The CAA is represented at the 3 on 3 tournament in Minneapolis this weekend. Last year was the first year it was hosted and this season it seems to have more hype to it, probably because they are hosting it inside the Mall of America, so it's a more public affair.
The tournament consists of 4 seniors from every conference in the NCAA competing in a 3v3 tournament for cash money, top prize being $100,000. I was excited when I heard our lineup, because we sent our best 4 seniors in the conference - JWF, Pusica, Cacock, Brantley. Other people have noticed too as I saw a tweet from one of the commentators for the tournament says the CAA are the favorites to win it all.
It got me thinking, we are probably the only conference sending 4 1st-Teamers to this thing, and it's the perfect combinations of players:
JWF - pure scorer
Pusica - playmaker with good shot
Cacock - dominant big man
Brantley - versatile big man
CAA started play with a dominating win against the Summit conference last night. As expected, JWF with a bunch of points and Cacock with a bunch of rebounds. Two more games today including one vs the Big12 in 30 minutes. It's set up like the world cup with 8 groups of 4 teams. The Big Ten and ACC look really impressive so far, but I do like our chances.
Games can be watched on twitter today @3x3UHoops and ESPN2 tomorrow for the knock out rounds. Schedule an team info at:
https://www.3x3uhoops.com/
Edit - I didn't see the other thread about this, a mod can most my post there if they want