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The Commonwealth TBT team
2024
The team had announced that they would return in the 2024 TBT event,1) however they've since put the brakes on that plan.2)
2023
“The Commonwealth” was the name of the UMass alumni team in The Basketball Tournament 2023. Former Minutemen have played in the TBT before, but never before united as an entire team of alumni.
The team was backed by The Mass. Collective, UMass basketball's NIL organization.
The team started practices / training camp on July 20, at the Champions Center at UMass.
In the tournament, they received the 5 seed in the Syracuse regional, and faced Virginia Dream, for their game at 9:00 PM on July 24.
UMass looked sharp to start, and built a 24-5 lead, but the Dream found their form and ultimately won, 79-73, and eliminated The Commonwealth.
- UM highlight: Chaz to Maxie to CJ
Roster
| Player | Pos | Height | UM years3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, Chaz | PG | 5-9 | 2011-14 |
| Esho, Maxie | F | 6-8 | 2011-15 |
| Gresham, Brison | F/C | 6-9 | 2016-17 |
| Pipkins, Luwane | G | 5-11 | 2016-19 |
| Hinds, Jabarie* | G | 5-11 | 2014-16 |
| Lalanne, Cady* | F/C | 6-9 | 2011-15 |
| Lee, Anthony | F | 6-9 | Temple / Ohio State 2011-15 |
| Anderson, CJ | G | 6-6 | 2014-18 |
| Pierre, Carl | G | 6-4 | 2017-21 |
| Clark, Donte* | G | 6-4 | 2014-17 |
| Riley, Freddie | G | 6-5 | 2009-13 |
| Vinson, Terrell | F | 6-7 | 2009-13 |
| Wright, Ethan | G | 6-3 | Princeton / Colorado 2019-23 |
Most players are former Minutemen. The exceptions:
- Ethan Wright. Wright is a native of Newton MA, and went to Newton North HS. Wright's CU roster page.
- Anthony Lee. Lee played at Temple for his first three college years, where we faced him 4 times during Temple's last years within the A-10. He played at Ohio State for his last season.
* Inactives
Jabarie Hinds and Cady Lalanne were both originally planning to play with us, but injuries will prevent them from doing so.4)
Donte Clark had a family issue come up and prevented him from joining the team.5)
Article: Meet the TBT team
Staff
- Patrick MacWilliams, General Manager, Director of The Mass. Collective
- Mike Mannix, Team Coach, and Assistant A.D. & Head Basketball Coach at Wilbraham & Monson
- Javorn Farrell, Player Personnel
Photos
Other Minutemen in TBT
Raphiael Putney (UMass class of 2014) is also playing in the TBT, but for Team Heartfire (Wichita Region). Putney played with them in 2022,6) before most of the other UMass alumni played in the TBT, and committed before UM's 2023 team was official.7) Heartfire won the 2023 tournament and Putney took home a share of $70k. Putney's player page.
More info
- Article: https://www.a10talk.com/commonwealth-tbt-practices-recap/ (7/24/23)
- Article: Former UMass stars ‘The Commonwealth’ readying for TBT debut next week (with photos, 7/20/23)
tbt_team_2023.txt · Last modified: 2024/04/25 10:42 by mikeuma
