This summer we have a new basketball tournament to follow. While many people are following the NBA Summer Leagues, 97 teams are taking part in a winner-take-all tournament for a $1 million prize simply called The Basketball Tournament. Here is a more detailed explanation. The defending champions are the Notre Dame Fighting Alumni, but there are a couple of former Boilers alive in this one:
Willie Deane - Willie Deane is from my era, as he was one of the last great Gene Keady players and he even toyed with leaving early for the NBA a year early.