BREAKING NEWS

(AP) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Several PCTI members are reconfirming that the group's annual weekend trip will continue to revolve around competing in a series of basketball games.

A small group representing players from both teams held a secret, eleventh hour meeting late Wednesday night in the wake of a tumultuous 72-hour period following the league's third annual player draft. Multiple sources confirmed to the AP that Springfield, Mass., was chosen as the site for the clandestine meeting because it is the birthplace of basketball and a drivable distance for Wisconsin-native Scott Donley.

Unofficial league commissioner Danny Krow confirmed that there was a meeting.

"It became clear following the draft that there were differing thoughts [about the purpose of the league] and the emails that followed only further skewed the truth. We felt it necessary to make sure both teams were on the same page and were clear that in no way is PCTI evolving in to a competition in anything but the game of basketball," Krow said.

The confusion began Tuesday while the draft unfolded. Jeff Sabin - voted by his peers to serve as a team captain - drafted a team largely devout of any significant basketball talent. Sabin's counterpart Josh Stephen was free to select a team full of players that appeared vastly superior to Sabin's in every statistical category.

"I knew Sabin was weird, hell I had to play with him last year. But after the draft, I just thought he was stupid," said Anthony Hopkins, who was selected by Stephen.

While many in the league were blasting Sabin's decision making, his reaction suggested he could not be more happy with his newly-drafted team. The veteran from Dallas lauded his team's potential to train in the off-season and get along with each other.

"He was clearly very confident but he never brought up basketball, specifically how they were going to score more than thirty points a game. That's when I began to get concerned about his motives," said Brent Carney.

With PCTI relocating to Texas after holding it's first two events in Kentucky, much of the planning for PCTI3 is being handled by Sabin. Following his draft and subsequent reaction, many in the league began to wonder about what he was planning for the league.

"I heard from several people that they were concerned we would arrive in Texas and wouldn't find a basketball or a hoop anywhere. There were a lot of people worried that Sabin was planning for us to race in a triathlon or have a weight lifting contest or something one morning and to play some sort of Family Feud style game against each other the next day. I got to admit, it didn't seem too hard to believe" Bryan McKinney said.

Krow confirmed Sabin was not present at Wedensday's meeting. According to Krow, Sabin was concerned that the travel time would disrupt his training schedule.

"That's a risk I can't afford to take, the tournament is only 176 days away," Sabin said when reached by phone Thursday morning.

Sabin reaffirmed his pleasure with how the draft turned out but avoided discussing the widespread criticism that he ignored considering a player's ability to play basketball when making his picks. When asked directly whether his team was actually good at the sport, Sabin quickly ended the conversation.

"I'm sorry, I only have 20 seconds in between sets. I'm doing weighted box jumps, you know? I will tell you this, our team gets along really well" he said.

While Sabin remained largely noncommittal, other players treated the news that the league would continue to compete solely in basketball as a major victory.

"This is the best day of my life!" said a sobbing Joe Thompson, who likely was in the midst of an acting exercise.

The news was greeted with a shrug of the shoulders by Stephen, who admitted he was unaware of the controversy.

"I did wonder when he bragged about his team being so physical since I have the bigger team. And I did think it was weird that he talked about how good of shape his team would be in when he drafted all the guys who were out of shape a year ago. But I guess I just figured he was a bad drafter? Whatever," he said.