The Basketball Tournament or “TBT” for short announced 60 of their 64 official entries yesterday, as four more teams will compete in a Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraising challenge to earn their way into the field. Our VCU legends team, codename: Ram Nation, earned one of those spots and will compete starting in the South Region on the hunt for the $2 million winner-take-all prize, starting with the following teams:
SOUTH REGION
Ram Nation (VCU Alumni)
Buff City Blues (Memphis Alumni)
Trained to Go
Seven City Grain
NC Prodigal Sons
OPI
Kings of the South
Southern Hospitality
Primetime Players
Showtime
Arkansas EBL Finest
Overseas Elite (auto-qualifier, 2015 TBT Champ)
Team BDB (at-large bid)
TMD (at-large bid)
Cat Pack (at-large bid, Davidson Alumni)
(Final spot pending)
ESSENTIAL DETAILS
WHEN: July 9, 10
WHERE: Charlotte, NC
VENUE: Grady Cole Center
TICKETS: $20 Adult, $10 child/student (Purchase here)
Ram Nation hotel location will be announced soon for Ram fans wanting to rub shoulders with some of VCU’s greatest players.
The TBT will unveil the official team uniforms June 20th (hint: we’ve seen them already, and we really like them and think you will too). Jerseys and official Ram Nation TBT apparel will be purchasable through thetournament.com.
TEAM RAM NATION FINAL ROSTER
Eric Maynor (Booster)
Joey Rodriguez (Player/Coach)
Alex Hidalgo (Player/Booster)
Darius Theus
B.A. Walker
Brandon Rozzell
Jesse Pellot-Rosa
Bradford Burgess
Reggie Williams (VMI)
Michael Anderson
Jamie Skeen
Larry Sanders
A PLEA TO RAM FANS
How much do you love basketball…I mean how much do you REALLY love VCU basketball? Well, here’s a chance to watch some of VCU’s best ever on the same team during a time of year when there is absolutely no basketball. So with that, we need as many Ram fans as we can find to make the short trip down to Charlotte, NC to support our team in this year’s tournament. Seeding and the bracket will be announced just days before the tournament (early July), so we don’t know our path from Charlotte to hopefully Philly, but we do know the South Region is LOADED with talented teams, many of which are capable of winning this entire tournament. We also know our region includes Davidson’s “Cat Pack”, a group of recent Davidson alumni that will be playing out of their home city and likely in front of a couple thousand Davidson fans. So Ram fans, like you’ve done all year, we need you to show this region and the TBT organizers the power of Ram Nation. Make the short trip, party with us, and let’s keep this thing going, securing a July full of VCU basketball action.
DONATE TO TEAM RAM NATION
Want to support but can’t make the trip to Charlotte? Donating to our GoFundMe campaign helps us move this team (literally) along our journey, paying for our lodging and travel needs. No donation is too small!
