To those wondering about when one of Connecticut's best sporting events of the summer -- the Greater Hartford Pro-Am -- will be kicking off ... well, be patient.

The league is slated to start on Saturday, but as of this morning, it's still without a home. The Sports and Sciences Academy, which has hosted the league the past three years, will no longer be available. League organizers are hoping to run the league at Classical Magnet School in Hartford, but issues (including, apparently, security questions) are holding things up. The league doesn't want to run at Bulkeley High or Hartford High, since their gyms have rubber floors.

It's a big mess right now, but hopefully it will be resolved by Saturday. The league annually has the top past, present and future Connecticut basketball players in it, including several UConn players as well as Ryan Gomes, Vin Baker and others.

The good news for UConn basketball fans is that Roscoe Smith, Tyler Olander, Alex Oriakhi, Shabazz Napier and others are hitting the books at study hall this evening.

The bad new for UConn basketball fans (and reporters) who wanted to see some of the new kids play tonight at the Greater Hartford Pro-Am is that … well, those players are hitting the books at study hall this evening.

Oh well.

We’ll wait around for the second game, in which Vin Baker is supposed to be playing for Simoniz All-Stars.

And here’s an interesting tidbit: also on the Simoniz All-Stars roster is Jimmer Fredette, the high-scoring guard from BYU. Fredette is out in Vegas with Kemba Walker and others, playing against the U.S. national team. But supposedly, he intends on showing up at some point this summer to play in the GHPA. Apparently, it’s the closest NCAA-sanctioned league for the Glens Falls, N.Y. native.