Former National Player of the Year Jimmer Fredette and Potential Top 10 NBA Draft Authors and Armenton Pson are the 2022 field headlines for basketball tournaments.
Released Wednesday, the 64 teams of TBT brackets feature 71 players with NBA experience and a team of 29 college graduates.
For the first time in the history of the event, TBT plays games outdoors as one of TBT’s regions is held at the historic Rucker Park in New York City. The other seven local cities are Omaha, Nebraska. Albuquerque, New Mexico; Wichita, Kansas; Syracuse, NY; Charleston, West Virginia; Cincinnati; Dayton, Ohio.
“This year’s field is exciting,” said John Muger, TBT’s founder and CEO. “Nine years ago, we aimed to be the home of high-stakes, open basketball where people from all disciplines compete with each other. This year’s field shows how far we have come. It’s very diverse and talented. I can’t wait to see which team wins six games in a row. “
The team competes for a championship award where a $ 1 million winner wins everything.
Fredette, a former BYU guard who led the country in scoring in 2011 and won the consensus National Player of the Year honor before being ranked 10th in the NBA Draft, is the protagonist of the money team.
“I enjoy going out and playing again,” Fredette told ESPN. “my brother [general manager TJ Fredette] It’s part of putting the team together. It should be a lot of fun to go back to the court and play competitive basketball. “
After playing for Shanghai Sharks in China in 2021, Fredette chose to stay home this winter and spring as he and his wife had a third child. He has joined the team that reached the quarterfinals last season, featuring Trevor Booker, Jeremy Evans, Charles Jenkins, Jordan Crawford and more.
“I feel pretty good,” Fredette said. “I’ve been exercising all the time. I’m always exercising and working on the game. I’m excited to play in front of some fans and play with some guys I really like increase.”
Fredette played for TBT in 2018 and led the tournament in scoring, including a 41-point effort to help Team Fredette move forward.
“It’s always great,” he said. “At this point, we just strive to win. All we need to do to move forward. Last time we had a really great tournament and became the top scorer. That’s great, but survive and move forward. To do. To challenge. To win and move forward in these games. Go to that one million. “
Fredette’s The Money Team is one seed in the Dayton region. The other one seed is YGC (Rucker Park), Guttercats (Omaha), Heartfire (New Mexico), Florida TNT (Xavier), Boheim Army (Syracuse), Aftershock (Wichita), Best Virginia (West Virginia). is.
TBT began in 2014, when Notre Dame Fighting Alumni won their first championship. The overseas elite won four titles before the end of the winning streak in 2019 by Carmen’s Crew, a team of Ohio graduates. The Marquette-centric Golden Eagles alumni won the championship in 2020, and last season the Syracuse-focused Boheim army won the title.
Boheim’s army includes first-time TBT players Tyler Ennis, Rakeem Christmas, and Marek Dorezai (all Syracuse graduates), including five-time TBT champion DJ Kennedy and four-time champion De Andrekane. By adding to, we will protect the title of this summer. ..
As ESPN reported earlier this month, Amen and Ausar Thompson will be the protagonists of Team Overtime, a team formed by sports media company Overtime, in a draw scheduled for 2023. The Thompson Twins have been suitable for overtime elites this past season. The same was true for another draft topic, Jazian Gotman, who will be competing in team overtime at TBT. The team also has several professional veterans, including former San Diego State University star Malcolm Thomas, but this is the first time an NBA Draft-eligible prospect has joined the TBT. Overtime is 6 seeds in the Omaha area.
Sideline Cancer, two seeds in the Xavier region, is aiming to advance to the quarterfinals for the third consecutive year. They bring back scorer Marcus Keane and add former South Dakota star Mike Daum and longtime NBA veteran CJ Miles.
Other players with NBA experience expected to play at this year’s TBT include Zhaire Smith (Air Raiders), Omari Spellman (Eberlein Drive), Antonio Blakeney (Florida TNT) and Semaj Christon (Zip’Em Up). ), Justin Patton (Omaha Blue Crew) is included. , Jacob Pouren (Purple & Black), Kosta Koufos (Red Scare), Xavier Manford (The Money Team), Jacob Evans (Nasty Nati), Markel Brown (Stillwater Stars).
The championship team will win $ 1 million in the all-winner title game on ESPN. This summer’s championship game will take place on August 2nd in Dayton.
