The Basketball Tournament and the La Familia team are returning to Historic Memorial Coliseum this summer.
The format will be slightly different this year with La Familia meeting The Ville (Louisville) in a best-of-three series to tip off the tournament.
Willie Cauley-Stein and Archie Goodwin will be back with La Familia. Also, former Kentucky big man Reid Travis is joining the team. More roster additions will be announced soon.
Here are more details:
The Basketball Tournament is officially BACK… and it’s a NEW ERA OF TBT!
$2 MILLION Prize Pool
16 Teams
Round 1 Best of Three
8-Team Alumni Bracket (on home courts)
8-Team Non-Alumni Bracket (Las Vegas)THIS IS TBT 2.0 — AND IT ALL STARTS THIS SUMMER! pic.twitter.com/Tv4MMpPusi
— LaFamilia – Kentucky’s TBT Team (@LaFamiliaTBT) May 18, 2026
Big Blue Nation, this year the La Familia (Kentucky Alumni Team) and TBT (The Basketball Tournament) returns to Lexington and we’re kicking things off with a Best of Three series AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE ALUMNI (The Ville). Cool down this summer and watch some of the great Wildcats of seasons’ past in the air-conditioned HMC!
Willie Cauley-Stein returns for the third straight year along with Archie Goodwin (played with La Familia last year) and Reid Travis who will be making his TBT debut!
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO HOST GAME THREE!
*If this series reaches a Round 1 Game 3, we would host it if we sell MORE TICKETS than Louisville fans in the next 24 hours! Tickets go on sale today at 10AM exclusively on Ticketmaster! Let’s make sure La Familia plays in front of Big Blue Nation!
Tickets for this event will not be available to purchase through the UK Ticket Office and must be purchased online via Ticketmaster. For more information about this year’s event, visit TBThoops.com !
Regional Schedule:
First Round, Game 1:Saturday, July 18th in Historic Memorial Coliseum at 12PM EST.
First Round, Game 2: Monday, July 20th in Freedom Hall at 7PM EST.
*First Round, Game 3: Wednesday, July 22nd at 6PM EST.
*If Necessary (Location TBD)
