{"id":152892,"date":"2020-06-16T19:33:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=152892"},"modified":"2020-06-16T19:33:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:33:28","slug":"the-basketball-tournament-releases-bracket-for-event-beginning-on-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/the-basketball-tournament-releases-bracket-for-event-beginning-on-fourth-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"The Basketball Tournament Releases Bracket for Event Beginning on Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Basketball Tournament (TBT) \u2013 the winner-take-all, $1 million, summer basketball event broadcast live on ESPN networks \u2013 today announces the bracket for this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n

TBT 2020 will feature more than 35 players with NBA experience, 10 first-round draft picks, 10 college alumni teams and numerous international professionals playing in top leagues across the world. Twenty-four teams will play under quarantine at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio from July 4-14. All teams will undergo multiple levels of testing for COVID-19 before being allowed to play in this year\u2019s TBT, which is in its seventh year. All games will feature the Elam Ending, the end-of-game format made famous during the 2020 NBA All-Star Game that eliminates the game clock after a certain point and features teams playing to a Target Score.<\/p>\n

Among TBT\u2019s 10 alumni teams, House of \u2018Paign (Illinois), Men of Mackey (Purdue), Stillwater Stars (Oklahoma State) and Herd That (Marshall) are first-year participants. Returning alumni teams include 2019 champion Carmen\u2019s Crew (Ohio State), 2019 runner-up Golden Eagles (Marquette), Boeheim\u2019s Army (Syracuse), Red Scare (Dayton), Best Virginia (West Virginia) and Power of the Paw (Clemson).<\/p>\n

“The demand to play in TBT 2020 has been incredible,” said TBT Founder\/CEO Jon Mugar. “We had over 120 teams apply. If this had been a 64-team tournament, we would have had a hard time selecting the field. With only 24 teams, it was nearly impossible. These 24 teams are absolutely phenomenal, both in terms of talent and organization. It will be an outstanding competition.”<\/p>\n

The full TBT 2020 schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n

July 4<\/p>\n

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    #9 Big X vs. #24 Jackson TN Underdawgs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    #12 Team Brotherly Love vs. #21 Stillwater Stars (Oklahoma State alumni)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    #16 House of \u2018Paign (Illinois alumni) vs. #17 War Tampa<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    #13 Team CP3 vs. #20 Mid-American Unity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    July 5<\/p>\n

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      #11 Team Hines vs. #22 Sideline Cancer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      #14 HEARTFIRE vs. #19 Men of Mackey (Purdue alumni)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      #15 Armored Athlete vs. #18 Power of the Paw (Clemson alumni)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      #10 Best Virginia (West Virginia alumni) vs. #23 Herd That (Marshall alumni)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      July 6<\/p>\n

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        #5 Eberlein Drive vs. Team Brotherly Love\/Stillwater Stars<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        #4 Golden Eagles (Marquette alumni) vs. Team CP3\/Mid-American Unity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        July 7<\/p>\n

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          #6 Team Challenge ALS vs. Team Hines\/Sideline Cancer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          #3 Boeheim\u2019s Army (Syracuse alumni) vs. HEARTFIRE\/Men of Mackey<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          July 8<\/p>\n

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            #8 Red Scare (Dayton alumni) vs. Big X\/Jackson TN Underdawgs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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            #1 Carmen\u2019s Crew (Ohio State alumni) vs. House of \u2018Paign\/War Tampa<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            July 9<\/p>\n

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              #7 The Money Team vs. Best Virginia\/Herd That<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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              #2 Overseas Elite vs. Armored Athlete\/Power of the Paw<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              TBT\u2019s quarterfinals will be held on July 10 and July 11, and the semifinals on July 12. The 2020 TBT Championship Game will be played on July 14, when one player will hit a shot to win his team $1 million. Game times and networks will be announced soon.<\/p>\n

