Team Illinois upgrading AAU imageRandy Sharer
” says managerDoc Claussen, who also points to socks, pregame warmups, backpacks, travel gear, team bags, dry erase boards and Wilson Evolution basketballs, which is the official basketball for high schools in both Indiana and Illinois.
“We all sat at the same lunch table,” he says, “so we had a very tight community group that understood we were different in that space. I think we learned to protect that identity a little bit and celebrate it and have each other’s back.” And when he played AAU basketball wi...