Former SWAC student-athletes selected to 3X3U National Championship roster
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CHICAGO – The rosters for the 2019 Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship have been announced, a field that features nearly 100 All-Conference honorees, including 45 first-team selections, eight conference Players of the Year, eight conference Defensive Players of the Year, 11 USBWA All-District performers, nine conference tournament Most Outstanding Players and a Consensus Second-Team All-American.
Headlining the list are former Southwestern Athletic Conference student-athletes Jeremy Combs (Texas Southern), Gary Blackston (Prairie View A&M), Martaveous McKnight (Arkansas-Pine Bluff), and Sidney Umude (Southern).
Competition at the second annual event will be held Friday-Sunday at Minnesota’s Mall of America. The tournament is comprised of all-star teams of seniors, who have exhausted their collegiate eligibility, representing all 32 Division I conferences.
The teams will compete for a $150,000 prize pool, with the champions taking home $100,000, double the prize money from a year ago. Additionally, the winners will earn the right to compete in the 2019 USA Basketball 3x3 Open National Championship, scheduled for May 3-4 in Las Vegas.
Complete rosters, assigned pools and full schedule can be found above.
Notable participants include Wisconsin All-American Ethan Happ, Minnesota forward Jordan Murphy, all-time NCAA 3-point leader Fletcher Magee of Wofford and USBWA District II Player of the Year Justin Wright-Foreman of Hofstra. Other All-District honorees set to compete include Oklahoma’s Christian James, Drake’s Nick McGlynn, Cornell’s Matt Morgan and Arkansas State’s Ty Cockfield.
“The attention from the inaugural Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship last year has really elevated the anticipation for this year’s event at Mall of America,” said Drew Russell, executive vice president at Intersport, the Chicago-based agency which operates the event.
“We are incredibly excited about the field of players that will be competing in the event and believe the talent that will be on display will create an unforgettable atmosphere for everyone involved. Additionally, we’re confident these players are going to enjoy a one of a kind experience that will help position them for the next steps in their basketball careers.”
All games of the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship will be carried live on Twitter or ESPN2. Pool play will begin at 3 p.m. ET on April 5, with 24 games streamed live exclusively on Twitter. Pool play will continue on April 6 at 9:30 a.m. ET with 24 more games streamed live exclusively on Twitter. Round of 16 and quarterfinal games will be streamed live exclusively on Twitter at 10:30 a.m. ET on April 7, with semifinal, consolation and championship games televised live on ESPN2 later that day at 3 p.m. ET.
Returning to call all the action throughout the tournament will be the voice of FIBA 3x3 basketball, Kyle Montgomery, with Robbie Hummel of ESPN and Tate Frazier and Mark Titus of The Ringer’s One Shining Podcast providing color commentary and sideline coverage.
Teams have been assigned into eight pools of four and each team will be guaranteed three pool play games, earning $1,000 for every victory on Friday and Saturday. The top two teams in each pool will move on to Sunday’s knockout stage, where the stakes skyrocket. The championship team will take home $100,000, while the runners-up will share $2,000 and the third-place team will win an additional $1,000.
Admission to the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship is free and fans are encouraged to be part of the atmosphere all weekend long at Mall of America.
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