MAC Team to Participate in USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- USA Men's Basketball announced the rosters for the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s 3x3 National Championship today, which will be held May 3-4 in Las Vegas.
Larry Austin Jr. (Central Michigan/Springfield, Ill.), Tayler Persons (Ball State /Kokomo, Ind.), Jaelan Sanford (Toledo/Evansville, Ind.), and Jaylin Walker (Kent State/Inkster, Mich.), will represent the Mid-American Conference to compete for a 3x3 National Championship.
In addition to the lure of a National Championship, the event also will serve as the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s 3x3 National Team trials, as all eligible athletes will be in consideration for selection to the 2019 USA Men’s 3x3 World Cup and 2019 USA Men’s 2019 U.S. Pan American Games 3x3 Basketball teams.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held for the first time outdoors at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, located in the heart of downtown Las Vegas. The USA 3x3 Nationals will tip-off with preliminary games from 3-10:30 p.m. (all times listed are local, PDT) on Friday, May 3.
The preliminary round will continue from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on May 4, and, after teams are seeded based on preliminary records, the knockout round will begin Saturday at 5:40 p.m. The men’s championship game, which will be streamed live online at usab.com/live, is set to tip at 10:20 p.m.
