Duffy and Nelson Named to Watch List
2/12/2026 12:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball
INDIANAPOLIS – A pair of Purdue Fort Wayne men's basketball student-athletes have been named to a watch list for the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on April 3. The event will be broadcast nationally on ESPN on Sunday, April 5 at noon ET.
Darius Duffy has been named to the watch list for the dunk contest. Maximus Nelson was selected to the watch list for the 3-point contest.
Duffy has a team-best 22 dunks on the season. Nelson leads the team with 59 3-pointers. Nelson has been a deadeye from beyond the arc in his three-year Mastodon career with 197 career 3-pointers.
The State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships invites a collection of the nation's elite men's and women's college basketball players to compete for slam dunk and 3-point shooting bragging rights. The night features the yearly Slam Dunk Championship, the E*TRADE Men's 3-Point Championship, the Celsius Women's 3-Point Championship and the team shootout. The winners of the Men's and Women's 3-Point Championships will then compete in the Skechers Battle of the Champions. A complete roster of participants in the 2026 State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships will be released in the days leading up to the event. For more information, visit CollegeSlam.com.
It will be the seventh time Indianapolis has played host to the event, and the third time the annual competition will take place at Hinkle Fieldhouse, the home of the Butler Bulldogs.
The Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons play Green Bay on Thursday (Feb. 12) on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. ET.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
Darius Duffy has been named to the watch list for the dunk contest. Maximus Nelson was selected to the watch list for the 3-point contest.
Duffy has a team-best 22 dunks on the season. Nelson leads the team with 59 3-pointers. Nelson has been a deadeye from beyond the arc in his three-year Mastodon career with 197 career 3-pointers.
The State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships invites a collection of the nation's elite men's and women's college basketball players to compete for slam dunk and 3-point shooting bragging rights. The night features the yearly Slam Dunk Championship, the E*TRADE Men's 3-Point Championship, the Celsius Women's 3-Point Championship and the team shootout. The winners of the Men's and Women's 3-Point Championships will then compete in the Skechers Battle of the Champions. A complete roster of participants in the 2026 State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships will be released in the days leading up to the event. For more information, visit CollegeSlam.com.
It will be the seventh time Indianapolis has played host to the event, and the third time the annual competition will take place at Hinkle Fieldhouse, the home of the Butler Bulldogs.
The Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons play Green Bay on Thursday (Feb. 12) on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. ET.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
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