A year after HS, my friend convinced me to enter a Pizza Hut 3 on 3 tournament in Buckhead area of Atlanta. In 90, that yearly event was a big deal. I was the only one of the 3 that had ever played organized BB. I was the tallest at 6' and they were both about 5'9". No worries though because the tourney was matching teams of similar height and skill level. We entered to play in group 3 out of 4 levels.

We practiced for 3 weeks together and my buddy even had these dumb uniforms made. We were slotted to play at noon that Saturday so we show up early to register. There were about 15 courts set up and we were scheduled for the Main Court outside the bar where you registered. The team we were to play showed up and they were all around 6'2" or a bit taller and as we soon found out, entered into a flight below their skill level.

The game started with a PAC of my friends layup attempt. Scoring was done in ones and the first to 15 won. They beat us 15-0 or 30-0 in reality. Horrible thing was that because it was the first game at main court, there was a huge crowd all around the court. They also had a guy announcing on a microphone with loud music playing. After about 8-0, he started poking fun. "Looks like somebody forgot to eat their Wheaties! Oooohhhhhh!" and stuff like that. The crowd was laughing at us more as the game went on.

By the end, I was as embarrassed as I have ever been. People were still talking shite to us when we left the court and went inside the bar with those queer arse uniforms on. I was livid and could not even talk to the guy who signed us up for that event for a few hours. I changed as fast as I could in the bathroom and quickly made my way to a far away court where some other friends were scheduled to play a game. Went down there and watched them win their first game but lose the second by 2 points. Low and behold, they were actually playing guys of their size and skill level. We were just unlucky to have been matched against a group that lied(dudes seemed like college level players) and had our shite pushed in on center court.