The Basketball Tournament To Play Regional Game At Rucker Park

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The Basketball Tournament To Play Regional Game At Rucker Park 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Fri May 20, 2022 5:19 am

The Basketball Tournament is scheduled to hold one of its eight regional games at Rucker Park in New York City.


The regionals, taking place from July 16-20, also represents the first tournament games played outdoors.


"Rucker Park has always been a dream of ours," TBT founder and CEO Jon Mugar told ESPN. "TBT is an open tournament format, and we want it to be a celebration of all things basketball. People assemble from the pros, from college, from the YMCA. And Rucker Park, to me, has always been the pinnacle of a melting pot for basketball."


TBT organizers initially contacted the NBA Players Association to gauge interest in holding the event at Rucker Park.


"We are very excited for this partnership and to support The Basketball Tournament coming to the newly renovated Greg Marius Court at Holcombe Rucker Park," said NBPA president CJ McCollum.


Mugar added that his dream would be for Jay-Z and Fat Joe to enter a team in the tournament.


The championship team earns $1 million, with the Syracuse-based Boeheim's Army winning the title last year. 


This summer's title game takes place in Dayton, OH on August 2. 


 

Via Jeff Borzello/ESPN

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