TBT Basketball League (The Basketball Tournament) History
TBT was founded in 2014 by Jonathan Mugar. It is an open-application, single-elimination tournament played each summer in the United States. This is a first league with a $1 million winner-take-all prize, broadcast by ESPN.

League name history

2014 until now: The Basketball Tournament  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Title holders

Championships by club

TitlesClubYears
1Carmen's Crew 2023-24
1Aftershocks 2024-25
1Heartfire 2022-23

Finals year-by-year

SeasonChampionResultRunner-Up
2022-23Team Heartfire78-73We Are Bleed Green (North Texas Alumni)
2023-24Carmen's Crew (Ohio State Alumni)69-65Forever Coogs (Houston)
2024-25Aftershocks (Wichita State Alumni)82-67Eberlein Drive

Finals participants

ClubWLTotal
Eberlein Drive011
Carmen's Crew101
Aftershocks101
Bleed Green011
Heartfire101
Forever Coogs011

Final Four participants

Club1st2nd3rd4th
Aftershocks1000
Eberlein Drive0100
Best Virginia0010
WAD30001

Players with the most appearances in the TBT Finals

PlayerFinals AppearancesYears

Players with the most TBT titles

PlayerCountYears Won