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The Basketball Tournament 2022
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The Basketball Tournament 2022 was the ninth edition of The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a 5-on-5, single elimination basketball tournament with a $1 million winner-take-all prize. The tournament, involving 64 teams, began on July 16 and ended on August 2 with the championship game in Dayton, Ohio. The tournament format was similar to that of the last pre-COVID-19 edition in 2019—64 teams, each playing in one of eight regionals.
For the first time, the event had a "championship week", starting with the regional winners advancing to quarterfinals at one of two sites, Dayton and Wichita, Kansas. The quarterfinal winners then traveled to (or remained in) Dayton for the semifinals and championship game. Blue Collar U, a team primarily rostered with alumni of the Buffalo Bulls men's basketball program, won the tournament.[2]
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Format
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For its 2022 edition, TBT retained its traditional 64-team format, and returned to an eight-region format, with each regional involving eight teams at a single host site (similar in format to the NCAA Division II men's and women's tournaments). Seven of the eight regional sites, plus the championship week venues, were revealed by TBT organizers on December 8, 2021.[3] The eighth regional site was revealed on May 19, 2022, as Rucker Park, an iconic outdoor venue in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. It became TBT's first-ever outdoor venue.[4]
In a feature it calls "Run It Back", TBT organizers invited all teams that won first-round games in the 2021 edition to play in 2022. All but one of these teams accepted their bids before the organizers' initial deadline (the other one missed the deadline, but later accepted). These 31 teams, plus The Enchantment, a team consisting mostly of New Mexico alumni, were announced as the first 32 teams on January 26, 2022. The Enchantment was accepted based on New Mexico's home arena of The Pit being a regional site.[5] The remaining teams, and the regional placements for all entrants, were revealed in a selection special hosted by Chris Vosters with analysts Seth Greenberg and April Gray that aired on TBT's YouTube channel on June 22, 2022.[6]
As with previous years, all tournament games operate with the "Elam Ending", a format of ending the game without use of a game clock. Under the Elam Ending, the clock is turned off at the first dead-ball whistle with 4 minutes or less to play in the game. At that time, a target score, equal to the score of the leading team (or tied teams) plus eight, is set, and the first team to reach this target score is declared the winner of the game.[7] Thus, all games end on a made basket (field goal or free throw) and there is no overtime.
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Venues
The Basketball Tournament 2022 featured games in eight locations, each of which hosted a regional. Two served as quarterfinal sites, with one of those also hosting the championship weekend (two semifinal contests and the championship game). Official regional names, if different from the location names, are indicated in the listings below the location names.
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Teams
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TBT has a history of teams rostered primarily with alumni from specific NCAA Division I college basketball programs; 27 such teams entered the 2022 tournament. Five other teams were rostered primarily with alumni from groups of NCAA basketball programs sharing a common bond. Two mostly consist of alumni from a specific Division I conference, one is drawn from a group of historic basketball rivals, another is drawn from NCAA Division III alumni, and the last is drawn from historically black colleges and universities.
Note: team names are per the TBT bracket; some names have slight variation on TBT website pages.
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Tournament bracket
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All eight no. 1 seeds advanced in first-round play; the lowest seed to advance to the second round was no. 7 Bleed Green in the Wichita Regional.
Six no. 1 seeds advanced in second-round play; the lowest seed to advance to the third round was again Bleed Green.
Five no. 1 seeds advanced in third-round play; the lowest seed to advance to the quarterfinals was no 3. Red Scare from the Dayton Regional.
Only a single no. 1 seed, AfterShocks from the Wichita Regional, won a quarterfinal match; the lowest seed to advance to the semifinals was again Red Scare.
