It was touch-and-go at times, but the top-seeded Golden Eagles Alumni won both of their opening weekend games in The Basketball Tournament by comfortable margins. The Alumni beat the Midwest Dream Squad 103-89 in the opening round, then followed it up with an 81-70 win over the Majerus SLU Crew in round two.
Both games started with the Alumni struggling from the floor and trailing for much of the opening half. “We just came out relaxed,” Buycks said of the Alumni’s performance against the Dream Squad, although that could have been said about the Majerus SLU Crew game as well.