Xavier University's Cintas Center will be a first-time host site in 2022 for The Basketball Tournament (TBT), the tournament announced Wednesday in a press release.
Xavier was picked as one of eight regional sites for TBT, a 64-team, $1 million winner-take-all event that's televised live on the ESPN networks.
Xavier's alumni team, Zip 'Em Up, which made its TBT debut last summer, will be the featured team and former stars Trevon Bluiett, J.P. Macura and Mark Lyons have already committed to return to the team in 2022, TBT announced.
Zip 'Em Up, organized by former Xavier point guard Dee Davis and coached by former Xavier assistant Rick Carter, made it to the second round of the Columbus regional in 2021.