Everything you require to learn about the 2023 TBT
Jul 13, 2023, 02:00 PM ET
Who’s going to win $1 million this summer season in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), the summer winner-takes-all basketball event? This year’s 64-team field includes 34 college alumni groups, three former tournament champions and 75 players with NBA experience.The teams will be
divided into 8 regionals, with two of them occurring in Wichita, Kansas. The other seven cities hosting TBT’s three-round regionals are Lubbock, Texas; Cincinnati; Syracuse, New York City; Wheeling, West Virginia; Dayton, Ohio; and Louisville, Kentucky. Quarterfinals will be played in Wichita, Wheeling, Dayton and Louisville. The semifinals and championship game will be held in Philadelphia.All 63 games will air on the ESPN household of networks, beginning July 19, with the championship game happening Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. EDT on ESPN.Bookmark this page to monitor all the winners throughout the tournament.Jump to: Lubbock local|Wichita(Kansas )regional |
Wichita(
Wichita State)local|Xavier local|Syracuse local|West Virginia local|Louisville regional|Dayton regional|Champion week Lubbock local United Grocery Stores Arena, Lubbock, Texas Lubbock
local groups and seeding Seed Group 1 Air Raiders(Texas Tech)2 Bleed Green(North Texas )3 HBCUnited
| 4 The | Enchantment(New Mexico) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Austin’s Own (Texas) | ||
| 6 | In the Lab 7 Increase & Grind 8 Purple Hearts Round 1 | Video game 1: | No. 2 Bleed |
| Green( | North Texas)vs. No. 7 Rise & Grind | ||
| ( | Wednesday, July 19, 2 p.m. EDT | ||
| , | ESPN+) Game 2: No. 3 HBCUnited vs. | No. 6 In The Laboratory(Wednesday, July 19, | 4 p.m. EDT, ESPN |
+)Game 3: No. 4 The Enchantment(New Mexico )vs. No. 5 Austin’s Own (Texas)(Wednesday, July 19, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Game 4: No. 1 Air Raiders( Texas Tech)vs. No. 8 Purple Hearts(Wednesday, July 19
, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN +)Round 2 Video game 5: Video game 1 winner vs. Video game 2 winner (Friday, July 21, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)
Game 6: Video game 3 winner vs. Video game 4 winner(Friday, July 21, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN +)Regional last: Game 5
winner vs. Game 6 winner (Sunday, July 23, 1 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)
Wichita (Kansas )regional Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas Wichita(Kansas)
local teams and seeding Seed Group 1 Mass Street (Kansas) 2 Heartfire 3 LA Cheaters
( Drew League)4 Show
Me Squad(Missouri)5 Vegas Rebellion
( UNLV) 6 Living The Dream 7 Juco Products 8 We
| Are D3 Round 1 Video game 1: | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. 4 Program Me Squad (Missouri)vs. | ||
| No. 5 Vegas Rebellion( | ||
| UNLV)( | Wednesday, July 19, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)Game 2: | No. 1 Mass Street (Kansas) |
| vs. No. | 8 We Are D3 (Wednesday, | |
| July 19 | , 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN | |
| + | )Video Game 3: No. 3 LA | |
| Cheaters(Drew League |
)vs. No.
6 Living The Dream (Wednesday, July 19, 11 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Game 4: No. 2 Heartfire vs. No. 7 JUCO Products( Thursday, July 20, 12 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Round 2 Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Video game 4 winner (Saturday, July 22
, 2 p.m. EDT, ESPN +) Game 6: Video game 1 winner vs. Video game 2 winner (Saturday, July 22, 4 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)
Regional last: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner (Sunday, July 23, 3 p.m. EDT, ESPNU)
Wichita
(Wichita State) local Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas Wichita(Wichita State)
regional teams and seeding Seed Team 1 Aftershocks(Wichita State)2 Purple & Black(Kansas State)3 Group Arkansas( Arkansas)4 Beale Street Kids (Memphis )5 Broad Street Birds(Temple)
6 Ram Up (Colorado State) 7 DaGuys STL 8 B1
Ballers Round 1 Video game 1: No. 3 Group
Arkansas (Arkansas) vs. No. 6 Ram Up(Colorado State
| )(Thursday, July 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| , | 2 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) | |
| Game 2: | No. 4 Beale Street Boys(Memphis) | |
| vs. No. | 5 Broad Street Birds(Temple | |
| ) | (Thursday, July 20, 4 p.m. EDT, | |
| ESPN+) | Video Game 3: No. 2 Purple & Black(Kansas State) | |
| vs. No. | 7 DaGuys STL(Thursday, July 12, 7 | p.m. EDT, ESPN2)Game 4: |
| No. 1 AfterShocks( |
Wichita
State )vs. No. 8 B1 Ballers (Thursday, July 20, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN2) Round 2 Game 5: Game 1 winner vs.
