No , definitely . So kind of give preface , so it's called the Players' era event . There's 8 teams .
I hope I try definitely . So pivoting , I mean , we're out here in Vegas for the players era . Kind of the first Basketball games , pool play tournament of its kind , yeah , pool , you call it an event but no tournament event .
I I think they've done a great job with the event and it's only the first year . So the event is gonna grow to get better . They're gonna , you know , keep polishing it , make it more final product , but I really wonder if like , you know , next year you see 3 different .
Uh , you know , companies or events come in and try to make uh . A basketball event with a cash prize for the winner and stuff like that whereas you know now this is the only one how how will that affect the other tournaments and . No , definitely .
Um , you know this is a crazy experience . I'm here with Max Scharnowski from Alabama men's basketball , and we're here to talk about what kind of this , uh , players era uh tournament we're in , and , uh , this is kind of a cool and unique episode because we're out here in Vegas , um , shooting this podcast episode , so should be a lot of fun . So here's Max Scharnowski and Max , tell us a little bit about yourself .