The four teams each have a chance to make an early-season statement. Here's how they got here and what we've learned.
The championship matchups are set in both the Phil Knight Legacy and Invitational brackets in Portland after two days jam-packed with basketball: Duke vs. Purdue and Iowa State vs. UConn. The two-court setup in the Rose Quarter makes this feel like the most important AAU tournament ever, and for the most part we’ve gotten high-level games to live up to the billing of being one of the season’s highest-profile events.