Courtesy of Benedict Faculty Athletics
PHOENIX – Benedict Faculty senior ahead Tim Moore has been chosen as certainly one of 16 nationwide members within the 2024 State Farm Darkish Horse Dunker competitors.
Intersport, producers of the State Farm Faculty Slam Dunk & 3-Level Championships, introduced particulars for the 2024 State Farm Darkish Horse Dunker competitors, a social media fan voting competitors that includes 16 of the nation’s high under-the-radar gamers from all ranges of school basketball. This four-week competitors will culminate with the winner having the prospect to compete within the King’s Hawaiian Faculty Slam Dunk Championship on April 4 in Phoenix. Followers will decide the winner by voting on the occasion’s Twitter (@CollegeSlam) and Instagram (@College_Slam) channels in a bracket-style competitors. The Twitter voting window for every spherical will run in the course of every spherical and the Instagram voting window for every spherical will run for the ultimate 24 hours every week. First-round voting begins at present at Midday CT and runs by Friday at Midday CT. The athlete with probably the most votes in every matchup will transfer on to the subsequent spherical. The ultimate spherical will happen March 20-24.
The schedule for every voting spherical will go as follows:•Spherical One: March 4 at Midday CT by March 8 at Midday CT (16 Gamers)•Quarterfinals: March 11 at Midday CT by March 15 at Midday CT (8 Gamers)•Semifinals: March 18 at Midday CT by March 22 at Midday CT (4 Gamers)•Finals: March 25 at Midday CT by March 29 at Midday CT (2 Gamers) The participant that finally receives probably the most votes within the last spherical can be chosen to compete within the State Farm Faculty Slam Dunk & 3-Level Championships, an occasion that includes a number of the finest faculty dunkers and 3-point shooters within the nation. The 2024 State Farm Faculty Slam Dunk & 3-Level Championships will air stay on ESPN throughout faculty championship weekend in Phoenix at 6 p.m. MST on April 4. Moore was named first-team All-SIAC after averaging 15.5 factors per sport, which ranks seventh within the SIAC. He additionally led the SIAC in discipline aim proportion at 58.6 % and ranked thirteenth in rebounding at 6.2 rebounds per sport.
The next are the 16 Darkish Horse Dunkers competing within the contest for his or her likelihood to showcase their skills within the State Farm Faculty Slam Dunk & 3-Level Championships: Christian Adams, LeTourneauAkol Arop, Florida SouthernAndre Ball, Cal State Dominguez HillsRyan Davis, Ripon CollegeCollen Gurley, Mount UnionJermaine Corridor, Jr., California (PA)Brendon Hamilton, Westfield StateDavid McCullough, Florida TechTim Moore, BenedictIkenna Okeke, Missouri S&TJake O’Neil, Faculty of IdahoJJ Ramey, College of the CumberlandsAli Sabet, LorasElijah Simmons, Ottawa College ArizonaKendrick Tchoua, IndianapolisMalik Whitaker, Fort Lewis Three gamers who gained the State Farm Darkish Horse Dunker competitors have gone on to win the Slam Dunk Championship, together with Marcus Lewis (Japanese Kentucky) in 2014, James Justice (Martin Methodist Faculty) in 2012, and Jacob Tucker (Illinois Faculty) in 2011. For extra details about the State Farm Faculty Slam Dunk & 3-Level Championships comply with @CollegeSLAM on Twitter and @College_Slam on Instagram.
