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Morgan State’s Lagio Grantsaan Selected to Participate in 2022 Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship

Men's Basketball MSU Athletic Communications

Morgan State’s Lagio Grantsaan Selected to Participate in 2022 Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship

BALTIMORE, Md. (March 28, 2022) -- Morgan State's Lagio Grantsaan has been selected to participate in the 2022 Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship, which will take place April 1-3 at the Sugar Mill in New Orleans. All three days of the event will be televised by ESPN2, ESPNU or streamed on Twitter at @3X3UHoops. 

Sixty-four players, who have elected to begin their professional careers, will represent all 32 Division I conferences and compete for their share of $150,000 – one of the largest prize purses at any FIBA 3x3 sanctioned events – by teaming up with other aspiring pro prospects from around the country. Each conference will be paired with another, forming 16 four-man rosters that will be separated into four pools. Grantsaan is one of four players that will be part of the HBC-U Don't Want None Team.
 
Grantsaan, a 6-9 standout forward from Utrecht, The Netherlands, made his mark as one of the top players in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The senior completed the 2021-22 season averaging 10.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and shot 48.2 percent from the field, 65.7 percent from the free throw line, and 27.5 percent from 3-point territory. 
  
He also scored double-figures 17 times, including a season-high 22-point performance in a 95-82 victory against Penn State Allegheny on November 11, 2021. He also finished the season with three double-doubles (points and rebounds).

Grantsaan helped lead Morgan State to a 13-15 overall record and 7-6 mark in MEAC play. The Bears advanced to the MEAC Tournament semifinals game where they fell to Norfolk State, and lost to Youngstown State in The Basketball Classic.
 
Teams will play each squad in their respective pool on April 1 and 2 before all 16 will head to the knockout stage on April 3, with the top two teams from each pool receiving byes to the quarterfinals. The winning team from each pool play game will win $1,000, victories in the first two knockout rounds will net another $1,000, a quarterfinal win is worth $5,000, a semifinal triumph is another $10,000, while the team that takes home the Tournament title will add $50,000 to their winnings.  
 
The paired conferences, and their respective pools, can be found below:
 
 Pool A
 Big East/A-10 (Beast Coast Ballers)
 American/C-USA (American Made)
 Ivy/Patriot (Wicked Smahts)
 America East/MAAC (Metro East Mayhem)		  Pool B
 Big Ten/MAC (#B1GMACtion)
 SEC/SoCon (Dirty South)
 ASUN/Sun Belt (SUNs of Anarchy)
 Summit/OVC (Summit Valley Oop'n)
 Pool C
 Big 12/Southland (Southwest Souljas)
 Horizon/MVC (Horizon Valley Hoopers)
 Big Sky/Big West (Western Sky-Walkers)
 MEAC/SWAC (HBC-U Don't Want None)		  Pool D
 Pac-12/WCC (B-Ball After Dark (B.A.D.) Boys)
 ACC/Big South (Tobacco Road Ryders)
 MWC/WAC (Rocky Mountain Range)
 CAA/NEC (Colonial Con-NEC-tion)
 
This year, the Tournament will once again receive non-stop coverage via Twitter and on ESPN networks. Every second of the 2022 Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship will be available to a national audience beginning with pool play games on Friday and Saturday, April 1-2, and knockout rounds on Sunday, April 3.

Kyle Montgomery, the voice of FIBA 3x3, and Robbie Hummel, current ESPN and Big Ten Network analyst, will be behind the mic calling games all weekend long. Tate Frazier and Mark Titus of the Titus & Tate Podcast will also suit up as the hosts of the Dos Equis Lounge to provide commentary, postgame interviews and more over the three-day experience.
 
Through the first three years of the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship, at least 200 players that have participated in the event have signed professional contracts.
 
For more information on the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship, including event updates, details, rules and more, follow us on Twitter at @3X3UHoops or online at www.3X3UHoops.com.



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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
 
 
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6' 8"
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