In the first semifinal game, AfterShocks were eliminated by Americana for Autism, the no. 2 seed from the Rucker Park Regional.[11]
In the second semifinal game, Red Scare were eliminated by Blue Collar U, the no. 2 seed from the Syracuse Regional.[12]
Blue Collar U then defeated Americana for Autism in the championship game.[13]
Rucker Park Regional – Greg Marius Court (New York City)
First Round July 16 | Second Round July 17 | Third Round July 20 | ||||||||||||
1 | YGC | 79 | ||||||||||||
8 | Hoopville Warriors | 74 | ||||||||||||
1 | YGC | 59 | ||||||||||||
4 | HBCUnited | 66 | ||||||||||||
4 | HBCUnited | 76 | ||||||||||||
5 | Skip To My Lou | 72 | ||||||||||||
4 | HBCUnited | 63 | ||||||||||||
2 | Americana for Autism | 67 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ex-Pats | 67 | ||||||||||||
6 | Big 5 | 74 | ||||||||||||
6 | Big 5 | 67 | ||||||||||||
2 | Americana for Autism | 83 | ||||||||||||
2 | Americana for Autism | 69 | ||||||||||||
7 | Peacock Nation | 68 |
Xavier Regional – Cintas Center (Cincinnati)
First Round July 18 | Second Round July 20 | Third Round July 21 | ||||||||||||
1 | Florida TNT | 114 | ||||||||||||
8 | Team AboutBillions | 57 | ||||||||||||
1 | Florida TNT | 87 | ||||||||||||
5 | Fort Wayne Champs | 78 | ||||||||||||
4 | Nasty Nati | 67 | ||||||||||||
5 | Fort Wayne Champs | 71 | ||||||||||||
1 | Florida TNT | 76 | ||||||||||||
3 | Zip Em Up | 72 | ||||||||||||
3 | Zip Em Up | 94 | ||||||||||||
6 | Sweet Home Alabama | 61 | ||||||||||||
3 | Zip Em Up | 89 | ||||||||||||
2 | Sideline Cancer | 81 | ||||||||||||
2 | Sideline Cancer | 78 | ||||||||||||
7 | Defeat Diabetes | 77 |
New Mexico Regional – The Pit (Albuquerque)
First Round July 18 | Second Round July 19 | Third Round July 21 | ||||||||||||
1 | Heartfire | 84 | ||||||||||||
8 | Competitive Choice | 75 | ||||||||||||
1 | Heartfire | 79 | ||||||||||||
4 | The Enchantment | 74 | ||||||||||||
4 | The Enchantment | 89 | ||||||||||||
5 | Panamaniacs | 82 | ||||||||||||
1 | Heartfire | 86 | ||||||||||||
3 | LA Cheaters | 72 | ||||||||||||
3 | LA Cheaters | 73 | ||||||||||||
6 | Ram Up | 68 | ||||||||||||
3 | LA Cheaters | 80 | ||||||||||||
2 | Team Challenge ALS | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | Team Challenge ALS | 87 | ||||||||||||
7 | Once A Bronco | 71 |
Syracuse Regional – SRC Arena
First Round July 22 | Second Round July 23 | Third Round July 25 | ||||||||||||
1 | Boeheim's Army | 90 | ||||||||||||
8 | India Rising | 62 | ||||||||||||
1 | Boeheim's Army | 74 | ||||||||||||
4 | The Nerd Team | 81 | ||||||||||||
4 | The Nerd Team | 79 | ||||||||||||
5 | Brown & White | 71 | ||||||||||||
4 | The Nerd Team | 62 | ||||||||||||
2 | Blue Collar U | 83 | ||||||||||||
3 | Friday Beers | 82 | ||||||||||||
6 | Mental Toughness | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | Friday Beers | 75 | ||||||||||||
2 | Blue Collar U | 78 | ||||||||||||
2 | Blue Collar U | 91 | ||||||||||||
7 | NG Saints | 64 |
Wichita Regional – Charles Koch Arena
First Round July 22 | Second Round July 23 | Third Round July 25 | ||||||||||||
1 | AfterShocks | 83 | ||||||||||||
8 | We are D3 | 52 | ||||||||||||
1 | AfterShocks | 70 | ||||||||||||
4 | Air Raiders | 60 | ||||||||||||
4 | Air Raiders | 90 | ||||||||||||
5 | B1 Ballers | 89 | ||||||||||||
1 | AfterShocks | 70 | ||||||||||||
7 | Bleed Green | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | Purple & Black | 75 | ||||||||||||
6 | Lone Star Legends | 73 | ||||||||||||
3 | Purple & Black | 62 | ||||||||||||
7 | Bleed Green | 87 | ||||||||||||
2 | Eberlein Drive | 78 | ||||||||||||
7 | Bleed Green | 79 |
Omaha Regional – D. J. Sokol Arena
First Round July 16 | Second Round July 17 | Third Round July 19 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gutter Cat Gang | 88 | ||||||||||||
8 | The Cru | 78 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gutter Cat Gang | 72 | ||||||||||||
4 | Always Us | 62 | ||||||||||||
4 | Always Us | 79 | ||||||||||||
5 | Jackson Underdawgs | 78 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gutter Cat Gang | 62 | ||||||||||||
2 | Team Arkansas | 52 | ||||||||||||
3 | Omaha Blue Crew | 74 | ||||||||||||
6 | Team Overtime | 70 | ||||||||||||
3 | Omaha Blue Crew | 63 | ||||||||||||
