Men's Basketball | 2/6/2020 9:12:00 AM

Andrews & Howard Named to Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship Midseason Watch List

LORMAN, Miss. – Deshaw Andrews and Maurice Howard are 2 of 10 seniors from the SWAC named to the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship Midseason Watch List.
 
The 2020 event is scheduled for April 3-5 at Atlantic Station in Atlanta. The contest will be held outdoors for the first time.
 
In what is the single-largest gathering of draft-eligible talent in the months leading up to the NBA Draft, the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship features 128 seniors from all 32 Division I conferences vying for one of the biggest purses at any FIBA-sanctioned 3x3 event. Teams will compete for $150,000, with $100,000 going to the tournament champions. The winning team will once again earn an automatic berth to the 2020 USA Basketball 3x3 Open National Championship in May.
 
The Tournament will once again receive non-stop coverage through its broadcast partners Twitter and ESPN. Every second of the 2020 Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship will be available to a national audience beginning with pool play games on Friday and Saturday, April 3-4, and knockout rounds on Sunday, April 5. Twitter will be the exclusive home of pool play games, as well as the Round of 16 and quarterfinal games. ESPN2 will carry the semifinal, consolation and championship contests.
 
Last year, the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship featured nearly 100 All-Conference honorees, 45 first-team selections, eight conference Players of the Year, 11 USBWA All-District performers and nine conference tournament Most Outstanding Players. Among this year's watch list are more than 150 preseason All-Conference honorees and 13 preseason conference players of the year.
 
Each team roster will be comprised of four eligible seniors from the same Division I conference. Teams will be organized 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. Only the teams competing in the tournament final will earn additional prize money, with the champions winning $100,000.
 
In the first-ever 3X3U tournament in 2018, the Braves were represented by A.J. Mosby who helped Team SWAC make a run to the semifinals.
 
SWAC Watch List
Deshaw Andrews, Alcorn
Gerard Andrus, Prairie View A&M
Tyrik Armstrong, Texas Southern
Tobi Ewuosho, Alabama State
Michael Green, Mississippi Valley State
Roland Griffin, Jackson State
Maurice Howard, Alcorn
Devante Jackson, Grambling
Devonte Patterson, Prairie View A&M
Darius Williams, Prairie View A&M
 


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