The Inaugural Arizona Tip-Off--The Bracketeer
2023 TEAMS Revealed
The Desert Division will feature South Dakota, VMI, Northern Arizona, and Purdue Fort Wayne. These four programs will play in bracketed Semifinal games on November 17th, followed by a 3rd Place and Championship Game on November 18th.
ON-CAMPUS MATCHUPS
November 22nd: Purdue Fort Wayne at San Francisco
DESERT DIVISION PREVIEW
The quartet of South Dakota, VMI, Northern Arizona, and Purdue Fort Wayne will play a four-team bracketed tournament to be played on November 17th and 18th.
PURDUE FORT WAYNE – The most knowledgeable underground scouts that I am fortunate to know are all raving about Rasheed Bello. He was named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (D2) Player of the Year after averaging 17.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 2.5 steals per game at Wisconsin-Parkside. Rumblings are saying a ceiling of becoming an all-Horizon League performer is well within reach. A more decorated D1 transfer is Jalen Jackson (via Illinois-Chicago). Jackson is a Fort Wayne native and really began to peak for UIC last February. HC Jon Coffman has had this Mastadon program close a few times to really break through, this would be as good a year as ever to make that NCAAT appearance happen. The question will once again be on the defensive side of the ball where in the nine seasons under Coffman, the Mastadons have yet to have an Adjusted defensive efficiency rank in the Top 200 in the nation. Regardless, this is an entertaining bucket-getting team, that the masses will enjoy watching in the Arizona Tip-Off.
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