The Basketball Tournament (catchy name, ain’t it) is an annual 64-team, winner-take-all event where the champs take home $2 million. NC State has some alums participating this year: Sam Hunt and Abdul-Malik Abu are teammates on Team CP3, which advanced to the round of 32 with a three-point win on Friday.
Team CP3 is headed by coach/GM Chris Paul and has a lot of ACC flavor to it: Hunt and Abu, plus PJ Hairston, Kennedy Meeks’ forehead, Reggie Johnson, and Aaron Rountree. If they win the tournament, the players will take home shares of at least $100,000.