Alright folks, been getting a ton of folks asking me lately, “Hey, when are the Somerset County hoops games happening next week?” Honestly, I needed to figure this out myself for my nephew’s team. So, this morning, I decided it was time to hunt down the actual schedule for this Somerset County Basketball Tournament thing for 2025. Figured I’d jot down how I actually found it, step by messy step.
First thing, like anyone else, I grabbed my coffee and just typed “Somerset County Basketball Tournament 2025 schedule” straight into Google. Big mistake. Huge. What popped up? A whole bunch of news articles about tournaments happening elsewhere, some general league sites, and stuff about championships from last year or even earlier. Seriously, it was useless. None of them gave me dates or times for Somerset County. Zero. Saw stuff about some village tournaments and prep leagues, but nada on what I specifically needed. Felt like hitting a brick wall. Waste of good coffee time.
Okay, scratch that. Next thought: maybe the official county Parks & Rec folks have it. I mean, who else would be running a county-wide tournament, right? So I start poking around online, trying to find the official Somerset County Parks & Recreation website. Took a couple tries, those government sites can be buried deep sometimes. Finally found the page. Looked promising!
Started clicking around the “Sports” or “Events” sections. Found some basketball stuff, clinics and youth leagues mostly, but no clear tournament schedule. Dead end again. Where the heck are they hiding this? Was starting to get annoyed. Checked the calendar view – nothing. Looked under announcements – zip. For a minute I thought maybe I dreamed up the whole tournament!
Time to get serious. Remembered seeing something about calling the county hotline for info on another page. Found the phone number for the Parks & Rec office. Said screw it, picked up the phone and called. Ring ring… Had to navigate an automated menu, finally got a real person on the line after a bit of hold music (some weirdly cheery folk tune). Explained I was just a local parent trying to find out when and where the Somerset County Basketball Tournament games were happening in 2025.
Bless that lady on the phone. She knew exactly what I was asking about. Turns out, they did have it, but guess what? It wasn’t live on the main calendar yet. She said, “Oh honey, the full printed schedule just landed on my desk yesterday for distribution! We haven’t gotten the web folks to update it online.” So she offered to just read me off the key dates right then and there. Lifesaver.
Here’s what she told me, the main dates straight from the horse’s mouth:
- Opening Games Kick Off: September 22nd
- First Round Playoffs Start: October 3rd
- Semifinal Matchups: October 10th
- And the Big Championship Game Day: October 17th
She couldn’t give me specific times or all the matchups for every single day over the phone – said they were still finalizing gym times across different towns – but she confirmed the tournament runs all the way from Sept 22nd through Oct 17th. That’s the core schedule right there.
Relief! I scribbled those dates down real quick on a sticky note, thanked her like five times, and hung up. Seriously, sometimes you just gotta pick up the dang phone. All that fancy online searching amounted to squat.
So, lesson learned the hard way: If you’re hunting for local tournament schedules and the web isn’t playing nice, skip the frustration and just call the Parks & Rec office directly. They usually have the latest, even if the website feels like it’s stuck in 1998. Got my dates, gonna mark ’em on the family calendar before I forget. Mission accomplished, from coffee confusion to sofa victory! Hope this saves someone else the wild goose chase.