Jae'Sean Tate is reuniting with a few of his former college teammates.
The former Buckeye will team up with Andrew Dakich, CJ Jackson and Keyshawn Woods to play for Big X in this summer's The Basketball Tournament, which begins in a few weeks. As the No. 9 overall seed, their opening-round game is against Jackson TN Underdawgs and will tip off on July 4.
Its time.
— Big X (@BigX_tbt) June 22, 2020
Our final roster addition is @SydneyKings MVP & former @ohiostatehoops standout, @o_tate_ .
12 days until tip off.
*Dababy voice* #thetournament #TBT2020 #BigX pic.twitter.com/3qob1FcWhc
Tate has spent the past couple of years beginning his professional career. He played his first post-Ohio State year with the Telenet Giants in Antwerp, Belgium. Then, he joined the Sydney Kings last year in Australia's National Basketball League, earning first-team All-NBL honors.
Prior to his professional career, Tate played four years at Ohio State. The hard-nosed forward averaged 11.7 points, six rebounds and 1.7 assists in 28 minutes per game across all four seasons.
Though Big X added a Buckeye on Monday, it lost a couple of others.
Kaleb and Andre Wesson will not play in The Basketball Tournament. Neither are listed on the team's roster anymore, and Big X's Twitter account said in a reply that they're no longer participating because "it was in their best professional interest not to play in the tournament this summer."
