CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Four Patriot League men’s basketball student-athletes have been selected to compete in the first 3x3 National Championship, played between Friday, March 30 and Sunday, April 1 at Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio, Texas. The Tournament will feature teams from all 32 Division I men’s college basketball conferences, made up of seniors who have exhausted their collegiate eligibility.
**SCHEDULE:
The Patriot League has a bye on Friday evening, before beginning Pool 6 play on Saturday vs. the Ivy League at 2:10 p.m. EST. The Patriot League will continue pool play at 3:50 p.m. EST on Saturday, when they take on the Ivy League. The winner of Pool 6 will go on to play the winner of Pool 3 (Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big West, Mid-American) in a Sunday quarterfinal meeting at 2:35 p.m. EST. Pool-play action and the quarterfinal round will all be streamed on Twitter by following @3X3UHoops. The semifinal round and championship game will be televised on ESPN 2 on Sunday afternoon. For more event information
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DATE GAME Time
March 31 Patriot League vs. Ivy League 2:10 p.m. EST
March 31 Patriot League vs. Atlantic 10 3:50 p.m. EST
Bucknell guard Stephen Brown and forward Zach Thomas, Colgate forward Jordan Swopshire and Lehigh guard Kahron Ross will play on the team comprised of Patriot League student-athletes, who recently concluded their collegiate careers, in the three-day tournament.
Thomas, the 2017-18 Patriot League Player of the Year, averaged a League-leading 20.5 points and 9.1 rebounds, while leading Bucknell to its second-consecutive berth in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The two-time first-team all-League selection scored a team-high 27 points in the Bison’s 82-78 loss to No. 3 Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament First-Round.
Brown (15.1 ppg, 4.3 apg) is one of 23 Patriot League men’s basketball student-athletes to earn all-League honors in three seasons, while becoming the first to be named to the League’s all-Defensive team three times. The senior point guard was the 2018 Patriot League Men’s Basketball Championship Most Valuable Player. Brown finished with 20 points, making 4-of-8 attempts from beyond the arc in Bucknell’s season-ending loss to the No. 3 Spartans.
Swopshire, a third-team all-League selection and 2018 all-tournament team member, averaged 12.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game for the Patriot League runner-up Raiders. The senior forward shot 38.1 percent from 3-point range.
Ross became the Patriot League’s career leader in assists (660) during his final campaign at Lehigh, while earning second-team all-League accolades. The senior point guard averaged a career-high 13.2 points to go along with 4.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game to help the Mountain Hawks earn fourth-place in the League.
The 3X3 National Championship will begin on Friday, March 30 with 24 pool play games streamed live on Twitter from 7 p.m.-Midnight EST and will continue on Saturday, March 31 with another 24 pool play games streamed live on Twitter from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. EST. The event will conclude on Sunday, April 1 with the quarterfinals broadcast live on Twitter from 2-3 p.m. EST, and the semifinals, third-place game and championship game broadcast live on ESPN2 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. EST. For more information on the 3x3 National Championship, including purchasing tickets, event updates, details and rules visit
www.3X3UHoops.com or follow @3X3UHoops on Twitter.
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The Patriot League is in its third decade of academic and athletic achievement, continually demonstrating that student-athletes can excel at both academics and athletics without sacrificing high standards. The Patriot League’s athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and graduating student-athletes that are academically representative of their class. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education.