Dillon Gym echoed with the sounds of hip-hop and bouncing basketballs all Saturday night as 22 teams battled it out in Princeton's first Annual 3-on-3 Charity Streetball Tournament.
The event, organized by the Black Men's Awareness Group (BMAG), featured a freestyle contest, three-point shootout, slam dunk contest, live disc jockey and free refreshments. The tournament raised about $1,820 for the Princeton YWCA and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
"Every single dollar will go to breast cancer," said Chris Chaney '07, the event's founder and main organizer. "The big thing is it's about charity."
Chaney, a native of Lauda-Koenigshofen, Germany, said he had organized streetball events back home but that none of them were as ambitious or professional as this one.
"It's been months and months of planning," he said. "From October until now . . . I've probably sent out close to 5,000 emails."
The hours of planning paid off Saturday night as a diverse group of students from the University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Rider University and New York City came together to play basketball, dance and socialize.
"I had a really good time just playing," Bobbie King '06, a participant and a member of BMAG, said.
Jason Wang '07, a spectator at the tournament, said he was impressed with both the level of play and with the event's organization. "It seemed to run very smoothly," he said.
He added that he hoped the tournament would become an annual event. "I definitely will play next year," he said.
Dan Sharpe '07, who was in charge of organizing the activities and the sign-up process, said he thought the event was a success. "We basically just felt that it was important [for] our group to do something worthwhile," he added.
Both Sharpe and King described the tournament as an opportunity for BMAG to reach out to the community. "We try to be positive black role models," Sharpe said.
The event was part of the group's effort to "make [its members] aware of what goes on outside the black male universe," King said.
"This is a great event; I feel that the opportunity to play a sport I love, compete with my best friends and help a noble cause all in a single day is something you don't just pass up," Julian Ulmer '06, a participant in the tournament, said in an email.
Ulmer also praised the event for helping an important cause. "Organizing a campus-wide event to bring attention to this problem hopefully will encourage some people to make a commitment to helping breast cancer charities in the future as well," he said. "The organizers deserve a lot of praise and thanks for putting together this event."
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