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Originally Posted by Kevin Selavko

We actually just attached a plywood backboard we made and hoop to the minibot polls and base from 2011 with u bolts.

We ended up doing something very similar-- in fact the same except instead of 2011 bases we used cinder blocks with EMT (mini-bot pole pipe) splicer connectors that were half embedded in concrete set in the blocks. Setup/takedown/transport are all very good. Basket is shorter than three point Rebound Rumble hoop, but most demo audiences don't know that, of course..

We demo'd at Rochester MN FLL tournament yesterday and prior to awards being handed out in the community college theater, we shot baskets on stage and shot balls into the crowd.. (Not for them to keep, but they tried making baskets from where they sat) Also one of our mentors played HORSE against the robot. (Lost HOR to zip) It went over very well.