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Athletes Unlimited
Bringing Hoops to Fair Park By Stephen Hunt
For a third straight year, Athletes Unlimited (AU) will hold court at Dallas Fair Park Coliseum. However, unlike 2021 and 2022, when volleyball occupied center stage, this time AU basketball will be front and center for five weeks between February 23 and March 25, 2023. “We’re excited to be back in Dallas,” said Matt Biggers, AU’s Senior Director, Marketing. “Volleyball will be moving somewhere else and to the fall. We’re excited to be bringing basketball to this market. First year [of AU basketball in Las Vegas, 2022]
was awesome. This year, we have a better group of players, more experienced. We’re excited to see the level of competition continue to increase.” Eighteen of the 44 players participating in AU basketball 2023 played in the WNBA last season, including three (Veronica Burton, Allisha Gray, and Isabelle Harrison, the 2022 AU Basketball Defensive Player of the Year), who suited up for the Dallas Wings.