Boeheim's Army plays its first game in the 2026 The Basketball Tournament ("TBT") on Tuesday evening, as the team of former Syracuse basketball stars and others looks to capture the $2 million, winner-take-all event.
Boeheim's Army will first face a Seton Hall alumni squad, called Hall In. The teams will battle in a best-of-three, opening-round series. On Tuesday night, Boeheim's Army will travel to South Orange, N.J., to face Hall In on the road.
🏀BASKETBALL ON DECK🏀
— TBT (@thetournament) July 21, 2026
Today’s TBT Schedule:
- Hall In vs Boeheim’s Army (Game 1)
- Purple Reign vs JHX Hoops (Game 1)
📺 Double Header on FS1 starting at 7pmET/6CT pic.twitter.com/rVkdhTLWIo
The game will tip off at 7:00 pm EST on FS1. The second contest will be on Thursday, July 23, in Syracuse, N.Y. If necessary, the third and final encounter will take place on Friday, July 24, also in Syracuse. All of Boeheim's Army's games will air on either FS1 or FS2, and each one is expected to tip off at 7:00 pm EST.
Boeheim's Army begins its TBT journey on Tuesday.
Here is Boeheim's Army's 11-player roster (four non-SU alums and seven former Syracuse guys):
•Power forward Jacorey Williams, a 6-foot-9 player who suited up in college for Arkansas and Middle Tennessee State.
•Shooting guard Ty Nichols, a 6-foot-3 player out of Keene State College
•Point guard Tyson Walker, a 6-foot-1 player out of Northeastern and Michigan State
•Center Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu, a 6-foot-10 player out of UT Arlington and Memphis
•Forward Cole Swider
•Shooting guard Buddy Boeheim
•Guard Eric Devendorf
•Forward Jimmy Boeheim
•Wing Elijah Hughes
•Wing Wes Johnson
•Power forward Chris McCullough
McCullough was a late addition. His status for playing in Tuesday night's game is "to be determined," Syracuse.com reports.
Boeheim's Army's head coach is Thomas Bridges, who most recently was an assistant coach with the Long Island Nets, the NBA G League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets. Shaun Belbey is the general manager and an assistant coach for Boeheim's Army this summer. He was recently named a producer/videographer for Syracuse basketball under first-year head coach Gerry McNamara.
Peter Corasaniti, the associate athletics director of men's basketball and operations at Syracuse University, will also serve as an assistant coach of Boeheim's Army.
Since the TBT's inception, Boeheim's Army has been one of its most successful teams, winning the event in 2021, when the grand prize was $1 million. All-time, Boeheim's Army is 27-10 in the TBT.
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