Kyle Fogg scores 42 points as his Elite Overseas team beat Maryland-based City of Gods 103-92 in a highly contested final four game in The Basketball Tournament.
Former Arizona Basketball player Kyle Fogg is playing in The Basketball Tournament (TBT) team Overseas Elite dropping an unconscious and tournament-record 42 points to propel his team to the finals to possibly win $2 million dollar prize. The Overseas Elite team are the 2015 Champions and winners of $1 million; they are defending the crown in 2016 and doing a darn good job.
The Overseas Elite team is coached by former St. Johns coach and current ESPN College Basketball Analyst Fran Fraschilla. Elite team is seeded No. 2 in the South Region and they’ve never lost in TBT earning a record of 11-0.
The star of Saturday’s game was none other than former Arizona Wildcat Kyle Fogg. Fogg has been playing overseas for the Antwerp Giants (Belgium) and has also played for the Eurocup. When Fogg’s Elite team won the $1 million prize last year, he bought his mom a house with his portion of the winnings. According to Tucson News Now, if Kyle wins the final game, he will use it to furnish his mother’s house, buying her a new car and putting money towards kids who can’t afford an education.
Playing alongside Fogg are a few other notable US college players who also play overseas: D.J. Kennedy (Yenisey Krasnoyarsk of the Russian VTB United League) and Paris Horne (Büyükçekmece Basketbol of the Turkish Basketball Second League) out of St. Johns University.
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If you are wondering what the TBT is, it is quite a unique tournament where the fans also participate in the winnings. Here is some more information from to the website:
- TBT is open to anyone. From professionals to former college stars to YMCA heroes
- A 64 team field played in 4 regions of 16 (Northeast, South, Midwest, West)
- The final two teams standing are City of Gods (Northeast) and the Overseas Elite (South)
- Teams gained entry by being one of the top vote-getters in each region (who received “automatic” bids), getting an at-large bid, by being a regional champion the previous year, or by winning our charity fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in conjunction with Go Fund Me.
- Registered fans voted for the teams they liked and supported; up to 4 votes per fan
THE $2,000,000 PRIZE
- TBT returns for the third year with a $2 Million winner takes all grand prize, double the amount from 2015, and four times more than 2014’s prize
- The top 100 fans of the winning team will split $200k (10% of the total prize), also double what the fans of 2015’s TBT Champions took.
On Saturday in the semi-final game, Fogg scored enough to overtake a 15-point deficit in the first half to tie the game at halftime. The Overseas Elite led by as many as 21 points in the second half and ended up literally moving their team’s name in one of the two spots left for the final game.
Kyle Fogg scored a 3-pointer with less than 30 seconds left and ensured the win for his team. Fogg’s night would end with impressive stats; he made 12 out of 16 FGs and 7 out of 8 3-pointers, that’s 87%!
Forecast: #Foggy with a high chance of raining threes. https://t.co/DnJwJU9FhN
— Drew Hallett (@DrewCHallett) July 31, 2016
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Before Kyle moves to the beautiful country of Spain to continue his successful European professional basketball career, the will be playing in the TBT Final game which will take place on Tuesday, August 2 on ESPN at 7 p.m. EST/ 4 p.m. PST against Team Colorado in New York City. BearDown Kyle!