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Indianapolis Star
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
TBT Basketball: Butler basketball alumni team All Good Dawgs will play at Hinkle Fieldhouse
A team comprised mostly of Butler basketball alumni will play in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a 61-team summer $1 million winner-take-all tournament played nationwide. In its 12th season, the TBT uses the Elam Ending system to determine game winners. Butler (All Good Dawgs) and Indiana (Assembly Ball) will co-host a regional to be played at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis from July 19-22. The regional championship game is at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday, July 22 on FS2. The tournament championship is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET Sunday, Aug. 3. ∎ Jalen Thomas (2022-24)∎ Ty Groce (2021-22)∎ Bo Hodges (2020-22)∎ Sean McDermott (2016-20)∎ Kamar Baldwin (2016-20)∎ Tyler Wideman (2014-18)∎ Avery Woodson (2016-17)∎ Shelvin Mack (2008-11)∎ Martyce Kimbrough (University of Findlay)∎ Jacob Polakovich (Southern Indiana) Players may be added to this roster. Saturday, July 19, 2025 (times ET) Monday, July 21, 2025 Regional semifinals at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Regional championship, 8 p.m., FS2 In Elam Ending games, a target score 8 points higher than the leading team is established at the first dead after the clock reaches 4 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. The first team to reach that target score wins. For instance, if the score is 70-62 at that point, the first team to 78 wins.
Indianapolis Star
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
TBT Basketball: Indiana basketball alumni team Assembly Ball will play at Hinkle Fieldhouse
A team comprised mostly of Indiana basketball alumni will play in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a 61-team summer $1 million winner-take-all tournament played nationwide. In its 12th season, the TBT uses the Elam Ending system to determine game winners. Butler (All Good Dawgs) and Indiana (Assembly Ball) will co-host a regional to be played at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis from July 19-22. The regional championship game is at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday, July 22 on FS2. The tournament championship is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET Sunday, Aug. 3. Players may be added to this roster. Saturday, July 19, 2025 (times ET) Monday, July 21, 2025 Regional semifinals at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Regional championship, 8 p.m., FS2 In Elam Ending games, a target score 8 points higher than the leading team is established at the first dead after the clock reaches 4 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. The first team to reach that target score wins. For instance, if the score is 70-62 at that point, the first team to 78 wins.
Fox Sports
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
The Basketball Tournament Releases 2025 Bracket Ahead of $1M, Winner-Take-All Event
The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is returning to FOX Sports this summer. The $1 million, winner-take-all tournament is set to get underway on July 18 and will feature 26 games broadcast live on FOX, FS1 and FS2. The single-elimination tournament will be split into eight separate regions, with each hosted by alumni teams representing locally renowned college basketball programs. The field includes the alumni teams representing Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Ohio State, Syracuse, UConn and more. Many of the top participants in the 2024 event are set to return this year, including the likes of Willie Cauley-Stein (Kentucky), Montrezl Harrell (Louisville), Russ Smith (Louisville) and Yogi Ferrell (Indiana). There will also be several big-name newcomers in the 2025 version of TBT, including former first-round NBA Draft pick Archie Goodwin, who will play for La Familia (Kentucky alumni) and former Syracuse superstar Buddy Boeheim, who will play for Boeheim's Army (Syracuse alumni). For the eighth consecutive year, TBT will feature the Elam Ending, a format where the game clock is turned off at a predetermined time in the fourth quarter, and a "target score" is set. The first team to reach that target score wins the game. This year's event will also feature TBT's "Home Court Advantage", which will allow host teams to play games in their home arena all the way through the championship game. "Home Court Advantage" was determined by a race to 4,000 tickets sold. Louisville fans won the race, and will now have the right to host the quarterfinals, semifinals, and the championship game as long as the Louisville alumni team continues to win. Here is a look at the complete 2025 TBT schedule: Regional Host Locations - July 18-23 Memorial Coliseum - Lexington, Ky. - headlined by La Familia (Kentucky alumni) Freedom Hall - Louisville, Ky. - headlined by The Ville (Louisville alumni) Hinkle Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind. - headlined by All Good Dawgs (Butler alumni) and Assembly Ball (Indiana alumni) SRC Arena - Syracuse, NY - headlined by Boeheim's Army (Syracuse alumni) Charles Koch Arena - Wichita, Kan. - headlined by AfterShocks (Wichita State alumni) Municipal Arena - Kansas City, Mo. - headlined by JHX Hoops (Kansas alumni) and Purple Reign (Kansas State alumni) Atlantic Union Bank Center - Harrisonburg, Va. - headlined by Founding Fathers (James Madison alumni) Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center - Charleston, - headlined by Best Virginia (West Virginia alumni) Quarterfinals July 27 and 28 (home court advantage awarded to host teams that advance) Championship Weekend Schedule Semifinals -Thursday, July 31 $1 Million Championship - Sunday Aug. 3 Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily . FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience College Basketball Get more from College Basketball Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
Calgary Herald
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Calgary Surge stage late rallies, stun Edmonton Stingers in CEBL opener
The Calgary Surge opened up the 2025 Canadian Elite Basketball League campaign with excitement. Article content And a dramatic victory. Article content Tied heading into the Elam Ending and then by five late in the end-game scenario, the Surgemade up the stagger and soared past the host and rival Edmonton Stingers in an 86-84 triumph Sunday. Article content It was Jameer Nelson Jr.'s layup that was the difference in the CEBL's season-opener for the visiting Surge at Edmonton EXPO Centre. Article content Article content One of the team's new members in a lineup full of them raced coast-to-coast for to seal the win in his first-ever CEBL game. Article content Article content 'I didn't know I was gonna get that open,' Nelson Jr., who was named game MVP, told sideline reporter Sarah Ryan. Article content 'I got full speed, so there was no reason to stop.' Article content Nobody could stop Nelson late, as he finished with a game-high 22 points, highlighted by the final three buckets for the victors, including a three-point make to push them one field goal shy of next-one-wins territory. Article content His points came on 7-for-12 shooting, adding five rebounds and four assists. Article content Nelson was part of a starting five that proved productive for the visiting side, with veteran Sean-Miller Moore, Greg Brown III — including seven rebounds and four blocks — and Gabe Osabuohien each scoring 14 points in the victory. Article content It didn't matter that they were in enemy territory. Article content 'I thought the crowd was great,' Nelson said. 'I thought that was a lot of adversity for us. And it's a rivalry, so I feel like we're gonna be tested, but that was definitely a tough test to start the season.' Article content Article content Indeed, the Battle of Alberta picked up right where it left off last year. Article content For the Stingers, their season starts in the same bitter way that the last two campaigns ended after they fell to the Surge in the Western Conference semifinals each time. Article content Meanwhile, the retooled Surge still seem to have the upper hand on their provincial rival. Article content The Stingers took a 10-point lead into the fourth quarter, but the Surge responded with an 11-1 run to tie things up. Article content The rivals remained knotted at 77 apiece when the clock was stopped for target-score time. Article content The Stingers again raced to an advantage, scoring the next five points. But the Surge battled back once more with a 7-0 run before the Stingers tied the game at 84, setting the stage for Nelson's heroics.
