HOUSTON – Oklahoma senior guard
Grant Sherfield has been selected to the TaxAct Men's 3-Point Championship roster for the 34th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at the Bayou Music Center in downtown Houston on Thursday, March 30. Sherfield is one of eight players selected for the event that will air live on ESPN2 at 6:30 p.m. CT.
In his lone season in the Crimson and Cream, Sherfield shot a career-best 39.4% (82-208) from deep, ranking third in the Big 12 and 45th in NCAA Division I. Sherfield's 82 made 3-pointers and 208 attempts were also career highs. The Fort Worth, Texas product has buried 198 triples in his collegiate career.
During the 2022-23 season, Sherfield started all 32 games and averaged a team-high 15.9 points and 3.3 assists per outing. He made three or more 3-pointers in a game on 15 occasions and buried a season-best six triples at Villanova.
The State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships invites the nation's elite men's and women's college basketball players to compete for slam dunk and 3-point shooting bragging rights. The night features the King's Hawaiian Slam Dunk Championship, the TaxAct Men's 3-Point Championship, the Celsius Women's 3-Point Championship and the Applebee's Team Shootout. The winners of the men's and women's 3-Point competitions will then compete in the Rocket Mortgage Battle of the Champions.
For nearly 35 years, several of the top players in college basketball have competed in the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships including Gary Payton, Steve Nash, Jason Terry, Kyle Korver, Bobby Hurley, Michael Finley, Denzel Valentine, Cappie Pondexter, Katie Gearlds, Kristi Toliver, Tiffany Hayes and Ariel Atkins.
Intersport will stage three events during college basketball's most exciting weekend at the Bayou Music Center in downtown Houston, which it will dub Hoops House, providing ample programming for fans near and far to whet their basketball appetites ahead of the college basketball's season finale. Intersport's complete schedule of events for Hoops House is as follows:
| Date |
Time |
Event |
TV Coverage |
| March 29 |
6:30 p.m. CT |
State Farm College Team Skills & 3X3U Championships |
ESPN2 (aired on Sunday, April 2, 9 p.m. CT) |
| March 30 |
6:30 p.m. CT |
State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships |
ESPN2 (LIVE) |
| March 31 |
7 p.m. CT |
Rocket Mortgage High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships |
CBS (aired on Sunday, April 2 at 1 p.m. CT) |
A complete roster of participants in the 2023 State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships will be released in the days leading up to the event.