He hit 3-pointers. Lots of them.
Mathis was one of two players on Thursday night to advance in the Wichita Regional’s 3-point contest that is part of the 64-team, $1 million winner-take-all The Basketball Tournament (TBT).
He competes Aug. 1 as part of the TBT final four on ESPN with seven other players for a chance to win $33,333.
And Mathis hoping he won’t be alone.
He and a roster of fellow former Lobos – The Enchantment – begin their journey toward that same Final Four and beyond in the single-elimination TBT on Saturday night against the Stillwater Stars – a team comprised primarily of Oklahoma State alumni.
This week’s “Jerry Ratcliffe Show” welcomes UVA hoops assistant coach Kyle Getter and John MacKnight, the Co-Medical Director for Sports Medicine at UVA.
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Lobo basketball can’t play ’em all in the Pit, no matter how much they’d like to.
So come November, they’ll be playing at least a pair of non-conference games in their second most common location: Las Vegas, Nevada.
UNM has signed on to be one of four teams in the 2021 Las Vegas Classic basketball tournament Thanksgiving week in the Orleans Hotel & Casino. The other three teams were not announced.
As part of the contract for the event signed earlier this month by UNM and Basketball Promotions & Events LLC, the company that puts on the tournament, the Lobos will pay $30,000 to participate and get two games – Nov. 25 and Nov. 26 – in addition to lodging for the team and travel party.