Big Shots Rocky Top Tip Off 17U SLAM All Stars
Notorious Grooms was named MVP as Best Virginia won the 17U SLAM title.
Gatlinburg, TN – Big Shots Rocky Top Tip Off is always one of the best events of the year for Big Shots with annual sell outs and top talent traveling from all over to this destination city . This event on April 6-7 had a great turnout with 130+ teams ranging from over 8+ states. It was an amazing experience for these teams to enjoy their time at one of the USA’s top vacation spots. Rocky Top has hosted some of the nation’s best players & this year had highly talented players as well. All of them battling it out to become Rocky Top Champs. College coaches and national media were in attendance throughout the weekend. Check out the champions and all stars from the division below.
Champions: Best Virigina defeated OTOD Black 69-67 in an absolute thriller for the championship title. Best Virginia took down Team Ambition, Private Snipaz, & Big Shots Elite Tri Cities en route to the title.
MVP: Notorious Grooms
Tournament Leading Scorers:
Points Per Game
V Minus31.0
Jayden Johnson21.5
Elijah Redfurn16.8
gabe erbeck16.7
Ashton Gute16.5
Notorious Grooms16.3
Colin Brown16.0
Kamron Gore16.0
Ryan Holloway16.0
TJ Tipton16.0
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17U SLAM FIRST TEAM ALL STARS
365 Running Rebels 2025 1 Tanner Smith 2025 5'6 PG/SG Summerville high school SC
Best Virginia 21 Amarion Johnson 2025 6'1 pg Morgantown HS WV
Best Virginia 4 Phoenix Sickles 2025 6'5 pf Bridgeport HS WV
Big Shots Elite Tri-Cities 17u 1 Colin Brown 2025 6'1 PG Tennessee High TN
Georgia Warriors 7 Kevin Thomas 2025 6'5'' forward Jane Macon GA
Hoop Dreamz 5 Kameron Brown 2025 6'3 Forward Salem High School VA
Hoop Dreamz 3 Bryce Carver 2025 6' G Salem High School VA
Hoop Dreamz 23 Jayden Johnson 2026 6'0 SG Roanoke Catholic VA
Midwest Braves/DNN 3 Tre'Var Collins 2027 5'8'' Guard Michigan Center High School MI
OTOD 2025 Blue 4 Gary Hyde 2025 5-11 Guard Westside High School FL
OTOD2025 BLACK 7 David Jackson 2025 6'2 G Andrew Jackson FL
OTOD2025 BLACK 0 Jahari Simmons 2025 6 G Andrew Jackson FL
Team Ambition Elite 17U 1 Ryan Holloway 2025 5-10 PG West High School TN
Team Chemistry 17U 4 Ethan Tucker 2024 5'11 PG Creekside High School FL
Team Vision 11 gabe erbeck 2025 6-4 guard asheville christian NC
TN Primetime 2025 (Bray) 1 Kaleb Walker 2024 6-2 CG Powell TN
TN Primetime 2025 (Graham) 24 TJ Tipton 2025 6-4 SF South Doyle TN
West Virginia Crossover 17u 2 Kamron Gore 2024 5.9 Guard Bluefield high WV
West Virginia Crossover 17u 1 Ammar Maxwell 2024 6.4 guarde Shady springs WV
West Virginia Crossover 17u 12 Elijah Redfern 2024 6.1 PG Woodrow Wilson WV
West Virginia Reign Elite SLAM 2025 24 Ashton Gute 2024 5'6'' PG/G Cross lanes christian school WV
Best Virginia 0 Notorious Grooms 2025 6'0 sg Uniontown HS PA
17U SLAM SECOND TEAM ALL STARS
365 Running Rebels 2025 20 V Minus
B Maze Elite Orange 23 Evan Harvey
B Maze Elite Orange 1 Gary Willie
Big Shots Elite Tri-Cities 17u 5 Eli Dickens 2025 6'5 F Johnson County TN
Big Shots Select Tri-Cities 3 Keyton Keene
Georgia Warriors 6 Christian Davis 2024 6-8 C Glynn Academy GA
OTOD 2025 Blue 5 Ty'Reon Bradwell 2025 6-2 Forward Jean Ribault Hish School FL
OTOD2025 BLACK 93 Tay'Vion Lawson 2025 6'4 G Andrew Jackson FL
Shelby Sports Academy 1 Omari Whiteside 2027 5-10 G Shelby NC
Team Ambition Elite 17U 2 Xzavion Gibby 2025 6-0 PG Carter Highschool TN
Team Chemistry 17U 10 Josh Patton 2024 6'0 SG St. Augustine High School FL
Team Vision 33 Jace Loven 2025 6-4 Wing mountian heritage NC
The Private Snipaz 1 Javion Crawford 2025 6-8 PF/C Conway HS SC
TN Primetime 2025 (Graham) 4 Demarcus Johnson 2025 6-1 G Austin East TN
West Virginia Reign Elite SLAM 2025 35 Trevan Bonner 2025 6-0 Guard Tucker County High School WV