The Game Will Set You Free -- For Prisoners, Basketball Tournament Provides Another Sort of Escape

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The action was more than up-tempo. It was chaotic, almost reckless, an edge-of-your-seat mix of bloopers and highlights. Passes ricocheted into the third row of bleachers. Shots from five feet beyond the 3-point line clanged against the back of the rim. But there also were up-and-under layups, no-look feeds for short jump shots, halfcourt crossovers that left defenders helpless.

The crowd ate it up, appreciating the fact that both teams were playing with an urgency typical of the postseason. And when Tevoris Bynum, a quick-footed, well-muscled combination guard in the mold of Allen Iverson, swished another long jumper, the Cobras continued to cut into the Jaguars' lead earlier this summer inside a steamy gymnasium in East Memphis.

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The Game Will Set You Free -- For Prisoners, Basketball Tournament Provides Another Sort of Escape

Andrew Taber, who serves as league commissioner in an unofficial capacity, was asked if the tournament champion would receive any sort of prize.

"Well," Taber said, "they won't be getting out."

Welcome to playoff basketball at the Shelby County Division of Correction, where the gam...

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