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WHO'S Got Game Tournament organizers Milt Williams (left) and Michael
Hamilton are bringing high-calibre men's action to the Capilano College
Sportsplex this weekend. The three-day tournament is a showcase for some of
the best semi-pro and collegiate players in North America.

High-calibre cagers

By Andrew Mccredie
Sports Editor

BIGTIME basketball
usually takes a hiatus in
the summer, save NBA
summer league play, but
this weekend at
Capilano College there'll
be a whole lot of jammin' goin' on.
The Who's Got Game
Tournament features 13 teams
stocked with some of the best
men players in North America,
including former NBA players,
current Continental Basketball
Association and past NCM
stars. Familiar names like Sam
Cassel, George Ackles, Peter
Garacci and Burt Harris will be
strutting their stuff in pursuit of
the $6,000 winning-team prize
money.
"At this level it's fun, but it

Men's tourney a talent showcase

stays real because these guys
just love to compete," said
Hamilton, a former player with
the Cap College Blues and current NBA TV show producer.
And while most of the teams
are comprised of American
players there is Canadian content in the form of the
Saskatchewan Hoop Dreams
and some local players.
For Williams,
getting
Vancouver-area players is an
integral part of the tourney's
appeal. Many of the guys who
play Canadian university ball
don't really know how they
stack up against their contemporaries south of the border.
Once they graduate there aren't
many options to continue playing, so Williams sees the Who's
Got Game Tournament as a
benchmark for local players.
Last year's was the first tour-

manent, held at the Grizzlies'
Training Centre in Richmond,
but according to Williams, the
Sportsplex space will give the
boys more room to do their
thing.
"The average frontline
height on last year's winning
team was probably 6'6", so
with this more open space we're
expecting the games to open up
over last year."
The double elimination
modified tournament tips off
Friday night at 6 p.m. and continues all day Saturday and
Sunday. The final is set for
Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is $5, $3 for students and $2 for kids. And for
the adults in the crowd, a beer
garden will be set up just outside the Sportsplex doors.
Who said basketball isn't a
summer game?