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Golden Eagles (basketball)

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.

Golden Eagles
Golden Eagles logo
LeaguesThe Basketball Tournament
Founded2016
HistoryGolden Eagles
(2016–present)
Team colorsBlue and gold
   
General managerDan Fitzgerald
Head coachJoe Chapman
Championships1 TBT (2020)
WebsiteTeam page

History

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2016: First tournament

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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.[1][2]

Games

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Date Round Location Score Opponent Ref.
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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Source:[4][5]

2017: Second tournament

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Maurice Acker has played on the team each year.

The Golden Eagles were the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region.[6]

Games

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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 [7]

Players

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Source:[8][7]

2018: Final four appearance

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

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

Games

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Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
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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Source:[12]

2019: Title game appearance

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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.[13]

Games

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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 [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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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

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The team received a first-round bye.[18]

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
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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Source:[23]

2021: Championship defense

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Matt Lojeski joined the team in 2021.

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

Games

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Main article: The Basketball Tournament 2021 § Illinois Regional
Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
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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Source:[28]

2022

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

For TBT 2022, the team was seeded no. 2 in the Dayton Regional.[29]

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

Players

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Source:[30]

Record by years

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Andrew Rowsey joined the team in 2019.

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
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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Darius Johnson-Odom was named the 2020 tournament MVP.
Year Player Award Ref.
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

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  13. ^ "Tickets". thetournament.com. July 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  14. ^ "Golden Eagles vs. Sideline Cancer". fibalivestats.com. July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  15. ^ "Golden Eagles vs. Team Hines". fibalivestats.com. August 4, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  16. ^ "Carmen's Crew vs. Golden Eagles". fibalivestats.com. August 6, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
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  23. ^ "TBT 2020 Championship: July 14 Rosters, Referees, Starting Lineups". thetournament.com. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  24. ^ "Golden Eagles vs. B1 Ballers – Summary". FIBA LiveStats. July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  25. ^ "Golden Eagles vs. Playing for Jimmy V – Summary". thetournament.com. July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  26. ^ "Golden Eagles vs. Autism Army – Summary". thetournament.com. July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  27. ^ "Golden Eagles vs. Boeheim's Army – Summary". thetournament.com. July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
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  29. ^ "Bracket". thetournament.com. 2022. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  30. ^ "Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni)". thetournament.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  31. ^ Borzello, Jeff (July 14, 2020). "Golden Eagles, TBT's second-winningest team, win first title". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  32. ^ "TBT 2016 All Tournament Team". thetournament.com. August 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  33. ^ "TBT 2018 All-Tournament Team". thetournament.com. August 3, 2018. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  34. ^ @thetournament (August 7, 2019). "These guys were UNREAL this summer! Your #TBT2019 All-Tournament team!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 7, 2019 – via Twitter.
  35. ^ @thetournament (July 14, 2020). "These guys were UNREAL this summer! Your #TBT2020 All-Tournament Team!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 14, 2020 – via Twitter.

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