Video game 2 winner (Friday, July 21, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN2 )Game 6: Video game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner (Friday, July 21, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN2)
Regional last: Game 5 winner vs. Video game 6 winner(Sunday, July 23, 5 p.m. EDT, ESPNU )Xavier local Cintas
Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Xavier local groups and seeding Seed Group 1 The Program for Autism 2 Zip Em Up(Xavier)
3 The Money Team 4 Bucketneers( ETSU)5 Fort Wayne Champs 6 Nasty Nati(Cincinnati)7 Georgia Kingz 8 Team DRC Round 1 Game 1: No. 1 Program for Autism vs. No. 8 Group DRC( Friday, July 21
, 1 p.m. EDT, ESPN+ )Video Game 2: No. 4 Bucketneers (ETSU)vs. No. 5 Fort Wayne Champs
(Friday, July 21,
3 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)Game 3: No.
3 The Money Group vs. No. 6 Nasty Nati(Cincinnati)(Friday, July 21
, 6 p.m. EDT
, ESPN+)Game 4: No. 2 Zip Em
Up(Xavier)vs. No. 7 Georgia Kingz(
Friday
, July 21, 8 p.m. EDT,
ESPN+)
Round 2 Game 5: Video game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner(
Saturday, July 22, 6 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)Video Game 6:
Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner(
Saturday, July 22, 8 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)
Regional last: Video game 5 winner vs.
Video game 6 winner(Monday
, July 24, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Syracuse local War Memorial Arena, Syracuse, New York City Syracuse regional groups and seeding Seed Team 1 Blue Collar U (Buffalo )2 Boeheim’s Army (Syracuse )3 The Nerd Group 4 The Rhody Way (Rhode Island )5 The Commonwealth (UMass)
6 Pleased Valley Hoopers (Penn State)7 Group Gibson 8 Huge 5 Round 1 Game 1: No. 1 Blue Collar
U(Buffalo)vs. No. 8 Huge 5 (Monday, July 24, 2 p.m. EDT, ESPN +)Game 2: No. 3 The Nerd Group vs. No. 6 Delighted Valley Hoopers( Penn State)( Monday, July 24, 4 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)
Video Game 3: No. 2 Boeheim’s Army (Syracuse )vs. No. 7 Team Gibson(Monday, July 24, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPNU)
Game 4: No. 4 The Rhody Method(Rhode Island )vs.
No. 5 The Commonwealth(UMass)( Monday,
| July | 24, 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| p.m. EDT, ESPNU) Round 2 Video game 5: Game 1 | ||
| winner | vs. Video game 2 winner (Wednesday | |
| , | July 26, 6 p.m. | |
| EDT, ESPN+)Game 6: Video game 3 winner vs. Video game 4 winner( | ||
| Wednesday, July 26, 8 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) | ||
| Regional final: Video game 5 winner vs. Video game 6 winner(Monday, July 24 | ||
| , | 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)West Virginia regional | WesBanco Arena, Wheeling, |
West Virginia West Virginia regional teams and seeding Seed Group 1 Best Virginia(WVU)2 Sideline Cancer 3 Obstacle ALS: Florida 4 Herd That(Marshall)5 Zoo Team (Pitt) 6 Dawg Town (Georgetown)
7 Ram Nation (VCU)8 Dubois Dream Round 1 Video game 1: No. 3 Difficulty ALS: Florida vs. No. 6 Dawg Town (Georgetown
)(Tuesday, July 25, 2 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Game 2: No. 2 Sideline Cancer vs. No. 7 Ram Nation(VCU)(Tuesday, July 25
, 4 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)Video Game 3: No. 1 Best Virginia (West Virginia)vs. No. 8 Dubois Dream(Tuesday, July 25, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN +)Game 4: No. 4 Herd That(Marshall) vs. No. 5 Zoo Crew (Pittsburgh)(Tuesday, July 25, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Round 2 Video game 5: Video game 3 winner vs. Video game 4 winner(Thursday,
July 27, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN
+)Game 6: Video game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner(Thursday,
July 27, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN +)Regional last: Video game 5 winner vs. Video game 6 winner(Saturday, July 29, 2 p.m. EDT
,
ESPN +)
Louisville local Liberty Hall
,
Louisville, Kentucky Louisville regional teams and seeding Seed Group 1 Gutter Cats 2 The
Ville (Louisville
)
3 Eberlein Drive 4 Shell Shock(
Maryland)5 Gataverse (Florida)6
Jackson TN Underdawgs 7 War Ready(Auburn)8 The
Nawf Round 1 Game 1: No. 1 Rain Gutter Cats vs. No. 8 The Nawf(Tuesday, July 25, 2 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Video Game 2: No. 4 Shell Shock (Maryland) vs. No. 5 Gataverse (Florida)
(Tuesday, July 25, 4 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Game 3: No. 2 The Ville (Louisville)vs. No. 7 War Ready( Auburn
)(Tuesday, July 25, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Game 4: No. 3 Eberlein Drive vs. No. 6 Jackson TN Underdawgs (Tuesday, July 25
, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)Round 2 Video game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner(Thursday, July 27, 6 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Video Game 6: Video game 3 winner vs. Video game 4 winner (Thursday, July 27
