The Basketball Tournament 2022
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | July 16–August 2, 2022 |
Tournament format(s) | Single elimination |
Participants | 64 teams |
Purse | Championship: US$1,000,000 winner-take-all |
Final positions | |
Champions | Blue Collar U |
Runner-up | Americana for Austism |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | C. J. Massinburg |
Top scorer(s) | C. J. Massinburg (94 pts)[1] |
Games played | 63 |
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]
Format
[edit]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.
Venues
[edit]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.
Albuquerque (New Mexico) |
Charleston (West Virginia) |
Cincinnati (Xavier) |
Omaha |
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The Pit | Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center | Cintas Center | D. J. Sokol Arena |
Capacity: 15,411 | Capacity: 11,519 | Capacity: 10,250 | Capacity: 2,950 |
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Rucker Park | Syracuse | Wichita | Dayton |
Greg Marius Court | SRC Arena | Charles Koch Arena | UD Arena |
Capacity: N/A | Capacity: 6,500 | Capacity: 10,506 | Capacity: 13,435 |
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Teams
[edit]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.
Name | College or sponsor affiliation | Source of team name | Region |
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AfterShocks | Wichita State alumni | School nickname of Shockers | Wichita |
Air Raiders | Texas Tech alumni | School nickname of Red Raiders | Wichita |
Always Us | Oregon alumni | Phrase used by Oregon head coach Dana Altman | Omaha |
Americana for Autism[a] | — | Team sponsor Americana, an NFT company | Rucker Park |
Athletics Miami | — | Team sponsor Athletics Miami, a basketball facility | Dayton |
B1 Ballers | — | Wichita | |
Best Virginia | West Virginia alumni | West Virginia | |
Big 5 | Philadelphia Big 5 alumni | Rucker Park | |
Bleed Green | North Texas alumni | School nickname of Mean Green | Wichita |
Blue Collar U | Buffalo alumni | Primary school color, plus city's blue-collar image | Syracuse |
Boeheim's Army | Syracuse alumni | Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim | Syracuse |
Brown & White | St. Bonaventure alumni | School colors | Syracuse |
Bucketneers | ETSU alumni | School nickname of Buccaneers | West Virginia |
Cititeam | — | Dayton | |
Competitive Choice | — | New Mexico | |
The Cru | Valparaiso alumni | Former school nickname of Crusaders | Omaha |
DaGuys STL | — | Team YouTube channel, with players mainly from Greater St. Louis | Omaha |
Defeat Diabetes | JDRF | Xavier | |
Eberlein Drive | — | Team owners' home street | Wichita |
The Enchantment | New Mexico alumni | State nickname, "Land of Enchantment" | New Mexico |
Ex-Pats | Patriot League alumni | Rucker Park | |
Florida TNT | — | Players with connections to the state of Florida | Xavier |
Fort Wayne Champs | — | Players with connections to Fort Wayne, Indiana | Xavier |
Founding Fathers | James Madison alumni | Status of school namesake James Madison as one of the Founding Fathers | West Virginia |
Friday Beers[b] | Armored Athlete | Syracuse | |
Fully Loaded | Alumni of AAU program Team Loaded | West Virginia | |
Golden Eagles | Marquette alumni | School nickname of Golden Eagles | Dayton |
Gutter Cat Gang[c] | — | Team sponsor Gutter Cat Gang, an NFT company[10] | Omaha |
HBCUnited | HBCU alumni | Rucker Park | |
Heartfire | MedImpact | New Mexico | |
Herd That | Marshall alumni | School nickname of Thundering Herd | West Virginia |
Hoopville Warriors | — | Players with connections to Chicago | Rucker Park |
India Rising | — | Players of Indian origin | Syracuse |
Jackson Underdawgs | — | Players with connections to Jackson, Tennessee | Omaha |
LA Cheaters | Drew League | New Mexico | |
Lone Star Legends | — | Players with connections to the state of Texas, nicknamed "Lone Star State" | Wichita |
Men of Mackey | Purdue alumni | Purdue home court Mackey Arena | Dayton |
Mental Toughness | JCK Foundation | Syracuse | |
Mid American Unity | Mid-American Conference alumni | Dayton | |
The Money Team | TMT | Team sponsor Floyd "Money" Mayweather | Dayton |
Nasty Nati | Cincinnati alumni | Nickname of the city of Cincinnati | Xavier |
The Nerd Team | — | Players from "more prestigious" universities | Syracuse |
NG Saints | Neumann Goretti High School | Abbreviation and nickname of school | Syracuse |
Ohio 1804 | Ohio alumni | Year of school's founding | Dayton |
Omaha Blue Crew | Creighton alumni | Location and primary color of school | Omaha |
Once a Bronco | Boise State alumni | School nickname of Broncos | New Mexico |
Panamaniacs | New Mexico State alumni | NMSU home court Pan American Center | New Mexico |
Peacock Nation | Saint Peter's alumni | School nickname of Peacocks | Rucker Park |
Purple & Black | Kansas State alumni | School colors | Wichita |
Ram Up | Colorado State alumni | School nickname of Rams | New Mexico |
Red Scare | Dayton alumni | Name of Dayton student section | Dayton |
Sideline Cancer | — | Pancreatic cancer awareness | Xavier |
Skip to My Lou | — | Streetball moniker of team head coach Rafer Alston | Rucker Park |
Sweet Home Alabama | — | Classic Lynyrd Skynyrd song, reflecting the Alabama origins of team players | Xavier |
Team AboutBillions | — | Brand of team sponsor Adrien Broner | Xavier |
Team Arkansas | Arkansas alumni | Omaha | |
Team Challenge ALS | — | New Mexico | |
Team Overtime | Overtime Elite | Team sponsor Overtime Elite, a sports media company and league | Omaha |
Virginia Dream | — | Players with connections to the state of Virginia | West Virginia |
War Ready | Auburn alumni | School battle cry "War Eagle" | West Virginia |
We Are D3 | NCAA Division III alumni | Wichita | |
WoCo Showtime | Wofford alumni | Wofford College | West Virginia |
YGC | Marcus Smart | Rucker Park | |
Zip Em Up | Xavier alumni | Former Xavier team motto | Xavier |
Note: team names are per the TBT bracket; some names have slight variation on TBT website pages.
