Who Are They?

First Team Basketball Hoops Inc. was founded in the mid 90’s as a maker of quality institutional grade basketball systems. They have since expanded into the fields of soccer and volleyball equipment. Currently, they are one of the only remaining basketball goal manufacturers who produce all of their systems in the USA.

What Kind of Hoops Do They Make?

First Team Basketball Hoops produces a very extensive selection of high grade and institutional basketball systems. They can be commonly found in high school gyms, public parks, and anywhere else you would need a good quality and durable basketball hoop.

Price Range

First Team only produces the finest hoops, so they run on the higher side in terms of price. The cheapest First Team basketball goals run in the seven hundred dollar range. The most expensive first team basketball systems are typically professional quality portable systems that can cost over six thousand dollars. However, you can easily get an in ground system worthy of an NBA player’s personal outdoor court for about twenty five hundred dollars.

What’s Good About Them?

First team basketball hoops are known for their incredible durability. They are so carefully engineered and tough, in fact, that they offer some of the only basketball system warranties that cover damage caused by dunking.

The sheer selection of high grade hoops is also unmatched. No matter what backboard material, whether you want an in ground, portable, or wall mounted unit, first team should be someone to examine if you have a big enough budget.

They even have a few quirky, off beat hoops such as relatively affordable fixed height hoops, which are great if you just expect to always play with the hoop at the regulation height.

What’s Bad About Them?

The only real drawback of First Team basketball hoops is that they don’t produce any basketball goals for the casual player who has a small budget for their system. If you are hoping to spend less than seven hundred dollars for your system, you would probably be better off purchasing one of the Lifetime or Spalding units. Besides that, the installation of some of their indoor wall mounted units can be somewhat complicated and time consuming.

Hoop Highlights

The sheer number of hoops that First Team produces is staggering, but one of the major standouts is the First Team Titan Supreme In-Ground Basketball Hoop with 72 Inch Acrylic Backboard. The only difference between the backboard on this unit and pro quality backboard is that this system uses acrylic instead of glass. Nonetheless, it comes with a lifetime warranty that covers dunking and is one of the best hoops you can buy for under two thousand dollars.

If you are hoping to purchase a very high quality wall mounted unit, take a look at the First Team RoofMaster Nitro Roof and Wall Mount Basketball Hoop with 60 Inch Glass Backboard. It offers an extremely responsive rebound thanks to the tempered glass and a generous thirty eight inch extension from the wall the backboard.

First Team even makes are few mid range basketball hoops designed to compete with Mammoth and Goalrilla: the powerhouse 560, the Powerful 660, and the Powerhouse 672. They aren’t as popular as either Mammoth or Goalrilla, but they are actually able to adjust down to seven feet whereas the lowest that that either Mammoth or Goalrilla can adjust is seven and a half feet.