3X3U National Championship Website
Chicago, IL – Manhattan's
Rich Williams (Brooklyn, NY / Vermont Academy (VT)) and
Zane Waterman (Winston-Salem, NC / Fayetteville Academy) will participate in the inaugural Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship. This ground-breaking new event will pit 32 four-man teams consisting of players from every Division I college basketball conference against each other in a three day, 3-on-3 tournament.
These teams, comprised of seniors who have exhausted their collegiate eligibility, will compete for a $100,000 prize pool viewable live on Twitter and ESPN2 from Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 1, 2018 at St. Mary's University's Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio. Williams and Waterman are two of four players (Jermaine Crumpton-Canisius & Tyler Nelson-Fairfield) selected from the MAAC.
Williams averaged a team-leading 14.6 points, (9th MAAC), 4.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists (15th MAAC) per game en route to earning Second Team All-MAAC honors. He also paced Manhattan with 23 double-digit scoring performances and nine 20-point games with a pair of double-doubles.
Waterman averaged 11.9 points (19th MAAC), 6.6 rebounds (8th MAAC) and 1.1 assists per game en route to earning Third Team All-MAAC honors. He also registered 17 double-digit scoring performances, highlighted by a pair of 20-plus point games, and three double-doubles.
The Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship will begin on Friday, March 30 with 24 pool play games streamed live on Twitter from 7:00 pm-12:30 am and will continue on Saturday, March 31 with another 24 pool play games streamed live on Twitter from 11:00 am-3:30 pm. The event will conclude on Sunday, April 1 with the quarterfinals broadcast live on Twitter from 1:35 pm-3:00 pm, and the semifinals, third-place game and championship game broadcast live on ESPN2 from 3:30 pm-5:30 pm.
"We are so excited to host these 128 players at this one-of-a-kind event," said Drew Russell, Intersport's Vice President of Sports Properties. "For fans, this will be an opportunity to see the nation's top seniors compete in the rapidly growing and faced-paced nature of 3-on-3 basketball. For players, it will be one last opportunity to showcase their skills on a national stage and give them the chance to earn a significant sum of money. It will also expose them to the 3-on-3 format which may lead to new opportunities as they take the next step in their professional careers."
Every game of the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship matters as money will be on the line at all times throughout the competition. Participants will compete for a $100,000 prize pool that will be distributed as follows:
- Each pool play win will earn the team $1,000.
- A quarterfinal win will earn the team $1,000.
- A semifinal win will earn the team $1,000.
- The team that wins the third-place game will earn $1,000.
- The team that wins the championship will earn $50,000.
Each team roster will be comprised of four eligible seniors from the same Division I college basketball conference. Teams will be organized into eight pools of four and each team will be guaranteed three pool play games. The Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship
Player Selection Committee consists of college basketball experts from a wide range of media outlets including ESPN, CBS Sports, The Athletic, USA Today, NBC Sports, The Ringer, and more. The Committee worked feverishly throughout the season to determine the nation's top senior college basketball players who have been selected to compete.
Tickets for the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship are on sale now and start at just $15 with multi-day and group packages available.
For more information on the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship, including buying tickets, event updates, details and rules, please follow us on Twitter,
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