Team “Nothing Special” turned in a special weekend to capture the 11th Annual Dunn PAL Alumni Basketball Tournament Sunday night.
This year’s tournament began Saturday morning with several pool games between 9 of the original 10 teams. The results from those games are as follows:
Nothing Special defeated Think Smart 65-37
TTG defeated Think Smart 60-50
Dream Team defeated Nothing Special 34-27
Dream Team defeated TTG 54-52
Slept On defeated i-Hoops 73-51
Boog and the Boys defeated Dunn PAL Wildcats 51-50
Redemption defeated i-Hoops 65-43
Slept On defeated Boog and the Boys 74-31
Redemption defeated Dunn PAL Wildcats 66-57
The final game Saturday night and every Sunday game were all bracketed single-elimination match-ups.
Think Smart defeated i-Hoops 79-33
Dunn PAL Wildcats advanced to the quarter-finals due to forfeit by TTG.
Dream Team defeated Dunn PAL Wildcats 78-51
Slept On defeated Think Smart 62-40
Nothing Special defeated Boog and the Boys 54-27
Redemption advanced to semi-finals due to forfeit by TTG.
In the semi-finals, Dream Team defeated Redemption 67-36 while Nothing Special beat Slept On 53-45. Finally, Nothing Special edged by Dream Team 51-49 in the championship game.
Since 2007, the PAL has hosted this yearly tournament to welcome home past students and players from the basketball program, many of whom also played for Triton at some point in high school. The revenue generated from the 2-day event goes into improving the after-school portion of the PAL program.
