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Gan Guoyang jogged all the way from the corridor of Memorial Coliseum into the arena.
The coliseum had drawn a large crowd tonight, dominated by teenage fans.
The event was born in 1956, initially just a small invitational held by Oregon State University at their own campus.
Later, they invited the University of Oregon to co-host in hopes of using a major event to expand the influence of basketball and attract and nurture local youth enthusiasts.
The number of teams expanded from the original 4 to 8, with an intense schedule of playing 3 games in 4 days, implementing a ranking-based system that eventually determined the 1-8 places of all teams.
The flourishing of this event effectively developed the basketball market in Oregon and eventually led to the Trail Blazers setting up in Rose City.
