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Aspire Academy: Inside the newest – and most talented – high school basketball team in Louisville

Aspire Academy is the newest high school basketball team in Louisville. Head coach Jeremy Kipness talks about win over Orangeville Prep. Sam Upshaw Jr./Louisville Courier Journal

The clock read 5:59 a.m. when an impatient shout echoed through a sleepy, silent gymnasium at DeSales High School: “Bring it in!”

Aspire Academy’s players were scheduled to start practice at 5:30 a.m. They didn’t all make it.

Coach Jeremy Kipness was not pleased.

“There’s a certain time you’re supposed to be ready, and you’re not ready,” Kipness told players circling on the court.