FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Tyler Nelson was chosen for the inaugural Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship which will take place Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 1, 2018 at St. Mary's University's Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio. Nelson was one of 132 players selected for the tournament and one of four players selected from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The players were selected by college basketball experts from a variety of media outlets including USA Today, NBC Sports, CBS Sports, and ESPN.
The event was created by Intersport and will include 32 four-man teams from every Division I college basketball conference which will compete in a 3-on-3 tournament. The 132 participants will include seniors who have exhausted their collegiate eligibility who compete for a $100,000 prize pool.
The Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship will begin on Friday, March 30 with 24 pool-play games streamed live on Twitter from 7 p.m.-12:30 a.m. EST and will continue on Saturday, March 31 with another 24 pool-play games streamed live on Twitter from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. EST. The event will conclude on Sunday, April 1, with the quarterfinals broadcast live on Twitter from 1:35-3 p.m. EST, and the semifinals, third-place game and championship game broadcast live on ESPN2 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. EST.
Nelson leaves the Fairfield University men's basketball program after becoming the school's all-time leader for scoring and three-point field goals made as well as setting the single-season scoring and three-point field goals made records. The guard finished his career with 2,172 points with nearly half of his scoring coming from behind the three-point line. He posted a school-standard 104 three pointers in 2017-18 which raised his record-setting total to 315 over his four-year career. Nelson ended his senior campaign with 732 points, becoming the first Fairfield University basketball student-athlete to record more than 700 points in a season.
Nelson, who was selected the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year, collected All-MAAC first team honors for the second straight season when the conference announced its annual postseason honors earlier in March. He also earned his second straight appearance on the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District team. Nelson was instrumental in the Stags' run to the MAAC Tournament championship game and ended up receiving All-Tournament accolades for his efforts.
For more information or to purchase tickets on the Dos Equis 3x3U National Championship, please visit www.3X3UHoops.com. Fans can also follow the tournament on Twitter (@3X3UHoops).
