For the first time ever, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is coming to Western Canada with four Division I basketball teams as part of the Western Slam event.
WATCH: For the first time ever, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is coming to Western Canada with four Division I basketball teams as part of the Western Slam event. Justin Sibbet reports.For the first time ever, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is coming to Western Canada with four Division IThe tournament is not just some globetrotting sideshow — the games have real meaning for the players involved.
“These are regular season games for these teams, high-level games,” said Matt Holmes, a spokesperson for On Ice Entertainment. “These teams badly, badly want to win these games, so it’s going to be full effort. You know, three pointers, dunks, you’re going to see it all from these four teams this weekend, and really encourage fans to get out here to the arena this weekend.”
Four of the top teams in the United States have made the trek to southern Alberta for the first time: UC Irvine, Towson, Kennesaw State and Kent State.“These are four of, right now at this point in the season, the best mid-major teams in the United States coming up here, trying to get some quality games on their schedule that’ll prepare them for the rest of the season, for their conference tournament and, perhaps, improve their resume to maybe make the NCAA tournament in March,” said Holmes.
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