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Tuesday May 7, 2024
Negaunee's NIT Tournament Won't Be Held In 2015

NEGAUNEE---The Negaunee Invitational Basketball Tournament has been held every spring for the past 50 years. But officials announced on Wednesday that there will be no NIT Tournament in 2015.

The main reason: not enough volunteers to help out with that monthlong event.

“We’ve had a great 50-year run, and it’s bittersweet,” tournament director John Basolo said in a statement. “The committee thanks the volunteers, players and fans who made this a successful event throughout the years.”

The organization "Negaunee Basketball, Inc." has put on the Negaunee Invitational Basketball Tournament at Lakeview Memorial Gymnasium with a core group of less than ten people for decades. More than 100 teams from the local area and the Midwest participated in the tournament each year.

“Our volunteers are wonderful and dedicated, but the reality is that we’re small in numbers and just not able to put on that quality of an event anymore,” Basolo said. “We’re tired, and rather than see the quality of the event decline, we’ve decided to go out on a high note.”

Over the years, the tournament has raised money and given it back to the community, including thousands of dollars to the Negaunee school systems and other school-related causes and scholarships each year.

Negaunee Basketball, Inc. announced it will be disbanding, effective immediately, and has already dispersed any remaining funds into community organizations and scholarships.