The Basketball Tournament has returned for a ninth consecutive year.
The high-stakes tournament is set to make its return on July 16, giving 64 teams the chance at winning $1 million. Just like March Madness, the 64-team pool competes in a bracket-style, single-elimination tournament with action-packed hoops from tip-off until the game-winning shot.
The Basketball Tournament uses an Elam Ending — which the NBA adopted from TBT for its All-Star Game — to assure that every contest ends on a game-winning bucket.
Teams are packed with former NBA players and college stars, all competing to win $1 million in the winner-take-all tournament.
For live updates, highlights and more from each contest, The Sporting News has you covered below.
The Basketball Tournament Bracket
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The Basketball Tournament scores, results
(All times Eastern)
Omaha Regional
Round of 64
Gutter Cats 88, The Cru 78
Team Arkansas 72, Da Guys STL 69
Always Us 79, Jackson Underdawgs 78
Omaha Blue Crew 74, Team Overtime 70
Round of 32
Gutter Cats 72, Always Us 62
Team Arkansas 69, Omaha Blue Crew 63
Round of 16
Gutter Cats 62, Team Arkansas 52
Rucker Park Regional
Round of 64
Americana for Autism 69, Peacock Nation 68
Big 5 74, Ex-Pats 67
YGC 79, Hoopville 74
HBCUnited 76, Skip To My Lou 72
Round of 32
HBCUnited 66, YGC 59
Americana for Autism 83, Big 5 67
Round of 16
Americana for Autism 67, HBCUnited 63
Xavier Regional
Round of 64
Florida TNT 114, Team AboutBillions 57
Sideline Cancer 78, Defeat Diabetes 77
Fort Wayne Champs 71, Nasty Nati 67
Zip 'Em Up 94, Sweet Home Alabama 61
Round of 32
Florida TNT 87, Fort Wayne Champs 78
Zip 'Em Up 89, Sideline Cancer 81
Round of 16
Florida TNT 76, Zip 'Em Up 72
New Mexico Regional
Round of 64
LA Cheaters 73, Ram Up 68
Team Challenge ALS 87, Once a Bronco 71
Heartfire 84, Competitive Choice 75
Enchantment 89, Panamaniacs 82
Round of 32
Heartfire 79, Enchantment 74
LA Cheaters 80, Team Challenge ALS 74
Round of 16
Heartfire 86, LA Cheaters 72
Witchita Regional
Round of 64
Bleed Green 79, Eberlein Drive 78
Air Raiders 90, B1 Ballers 89
Purple & Black 75, Lone Star Legends 73
Aftershocks 83, We Are D3 52
Round of 32
Bleed Green 87, Purple & Black 62
Aftershocks 70, Air Raiders 60
Round of 16
Aftershocks 70, Bleed Green 69
Syracuse Regional
Round of 64
Friday Beers 82, Mental Toughness 69
Blue Collar U 91, NG Saints 64
The Nerd Team 79, Brown & White 71
Boeheim's Army 90, India Rising 62
Round of 32
Blue Collar U 78, Friday Beers 75
The Nerd Team 81, Boeheim's Army 74
Round of 16
Blue Collar U 83, The Nerd Team 62
July 24
West Virginia Regional
Round of 64
Bucketneers 83, Fully Loaded 73
War Ready 70, WOCO Showtime 67
Herd That 77, Founding Fathers 71
Best Virginia 75, Virginia Dream 45
Round of 32
Bucketneers 83, War Ready 80
Best Virginia 89, Herd That 79
Round of 16
Best Virginia 63, Bucketneers 62
Dayton Region
First Round
TMT 71, Athletics Miami 67
Red Scare 76, CitiTeam 70
Men of Mackey 76, Mid American Unity 58
Golden Eagles 77, Ohio 1804 72
Second Round
TMT 92, Men of Mackey 75
Red Scare 62, Golden Eagles 56
Third Round
Red Scare 83, TMT 81
Quarterfinals
Aftershocks 74, Gutter Cats 67
Americana for Autism 93, Florida TNT 83
Blue Collar U 74, Heartfire 66
Red Scare 67, Best Virginia 60
Semifinals
Americana For Autism 78, Aftershocks 75
Blue Collar U 74, Red Scare 69
Final
Americana For Autism vs. Blue Collar U — Tuesday, August 2 (8 p.m. ET), ESPN
How to watch The Basketball Tournament
- When: July 16 through Aug. 2
- Where: Multiple regions
- TV Channel: ESPN Networks
- Streaming: ESPN app | Sling TV
The Basketball Tournament will be televised on ESPN's family of networks: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU and the ESPN app. You can also stream The Basketball Tournament on Sling TV, the official streaming partner of TBT.
Viewers who sign up for Sling TV get half off the first month with no long-term contracts. Watch The Basketball Tournament live on ESPN and enjoy access to sports programming on the ESPN family of networks.
The Basketball Tournament year-by-year winners
Five different teams have been crowned champions in The Basketball Tournament's eight-year history. You can find each of them below, along with the tournament MVP for each year.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | MVP |
| 2014 | Notre Dame Fighting Alumni | Team Barstool | Tyrone Nash |
| 2015 | Overseas Elite | Team 23 | DJ Kennedy |
| 2016 | Overseas Elite | Team Colorado | Kyle Fogg |
| 2017 | Overseas Elite | Team Challenge ALS | Kyle Fogg |
| 2018 | Overseas Elite | Eberlein Drive | DJ Kennedy |
| 2019 | Carmen's Crew | Golden Eagles | William Buford |
| 2020 | Golden Eagles | Sideline Cancer | Darius Johnson-Odom |
| 2021 | Boeheim's Army | Team 23 | Tyrese Rice |
