HOUSTON – Rudi Williams has been selected to participate in the State Farm College Team Skills and 3X3U Championships at the Bayou Music Center in downtown Houston at 6:30 p.m. CT on March 29. The event will air on ESPN2 on April 2 at 9 p.m.
Williams appeared in all 34 games for the Cougars during the 2022-23 season where he averaged 12.8 points, 2.8 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game while shooting 46.3 percent from the field, 31.4 percent from three and 84.3 percent from the free throw line. He scored 20 or more points eight times, including a season-high 28 points against San Francisco, the fifth-most by a reserve in program history.
The 6-foot-2 guard from Hamilton, Ontario is one of three players in program history to score 25-plus off the bench three times in a single season. In his final game at the Marriott Center, Williams went 15-of-16 from the free throw line against USF which is tied for the eighth-most makes from the charity stripe in a single game in program history.
A new event this year, the State Farm College Team Skills & 3X3U Championships will feature a dynamic roster of graduating college seniors competing in a variety of competitions including team shootouts, a skills relay and 3x3 basketball.
Intersport will stage three events during college basketball’s most exciting weekend at the Bayou Music Center in downtown Houston, which it will dub Hoops House, providing ample programming for fans near and far to whet their basketball appetites ahead of the national semifinals and championship contests. Intersport’s complete schedule of events for Hoops House is as follows:
Date | Time | Event | TV Coverage |
March 29 | 6:30 p.m. CT | State Farm College Team Skills & 3X3U Championships | ESPN2 (aired on Sunday, April 2, 9 p.m. CT) |
March 30 | 6:30 p.m. CT | State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships | ESPN2 (LIVE) |
March 31 | 7 p.m. CT | Rocket Mortgage High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships | CBS (aired on Sunday, April 2 at 1 p.m. CT) |
A complete roster of participants in the 2023 State Farm College Team Skills and 3X3U Championships will be released in the days leading up to the event.
To purchase tickets and to find out more information on each event taking place at the Bayou Music Center from March 29-31, please visit www.houstonhoopshouse.com.