Welcome to the 2025 Vertical Hoops Winter Championships at Mohegan Sun! We are very excited to have over 300 teams coming from multiple different states. Please see below for all the information you need to navigate through the weekend.

Foxwoods Information

Location: Rainmaker Expo Center

Parking : Rainmaker Garage

Reminder we are running a free shuttle betwen Mohegan Sun & Foxwoods. See below.

Shuttle Information

We will be running a shuttle all day on Saturday between Foxwoods and Mohegan. The shuttle will pick up at the Winter Garage Bus Stop at Mohegan and Drop/Pickup at the Pequot Towers at Foxwoods. The 24 passenger bus will make it’s first trip at 6:45am Saturday morning and it’s last trip at 9:30pm. There will be a sticker on the bus to identify it is Vertical Hoops. Riders will need wristbands to ride. (First two rides not required)

TEAM & PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS AVAILABLE!!!!

Click Here to Register and Order Team and/or individual player highlights. This is a brand new feature offered by Sportvisio for Vertical Hoops utilizing AI and high quality cameras to provide teams, players, and parents with highlights from the weekend. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Friday Night Basketball Village Presented by Dr. Dish

Doors will open at 5:00pm and close at 10pm. Wristbands are required to enter and are good for the entire weekend. Players in uniform will enter for free (just top is fine) All of the sponsor activities are open to adults and kids.

Skill Challenge on Court 1 Presented by V2 Training App
3 point contest on Court 2 Presented by Dr. Dish
1/2 Court shot on Court 3 Presented by Locked In! Basketball.
Court 5 Player Media Shoots ($). Purchase a media package, team photo, or graphic.
CT Sun activity on court 6.
VH16 All-Star Games on Courts 7 & 8
Basketball Clinics ($) on Courts 9-14. Click here to register

The Vertical Hoops app can be downloaded in both app stores. The app will provide you with your team’s schedule, standings, bracket information, locations, and updates throughout the weekend. We suggest that all of your parents and coaches download the Vertical Hoops app prior to the weekend.
IMPORTANT. In the app when you click on your team’s schedule you will only see the games currently scheduled, not the “bracket games”. These games will populate on your team’s schedule once standings are finalized in your pool of teams. Please remember everyone plays a minimum of 3 games so if you only see two games on your schedule you know at least one more game will be added once places are established on the app. If you want to gauge possible times of upcoming games use the “bracket” button in the app under your team’s division to see times of bracket games.
Once the schedule is finalized no changes will be made for Sunday games. This is a strict rule made to avoid unseen changes that could negatively impact other teams and result in forfeits.
Home Team Listed on bottom of schedule. Home Team should wear white uniform.
Basketball Size 7 grades 7 & 8. Size six for younger grades.
Team attendance is required for all games, including Sunday “consolation” games. Failure to show up will result in your team or possibly your town being banned from next year’s event. We want to ensure that every team plays the maximum amount of games possible. If it is completely unavoidable please let us know well ahead of time that your team cannot play so we can attempt to find a team for your opponent to play. Teams will not receive a refund if their opponent does not show up.
The Coach’s Check-In will be located in the front lobby before the admissions table. Teams are limited to two coaches per team for free entry. All coaches will receive a lanyard and a wristband. The lanyard will give you sideline (Bench) access, the wristband will get you into the event. Once two coaches have signed in for your team no other coach for that team will gain free entry or a lanyard. Head coaches will receive a gift from Vertical at the door. We will offer coach check-ins Friday night. We will have a Coach Check-In at Foxwoods as well.
Admissions to the event (entire weekend including Friday) is $45 for adults, $30 for seniors and kids over the age of 10. Wristbands must be worn to gain entry into the event. (In person purchase only, Credit Cards & Cash)
If you are not staying at Mohegan Sun the Winter garage is the best option for parking as it is very close the convention center, where the courts are located. We will run a shuttle bus for players and parents all day Saturday between Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods beginning at 7am.
Vertical Customs will be onsite offering custom Fall Championship apparel throughout the weekend right outside the front entrance.
Please remind your coaches and parents that poor language, abusive behavior towards officials, or Vertical Hoops staff will result in removal from the event without a refund. All of our referees are board certified high school and college officials. They are assigned by NEOS, who will have a table setup for anyone interested in training to become an official in the future.
We will have athletic trainers available throughout the weekend. They are there to treat any injuries that may occur, but are not there to provide pregame taping for athletes. The trainer table will be located about half way down the convention center on the left side of the facility against the wall. Foxwoods will also have a trainer on site.
During the event your two contacts will be Karim 203-809-4770 and Sekouba 475-467-0964. Jason will not be your contact during the weekend.
Game Rules Click Here