Help Us Shape a Great Basketball Season!
As we kick off the 2025-2026 Traveling Basketball Season, we want to ensure that our program reflects the goals and expectations of our families. Your insights are invaluable in helping us design the program, practices, and make improvements that benefit every player.
Please take a few minutes to complete our Pre-Season Basketball Survey. Your feedback will be shared with coaches and the MVBA Board of Directors.
Please select the link below that will take you directly to the survey. We ask that you complete the survey by December 05, 2025.
Thank you for partnering with us to create a positive and rewarding season for our players. Your input truly makes a difference.
MVBA Programs
| Little Mustangs | In-House | Travel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade Level: | 1st - 2nd grade | 3rd - 8th grade | 3rd - 8th grade |
| Season: | November – early February | Late October - mid-February | Late October - early March |
| Games: | This program is designed to introduce basketball to our young players. League play on Saturday mornings or afternoons. | League play on Saturday mornings or afternoons | All games are part of weekend tournaments. Tournaments are a 3 game guarantee and many tournaments have switched to a one-day format. |
| Tournaments: | N/A | Coaches may contact In-House Director to see if there are end-of-season tournaments available to play in. | Teams participate in ~ 10 tournaments per year, including one out-of-town tournament. There is also an opportunity to play in the Grade State tournament at the end of the year. |
| Playing Time: | N/A | Equal playing time | Grades 3-5: equal playing time over the seasonGrade 6: earned playing time based on effort, attitude, practice attendance and participation over the seasonGrades 7-8: earned playing time based on effort, attitude, skills/results, practice attendance and participation |
| Uniforms: | Reversible team jersey | Reversible team jersey | Full uniform to be purchased by player (reversible jersey, shorts and shooting shirt) |
| Coaches: | Parent volunteers | Parent volunteers | Parent volunteers to coach. However, candidates must interview for the position and be selected by MVBA staff. Occasionally, usually in 6th - 8th grade, there will be a hired non-parent coach. |
| Registration: | July - October | July - October | July - September |
| Volunteer Requirements: | None | None | 4 hours per player. You will be charged $200 for not completing your volunteer commitment. |
| Practices: | Once a week at a Mounds View district school. Times vary between 5:30-9 PM. | Once a week at a Mounds View district school. Times vary between 5:30-10 PM (5th - 8th grade may have practices scheduled until 10 PM). | Two or Three a week at a Mounds View district school. Times vary between 5:30-10 PM (5th - 8th grade may have practices scheduled until 10 PM). |
