The University of Memphis' Elma Roane Fieldhouse is serving as one of the regional sites for The Basketball Tournament (TBT) that gets underway on Friday. The winner of the Memphis regional advances to the championship week in Chicago Aug. 1-6. The winning team in the championship shares $2 million. Team Bluff City plays Friday night in the final game of the second session. The team is made up of former Tigers Will Coleman, Earl Barron, Chris Crawford, Jeremy Hunt, Shawn Taggart, Adonis Thomas and Darius Washington, along with Memphis natives Dominique Johnson and Tayloe Taylor. They open against Team 901, a team that includes former Tiger Willie Kemp.
TBT Opening Round Gets Underway Friday
