USA 3 X 3 to Play for the Gold

[BobbyJ]

Help me understand this whole 3x3 thing. Where did it come from? What is the purpose of it? Why don't they just play standard 5x5 basketball?

Thanks for asking Sonny. Makes no sense to me either. Only time we played it as kids was if we didn't have enough players to go full court.

 

[mcannon1]

http://m.espn.go.com/ncw/story?storyId=11052347
Link to short AP story.