Golden Eagles (basketball)

The Golden Eagles are an American basketball team that participates in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), an annual winner-take-all single-elimination tournament.

The team first played in the tournament in 2016, was the runner-up in 2019, and won the championship (and $1 million prize) in 2020.

4 overall seed, in a field reduced to 24 teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source:[23] The Golden Eagles were placed in the 16-team Illinois Regional as the top seed.

Source:[30] Through the 2020 tournament, Golden Eagles recorded the second-most number of victories of any team competing in TBT, after four-time champion Overseas Elite.

Davante Gardner (No. 54) played on the first two editions of the team.
Maurice Acker has played on the team each year.
Jamil Wilson received All-Tournament honors in 2018 and 2020.
Dwight Buycks was named to the All-Tournament team in 2016 and 2019.
Mo Charlo played on the 2019 and 2020 teams.
Matt Lojeski joined the team in 2021.
Diamond Stone was added to the roster for the 2022 tournament.
Andrew Rowsey joined the team in 2019.
Darius Johnson-Odom was named the 2020 tournament MVP.