I believe it starts June 18th.I have not paid attention due to travel demands and graduations. Haven't heard a word about the league this year. Is on or has it fallen by the wayside?
Your time has come. Step up!They need warm bodies to not play defense and get dunked on? Hell I can do that.
I could see the PTL going away in the near future. The quality of play seems to deteriorate more each year and now they're having trouble finding enough players.
The first summer I covered it in 1998, guys like Lohaus, Earl and other ex-Hawkeyes were in it. That's not the case much anymore with the exceptions of Matt Gatens, who played off and on when he was back from Europe. He's probably done now that he's coaching. I remember Reggie Evans coming back and playing the year after he finished at Iowa.
They can. Uthoff played in it the summer before his senior year and the kid from Mt. Vernon that is walking on this year played last summer. I Do agree that more former Hawkeyes would help but not many of them are still in the area from recent teams. Jarryd Cole played for a couple years after he graduated too.Are high school players allowed to play in the PTL?
I thought I saw somebody post that Locure from North was playing in the Capital City League. Made me wonder about the PTL and if not, there may be an opportunity to get some of the top high school guys to play against some of the local college talent.
High school players only play during June, 2, maybe three games. Then, they head out for the July evaluation period on the AAU circuit. A lot of them take campus visits during June or are attending camps, like Patrick McCaffery, who is at the NBA camp this week.
Pretty sure this would not be allowed under NCAA rules. Geographical restrictions.Does the PTL need to look at merging with the CCL? Maybe have games played in both North Liberty and Des Moines? I'm just thinking out loud here and really don't know the answer.
GO HAWKS!!!
They can. Uthoff played in it the summer before his senior year and the kid from Mt. Vernon that is walking on this year played last summer. I Do agree that more former Hawkeyes would help but not many of them are still in the area from recent teams. Jarryd Cole played for a couple years after he graduated too.