2 | Team Arkansas | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | Team Arkansas | 72 | ||||||||||||
7 | DaGuys STL | 69 |
Dayton Regional – UD Arena
First Round July 24 | Second Round July 26 | Third Round July 27 | ||||||||||||
1 | The Money Team | 71 | ||||||||||||
8 | Athletics Miami | 67 | ||||||||||||
1 | The Money Team | 92 | ||||||||||||
4 | Men of Mackey | 75 | ||||||||||||
4 | Men of Mackey | 76 | ||||||||||||
5 | Mid American Unity | 58 | ||||||||||||
1 | The Money Team | 81 | ||||||||||||
3 | Red Scare | 83 | ||||||||||||
3 | Red Scare | 75 | ||||||||||||
6 | Cititeam | 70 | ||||||||||||
3 | Red Scare | 62 | ||||||||||||
2 | Golden Eagles | 56 | ||||||||||||
2 | Golden Eagles | 77 | ||||||||||||
7 | Ohio 1804 | 72 |
West Virginia Regional – Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center
First Round July 24 | Second Round July 26 | Third Round July 27 | ||||||||||||
1 | Best Virginia | 75 | ||||||||||||
8 | Virginia Dream | 45 | ||||||||||||
1 | Best Virginia | 89 | ||||||||||||
4 | Herd That | 79 | ||||||||||||
4 | Herd That | 77 | ||||||||||||
5 | Founding Fathers | 71 | ||||||||||||
1 | Best Virginia | 63 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bucketneers | 62 | ||||||||||||
3 | WoCo Showtime | 67 | ||||||||||||
6 | War Ready | 70 | ||||||||||||
6 | War Ready | 80 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bucketneers | 83 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bucketneers | 83 | ||||||||||||
7 | Fully Loaded | 73 |
Championship Week – Dayton & Wichita
All games played at Dayton, except for one quarterfinal (Wichita winner vs. Omaha winner) played at Wichita.
Quarterfinals July 27–29 | Semifinals July 30 | Championship August 2 | ||||||||||||
DA 3 | Red Scare | 67 | ||||||||||||
WV 1 | Best Virginia | 60 | ||||||||||||
DA 3 | Red Scare | 69 | ||||||||||||
SY 2 | Blue Collar U | 74 | ||||||||||||
SY 2 | Blue Collar U | 74 | ||||||||||||
NM 1 | Heartfire | 66 | ||||||||||||
SY 2 | Blue Collar U | 89 | ||||||||||||
RP 2 | Americana for Autism | 67 | ||||||||||||
WT 1 | AfterShocks | 74 | ||||||||||||
OM 1 | Gutter Cat Gang | 67 | ||||||||||||
WT 1 | AfterShocks | 75 | ||||||||||||
RP 2 | Americana for Autism | 78 | ||||||||||||
XA 1 | Florida TNT | 83 | ||||||||||||
RP 2 | Americana for Autism | 93 |
Announcers for both semifinal matches and the championship game were Bob Rathbun, Fran Fraschilla, and Angel Gray.[16]
Semifinals
July 30, 2022 4:00 p.m. EDT |
WT 1 AfterShocks 75, RP 2 Americana for Autism 78 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 18–21, 23–20, 16–15 | ||
Pts: C. Frankamp 15 Rebs: J. Dickey 8 Asts: R. Kelly 4 |
Pts: I. Swann 18 Rebs: D. James 6 Asts: D. Monroe 6 |
July 30, 2022 6:00 p.m. EDT |
DA 3 Red Scare 69, SY 2 Blue Collar U 74 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 20–14, 14–22, 20–19 | ||
Pts: S. Smith 22 Rebs: J. Cunningham 8 Asts: S. Smith 3 |
Pts: W. Clark 22 Rebs: N. Perkins 11 Asts: C. Massinburg 4 |
Championship
August 2, 2022 8:00 p.m. EDT |
SY 2 Blue Collar U 89, RP 2 Americana for Autism 67 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 20–18, 22–20, 22–16 | ||
Pts: N. Perkins 19 Rebs: B. Hamilton & C. Massinburg 8 Asts: C. Massinburg 8 |
Pts: N. Johnson 20 Rebs: C. Wright 5 Asts: D. Monroe 6 |
The final points of the tournament, securing the championship for Blue Collar U, came on a dunk by Montell McRae.[17]
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Awards

33-Point Contest
The "33-Point Contest", first held in 2021, returned. In the 2022 edition, select individual players competed in each region to see who could make 11 three-point field goals the fastest, with regional winners advancing to a final round in Dayton.[a]
Finalists (team, region):[20]
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The contest and prize of $33,333.33 was won by Ryan Taylor.[21][b]
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Notes
- Two players named Ryan Taylor have played in TBT: forward Ryan Taylor who attended Marshall,[22] and guard Ryan Taylor who attended Ohio, Evansville, and Northwestern.[23] The latter Ryan Taylor was the winner of the 33-Point Contest.
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