As if there wasn't enough basketball to go around, to add to all the nonstop hoops action happening around the globe, Red Bull 3X came to Memphis on Saturday, September 7 as a number of players suited up with their squads to take part in some exciting and competitive 3x3 basketball action.
Hosted at the Kroc Center of Memphis, all participating men's and women's teams at Red Bull 3X Memphis competed for a shot at the $3,000 prize purse along with the opportunity to continue their journey in hopes of qualifying for the 2020 men's and women's 3x3 national teams. As part of the South Region, the Memphis Qualifying event will help weed out the top men and women's teams to be invited to play in the Red Bull USA Basketball Regionals event. Regionals will be held in Atlanta on Saturday, September 21.
Check out a few highlights from today's Red Bull 3x Memphis Event!
Team Just Hoop comes out on top in the Red Bull 3X women's championship game.
Red Bull 3X, a series of qualifying tournaments that offer the chance to be selected for USA Basketball’s men’s and women’s 3X3 national teams. The winning teams at these qualifiers will compete to accumulate enough individual FIBA points with the goal of moving on to the Red Bull USA Basketball 3X Regionals this fall, and then to the Red Bull USA Basketball 3X Nationals in March 2020, which will be used to select the USA men’s and women’s 3x3 national teams.