Justin Tuoyo has spent his last four basketball seasons at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, focused on the team’s success.
Now it’s all about him.
Minnesota’s Jordan Murphy shoots over Middle Tennessee State’s Reggie Upshaw during the second half of an NCAA college basketball tournament first round game Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The 6-foot-10 Tuoyo was selected to participate in the Portsmouth Invitational, a showcase for 64 of the top college seniors in the country. Former Baylor School and Middle Tennessee State standout Reggie Upshaw also will be there.
Upshaw is believed to be the first Chattanooga-area born player to participate in the event. Former Cleveland High and Tennessee standout Vincent Yarbrough supposedly was invited to the Portsmouth (Va.) Invitational in 2002, but he said he never received his invitation and did not participate.
Yarbrough was a second-round draft pick of the Denver Nuggets that summer.