CT Starters AAU

New England's oldest AAU organization (est. 1988).
"Basketball 24/7"!!!

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

Congrats to our 2027/28 team for winning the 11th Grade/Open division at this weekend's "Basketbull" tournament in Springfield with a 41-37 win in the finals! @BasketBullhoops #ctgb

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

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Congrats to former CT Starters player Clare Fitzpatrick on being named Women's Basketball Coach at Tufts! Clare played at Cornell where she's in the school's Top 10 list for scoring & rebounding and was an asst coach at UMass, Holy Cross & Yale #ctgb

[Kiley Bohn @kileyb_21]

@ctstarters (williams) schedule for the GymRat challenge in Albany this weekend!

[Shea (Sheahan) Gray CT @SheahanGray]

Highlights: Spring 2026 with @ctstarters.

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

Congrats to the following four CT Starters players who were all honored at tonight's 22nd Annual Connecticut AAU Awards Banquet!

(L-R): Alexis Powell and Shea Gray-Dedication Awards, Grace Mik-AAU Scholarship and Abby Spencer-Leadership Award. #ctgb @JPPierson @GametimeCT

[Zero Gravity Tri-State @zg_tristate]

Congratulations to CT Starters - Lewis on winning the 8th Grade Championship🏆❗️

#ZGCTGrandFinale
@ctstarters

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

3/3 And he was born to coach, mixing the best qualities of the people he has coached with to his own philosophies and coaching style.

Great choice by Lyman Hall and we wish success to both LH basketball programs in the exciting years to come! #ctbb #ctgb

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

2/3 As the son of former Starters director (and founder), the late Nick Economopoulos, many of the coaches in our organization have known Jimmy since the day he was born. #ctgb @ctbb

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

1/3 Congrats to former CT Starters coach Jimmy Economopoulos on being named boys coach at his alma mater Lyman Hall HS;he joins his sister Christie Madancy as a varsity basketball coach at LH. He was head coach at Hand HS for 10 yrs, where he won a state title in 2022 #ctbb #ctgb

[Lyman Hall Trojans @LHHSAthletics]

The Lyman Hall Athletic Department is proud to announce the hiring of Jimmy Economopoulos as our new head boys basketball coach. He's a LH graduate & current educator in the Wallingford Public Schools who brings over 10 years of successful coaching in the SCC. Welcome Home Coach!

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

Congrats to former CT Starters coaches Laura Scinto, Chris Lindwall and Bridget Brosnahan (L-R: 1st, 3rd, 5th in back row) for all being inducted into the CT Women's Basketball Hall of Fame!!! Great honor for all 3 and another proud moment for our club. #ctgb

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

Greater New Haven Basketball Hall of Fame featured 4 former CT Starters. Congrats!

1st Row:
Meghan Burke (far right)
Tiffany DeRosa Cofrin (2nd from right)

2nd Row:
Joelle MarkAnthony (3rd from left)

Absent:
Coach Eric DeMarco (currently living in Arizona)
#ctgb @GametimeCT

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

Congrats to our 5 CT Starters players that were named to the 2026 CHSCA All State teams!

(L-R): Hailey Mayo (Coventry HS), Abi Weidman (Mercy HS), Shea Gray (Derby HS), Mia Tartaglia (Barlow HS) and Kelsey LaMay (Rocky Hill HS)

#ctgb @JPPierson @GametimeCT @lrileysports @CTHSCA

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

We got our excuse to rerun this masterpiece 🎨

@UConnMBB

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessWBB]

🤣 Nah, this took us out!

#WFinalFour

[Taylor Snow @taylorcsnow]

Jordan’s Furniture rn

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

Congrats to Kelsey LaMay (Rocky Hill HS) for being named 1st Team All-State by GameTime CT! Also congrats to 4 more of our players who also received recognition:

2nd Team
Hailey Mayo(Coventry HS)
Mia Tartaglia(Barlow HS)
Abi Weidman(Mercy HS)

3rd Team
Shea Gray(Derby HS)
#ctgb

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

Our sport is better than yours #ctgb #ctbb

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

One of the most unbelievable moments you will EVER see. 😱

#MarchMadness

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

Thanks for the kind words @lamaykelsey1

Having players like Kelsey & Mia and coaches like Mike along for the ride make CT Starters AAU basketball so rewarding! @lamaykelsey1 @mtartaglia30 @mikebusillo #ctgb

[Kelsey LaMay @lamaykelsey1]

Great way to end my HS career playing in the nation’s oldest senior all-star game- JCC Classic with some incredible players! Extra special to be playing with @mtartaglia30 and having Coach @mikebusillo on the sideline! Thanks Joe @ctstarters for the years of support!

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

March. Madness. #ctgb

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

DUKE BUZZER-BEATER VS. LSU TO ADVANCE TO THE ELITE EIGHT 🚨

WHAT AN ENDING 😱

[CT Starters AAU @ctstarters]

https://t.co/JWCYmLV1ah Vote for Hailey Mayo for Athlete Of The Week! (I guess you can vote for one of the others, but we'd appreciate it if you didn't lol.) #ctgb #ctbb