Winnipeg Free Press
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg basketball team to tap Dr. Elam for Target Score Time strategizing
No one knows the Elam Ending better than Dr. Nick Elam. He is the innovator behind the popular end-of-game format used in basketball leagues across North America, after all. So it's easy to understand why the Winnipeg Sea Bears have tapped the brilliant basketball mind to help them prepare for the most important minutes of games, known as Target Score Time, in the Canadian Elite Basketball League. SUPPLIED Nick Elam is the innovator behind basketball's Target Score Time, also known as the Elam Ending, to mitigate a foul and stoppage-filled end to a game. Elam will work — primarily from his home in Indianapolis — as the club's Target Score Time strategist, analyzing trends and using his expertise to inform head coach Mike Taylor how to game-plan in crunch time this summer. 'What I can bring to the Sea Bears is that, even though there's not a single strategy that can 100 per cent guarantee a win, what I can do is share with them the things that have been most effective, what are most likely to put them in a position to succeed,' Elam said Monday. The customized format cuts the traditional ending of a game — often monotonous and filled with fouls and constant stoppages — by forcing teams to play to a specific score instead of a timed ending. The clock is turned off following the first play stoppage in the final four minutes, and the game ends when either team reaches the target score — equal to the leading team's point total plus nine. Elam, who created the rule in 2007, has had his brain picked many times by coaches in passing but has never been hired by a team. Taylor tried hiring him last season, but that never materialized. When the offer was presented earlier this spring, he eagerly accepted. 'I'm a little surprised that hasn't happened more, and I'm surprised that, here we are in 2025, it's the first time that a team (has) officially and formally wanted me to be part of their team, but I knew that that was going to happen eventually, at some point. I'm excited that the Sea Bears are the first team to look for my insight,' Elam said. The Elam Ending was implemented in the CEBL in 2020 and has delivered some thrilling finishes to contests over the years. It's a welcome routine by many fans, but a more polarizing topic among players and coaches. Taylor, whose first run with the format came in 2018 at The Basketball Tournament (TBT), is in favour of the late-game strategizing it demands. 'It was my first experience with the Elam Ending and I loved it,' said Taylor. 'I was intrigued by the strategy, and over the past few years in the CEBL, we've stayed in touch. Nick would always make time to answer my questions and talk about target score time. We're really happy to have him officially join us.' Changes to the support staff can go under the radar, but this could be a championship-calibre move by Taylor, whose squad might have a distinct advantage at the end of contests while hosting the CEBL's Championship Weekend in August. The Sea Bears were 6-4 last summer in games decided by five points or less, including their first-round playoff loss, which was decided by two points. BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS The Winnipeg Sea Bears have hired Nick Elam to help inform head coach Mike Taylor how to game-plan in crunch time this summer. Elam, who has watched and analyzed nearly every game that has involved the Elam Ending since it was first implemented in 2017, said he sees exactly where many teams go wrong, and it drives him crazy. 'I think it's because none of these teams has watched as many of these games as I have,' said Elam, who will implement an untapped element of his research with the Sea Bears. 'From my standpoint, I don't think it's hard to strategize for, because I've studied it more than anyone else. No one else in the world has watched and analyzed as many games (as) I have. So I think that that's possibly one reason why there are still a lot of teams that navigate the end of games in a misguided way.' Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. The Elam Ending continues to find traction in some of the best leagues. Along with the CEBL, it's been used in the NBA G League, the NBA all-star game, NBA Summer League, the Unrivaled three-on-three women's league and the NCAA women's all-star game. Elam's goal remains to one day see it used in the NBA. 'I think there's been tremendous progress. Most notably, the NBA G League just wrapped up their third straight year of using a version of the Elam, and the NBA has used the G League as a testing ground for playing rules for many years now. So, for them to stick with it for three years means that there are elements of it that they like a lot, that they're still considering it very seriously,' he said. 'I think that there's still a lot of momentum for the idea.' Joshua Frey-SamReporter Josh Frey-Sam reports on sports and business at the Free Press. Josh got his start at the paper in 2022, just weeks after graduating from the Creative Communications program at Red River College. He reports primarily on amateur teams and athletes in sports. Read more about Josh. Every piece of reporting Josh produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. 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