Kentucky basketball alumni scheduled to play in TBT. Rupp Arena will host regional games
Kentucky Wildcats basketball alumni will enter a team in The Basketball Tournament (TBT) for the first time later this year.
TBT features 64 teams from across eight regions that will compete for the winner-take-all $1 million prize.
UK will host regional games July 19-24 at Rupp Arena.
The Wildcats team name is "LaFamiliaTBT," and the first alum to announce his participation in the tournament was Eric Bledsoe.
🔵BACK IN BIG BLUE🔵
A @KentuckyMBB alumni team (@LaFamiliaTBT) led by Eric Bledsoe, will not only play in TBT this summer but WE ARE BRINGING TBT TO RUPP ARENA‼️
We’ll see how crazy BBN truly is, July 19-24 in Lexington!
🎟️Waitlist for La Familia - https://t.co/bddggDbxtL pic.twitter.com/94wwDU622I— TBT (@thetournament) February 14, 2024
Bledsoe played one season for UK, 2009-2010, and averaged 11.3 points per game.
The Oklahoma City Thunder drafted Bledsoe in the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft with the No. 18 pick, but he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Bledsoe played 12 seasons in the NBA with four teams.
He plays for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky basketball: Ex-Wildcats to play in TBT; Rupp Arena to host