2022 | |
Tournament information | |
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Location |
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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]