by HJS on Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:25 pm
This is the primer from ESPN regarding the final 2 teams.
The two-time defending champion and top seed in the South region, Overseas Elite is a juggernaut stocked with international experience. It has never been beaten in TBT play. Guard Kyle Fogg, formerly of Arizona, scored 26 in the Round of 8 win this year and 42 in the semifinals last year. He made the all-tournament team in 2016 along with former St. John's forward D.J. Kennedy. Former Pitt forward DeJuan Blair, Kennedy and DeAndre Kane, who played at Iowa State, all attended Schenley High School in Pittsburgh. Guard Errick McCollum averages 15.5 points this year. His brother, Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum, is an Overseas Elite booster.
The sentimental favorite in Baltimore, Team Challenge ALS, is seeded sixth in the West and won each of its first four games by double digits; two-time Big West player of the year Casper Ware, formerly of Long Beach State, averaged 15.8 points. Other notables include former Mississippi State guard Dee Bost and ex-Nevada center Kevinn Pinkney. Darren Collison of the Sacramento Kings is the coach, and former Boston College forward Sean Marshall assembled this team to raise money for his old college roommate, former BC baseball player Pete Frates. Frates, diagnosed with ALS in 2012 at age 27, helped inspire the Ice Bucket Challenge, which went viral to raise millions in 2014. If Marshall's team wins the title, it will donate $250,000 of its winnings to Frates' medical costs. Count Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan among the boosters of Team Challenge ALS.
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