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.
The "Golden Eagles Alumni" were the No. 6 seed in the Midwest region.
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The Golden Eagles were the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region.
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The Golden Eagles were the No. 3 seed in the Northeast region.
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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.
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The Golden Eagles were the No. 4 overall seed, in a field reduced to 24 teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The team received a first-round bye.
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The Golden Eagles were placed in the 16-team Illinois Regional as the top seed.
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For TBT 2022, the team was seeded no. 2 in the Dayton Regional.
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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.