"All levels that have been through HoopNation have been top standard," said Berridge. "The loyalty factor there [to come back] is the focus on the players needs."
Returning this year will be the defending Men's Premier champions, Choppers, led by the mercurial Lindsay Tait and tall timber Casey Frank, who were also the core of the Youthtown team that won the 2013 title.
The national squads of the Junior Tall Blacks and the NZ Maori are also back for their second HoopNation, which has provided them with another stage to develop their talent.
NZ Maori will again have a young team steadied by the veteran James Paringatai - part of the Southland Sharks who won this year's NBL title.
Of the Junior Tall Blacks squad who attended last year's event, three of them have now been signed by American Division I colleges.
The most high profile is Tai Wynyard, the 17-year-old who has a non-professional playing agreement with the Breakers and will go to the University of Kentucky in 2016 in his quest to follow Steven Adams' footsteps into the NBA.
Adams' older brothers Sid Adams and Rob Tuilave will play in the tournament - Tuilave will be in the Men's A competition with defending champions OBC, who are looking for a threepeat of titles.
Sid Adams will be in the exciting International Invitational squad.
"Four different counties are going to be represented at this event," said Berridge.
Jun Iwasa, the point guard for the Japanese national team, was a guest player at last year's event and is returning with two friends, one from New York and the other Nigeria, to be in the International line-up.
Berridge said the players were looking to secure spots with one of the local NBL franchises.
Other sides attending will be the NZ Defence Force men's and women's teams, the 2012 Men's Premier champions Rack City, as well as first-timers the Naughty North from Whangarei, including Ray Cameron, an NBL veteran and brother of Tall Blacks legend Pero Cameron.
On the Friday before the start of the Labour Weekend tournament, many of the young players will take part in a talent combine, hosted by the Manukau Institute of Technology.
They will be tested on their attributes from vertical leaping to speed across court, so the hard data can be made available for any professional scouts searching for new talent.
"It saves a coach or a college having to dig around," said Berridge.
As well as the basketball, the Saturday and Sunday night after-parties will again be to the fore at the Stellar bar, including a 1990s theme.
HoopNation will be from October 23-26.
