Golden Eagles (TBT)


The Golden Eagles are an American basketball team that participates in The Basketball Tournament, 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 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

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

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2017: Second tournament

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

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2018: Final four appearance

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

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2019: Title game appearance

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.

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2020: Championship

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

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The team received a first-round bye.

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Record by years

Through the 2020 tournament, Golden Eagles recorded the second-most number of victories of any team competing in TBT, other than four-time champion Overseas Elite.

Awards

YearPlayerAwardRef.
2016Dwight BuycksAll-Tournament
2018Jamil WilsonAll-Tournament
2019Dwight BuycksAll-Tournament
2019Daniel Fitzgerald All-Tournament
2020Darius Johnson-OdomAll-Tournament & MVP
2020Jamil WilsonAll-Tournament
2020Joe Chapman All-Tournament

Current roster