We’re just a few weeks away from the winner-take-all phenomenon known as The Basketball Tournament taking center stage at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. The tournament that has captivated basketball fans over the last couple of summers has been trimmed down to 24 teams from the usual 64. In addition, all games have been moved to one location in central Ohio to cut down on the risks because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It was a given that defending champion Carmen’s Crew — a squad made up of mostly Ohio State alum players — would be in the field, but was not known is what seed it would get. Wonder no more. The team that features players like William Buford, Jon Diebler, David Lighty, and Aaron Craft will be the No. 1 seed.
In some other good news, another team with Buckeye ties, Big X, also received the good news that it will be in the field as a No. 9 seed. That roster features Kaleb Wesson, Keyshawn Woods, CJ Jackson, Andrew Dakich and Andre Wesson.
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— TBT (@thetournament) June 16, 2020
A familiar team, four-time champion Overseas Elite, was awarded the No. 2 seed. Ohio State had to go through that squad in the semifinals before outlasting The Golden Eagles — a Marquette alumni squad — in the championship game. The Golden Eagles received the No. 4 seed.
This year’s tournament is scheduled to be played between July 4-14 and will be televised by the ESPN family of networks in its entirety.
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