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The tournament started in 1897 and met incredible success until the late 50s. There a few occasion that college players rejected NBA careers opting to play in the AAU. Bill Reigel Reigel who went on to choose the
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is an amateur basketball league that was created in 1897. It hosts the annual AAU National
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managing to earn AAU All-American honors four times. Another great college player who chose AAU over NBA was legendary Bob
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