Dwyane Wade and Travis Diener have always been competitive.
Whether it was fighting in hotel rooms as 18-year-olds or challenging each other to an impromptu beer-chugging competition two decades later at the 20th Anniversary of the 2003 Final Four team, they love to beat each other.
Travis Diener (@DienerTravis) defeats Dwyane Wade (@DwyaneWade) in a beer chugging contest during #20 @MarquetteMBB’s 83-75 victory over #22 Providence (@PCFriarsmbb) on January 18, 2023 #mubb pic.twitter.com/gLYz8bhFWj
— Marquette Overload (@MUOverload) January 19, 2023
But this summer, the former Marquette men’s basketball guards are teaming up to raise money for a cause that has impacted Wade’s life directly: improving youth literacy rates.