Welcome to the home of the EBA! 

While basketball season may still be a few months away, we have been busy this off-season.  The big news is that the Edina Basketball Association is now the single source for winter basketball in Edina for all boys and girls. On June 30, 2007, the Edina Girls Basketball Association and the Edina Basketball Association officially merged together. 

The merger was the culmination of months of work on both sides to provide the best of all our collective programs to all the boys and girls in Edina.  In addition to streamlining information-sharing, scheduling, and registration for parents, the combination of the EGBA and the EBA will formally consolidate and coordinate the best practices, policies and talents of both associations.  This will  provide improved access to programs, coaching, and facilities for boys and girls in the Pee Wee, Development League, House League and Traveling programs you have come to know over the years. 

As part of the new EBA, we will be blending the content of several of the existing non-travel boys and girls programs in 2007/2008.  This season, first and second graders will participate in the Pee Wee program.  The Pee Wee program will include over 25 hours of activities from November through February.  The Pee Wee program is focused on fun and learning basketball basics through weekend programs, weekday practices and scheduled games after the holiday break. 

Similarly, the Development League program will run from November through February and provide third and fourth grade participants the opportunity to enhance their basketball skills with more advanced coaching and additional game playing opportunities after the holidays.  Although very similar in structure and content, the Pee Wee and Developmental League programs will still maintain separate gender-specific events for the boys and girls who participate.

At 5th grade, both the boys and girls will have the option of competing for a position on one of Edina’s Travel program teams or participating in the EBA House League program.  As in past years, the boys House League will include weekly practices and intra-league play in Edina, with teams made up of boys from Edina in 5th through 12th grades.  New this year, the EBA House League for girls grades 5-8 will include weekly practices and participate in an inter-community league program with teams from Minnetonka, Wayzata and potentially other communities in the west metro area.  All Pee Wee, Development League and House League programs are described in detail elsewhere on this website, and while similar, will be designed separately for each age group of girls and boys, respectively, based upon participation levels. 

The Travel programs, already very similar for boys and girls, will, in all material aspects, remain unchanged for 2007/2008.  We encourage each and every one of you to go to the appropriate section of this website if you have specific questions regarding your child’s particular program.

Those of us on the EBA board are excited about the changes resulting from the creation of the new EBA and sincerely believe it will provide the best of all possible opportunities to serve each and every basketball player in Edina.  Being realists, we also recognize that with any transition like this there are bound to be minor bumps.  We ask you patience and support as we work through all the details. We look forward to a great future together and great Edina basketball in the years ahead.

Go Hornets!