On a Thursday evening in late July, Maurice Creek wept.
The former Indiana and George Washington guard was about to play for Sideline Cancer in this summer’s The Basketball Tournament (TBT) when the emotion of the occasion sent tears trickling down his face.
Sixty-four teams compete in TBT for a $2 million winner-take-all prize, and six-seed Sideline Cancer had a daunting matchup against three-seed Self Made (comprised of former Kansas players) to begin the Wichita, Kansas regional.
The on-court difficulties of containing former college stars Darrell Arthur and Tyshawn Taylor were obvious. The emotional complexities of the game were also well known.