The 2008 Nike Hoop Summit tips off in Oregon on April 12, 2008

The most competitive of the all-star games, the Nike Hoops Summit, will take place in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday April 12, 2008! Technically it doesn't count as an all-star game, because it falls under the umbrella of FIBA and USA Basketball, but it is an all-star game :)

Information directly from the source, at the Nike Hoops Summit website, along with the official USA Basketball mini-site for the game. This is a USA Basketball event, which is why the high school players are allowed to play in this game, along with two other all-star games. The NCAA allows players to only play in two all-star games if they want to retain their NCAA eligibility. But since the Summit is a USA Basketball event, it does not count against the two game limit.

Scout's Tracy Pierson notes that the roster is dominated by four UCLA Bruins. Considering the game will be played in Portland, Oregon this year, the west coast bias is justified :) As you may recall, the previous Nike Hoop Summit games were played at the Fed-Ex Forum, in CalipariVille, Memphis, Tennessee :)

The rosters you ask? Here are the rosters. And if you want to check out the players games the PrimeTimePdx site has assembled videos for each one of the players.

As we mentioned above this team will have a distinct UCLA flavor, considering this is a 10-man roster. Yes, 40% of the team is UCLA Bruins. Why didn't they get Ben Howland to coach them? :) The roster selection is also quite interesting in that some players picked here are not picked by the McDonalds All American game, which features a roster of 24, and it is usually a superset of the Nike roster.

The international roster of the world team has not yet been announced (or we haven't found it). Typically the international roster has players that find their way in the NBA Draft eventually, and also a couple of players that will play college ball in the USA and are currently playing high-school hoops in the USA.

Tip-off is at 1pm pacific on April 12, 2008 and the game will be carried live on FSN and Fox College Sports. If you miss it, it will probably repeat about half a dozen times on Fox College Sports and select regional FSNs.

More on this game at Oregon Sports. A history of the Nike Hoops Summit event can be found at InsideHoops.com.