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Article: Love for basketball.....priceless, Morgantown's Benson travels far and wide hoping for exposure
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- July 12, 2003
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MORGANTOWN - Tyler Benson is not just some 17-year-old spending
the summer without a job. The currency Benson, a senior-to-be at
Morgantown High, receives for his sweat and exertion is, however,
rather peculiar. Benson is being paid in dribbles and miles.
"You've got to love this game," Benson said Friday night.
He spoke several minutes after arriving at the Summer Jam Fest, an
all-male AAU tournament presented by The Hoop Group and being held at
West Virginia University.
About 50 teams are participating in three age groups from 15-and-
under to open at the WVU Student Recreation Center and the Coliseum.
Benson, however, arrived back in Morgantown about 75 minutes too
late for his intended ...