Wikipedia - Golden Eagles (TBT)

The Golden Eagles are an American basketball team that participates in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), an annual winner-take-all single-elimination tournament. The team first played in the tournament in 2016, was the runner-up in 2019, and won the championship (and $1 million prize) in 2020. The Golden Eagles' roster consists of professional basketball players who compete outside of the NBA, most of whom played college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team. The TBT team is an independent entity that was named after the college team.

History

2016: First tournament

Davante Gardner (No. 54) played on the first two editions of the team.

The "Golden Eagles Alumni" were the No. 6 seed in the Midwest region.

Games

Date Round Location Score Opponent Ref.
Team Seed
July 16 Regional Chicago, IL 95–92 Hoopville Warriors Midwest No. 11
July 17 97–70 Spartan Heroes Midwest No. 3
July 22 Super 16 Philadelphia, PA 82–71 Armored Athlete Midwest No. 7
July 23 Quarterfinals 81–89 Always a Brave Midwest No. 9

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2017: Second tournament

Maurice Acker has played on the team each year.

The Golden Eagles were the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region.

Games

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
Team Seed
July 8 Regional Peoria, IL 103–89 Midwest Dream Squad Midwest No. 16
July 9 81–70 Majerus SLU Crew Midwest No. 8
July 22 Super 16 Brooklyn, NY 84–77 Purple and Black Midwest No. 4
July 23 Quarterfinals 56–81 Scarlet & Gray Midwest No. 2

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2018: Final four appearance

Jamil Wilson received All-Tournament honors in 2018 and 2020.

The Golden Eagles were the No. 3 seed in the Northeast region.

Games

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
Team Seed
July 21 Regional Milwaukee, WI 78–67 Johnnies Northeast No. 14
July 22 Brooklyn, NY 96–76 Hall In Northeast No. 11
July 28 Super 16 Atlanta, GA 73–66 Talladega Knights Northeast No. 15
July 29 Quarterfinals 90–86 Boeheim's Army Northeast No. 1
August 2 Semifinals Baltimore, MD 60–85 Overseas Elite South No. 1

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2019: Title game appearance

Dwight Buycks was named to the All-Tournament team in 2016 and 2019.

The Golden Eagles were the No. 1 seed in the Wichita regional. By winning their region, the team received 25% of the region's ticket sales as a prize, which was $96,439.

Games

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
Team Seed
July 26 Regional Wichita, KS 89–72 Fort Hood Wounded Warriors Wichita No. 8
July 27 83–81 Team Colorado Wichita No. 4
July 28 88–80 Sideline Cancer Wichita No. 6
August 1 Quarterfinals Chicago, IL 79–62 Jackson TN Underdawgs Memphis No. 8
August 4 Semifinals 68–62 Team Hines Greensboro No. 1
August 6 Final 60–66 Carmen's Crew Columbus No. 1

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2020: Championship

Mo Charlo played on the 2019 and 2020 teams.

The Golden Eagles were the No. 4 overall seed, in a field reduced to 24 teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Games

The team received a first-round bye.

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
Team Seed
July 6 Super 16 Nationwide Arena,
Columbus, Ohio
76–67 Team CP3 13th overall
July 10 Quarterfinals 83–76 Brotherly Love 12th overall
July 12 Semifinals 79–70 Red Scare 8th overall
July 14 Final 78–73 Sideline Cancer 22nd overall

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2021: Championship defense

Matt Lojeski joined the team in 2021.

The Golden Eagles were placed in the 16-team Illinois Regional as the top seed.

Games

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
Team Seed
July 25 First round Peoria Civic Center,
Peoria, Illinois
94–66 B1 Ballers Illinois No. 16
July 26 Second round 71–64 Playing for Jimmy V Illinois No. 9
July 28 Regional semifinals 88–75 Autism Army Illinois No. 5
July 31 Regional final UD Arena,
Dayton, Ohio
69–73 Boeheim's Army Illinois No. 3

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2022

Diamond Stone was added to the roster for the 2022 tournament.

For TBT 2022, the team was seeded no. 2 in the Dayton Regional.

Date Round Location Score Opponent Ref.
Team Seed
July 24 First round UD Arena
Dayton, Ohio
77–72 Ohio 1804 Dayton No. 7 box
July 26 Second round 56–62 Red Scare Dayton No. 3 box

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Los Golden Eagles, el equipo de baloncesto de Estados Unidos, son un grupo de jugadores de baloncesto de élite que representan al país en competiciones internacionales como los Juegos Olímpicos y el Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto. El equipo está formado por jugadores de la Asociación Nacional de Baloncesto (NBA) y conocidos por su atletismo, su talento y su capacidad de anotar. Los Golden Eagles son uno de los equipos de baloncesto más exitosos de la historia, habiendo ganado numerosas medallas de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos y el Campeonato Mundial de Baloncesto. Son conocidos por su juego rápido y su defensa implacable, y son considerados uno de los equipos de baloncesto más dominantes del mundo.