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LETHBRIDGE –
The inaugural Western Slam tournament got underway Thursday evening at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.
It’s the first men’s NCAA basketball tournament to be held in Lethbridge.
Hundreds of fans turned out.
“We really got to credit the folks here in Lethbridge, the city government and the people at VisitLethbridge.com Arena. It was really kind of their vision to want to bring this event up here and working with us to kind of help organize and get them and pull the teams together,” said Matt Holmes with On Ice Entertainment, the group organizing the tournament.
“But really a credit to kind of the vision of the people here in Lethbridge.”
The tournament features teams from UC Irvine, Kennesaw State, Towson University and Kent State.
All four teams have previously appeared in March Madness and have aspirations of getting back to the big dance this season.
“I know Kent State and Towson are also really good, well-coached teams …
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