The Basketball Tournament 2014

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The Basketball Tournament
2014
Tournament information
DatesJune 6–June 28, 2014
Tournament
format(s)
 Single elimination
Host(s)
Participants32
Purse $500,000 winner-take-all
Final positions
ChampionsNotre Dame Fighting Alumni
Runner-upTeam Barstool
Tournament statistics
MVP Tyrone Nash
Top scorer(s) Dahntay Jones (108 pts) [1]
Games played31
2015  →

The Basketball Tournament 2014 was the first edition of The Basketball Tournament, a 5-on-5, single elimination basketball tournament. The tournament involved 32 teams; it started on June 6 and continued through June 28, 2014. The winner of the final, Notre Dame Fighting Alumni, received a half-million dollar prize. [2] The championship game was played in Boston, at Case Gym on the campus of Boston University, and was broadcast on ESPN3. [2]

Contents

Format

The tournament field started with 32 teams; 24 teams were selected based on the size of their fan groups, and eight teams were selected at-large by TBT organizers. [3]

The winning team received a half-million dollars, while fans entered into an online "Fanwagon Sweepstakes" for various raffle prizes including $25,000 cash. [4]

Venues

The Basketball Tournament 2014 took place in two locations. [5]

RoundDatesLocation
Round 1June 6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Round 2June 7
Quarterfinals
SemifinalsJune 8
FinalsJune 28 Boston, Massachusetts

Tournament founder Jonathan Mugar has said that the attendance at the first game was only 17 people. [6]

Bracket

Pod 1

Round 1
June 6
Philadelphia 		Round 2
June 7
Philadelphia 		Quarterfinals
June 7
Philadelphia
         
1Team Barstool111
32 Barstool Sports Philly 84
1Team Barstool68
16 PUBB Champions Tour 66
16PUBB Champions Tour66
17 St Anthony 47
1Team Barstool83
9 DMV's Finest 76
8Rep Your City83
25 Horsemen 73
8 Rep Your City 77
9DMV's Finest90
9DMV's Finest92
24 TeamBang 81

Pod 2

Round 1
June 6
Philadelphia 		Round 2
June 7
Philadelphia 		Quarterfinals
June 7
Philadelphia
         
2Philly Patriots71
31 Team Pup N' Suds 51
2 Philly Patriots 70
15*THE CITI TEAM*74
15*THE CITI TEAM*77
18 Air Force Bomb Squad 72
15 *THE CITI TEAM* 61
10Notre Dame Fighting Alumni74
7 Team FOE 99
26Sideline Cancer106
26 Sideline Cancer 66
10Notre Dame Fighting Alumni75
10Notre Dame Fighting Alumni78
23 NYCSuperStars 66

Pod 3

Round 1
June 6
Philadelphia 		Round 2
June 7
Philadelphia 		Quarterfinals
June 7
Philadelphia
         
3Sconnie Legends102
30 SHOWTIME 63
3 Sconnie Legends 80
14North Broad Street Bullies96
14North Broad Street Bullies90
19 El Vino 80
14 North Broad Street Bullies 80
11PeacePlayers International82
6Team ROBY127
27 Teasley's All Stars 88
6 Team ROBY 82
11PeacePlayers International98
11PeacePlayers International85
22 International All-Stars 67

Pod 4

Round 1
June 6
Philadelphia 		Round 2
June 7
Philadelphia 		Quarterfinals
June 7
Philadelphia
         
4Big Apple Basketball113
29 Eberlein Drive 71
4Big Apple Basketball76
20 HITTAS 75
13 Sean Bell Allstars 66
20HITTAS71
4Big Apple Basketball75
21 Illinois Hoopville Warriors 72
5TYGTAL91
28 Olivet Nazarene University Tigers 84
5 TYGTAL 71
21Illinois Hoopville Warriors93
12 Cornell Sweet Sixteen 70
21Illinois Hoopville Warriors84

Semifinals & final

Semifinals
June 8
Philadelphia 		Final
June 28
Boston
      
1 Team Barstool87
4 Big Apple Basketball 81
1 Team Barstool 68
10 Notre Dame Fighting Alumni72
10 Notre Dame Fighting Alumni91
11 PeacePlayers International 61

Source: [5] [7]

Awards

MVP: Tyrone Nash of Notre Dame Fighting Alumni [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Stats: Leaders". thetournament.com. 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Tynes, Tyler R. (June 30, 2014). "Notre Dame team wins $500K tourney". Philadelphia Daily News . p. 52. Retrieved July 30, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "How it Works". thetournament.com. The Basketball Tournament. 2014. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Fan Prizes". thetournament.com. The Basketball Tournament. 2014. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. 1 2 "Bracket". thetournament.com. The Basketball Tournament. 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 – via Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ @JonMugar (July 25, 2019). "Attendance for Game #1 in 2014: 17 (including me) Attendance for Game #361 tonight: 7,185 (including me)" (Tweet). Retrieved July 25, 2019– via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "Game 31". thetournament.com. The Basketball Tournament. 2014. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014 – via Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ Pandian, Ananth (June 30, 2014). "The Fighting Alumni Win Big at The Basketball Tournament". slamonline.com. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

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