Great Lakes Takeover

Our 4th Annual Great Lakes Takeover is Saturday, January 31st, 2026 at two locations on 9 Courts: The OAW in New Berlin, WI (4 Courts) and Mequon High School (5 Courts).  During registration you will be given the opportunity to let us know which location you prefer to play at, we will do our best to accomodate! This tournament is open to all teams, school, feeder and travel, we do excpect teams from MN, IA, IL & WI!!

The tournament entry fee is $235 for 3 games and we offer A and B level divisions when possible for 3rd through 8th grade teams, for both for boys teams and girls teams. Registration deadline is 1/25/2026.

We’ve emerged as a premier mid-west tournament provider hosting tournaments from November to July, but our journey started with running just two feeder tournaments 9 years ago in Wisconsin and now we host tournaments just about all year round in Illinois & Wisconsin.

Our tournaments are designed for Coaches by Coaches! Our growth has stemmed from this focus by creating the experience that players, coaches, fans and officials deserve:

• We have rules in place that protect the integrity of the game such as advancing the ball to half court after timeouts and using stop clock the last five minutes of any close games.
• We pay above market for our officials, they also wear customized uniforms with a number on their back so coaches can identify that official when providing feedback via our QR Code survey which is placed on each scorers table. This helps to ensure we’re offering the most consistent officiating possible for you to coach your players.
• We offer a unique MVP platform where the losing coach picks the MVP on the winning team each game.  Then all the Game MVPs are promoted on our social media platforms and we tally these votes so the player on the championship team with the most MVP votes is the Tournament MVP and wins the MVP Trophy.
• Tournament Champions receive custom medals, both Tournament MVP & Tournament Champions are posted on our social media platforms as well.
• We use online ticketing so fans can purchase their tickets in advance and then have little to no wait when they arrive!
• We also pride ourselves on being organized before and during our events, have on time games, most importantly we have an approachable and visible staff.

Just select the Register Now button and complete your registration. You will receive a confirmation email after doing so, as we near tip off we will be reaching out providing additional information relative to this event. In the meantime if you have any questions or need help, just reach out.

Evolve With Us,

Jason Coker | President of Evolution Basketball | 262-358-2761 | jason@evolutionbasketball.org