{"id":47832,"date":"2013-04-05T11:11:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T15:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=47832"},"modified":"2013-04-05T11:11:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T15:11:51","slug":"ucf-intramural-team-competes-in-national-3-on-3-basketball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-intramural-team-competes-in-national-3-on-3-basketball-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Intramural Team Competes in National 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While many are enjoying the Final Four this weekend on television, four University of Central Florida Recreation and Wellness Center Intramural Sports participants will be on a court in Atlanta trying to win tickets to Monday night\u2019s National Championship game.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Charif, Michael Orr, Justin Rose and Jakwanka Gaston will represent UCF in the Powerade 3v3 basketball tournament after winning the regional tournament at the RWC in February. The tournament is at the Georgia World Congress Center and is part of Coca-Cola Zero\u2019s annual Bracket Town, Ultimate Final Four Fan Fest.<\/p>\n<p>Charif, a marketing\/sales major from Pembroke Pines, and Orr, an electrical engineering major from Orlando, have been playing basketball together in the UCF IM Sports program for four years. This year they added Rose, a marketing\/sales major from Melbourne, and for this weekend&#8217;s tournament added Gaston to their roster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The team beat out a field of more than a dozen teams at the regional tournament. \u201cWe were undermanned, undersized and physically beat up,\u201d said Charif. \u201cIt felt amazing to win such a close game against tough competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charif and Orr are no strangers to success on the basketball court. 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