Golden Eagles (basketball) explained

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Golden Eagles
Leagues:The Basketball Tournament
Founded:2016
History:Golden Eagles
(2016–present)
Colors:Blue and gold
Gm:Dan Fitzgerald
Coach:Joe Chapman
Championships:1 TBT (2020)
Website:Team page
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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.

History

2016: First tournament

The "Golden Eagles Alumni" were the No. 6 seed in the Midwest region.[1] [2]

Games

Date Round Location Score Opponent Ref.
Team Seed
July 16 Regional bgcolor=lightgreen95–92 Hoopville Warriors Midwest No. 11 [3]
July 17 bgcolor=lightgreen97–70 Spartan Heroes Midwest No. 3
July 22 Super 16 bgcolor=lightgreen82–71 Armored Athlete Midwest No. 7
July 23 Quarterfinals bgcolor=pink81–89 Always a Brave Midwest No. 9

Players

Source:[4] [5]

2017: Second tournament

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

Games

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
Team Seed
July 8 Regional bgcolor=lightgreen103–89 Midwest Dream Squad Midwest No. 16
July 9 bgcolor=lightgreen81–70 Majerus SLU Crew Midwest No. 8
July 22 Super 16 bgcolor=lightgreen84–77 Purple and Black Midwest No. 4
July 23 Quarterfinals bgcolor=pink56–81 Midwest No. 2 [7]

Players

Source:[8] [7]

2018: Final four appearance

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

Games

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
Team Seed
July 21 Regional bgcolor=lightgreen78–67 Johnnies Northeast No. 14 [9]
July 22 bgcolor=lightgreen96–76 Hall In Northeast No. 11
July 28 Super 16 bgcolor=lightgreen73–66 Talladega Knights Northeast No. 15
July 29 Quarterfinals bgcolor=lightgreen90–86 Northeast No. 1 [10]
August 2 Semifinals bgcolor=pink60–85 South No. 1 [11]

Players

Source:[12]

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.[13]

Games

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
Team Seed
July 26 Regional bgcolor=lightgreen89–72 Fort Hood Wounded Warriors Wichita No. 8
July 27 bgcolor=lightgreen83–81 Team Colorado Wichita No. 4
July 28 bgcolor=lightgreen88–80 Sideline Cancer Wichita No. 6 [14]
August 1 Quarterfinals bgcolor=lightgreen79–62 Jackson TN Underdawgs Memphis No. 8
August 4 Semifinals bgcolor=lightgreen68–62 Team Hines Greensboro No. 1 [15]
August 6 Final bgcolor=pink60–66 Columbus No. 1 [16]

Players

Source:[17]

2020: Championship

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

Games

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

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
Team Seed
July 6 Super 16 bgcolor=lightgreen76–67 Team CP3 13th overall [19]
July 10 Quarterfinals bgcolor=lightgreen83–76 Brotherly Love 12th overall [20]
July 12 Semifinals bgcolor=lightgreen79–70 Red Scare 8th overall [21]
July 14 Final bgcolor=lightgreen78–73 Sideline Cancer 22nd overall [22]

Players

Source:[23]

2021: Championship defense

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

Games

Date Round Location Score Opponent Stats
Team Seed
July 25 First round bgcolor=lightgreen94–66 B1 Ballers Illinois No. 16 [24]
July 26 Second round bgcolor=lightgreen71–64 Playing for Jimmy V Illinois No. 9 [25]
July 28 Regional semifinals bgcolor=lightgreen88–75 Autism Army Illinois No. 5 [26]
July 31 Regional final bgcolor=pink69–73 Illinois No. 3 [27]

Players

Source:[28]

2022

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 bgcolor=lightgreen77–72 Ohio 1804 Dayton No. 7 box
July 26 Second round bgcolor=pink56–62 Red Scare Dayton No. 3 box

Players

Source:[30]

Record by years

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]

YearSeedWonLostNotes
6th Midwest 3 1 lost in Quarterfinals
1st Midwest 3 1 lost in Quarterfinals
3rd Northeast 4 1 lost in Semifinals
1st Wichita 5 1 lost in Final
4th overall 4 0 bgcolor=lightblueChampions
1st Illinois 3 1 lost in Quarterfinals
2nd Dayton 1 1 lost in second round
Total 23 6

Awards

Year Player Award Ref.
2016 All-Tournament [32]
2018 All-Tournament [33]
2019 All-Tournament [34]
Daniel Fitzgerald (GM) All-Tournament
2020 All-Tournament & MVP [35]
All-Tournament
Joe Chapman (Coach) All-Tournament

