MILWAUKEE - Voting for The Basketball Tournament has entered the final month and the "Banner Boys" need your vote!
 
The team currently sits ninth in the TBT Midwest Region – and they must finish in the Top 9 to advance. Voting ends June 1.
 
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Ed McCants and his group of Milwaukee Panther basketball alumni are not only playing to represent their school, they are also playing for a greater cause. The team has announced it will donate $200,000 to help combat the heroin epidemic should they win.
 
Over the course of the next few weeks we will look at the roster that has been assembled. Up first is Ed McCants, who played two impressive seasons with the Panthers from 2003 through 2005.
 
McCants burst on the scene in 2003-04, helping Milwaukee to a 20-11 record and a date in the National Invitation Tournament. The team knocked off Rice, 91-63, before falling in the second round to Boise State by a score of 73-70.
 
Named the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year that season, he averaged 17.1 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, shooting 48.2 percent from the floor, 42.8 percent on 3's and 82.1 percent from the line.
 
As a senior, he led the Panthers on a memorable trip to the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament in a 26-6 season, earning Horizon League Player of the Year honors after averaging 17.4 points per game. Milwaukee topped Alabama and Boston College in a magical postseason run, before bowing out to Illinois – the top-ranked team in the country. He scored over 1,000 points in just two seasons and still hold UWM records for most three-pointers made in a season.