BALTIMORE, Md. - Morgan State's Reggie Holmes has been chosen to play in the 2010 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, where he'll join 63 seniors seeking to impress NBA and overseas scouts at Churchland High. The 12-game tournament runs from April 7-10 in Portsmouth, Va.

Holmes, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year, is attempting to become the first Bear in the NBA since Marvin "The Human Eraser", who played from 1975-1987. Recently named as an Associated Press All-American honorable mention, Holmes averaged 21.8 points and 4.3 rebounds during the regular season for MSU, which finished 27-10 after losing to West Virginia in the NCAA tournament's first round.

"This is a great feeling, although I know I'm an alternate right now," Holmes said. "It would be so special for me to have the opportunity to compete with the best seniors in the country."

Holmes will suit up as a member of the Sales System LTD team with Connecticut's Gavin Edwards, Stanford's Landry Fields, Maryland's Landon Milbourne, Georgia Tech's Zachery Peacock, Vanderbilt's Jermaine Beal, Oklahoma State's Obi Muonebi and Wake Forest's Ishmael Smith.  Sales System will open tournament play on Thursday, April 8 against Roger Browns at 9pm ET. 

Holmes is the first Bear to ever participate in the Portsmouth Invitational. 

Each year for 57 years the P.I.T has invited 64 of the best college basketball players (seniors) from across the nation to participate in a four-day, twelve game tournament in front of representatives from every NBA team. The tournament drew the attention of NBA Scouts and General Managers in the mid-70's when players like Dave Cowens, John Lucas, Walt Szczerbiak and Bobby Cremins came to Portsmouth to play. Soon the word spread and approximately 200 Scouts, General Managers and Representatives of all 30 NBA teams began to come to see players like John Stockton, Dennis Rodman, Tim Hardaway, Scottie Pippen and others.

Today scouts from numerous international leagues have joined in on the annual April pilgrimage to Portsmouth. Over the years the P.I.T. has been a showcase for five of the 50 greatest players in NBA History (Rick Barry, Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, Dave Cowens, John Stockton, Scottie Pippen) and for many others who have gone on to NBA stardom.

For the complete list of tournament participants visit the PIT official site.