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Four Regional Champions Crowned in Philadelphia . Josh . Brown . thetournament.com . July 2016 . July 29, 2018.
  2. Web site: 2016 Recap . The Basketball Tournament . thetournament.com . July 28, 2018.
  3. Web site: Watch All TBT 2016 Northeast and Midwest Regional Games . thetournament.com . 2016 . July 16, 2020.
  4. Web site: Meet the Golden Eagles Alumni (Marquette Alumni) . thetournament.com . 2016 . July 16, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160729112015/http://thetournament.com/teams/golden-eagles-alumni-marquette-alumni . July 29, 2016 . Wayback Machine.
  5. Web site: The Basketball Tournament 2016: Marquette's Gonna Field A Team! . Brewtown . Andy . anonymouseagle.com . May 19, 2016 . July 16, 2020.
  6. Web site: Marquette Alumni Get A #1 Seed In 2017's The Basketball Tournament! . Brewtown Andy . anonymouseagle.com . June 20, 2017 . July 16, 2020.
  7. Web site: Scarlett And Gray vs Golden Eagles . raycomsports.com . July 23, 2017 . July 16, 2020.
  8. Web site: Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni) . thetournament.com . 2017 . July 16, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170722121106/https://thetournament.com/teams/golden-eagles-marquette-alumni . July 22, 2017 . Wayback Machine.
  9. News: Golden Eagles Alumni band together for opening win in The Basketball Tournament . Ben . Steele . jsonline.com . . June 30, 2018 . August 1, 2021.
  10. News: Golden Eagles 90 - Boeheim's Army 86: Syracuse alumni fall down the stretch . James . Szuba . nunesmagician.com . July 29, 2018 . August 1, 2021.
  11. Web site: Overseas Elite Blows Past Golden Eagles to Reach Championship Game . thetournament.com . August 2, 2018 . July 16, 2020 . August 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074235/https://www.thetournament.com/news/overseas-elite-blows-past-golden-eagles-reach-championship-game . dead .
  12. Web site: Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni) . thetournament.com . 2018 . July 16, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180817181853/https://thetournament.com/teams/golden-eagles-marquette-alumni . August 17, 2018 . Wayback Machine.
  13. Web site: Tickets . thetournament.com . July 2019 . July 28, 2019.
  14. Web site: Golden Eagles vs. Sideline Cancer . fibalivestats.com . July 28, 2019 . July 16, 2020.
  15. Web site: Golden Eagles vs. Team Hines . fibalivestats.com . August 4, 2019 . July 16, 2020.
  16. Web site: Carmen's Crew vs. Golden Eagles . fibalivestats.com . August 6, 2019 . July 16, 2020.
  17. Web site: Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni) . thetournament.com . 2019 . July 16, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190823033343/https://thetournament.com/teams/golden-eagles-marquette-alumni . August 23, 2019 . Wayback Machine.
  18. Web site: Bracket . thetournament.com . July 5, 2020.
  19. Web site: TBT 2020 Schedule The Basketball Tournament . thetournament.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200707133654/https://thetournament.com/tbt-2020-schedule?&WHurl=/competition/27235/match/1709945/summary? . 2020-07-07.
  20. Web site: TBT 2020 Schedule The Basketball Tournament . thetournament.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200710195113/https://thetournament.com/tbt-2020-schedule?&WHurl=/competition/27235/match/1709952/summary? . 2020-07-10.
  21. Web site: TBT 2020 Schedule The Basketball Tournament . thetournament.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200714080647/https://thetournament.com/tbt-2020-schedule?&WHurl=/competition/27235/match/1709956/summary? . 2020-07-14.
  22. Web site: StatMonitr Stat Feed.
  23. Web site: TBT 2020 Championship: July 14 Rosters, Referees, Starting Lineups . thetournament.com . July 14, 2020 . July 14, 2020 .
  24. Web site: Golden Eagles vs. B1 Ballers – Summary . FIBA LiveStats . July 25, 2021 . July 25, 2021.
  25. Web site: Golden Eagles vs. Playing for Jimmy V – Summary . thetournament.com . July 26, 2021 . July 27, 2021.
  26. Web site: Golden Eagles vs. Autism Army – Summary . thetournament.com . July 28, 2021 . July 28, 2021.
  27. Web site: Golden Eagles vs. Boeheim's Army – Summary . thetournament.com . July 31, 2021 . July 31, 2021.
  28. Web site: Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni) . thetournament.com . July 25, 2021.
  29. Web site: Bracket . thetournament.com . 2022 . July 16, 2022 . July 21, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210721021655/https://bracket.thetournament.com/ . dead .
  30. Web site: Meet Golden Eagles (Marquette Alumni) . thetournament.com . July 24, 2022.
  31. Web site: Golden Eagles, TBT's second-winningest team, win first title . Jeff . Borzello . ESPN.com . July 14, 2020 . July 15, 2020.
  32. Web site: TBT 2016 All Tournament Team . thetournament.com . August 2016 . July 29, 2018 . August 6, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200806033000/https://www.thetournament.com/news/tbt-2016-all-tournament-team . dead .
  33. Web site: TBT 2018 All-Tournament Team . thetournament.com . August 3, 2018 . August 4, 2018 . August 7, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190807055137/https://www.thetournament.com/news/tbt-2018-all-tournament-team . dead .
  34. thetournament . 1158956319522598912 . These guys were UNREAL this summer! Your #TBT2019 All-Tournament team! . August 7, 2019 . August 7, 2019.
  35. thetournament . 1283210973730484224 . These guys were UNREAL this summer! Your #TBT2020 All-Tournament Team! . July 14, 2020 . July 14, 2020.

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