NYT: Spokane Does Hoopfest Best

Item: In 3-on-3 event, all of Spokane is inbounds /John Brunch, NYTimes

More Info: And so began the 20th annual Spokane Hoopfest , the world’s largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament, and the numbers were more staggering than ever: 6,701 teams, 26,253 players and an estimated 13,000 games covering 40 city blocks and two sun-drenched days. Hardly an original idea — 3-on-3 basketball tournaments have been around for decades — Hoopfest has grown unlike any other. Just how an out-of-the-way city of 200,000 people became the 3-on-3 capital of the world says a little about Spokane’s hoop madness (it is home to the former professional star John Stockton and to the college basketball powerhouse Gonzaga University ) and a lot about a little city’s penchant for pulling off big events.

• Only one former champion defends Hoopfest title /Greg Lee, SR

Question: Did you participate in Hoopfest as a player, volunteer, or observer over the weekend?