The Basketball Tournament 2019

The Basketball Tournament 2019 was the sixth edition of The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a 5-on-5, single elimination basketball tournament broadcast by the ESPN family of networks. The tournament, involving 64 teams, started on July 19 and continued through the championship game on August 6 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The winner of the final, Carmen's Crew, received a $2 million prize.

Format The tournament began with a field of 64 teams, organized into eight regions of 8 teams, all of which were seeded. In a first for TBT, each regional was hosted by a competing team, with the winner of each regional receiving a prize equal to 25% of that region's ticket proceeds. Host teams were announced on January 29, 2019, ahead of the start of the open entry period on March 1. The full bracket was announced on June 11.

Dunk contest The Puma Posterize Dunk Contest was held during the quarterfinals, on August 2. The contest "features players attempting to dunk over one another." The contest and $40,000 top prize was won by William Coleman of Bluff City, a team of Memphis Tigers alumni.

Venues The Basketball Tournament 2019 was staged in nine locations. Red dots mark regional locations and the green dot marks the championship location. The Wichita Regional, held near McConnell Air Force Base, was branded as "The Wichita Regional Presented by Air Force Reserve", through sponsorship by the Air Force Reserve.

Alumni teams Multiple teams in the tournament were comprised mostly or exclusively of alumni of a particular school, program, or a group of closely related schools. These teams are listed below.

Region Seed Team School/program Origins of name Columbus 1 Carmen's Crew Ohio State Buckeyes School song "Carmen Ohio" Columbus 2 Kohl Blooded Wisconsin Badgers Kohl Center, the Badgers' home Columbus 3 Red Scare Dayton Flyers Primary school color and student section nickname Columbus 7 Mid-American Unity Mid-American Conference schools Greensboro 2 Team CP3 AAU Chris Paul's nickname Greensboro 3 Power of the Paw Clemson Tigers Clemson's athletic logo is a tiger's paw Lexington 2 Bluegrass Boys Kentucky Wildcats State nickname; also, the Wildcats' home of Lexington is a major city in the state's Bluegrass region Memphis 1 Gael Force Saint Mary's Gaels Memphis 2 Bluff City Memphis Tigers City nickname Memphis 3 Team Arkansas Arkansas Razorbacks Richmond 2 Ram Nation VCU Rams Richmond 3 Green Machine George Mason Patriots Primary school color Richmond 4 Best Virginia West Virginia Mountaineers Richmond 5 Seven City Royalty Old Dominion Monarchs "Seven Cities", a nickname sometimes applied to ODU's home of the Hampton Roads area Richmond 6 The Web Richmond Spiders Richmond 8 Hilltop Dawgs UMBC Retrievers School's physical location Salt Lake 4 Sons of Westwood UCLA Bruins Title of one of UCLA's fight songs, derived from the school's location in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westwood Salt Lake 7 Utah Stallions Utah State Aggies Syracuse 1 Boeheim's Army Syracuse Orange Current Orange head coach Jim Boeheim Syracuse 5 GaelNation Iona Gaels Syracuse 6 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers player and head coach Jim Valvano (1946–1993) Syracuse 7 Team Draddy Manhattan Jaspers Draddy Gymnasium, the Jaspers' home Syracuse 8 We Are D3 NCAA Division III programs Common abbreviation for NCAA Division III Wichita 1 Golden Eagles Marquette Golden Eagles Wichita 2 AfterShocks Wichita State Shockers Wichita 3 Self Made Kansas Jayhawks Current Jayhawks head coach Bill Self Wichita 4 Team Colorado Colorado Buffaloes Wichita 5 Purple & Black Kansas State Wildcats School colors Wichita 7 Iowa United Iowa's four Division I schools (Drake, Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa)

Schedule Regional games were televised on ESPN or ESPN2, or streamed on ESPN3; the quarterfinals were televised on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU; the semifinals and final were televised on ESPN. Each regional winner received 25% of the ticket sales in their region as a prize.

+ Regional Schedule Round Dates Region Venue & Location Host team Winning team Prize Regional July 19–21 Columbus Capital University Performance ArenaBexley, Ohio Carmen's Crew $21,025 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum FieldhouseGreensboro, North Carolina Team CP3 Team Hines $3,732 Lexington Frederick Douglass High SchoolLexington, Kentucky Bluegrass Boys Loyalty Is Love $5,343 Memphis Elma Roane FieldhouseMemphis, Tennessee Bluff City Jackson TN Underdawgs $6,226 July 25–27 Salt Lake Maverik CenterWest Valley City, Utah Team Fredette Eberlein Drive $3,584 July 25–28 Wichita Charles Koch ArenaWichita, Kansas AfterShocks Golden Eagles $96,439 July 26–28 Richmond Siegel CenterRichmond, Virginia Ram Nation Overseas Elite $17,349 Syracuse SRC Arena, Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York Boeheim's Army Team Brotherly Love $31,871

+ Final Eight Schedule Round Dates Venue & Location Quarterfinals August 1–2 Wintrust ArenaChicago, Illinois Semifinals August 4 Finals August 6

Bracket All times Eastern. Richmond Regional – Siegel Center, Richmond, VA

Richmond Regional Final

Lexington Regional – Frederick Douglass HS, Lexington, KY

Lexington Regional Final

Salt Lake Regional – Maverik Center, West Valley City, UT

Salt Lake Regional Final

Columbus Regional – Capital University Performance Arena, Bexley, OH

Columbus Regional Final

Syracuse Regional – SRC Arena, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY

Syracuse Regional Final

Greensboro Regional – Greensboro Coliseum Fieldhouse, Greensboro, NC

Greensboro Regional Final

Wichita Regional – Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, KS

Wichita Regional Final

Memphis Regional – Elma Roane Fieldhouse, Memphis, TN

Memphis Regional Final

Championship – Wintrust Arena, Chicago, IL

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Semifinals

Championship

Crew Statistics Eagles 17/35 (48%) 2-pt field goals 13/24 (54%) 7/16 (43%) 3-pt field goals 9/25 (36%) 11/14 (78%) Free throws 7/10 (70%) 7 Offensive rebounds 4 23 Defensive rebounds 21 30 Total rebounds 25 15 Assists 14 12 Turnovers 12 6 Steals 7 1 Blocks 5 14 Fouls 17

Winning roster No. Pos Player College 0 F Jared Sullinger (Head coach) Ohio State 1 F Leon Rodgers Northern Illinois 2 G Courtney Pigram East Tennessee State 4 G Aaron Craft Ohio State 11 F Jeff Gibbs Otterbein 12 G Demetri McCamey Illinois 21 G/F LaQuinton Ross Ohio State 22 F Deshaun Thomas Ohio State 23 G/F David Lighty Ohio State 24 F Evan Ravenel Ohio State 33 G Jon Diebler Ohio State 34 F John Williamson Cincinnati 44 G William Buford Ohio State 52 F Dallas Lauderdale Ohio State 99 F Evan Turner (Asst. coach) Ohio State GM Scoonie Penn Ohio State Source:

Awards

+ All Tournament Team Pos Player Team G William Buford (MVP) Carmen's Crew G Aaron Craft Carmen's Crew F D. J. Kennedy Overseas Elite G Jaylen Barford Jackson TN Underdawgs G Dwight Buycks Golden EaglesGM Daniel Fitzgerald Golden Eagles Source:

References

The Basketball Tournament 2019

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