Hoosiers win basketball tournament

It took enthusiasm and organization for team Hoosiers to show why they are the best team of the spring ACC Intramurals Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament was held all day on April 9 at the Virginia Brown Recreation Center and Brentwood Christian School Gym simultaneously.

The Hoosiers overpowered team Too Live with a score of 67-60 during the last minutes of the final game of the tournament.

Nine teams started to play at 9 a.m. in this semester's tournament. It's Over was the first team to be defeated by the Hoosiers. The winners, wearing white Austin uniforms during all matches, improved their organization after each game and showed more energy than their opponents until after 8 p.m., when the last game ended.

Eric Brown, a business major, scored most of the points for the Hoosiers team in the final match.

"Playing all games in one day is hard for the body, and keeping endurance is part of the game. We did a good job," said Brown.

The ACC Intramurals Men's Basketball Tournament, one of the the spring season's main sports events for ACC students, was hosted by the Office of Student Life's Intramural Sports and Recreation program.

Student Life Intramurals Coordinator Tracy Partin conducted the awards ceremony at the end of the students' competition. Each member of the Hoosiers team received a trophy, an intramural T-shirt and a commemorative bag pack.  The runner-up team, Too Live, received individual trophies also.

"The teams had good attitudes. Everyone that I had seen tried very hard during the event's organization duty," said Partin.

Partin considered the ACC Men's Basketball tournament an opportunity to exercise, have fun, expose skills and teamwork, and have a release from school work.

Partin also announced that the biggest basketball tournament hosted by the college is coming up and will be held by November. The tournament will be open and free of charge for ACC students. For further details, contact Partin at Rio Grande Campus.

The ACC Intramurals Men's Basketball Tournament had a double elimination system and followed official college rules, according to referee Duane Muse.

Each game during the tournament had two periods of 20 minutes with timeouts requested at team's convenience.

Despite an incident where Joshua Juarez of team Power crashed into the teeth of Mark Williams from Too Live, Muse believed the tournament went well.

"Overall, the event was very good. Everything went pretty smooth. I enjoyed it. Students keep up your work; your future is in your hands," said Muse.

Students interested in participating in intramural sports next year can find more information about the program at www.accstudentlife.info.