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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
ChampionsOverseas Elite
Runner-upTeam Colorado
Tournament statistics
MVPKyle 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]

Format[edit]

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
Region Team
Northeast Team City of Gods
Midwest Ants 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[edit]

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

Round Dates Region Location
Regional July 9–10 West Los Angeles, California
South Charlotte, North Carolina
July 16–17 Midwest Chicago, Illinois
Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Super 16 July 21–22  
Quarterfinals July 23  
Semifinals July 30   New York City
Finals August 2  

Alumni Teams[edit]

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

Team School
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[edit]

Regional finals
Region Winner Score Loser
Northeast Team City of Gods 86–79 The Untouchables
South Overseas Elite 74–66 Trained to Go
Midwest Always a Brave 89–81 Golden Eagles Alumni
West Team Colorado 83–78 Team Utah

Source: [8]

Semifinals & final[edit]

Semifinals
July 30
New York City 		Final
August 2
New York City
      
NE1 Team City of Gods 92
S2 Overseas Elite 103
S2 Overseas Elite 77
W5 Team Colorado 72
MW9 Always a Brave 70
W5 Team Colorado 78

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

National Championship[edit]

August 2, 2016
7:00 PM EDT
S #2 Overseas Elite 77, 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[edit]

All Tournament Team
Pos Player Team PPG
G Dwight Buycks Golden Eagles Alumni 24.5
G Marcus Hall Team Colorado 24.0
G Kyle Fogg (MVP) Overseas Elite 22.8
F Marcellus Sommerville Always A Brave 21.2
F D. J. Kennedy Overseas Elite 19.6

Source: [12]

References[edit]

  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. ^ a b c d "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. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "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. 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. Retrieved July 29, 2018.

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