Boys’ Basketball: Summer 2024 Huskies Shootout
Grades 9 - 12 (JV/Varsity)
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Team registration opens on February 26, 2024 at 8:00 am EST
Email sportscamps@mtu.edu to be added to our list for future announcements, notifications, and reminders.
Camp Overview
This shootout is for boys' team players entering grades 9-12 as of Fall 2024. You know that when it comes to success, it’s all about teamwork. So what are you waiting for? Grab your mates and coach and head to Michigan Tech this summer for an intensive one-day shootout designed especially for teams and held in the SDC Varsity Gym and Multipurpose Room. Michigan Tech’s head basketball coach and other top staff and student-athletes will work directly with you, offering pointers and helping you perfect your game.
Commuter only. On-campus housing and meals not included. Michigan Tech is not responsible for players outside of the Student Development Complex (SDC). Team coaches must supervise their players while at the SDC and will be held accountable for their behavior.
What to Expect
- Plenty of officiated games and team competition!
- Separate divisions for JV and Varsity teams.
- Minimum 4-game guarantee
- Eight (8)-player minimum per team.
Schedule
| 7:30-8:30am | Check-in at the information counter across from the main entrance of the SDC. Coaches must be present at check-in. Shoot-around in Multipurpose Room |
| 8:30-9:00am | Coaches and players meeting - Varsity Gym |
| 9:00am-5:00pm | Games* (Varsity Gym & Multipurpose Room) |
| *Games are approximately 45 minutes in length. Game schedule and details will be made available online and emailed prior to June 15. | |
*Schedule subject to change
Location
Student Development Complex
500 MacInnes Dr, Houghton MI, 49931
SDC Multipurpose Room or SDC Varsity Wood Gym
What to Bring
Please bring individual water bottles, snacks, and athletic apparel/shoes for each participant.
Registration
(Team registration opens February 26, 2024 8:00am EST)
By May 16
Complete and submit Team Registration Form (including list of attending players and coaches) to sportscamps@mtu.edu. Late entries are at the discretion of the coordinator.
By May 30
Submit team fee. $225/team, $175 for each additional team. Pay online (starting February 15) or send a check payable to Michigan Tech to:
- Michigan Tech Recreation, Attn: Paula Lahikainen, 1400 Townsend Drive, Student Development Complex Room 142, Houghton MI 49931
By June 6
Submit Individual Player Forms (may be emailed to sportscamps@mtu.edu). No individual online registration is required.
Refunds
Prior to May 30: Team refunds, less a $50 cancellation fee, will be issued upon receipt of a written notice of cancellation from the coach. Email or fax is acceptable.
After May 30: Team refunds less a $50 cancellation fee will be issued for medical reasons only*. Written notice of cancellation from the coach must be accompanied by a doctor’s certificate. Email or fax is acceptable. *If a team's numbers drop below the required minimum of 8 players due to illness or injury.
No refunds are given when a participant/team is expelled for disciplinary reasons.
In the event that the camp is canceled, team fees only (we do not refund travel expenses) will be refunded in full.
Parking
Visitors may use Lots 22 or 24, located outside the main entrance of the SDC, for parking during camps. There is no overnight parking. Please do not park in the UP Health System and Rehab Servies lot (north end of the SDC).
Questions?
Camp Coordinator: Josh Buettner, 906-487-2594, jjbuettn@mtu.edu
Meet the Coaches
Josh Buettner was named head men's basketball coach on April 16, 2021. Buettner helped the Huskies to the NCAA Midwest Region Championship game in his 1st season as associate head men's basketball coach in 2020-21. The team finished 15-8 overall and 12-6 in the GLIAC North Division. Prior to his promotion to Associate Head Coach, Buettner served 13 seasons as the assistant coach. He has recruited four All-Americans and numerous All-GLIAC First Team selections since his appointment in 2008. The Shawano WI native starred for the Huskies from 2001-05. He was a two-time All-American and earned Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors as both a junior and senior. A 6-9 forward, Buettner finished third on Tech’s all-time scoring chart with 2,061 career points. Following his graduation from Tech in 2005, Buettner played professionally in Europe for three years. He played in leagues in Denmark, Switzerland, and Iceland, and was named the Danish Elite League Player of the Year in his second pro campaign. In addition to his coaching duties, Buettner teaches classes in the Kinesiology and Integrated Physiology department and coordinates all of Michigan Tech's boys' basketball camps, clinics, and leagues as well as the Doghouse 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament.
Zach Flener began his first year as assistant men's basketball coach in 2022-23. He assisted the squad to an upset victory over No. 1 seed Wisconsin Parkside in the GLIAC quarterfinals and Tech reached the Championship game before falling the NMU to end the season.
Prior to the Huskies, Flener served as basketball operations associate with the Lakeland Magic of the NBA G-League in 2021-22. In 2020-21, Flener was a player development coordinator at Lipscomb University. One year prior, he interned with the Dallas Mavericks for one season.
