Golden Eagles (basketball)
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Leagues | The Basketball Tournament | |||
Founded | 2016 | |||
History | Golden Eagles (2016–present) | |||
Team colors | Blue and gold | |||
General manager | Dan Fitzgerald | |||
Head coach | Joe Chapman | |||
Championships | 1 TBT (2020) | |||
Website | Team page | |||
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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
[edit]2016: First tournament
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Davante_Gardner.jpg/150px-Davante_Gardner.jpg)
The "Golden Eagles Alumni" were the No. 6 seed in the Midwest region.[1][2]
Games
[edit]Date | Round | Location | Score | Opponent | Ref. | |
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Team | Seed | |||||
July 16 | Regional | Chicago, IL | 95–92 | Hoopville Warriors | Midwest No. 11 | [3] |
July 17 | 97–70 | Spartan Heroes | Midwest No. 3 | |||
July 22 | Super 16 | Philadelphia, PA | 82–71 | Armored Athlete | Midwest No. 7 | [2] |
July 23 | Quarterfinals | 81–89 | Always a Brave | Midwest No. 9 | [2] |
Players
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2017: Second tournament
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The Golden Eagles were the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region.[6]
Games
[edit]Date | Round | Location | Score | Opponent | Stats | |
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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 | [7] |
Players
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2018: Final four appearance
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Jamil_Wilson.jpg/150px-Jamil_Wilson.jpg)
The Golden Eagles were the No. 3 seed in the Northeast region.
Games
[edit]Date | Round | Location | Score | Opponent | Stats | |
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Team | Seed | |||||
July 21 | Regional | Milwaukee, WI | 78–67 | Johnnies | Northeast No. 14 | [9] |
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 | [10] | |
August 2 | Semifinals | Baltimore, MD | 60–85 | Overseas Elite | South No. 1 | [11] |
Players
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2019: Title game appearance
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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.[13]
Games
[edit]Date | Round | Location | Score | Opponent | Stats | |
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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 | [14] | ||
August 1 | Quarterfinals | Chicago, IL | 79–62 | Jackson TN Underdawgs | Memphis No. 8 | |
August 4 | Semifinals | 68–62 | Team Hines | Greensboro No. 1 | [15] | |
August 6 | Final | 60–66 | Carmen's Crew | Columbus No. 1 | [16] |
Players
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2020: Championship
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The Golden Eagles were the No. 4 overall seed, in a field reduced to 24 teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Games
[edit]The team received a first-round bye.[18]
Date | Round | Location | Score | Opponent | Stats | |
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Team | Seed | |||||
July 6 | Super 16 | Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio |
76–67 | Team CP3 | 13th overall | [19] |
July 10 | Quarterfinals | 83–76 | Brotherly Love | 12th overall | [20] | |
July 12 | Semifinals | 79–70 | Red Scare | 8th overall | [21] | |
July 14 | Final | 78–73 | Sideline Cancer | 22nd overall | [22] |
Players
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2021: Championship defense
[edit]The Golden Eagles were placed in the 16-team Illinois Regional as the top seed.
