A fun update for you all: The Basketball Tournament, a winner-take-all, single-elimination basketball tournament played annually each summer, is happening in a couple of weeks and there are a number of Spartans playing in the tournament! This year’s edition will have 24 teams all of whom will be playing for a purse of $1 million. Teams were selected from March 15 through June 15, and there will be five rounds all-told (a play-in round of 16 teams, winners advance to play the top-eight ranked teams in the round of 16). The games will run from July 4 through July 12 in Columbus, Ohio.