Last season, the Gainesville boys basketball team was at its best at Lanierland, beating Johnson and North Hall to reach the finals, where the talented Red Elephants rolled an East Hall team bound for the second round of the playoffs by 30 points take the title. This season, the 53rd annual Lanierland basketball tournament — which tips off at 10 a.m. today at Gainesville High and features nearly all of the Hall County schools — will be the first chance for the entire Red Elephants team to play together again. The chance will likely come Tuesday as three of Gainesville’s starters were at the Georgia Dome with the Red Elephants football team competing for a state title Friday night.