Games
[edit]Date | Round | Location | Score | Opponent | Stats | |
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Team | Seed | |||||
July 25 | First round | Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, Illinois |
94–66 | B1 Ballers | Illinois No. 16 | [24] |
July 26 | Second round | 71–64 | Playing for Jimmy V | Illinois No. 9 | [25] | |
July 28 | Regional semifinals | 88–75 | Autism Army | Illinois No. 5 | [26] | |
July 31 | Regional final | UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio |
69–73 | Boeheim's Army | Illinois No. 3 | [27] |
Players
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2022
[edit]For TBT 2022, the team was seeded no. 2 in the Dayton Regional.[29]
Date | Round | Location | Score | Opponent | Ref. | |
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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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Record by years
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Through the 2020 tournament, Golden Eagles recorded the second-most number of victories of any team competing in TBT, after four-time champion Overseas Elite.[31]
Year | Seed | Won | Lost | Notes |
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2016 | 6th Midwest | 3 | 1 | lost in Quarterfinals |
2017 | 1st Midwest | 3 | 1 | lost in Quarterfinals |
2018 | 3rd Northeast | 4 | 1 | lost in Semifinals |
2019 | 1st Wichita | 5 | 1 | lost in Final |
2020 | 4th overall | 4 | 0 | Champions |
2021 | 1st Illinois | 3 | 1 | lost in Quarterfinals |
2022 | 2nd Dayton | 1 | 1 | lost in second round |
Total | 23 | 6 |
Awards
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Year | Player | Award | Ref. |
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2016 | Dwight Buycks | All-Tournament | [32] |
2018 | Jamil Wilson | All-Tournament | [33] |
2019 | Dwight Buycks | All-Tournament | [34] |
Daniel Fitzgerald (GM) | All-Tournament | ||
2020 | Darius Johnson-Odom | All-Tournament & MVP | [35] |
Jamil Wilson | All-Tournament | ||
Joe Chapman (Coach) | All-Tournament |
References
[edit]- ^ Brown, Josh (July 2016). "Four Regional Champions Crowned in Philadelphia". thetournament.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ a b c "2016 Recap". thetournament.com. The Basketball Tournament. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ "Watch All TBT 2016 Northeast and Midwest Regional Games". thetournament.com. 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ "Meet the Golden Eagles Alumni (Marquette Alumni)". thetournament.com. 2016. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Andy, Brewtown (May 19, 2016). "The Basketball Tournament 2016: Marquette's Gonna Field A Team!". anonymouseagle.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ Brewtown Andy (June 20, 2017). "Marquette Alumni Get A #1 Seed In 2017's The Basketball Tournament!". anonymouseagle.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Scarlett And Gray vs Golden Eagles". July 23, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2020 – via raycomsports.com.
- ^ "Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni)". thetournament.com. 2017. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Steele, Ben (June 30, 2018). "Golden Eagles Alumni band together for opening win in The Basketball Tournament". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via jsonline.com.
- ^ Szuba, James (July 29, 2018). "Golden Eagles 90 - Boeheim's Army 86: Syracuse alumni fall down the stretch". nunesmagician.com. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Overseas Elite Blows Past Golden Eagles to Reach Championship Game". thetournament.com. August 2, 2018. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ "Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni)". thetournament.com. 2018. Archived from the original on August 17, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Tickets". thetournament.com. July 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
- ^ "Golden Eagles vs. Sideline Cancer". fibalivestats.com. July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ "Golden Eagles vs. Team Hines". fibalivestats.com. August 4, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ "Carmen's Crew vs. Golden Eagles". fibalivestats.com. August 6, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ "Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni)". thetournament.com. 2019. Archived from the original on August 23, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Bracket". thetournament.com. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
- ^ "TBT 2020 Schedule | The Basketball Tournament". thetournament.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-07.
- ^ "TBT 2020 Schedule | The Basketball Tournament". thetournament.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-10.
- ^ "TBT 2020 Schedule | The Basketball Tournament". thetournament.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-14.
- ^ "StatMonitr Stat Feed".
- ^ "TBT 2020 Championship: July 14 Rosters, Referees, Starting Lineups". thetournament.com. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Golden Eagles vs. B1 Ballers – Summary". FIBA LiveStats. July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "Golden Eagles vs. Playing for Jimmy V – Summary". thetournament.com. July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ "Golden Eagles vs. Autism Army – Summary". thetournament.com. July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Golden Eagles vs. Boeheim's Army – Summary". thetournament.com. July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ "Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni)". thetournament.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "Bracket". thetournament.com. 2022. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ "Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni)". thetournament.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Borzello, Jeff (July 14, 2020). "Golden Eagles, TBT's second-winningest team, win first title". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ^ "TBT 2016 All Tournament Team". thetournament.com. August 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "TBT 2018 All-Tournament Team". thetournament.com. August 3, 2018. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- ^ @thetournament (August 7, 2019). "These guys were UNREAL this summer! Your #TBT2019 All-Tournament team!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 7, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ @thetournament (July 14, 2020). "These guys were UNREAL this summer! Your #TBT2020 All-Tournament Team!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 14, 2020 – via Twitter.
Further reading
[edit]- "Euroball-packed Golden Eagles Win $1 Million TBT 2020 Championship". eurohoops.net. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- Nickel, Lori (July 15, 2020). "Travis Diener picks up the tab, and plans to make a donation after TBT game-winner". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- Albrecht, Adam (August 6, 2019). "How Joe Chapman went from professional basketball player to successful entrepreneur". adamalbrecht.blog. Retrieved July 16, 2020.