FARMVILLE, Va. – It’s been greater than a yr since Longwood followers have been in a position to see Lancer males’s basketball alum and Willett Hall favourite Shabooty Phillips on the hardwood.
Starting this Friday, April 2, they will have an opportunity to watch the previous Lancer fan-favorite in motion once more.
Phillips, who was a key contributor to every of head coach Griff Aldrich’s first two history-making Longwood groups in 2018-19 and 2019-20, will symbolize the Lancers and the Big South Conference in the 2021 Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship event on the Pavilion in Indianapolis on April 2-4.
A product of Houston, Texas, and an All-Big South honorable point out level guard throughout his time as a Lancer, Phillips might be a part of the four-man ACC/Big South group alongside Eric Hamilton (Pitt), TJ Gibbs (Notre Dame) and Brandon Robinson (North Carolina). That quartet makes up a part of discipline of 64 former faculty gamers collaborating in the event who’ve elected to start their skilled basketball careers.
Phillips, who graduated from Longwood in May 2020 with a level in sociology, earned a spot in the event on the energy of a two-year Lancer profession in which he averaged 12.2 factors, 4.3 rebounds and three.5 assists per sport as Longwood’s place to begin guard. After transferring to Longwood as a junior in Aldrich’s first yr, he propelled this system to its first-ever Division I postseason berth when the Lancers earned an invite to the 2019 College Basketball Invitational and superior to the event’s quarterfinal spherical.
As a senior, Phillips captained the squad to a document fourth-place Big South end and 9 Big South wins, which was additionally a program document on the time till the 2020-21 Lancers surpassed that benchmark with a 10-10 league end.
At the 3X3U National Championship, Phillips and his ACC/Big South teammates might be a part of a 16-team discipline representing all 32 Division I conferences and competing for his or her share of $150,000 on the FIBA-sanctioned event. Phillips and teammates are assured at the least eight video games throughout the event, build up to Sunday’s bracket-style championship day.
Phillips’ ACC/Big South squad was assigned to the event’s “Pool B” the place they are going to compete in opposition to seven different groups representing the ASUN/Sun Belt, Big Ten/MAC, Colonial/Northeast, Mountain West/WAC, Pac-12/WCC, SEC/SoCon, and Summit League/Ohio Valley. Following these seven video games, which occur Friday and Saturday, all groups might be seeded primarily based on information and advance to Sunday’s single-elimination battle for the highest prize.
All pool-play video games and Sunday’s knockout rounds will air on Twitter, whereas the semifinals and championship sport will air on ESPN2.
The Tournament has created COVID-19 protocols which are in step with native tips and designed to maximize the well being and security of collaborating gamers. The plan consists of a number of rounds of testing for collaborating gamers, together with bodily distancing suggestions and different well being and security measures that adhere to native rules.
For extra data on the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship, together with occasion updates, particulars, guidelines and extra, observe us on Twitter at @3X3UHoops or on-line at www.3X3UHoops.com.2021 3X3U National Championship
April 2-3, 2021
Indianapolis, Ind. (The Pavilion)
ACC/Big South RosterShabooty Phillips (Longwood)
Eric Hamilton (Pitt)
TJ Gibbs (Notre Dame)
Brandon Robinson (North Carolina)
ACC/Big South Schedule
Friday, April 2
5:50 p.m.: vs. SEC/SoCon
7:10 p.m.: vs. Pac-12/WCC
8:30 p.m. vs. Big Ten/MAC
10:10 p.m.: vs. CAA/NEC
Saturday, April 3
2:00 p.m.: vs. ASUN/Sun Belt
3:20 p.m.: vs. MWC/WAC
4:40 p.m.: vs. Summit/OVC
Sunday, April 4
Matchups decided by outcomes from April 2-3
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