Robins to host Air Force basketball team tryouts Published July 23, 2010 By Wayne Crenshaw 78 ABW/PA ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The Air Force men's basketball team's quest for a fifth consecutive Armed Forces Tournament title starts Monday at the Robins Fitness Center. Airmen from around the world will be here to try to make the team, which will compete against teams from the Army, Navy and Marines in August. This is the second year in a row the tryout camp is here, and once again the coaching staff is made up of Team Robins members. The Air Force team won an unprecedented fourth consecutive title last year, so head coach John Bailey, a civilian employee at Robins, called this year's quest "The Drive for Five." Bailey acknowledged the odds may be stacked against the team this year. "It's going to be very difficult," he said. "The other services are getting a little dissatisfied with us finishing first." Other Team Robins members on the staff include assistant coach Jeff McClain and project officer Eddie Goad. Staff Sgt. Miguel Stewart of the 78th Security Forces is the only Team Robins member trying out for the squad. Seven members of last year's championship team are among the 26 who will try out. Practices will be in the main gym of the fitness center from 7 to 9:30 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m. From Monday to Wednesday, scrimmages will be each day at 6 p.m. Bailey said he expects the scrimmages to be highly competitive as those will be key in determining the 12 players to make the team. Everyone is invited to attend both the practices and the scrimmages. A highlight of last year's camp was a well-attended exhibition game played against the Army team, which held its tryout camp at Fort Benning. That won't happen this year as none of the other teams are holding tryouts nearby. However, Bailey said a scrimmage will be with the Mercer Bears team; a date has not been set.