              Highlights of this year\u2019s tournament include:<\/p>\n

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                Overseas Elite adds seven-time NBA All-Star Joe Johnson \u2013 After suffering its first loss ever in 2019 at the hands of Carmen\u2019s Crew, four-time TBT champion Overseas Elite has reloaded its roster by adding 17-year NBA veteran Joe Johnson to the roster. Johnson joins the team\u2019s core of former St. John\u2019s stars Justin Burrell and D.J. Kennedy, as well as former NBA guards Bobby Brown and Pooh Jeter.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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                Aaron Craft and Travis Diener\u2019s Last Dance? \u2013 Once this year\u2019s TBT is over, legendary Ohio State point guard Aaron Craft will be trading in his jersey for a white coat. A member of TBT\u2019s All-Tournament team in 2019 and a four-year member of Carmen\u2019s Crew, Craft is retiring from professional basketball to enter medical school, potentially making this year\u2019s TBT his last. Same goes for 38-year-old Marquette sharpshooter Travis Diener, who could be looking at retirement after one final run with the Golden Eagles.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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                Dayton Seniors Make TBT their March Madness \u2013 After missing out on this year\u2019s NCAA Tournament due to COVID-19, two members of this year\u2019s nationally ranked Dayton Flyers team, Ryan Mikesell and Trey Landers, will be joining Red Scare, Dayton\u2019s alumni team. Those two will join forces with three members from Dayton\u2019s 2014 Elite Eight roster \u2013 Devin Oliver, Dyshawn Pierre and Kyle Davis.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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                Boeheim\u2019s Army\u2019s Best Roster Yet \u2013 In its six-year history in TBT, the Syracuse alumni team has certainly put its best foot forward in 2020. The roster includes six players with NBA experience, including four first-round picks: Dont\u00e9 Greene (2008), Chris McCullough (2015), Malachi Richardson (2016) and Tyler Lydon (2017).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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                Perfecting the Elam Ending \u2013 First introduced to the basketball world during TBT\u2019s play-in round in 2017, the \u201cElam Ending\u201d \u2013 created by Ball State professor Dr. Nick Elam and used in this year\u2019s NBA All-Star Game \u2013 is designed to eliminate deliberate fouling at the end of games. In hopes of perfecting the Elam Ending after watching Anthony Davis win the All-Star Game for Team LeBron at the free-throw line, non-shooting bonus fouls in TBT will now result in one shot plus the ball instead of two free throws. The Target Score will remain at eight points added to the leading team\u2019s score.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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                Star-Studded Staffs \u2013 Legendary former Valparaiso head coach and College Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Homer Drew will make his TBT coaching debut with HEARTFIRE, a team partially made up of former Baylor players coached by his son, Scott Drew.\u00a0 Jared Sullinger and Evan Turner will return to the bench for Carmen\u2019s Crew after guiding the team to a TBT championship last summer. Former NBA point guard Darren Collison will also guide Team Challenge ALS.\u00a0 Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Chris Paul enters Team CP3 for the second straight summer, and legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather brings The Money Team (TMT) to TBT for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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                Health & Safety \u2013 Competitors and staff in this year\u2019s TBT will undergo a minimum of three COVID-19 tests before being cleared for competition. Any team member who tests positive for COVID-19 at any point will be removed. After teams begin practicing, a positive test not only will result in that player being removed, but also that individual\u2019s team being removed. Players will be monitored all throughout for symptoms, including daily temperature checks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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                Free Throws\u2026<\/p>\n

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                  Isaiah Austin, a former Baylor center and NBA prospect whose career nearly ended because of Marfan Syndrome, will play for HEARTFIRE alongside fellow Baylor Bear and former first-round pick Quincy Miller. Both Austin and Miller teamed up on DeMarcus Cousins\u2019 Loyalty is Love in TBT 2019.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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                  In the case of a positive test that results in the elimination of an entire team, TBT will have two standby teams in quarantine. D2, a group of prominent former D-II players, and Playing for Jimmy V, a second-year participant partnered with The V Foundation will serve as those teams. Both D2 and Playing for Jimmy V will be subject to the same protocols as the rest of the teams in the field.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  TBT is a single-elimination, 5-on-5 tournament, with a winner-take-all prize of $1 million. Fans also are rewarded, as all the registered supporters of the championship winning team will split $50,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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