The Marquette alumni team will get another possibility to declare the cash prize in The Basketball Tournament.
Jamil Wilson scored 23 points as the Golden Eagles claimed a 79-70 victory over Red Scare, a team of primarily former Dayton gamers, in the TBT semifinals on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.
The Marquette group will play Sideline Cancer, which consists of previous Whitefish Bay Dominican star Diamond Stone, on Tuesday for the $1 million-plus jackpot in the winner-take-all competition.
The Golden Eagles lost in the national championship in 2015 and in the semifinals in 2018. This might be their best group to make that final action.
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” Its going to take durability that Marquettes built on,” the Golden Eagles Dwight Buycks stated. “Every gamer on this group knows exactly their role and they understand how tough to play.”.
This years TBT has been significantly different than the 4 other times a MU group has contended in case. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the single-elimination competition was pared from 64 to 24 teams and is being kept in a “bubble” with gamers restricted to just Nationwide Arena and a nearby hotel..
The Golden Eagles, who had a first-round bye, arrived in Columbus on July 1, so the players have invested 2 weeks far from family and friends in pursuit of the elusive TBT payday.
” Were better total,” Golden Eagles coach Joe Chapman said. “Were household. Guys are hanging out daily together.
Were just getting to know each other more off the court. And the more you know each other off the court, it assists you on the court.”.
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” Were better total,” Golden Eagles coach Joe Chapman said. Were just getting to understand each other more off the court. And the more you understand each other off the court, it helps you on the court.”.
