The Basketball Tournament 2016

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The Basketball Tournament
2016
Tournament information
DatesJuly 9–August 2, 2016
Tournament
format(s)
 Single elimination
Host(s)
Participants64
Purse $2,000,000 winner-take-all
Final positions
Champions Overseas Elite
Runner-upTeam Colorado
Tournament statistics
MVP Kyle Fogg
Top scorer(s)Kyle Fogg (131 pts) [1]
Games played63
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The Basketball Tournament 2016 was the third edition of The Basketball Tournament, a 5-on-5, single elimination basketball tournament. The tournament involved 64 teams; it started on July 9 and continued through August 2, 2016. The winner of the final, Overseas Elite, received a two million dollar prize. [2] The semifinals were broadcast on ESPN2, and the championship game—played at Rose Hill Gymnasium at Fordham University in The Bronx [3] —was broadcast on ESPN. [4]

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Format

The tournament field consisted of 64 teams, organized into four regions of 16 teams each. The sixteen teams in each region were eleven teams selected by fans via the tournament's website, three teams selected at-large, the defending regional winner from the 2015 tournament, and the team that raised the most money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America via GoFundMe. [4]

2015 Regional winners
RegionTeam
Northeast Team City of Gods
MidwestAnts Alumni
South Overseas Elite
West Team 23

Source: [5]

The winning team (its players, coaches, general manager, and boosters) received 90% of the $2 million prize, while the remaining 10% was split amongst the team's top 100 fans (based on points earned online). [4]

Venues

The Basketball Tournament 2016 took place in five locations. [4]

RoundDatesRegionLocation
RegionalJuly 9–10West Los Angeles, California
South Charlotte, North Carolina
July 16–17Midwest Chicago, Illinois
Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Super 16July 21–22 
QuarterfinalsJuly 23 
SemifinalsJuly 30  New York City
FinalsAugust 2 

Alumni Teams

Multiple teams in the tournament were composed mostly or exclusively of alumni of a particular school, including those listed here. [6] [7]

TeamSchool
Purple & Black Kansas State Wildcats
Ram Nation VCU Rams
Few Good Men Gonzaga Bulldogs
Team Utah Utah Utes
Team Colorado Colorado Buffaloes
Bluff City Blues Memphis Tigers
Always a Brave Bradley Braves
Bluegrass Boys Kentucky Wildcats
Golden Eagles Alumni Marquette Golden Eagles
Untouchables Pittsburgh Panthers
PA Roadwarriors Bucknell Bison
Boeheim's Army Syracuse Orange
Spartan Heroes Michigan State Spartans
Skinner's Frate Train Boston College Eagles

Bracket

Regional finals
RegionWinnerScoreLoser
Northeast Team City of Gods 86–79The Untouchables
South Overseas Elite 74–66Trained to Go
MidwestAlways a Brave89–81 Golden Eagles Alumni
WestTeam Colorado83–78Team Utah

Source: [8]

Semifinals & final

Semifinals
July 30
New York City 		Final
August 2
New York City
      
NE1 Team City of Gods 92
S2 Overseas Elite103
S2 Overseas Elite77
W5 Team Colorado 72
MW9 Always a Brave 70
W5 Team Colorado78

Source: [9] [10] [11] [6]

National Championship

August 2, 2016
7:00 PM EDT
S #2Overseas Elite77, W #5 Team Colorado 72
Scoring by half: 36–46, 41–26
Pts: Kennedy – 18
Rebs: Kennedy – 8		Pts: Hall – 24
Rebs: Dufault – 6

Awards

All Tournament Team
PosPlayerTeam PPG
G Dwight Buycks Golden Eagles Alumni 24.5
G Marcus Hall Team Colorado24.0
G Kyle Fogg (MVP) Overseas Elite 22.8
F Marcellus Sommerville Always A Brave21.2
F D. J. Kennedy Overseas Elite 19.6

Source: [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Stats: Leaders". thetournament.com. 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  2. ↑ Pascoe, Bruce (August 14, 2016). "Ex-Cat Fogg faced big stakes in summer tourney — and won". Arizona Daily Star . Tucson, Arizona. p. B1. Retrieved July 28, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Greenstein, Teddy (July 3, 2016). "'TBT' has plain name, big games, $2M purse". Chicago Tribune . p. 3-11. Retrieved July 28, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "What is TBT?". thetournament.com. The Basketball Tournament. 2016. Archived from the original on July 8, 2016 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Meet The Four Teams Playing For $1,000,000". thetournament.com. 2015. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "2016 Recap". thetournament.com. The Basketball Tournament. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  7. ↑ Solari, Chris (May 11, 2016). "Alums reuniting for $2M tourney". Lansing State Journal . Lansing, Michigan. p. C1. Retrieved July 28, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Brown, Josh (July 2016). "Four Regional Champions Crowned in Philadelphia". thetournament.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Basketball". Daily Press . Newport News, Virginia. July 31, 2016. p. C2. Retrieved July 29, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Markus, Don (July 31, 2016). "City of Gods loses again in Tournament semis". The Baltimore Sun . p. D2. Retrieved July 29, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Semifinals Recap". thetournament.com. 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  12. ↑ "TBT 2016 All Tournament Team". thetournament.com. August 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2018.

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