Foot Locker Elite Classic - High Stakes Hoops was a basketball tournament held in Adelaide, South Australia from 6-11 April 2010. There were eight teams in the competition (Coasters, Cyclones, Fleet, Monarchs, Pythons, Rays, Reef, Rush), and players from across the globe participated. There was a total prize pool of over $250,000, with the competition being broadcast on Australia's One HD channel.
The High Stakes Hoops competition was held outside of the normal NBL season, and had a number of rules which were different to NBL and FIBA. These included using jump balls to settle tie-ups with no use of the possession arrow, only allowing one full timeout and one 20-second timeout in each half, and running 48-minute games.
A new concept used throughout the tournament was the 'Game Breaker' play. Twice during each game, the coach could elect to use a 'Game Breaker' play where for the next three minutes of clock time, the team in the 'Game Breaker' phase has each successful 3-point shot counted as 4 points. The team's backboard would be lit in green during this time.
Team rights owners included notable basketball personalities, such as Brett Maher and Lanard Copeland.
The Rays, featuring players such as Adam Gibson, Tony Ronaldson, Peter Crawford and Kevin Lisch, won the inaugural tournament.
The holding company for the event was Elite Classic Basketball.
Foot Locker Elite Classic - High Stakes Hoops (official website)