The Basketball Tournament is set to get underway on Friday afternoon, and three former Pitt players are expected to take part in the event, with Jamel Artis set to claim a key role on Sideline Cancer for the second straight year and Jared Wilson-Frame set to join Gary McGhee on Team Heartfire.
All three players have plied their trade overseas since moving on from Pitt. Artis spent the bulk of the 2020-21 season with Chorale Roanne Basket in the top-tier pro league in France. Over a span of 26 games, he averaged 11.1 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.