (sometimes at 5:30, before classes do start ...) and twice a week for about 45 minutes you can have so called ´individuals´, a practice conducted by a coach in a group of maximum 4 players. Until mid-October there are no team practices allowed! You can always go shoot or work out by yourself, or you can go scrimmage with your team mates, but never under a coach´s supervision.
During the season (so after mid October until your final game) you can have 20 hours of practice per week, including weight lifting etc. This is an NCAA rule and goes for all universities. There will always be 1 NON-basketball day per week!

-   In general a university plays 27 games between November and March. If your school qualifies for a post season tournament, there can be a few more. This number of games is a lot less than in Europe.

-  After your final game, basketball team practices stop. There will be weight lifting and individuals (still, 2 per week).

-  You need to have good grades in school. If your grades are poor, you are not allowed to play.

-   In general coaches want (and need to) win. It is a very competitive and tough environment. Therefore, your individual development will not be the center of focus.

Count on strict rules, curfew, discipline. It is a lot different from Europe.

International registration dates and deadlines

NCAA clearing house webpage:

        Information about the SAT Test.

   What does a transcript look like ?   

   Toefel Test