Tournament bracket
[edit]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)
[edit]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)
[edit]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 |
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 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
Awards
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Pos | Player | Team |
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PG | Chris Warren | Florida TNT |
PG | Scoochie Smith | Red Scare |
SG | C. J. Massinburg (MVP) | Blue Collar U |
PG | Wes Clark | Blue Collar U |
PF | Nick Perkins | Blue Collar U |
Coach | Adam Bauman | Blue Collar U |
GM | Griffin Taylor | Americana for Autism |
33-Point Contest
[edit]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]
Notes
[edit]- ^ If a regional winner was unavailable for the final round in Dayton, organizers selected a replacement.
- ^ 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Stats: Leaders". thetournament.com. 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
- ^ Borzello, Jeff (August 2, 2022). "Blue Collar U downs Americana for Autism, takes home $1 million The Basketball Tournament title". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ^ "The Basketball Tournament Announces Format, Locations for 2022" (Press release). The Basketball Tournament. December 8, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "The Basketball Tournament Announces Format, Locations for 2022" (Press release). The Basketball Tournament. May 19, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "TBT Accepts 32 Teams for 2022 Tournament, Half of Field Set" (Press release). The Basketball Tournament. January 26, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "TBT 2022 Bracket Reveal Show". The Basketball Tournament. June 22, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ Selig, David. "What is the Elam Ending?". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "All Teams". thetournament.com. 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ a b "Bracket". thetournament.com. 2022.
- ^ "Gutter Cat Gang | The Basketball Tournament | Puma". guttercatgang.com. May 27, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ Eldridge, Taylor (July 30, 2022). "AfterShocks' run for the TBT $1 million ends in semifinal with heartbreaking loss". kansas.com. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
- ^ "Red Scare's T.B.T. run comes to an end Saturday night". WHIO-TV. July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022 – via MSN.com.
- ^ Kindberg, Scott (August 3, 2022). "Hodgson's Blue Collar U Captures TBT Title". The Post-Journal. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
- ^ "TBT 2022 Schedule". thetournament.com. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ "Stats: Schedule". thetournament.com. 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ Ufnowski, Amy (July 2022). "ESPN Announces Schedule and Commentators for TBT 2022, Tipping Off July 16". espnpressroom.com (Press release). Retrieved July 29, 2022.
- ^ @thetournament (August 2, 2022). "MONTELL MCRAE SLAMS HOME THE $1 MILLION @SLING SHOT!!!!!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 2, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ @thetournament (August 2, 2022). "Your TBT 2022 MVP is CJ Massinburg!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 2, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ @thetournament (August 2, 2022). "Introducing your TBT 2022 All-Tournament Team!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 2, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ @thetournament (July 28, 2022). "Your contestants for tonight's @PUMAHoops 33-Point Contest, live at 9p on ESPN2!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 28, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ @thetournament (July 28, 2022). "$33,333 RICHER RYAN TAYLOR IS YOUR @PUMAHoops 33-POINT CONTEST CHAMP!!!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 28, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Ryan Taylor". thetournament.com. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ "Ryan Taylor". thetournament.com. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
External links
[edit]- The Basketball Tournament
- 2022–23 in American basketball
- July 2022 sports events in the United States
- August 2022 sports events in the United States
- Basketball competitions in Dayton, Ohio
- Basketball competitions in West Virginia
- 21st century in Harlem
- Sports competitions in Wichita, Kansas
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