, 8 p.m. EDT, ESPN+ )Regional last: Video game 5 winner vs. Video game 6 winner( Saturday, July 29
, 12 p.m. EDT, ESPNU)Dayton
local UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio Dayton
local teams and seeding
Seed
Team
1
Red Scare(Dayton)
2
Friday Beers 3 Group Colorado(Colorado)4 Carmen
‘s Team(Ohio State)5 Group Overtime 6 Men of Mackey (Purdue)
7
Athletics Miami 8 India Rising Round 1
Game 1:
No. 2 Friday Beers vs. No. 7 Athetics
Miami (Wednesday, July 26,
1
p.m. EDT,
ESPN+ )
Game 2: No. 3 Group Colorado (Colorado )vs. No. 6 Men of Mackey(Purdue) (Wednesday, July 26, 3 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Video Game 3: No. 4 Carmen’s Crew(Ohio State)vs. No. 5 Team Overtime(Wednesday, July 26, 6 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Game 4: No. 1 Red Scare (Dayton) vs. No. 8 India Increasing (Wednesday, July 26, 8 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Round 2 Game 5: Video game 1 winner vs. Video game 2 winner( Friday, July 28, 6 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)
Video Game 6: Video game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner (Friday, July 28, 8 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)
Regional final: Video game 5 winner vs. Video game 6 winner( Saturday, July 29
, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN+ )Champion week Quarterfinals Wichita: Wichita (KU )winner vs. Wichita(
WSU)winner(Tuesday, July25, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)West Virginia: Syracuse winner vs. West Virginia winner
(Sunday, July 30, 4 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)Dayton: Xavier winner vs. Dayton winner (Monday,
July 31
, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN2)
Louisville: Lubbock winner vs. Louisville winner(
Monday
, July 31, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN2)
Semifinals Daskalakis Athletic
Center
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wichita quarterfinal winner vs. West Virginia quarterfinal winner (Wednesday,
Nawf Round 1 Game 1: No. 1 Rain Gutter Cats vs. No. 8 The Nawf(Tuesday, July 25, 2 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Video Game 2: No. 4 Shell Shock (Maryland) vs. No. 5 Gataverse (Florida)
(Tuesday, July 25, 4 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Game 3: No. 2 The Ville (Louisville)vs. No. 7 War Ready( Auburn
)(Tuesday, July 25, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Game 4: No. 3 Eberlein Drive vs. No. 6 Jackson TN Underdawgs (Tuesday, July 25
, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)Round 2 Video game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner(Thursday, July 27, 6 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Video Game 6: Video game 3 winner vs. Video game 4 winner (Thursday, July 27
, 8 p.m. EDT, ESPN+ )Regional last: Video game 5 winner vs. Video game 6 winner( Saturday, July 29
, 12 p.m. EDT, ESPNU)Dayton
local UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio Dayton
local teams and seeding
| Seed | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Scare(Dayton) | ||
| 2 | Friday Beers 3 Group Colorado(Colorado)4 Carmen | ‘s Team(Ohio State)5 Group Overtime 6 Men of Mackey (Purdue) | |
| 7 | Athletics Miami 8 India Rising Round 1 | Game 1: | No. 2 Friday Beers vs. No. 7 Athetics |
| Miami (Wednesday, July 26, | |||
| 1 | p.m. EDT, |
ESPN+ )
Game 2: No. 3 Group Colorado (Colorado )vs. No. 6 Men of Mackey(Purdue) (Wednesday, July 26, 3 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Video Game 3: No. 4 Carmen’s Crew(Ohio State)vs. No. 5 Team Overtime(Wednesday, July 26, 6 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Game 4: No. 1 Red Scare (Dayton) vs. No. 8 India Increasing (Wednesday, July 26, 8 p.m. EDT, ESPN+) Round 2 Game 5: Video game 1 winner vs. Video game 2 winner( Friday, July 28, 6 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)
Video Game 6: Video game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner (Friday, July 28, 8 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)
Regional final: Video game 5 winner vs. Video game 6 winner( Saturday, July 29
, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN+ )Champion week Quarterfinals Wichita: Wichita (KU )winner vs. Wichita(
WSU)winner(Tuesday, July25, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)West Virginia: Syracuse winner vs. West Virginia winner
(Sunday, July 30, 4 p.m. EDT, ESPN+)Dayton: Xavier winner vs. Dayton winner (Monday,
August 2
, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN )Dayton quarterfinal winner vs. Louisville quarterfinal winner(Wednesday, August
2, 9 p.m. EDT, ESPN) Championship (Philadelphia): Thursday, August 3, 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN