TBT La Familia vs JHX Hoops

Farsight Clone

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Aug 30, 2025
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I know a lot of fans were frustrated with Archie when he played for Cal in his first NIT team. Man Archie is our best player. He's our guy in this tournament. I'm glad he's playing for us. He would of been a crazy good player if he were to stay for 2-3 years at UK. Glad he's back!
 

WallMash

All-Conference
Oct 30, 2009
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I know a lot of fans were frustrated with Archie when he played for Cal in his first NIT team. Man Archie is our best player. He's our guy in this tournament. I'm glad he's playing for us. He would of been a crazy good player if he were to stay for 2-3 years at UK. Glad he's back!
I'm one of them. That was frustrated with Archie. But he looked like a poor man's Michael Jordon in this series. If there's two teams that proved Cal's not a great coach, it was the Archie Goodwin Team and the Sarrs Team. With Archie's team, Archie was a ball hog and Cal just threw up his hands and stopped trying to coach him and stopped coaching the team and they faded out first round of NIT.
 

ComebackCats98

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Jul 2, 2025
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I'm one of them. That was frustrated with Archie. But he looked like a poor man's Michael Jordon in this series. If there's two teams that proved Cal's not a great coach, it was the Archie Goodwin Team and the Sarrs Team. With Archie's team, Archie was a ball hog and Cal just threw up his hands and stopped trying to coach him and stopped coaching the team and they faded out first round of NIT.
To be fair I feel like Archie had to do a lot. Harrow didn’t work out. That left Archie, Jared Polson and Julius Mays. Archie was the only one athletic enough to create. The rest of that roster was Wiltjer, Poythress, Noel and WCS. Pieces just didn’t fit. I do think if Noel stays healthy that team ends up Rd of 32 possibly sweet 16.
 

Glenn's Take

Heisman
May 20, 2012
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I watched this from about 2 minutes into the 3rd quarter until the end and one thing struck me. These guys must really need the money because I would have bet when I watched that it would be NBA All Star Game type effort. They won because they were trying on defense. I wasn't ready for that.
 
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Smeegs

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I watched this from about 2 minutes into the 3rd quarter until the end and one thing struck me. These guys must really need the money because I would have bet when I watched that it would be NBA All Star Game type effort. They won because they were trying on defense. I wasn't ready for that.
Oh yeah, they’ve been busting their asses off on defense.

Anyone who thought this tourney was gonna be played at a casual summer fun run type pace was sorely mistaken. The offensive play has sometimes been ugly and disjointed, but the defensive effort has been really impressive in all three games I’ve watched (and somewhat surprising given how old some of these guys are).
 

DudahUK

Heisman
Jul 23, 2020
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I watched this from about 2 minutes into the 3rd quarter until the end and one thing struck me. These guys must really need the money because I would have bet when I watched that it would be NBA All Star Game type effort. They won because they were trying on defense. I wasn't ready for that.
Or it’s a lot of money so why not try? Another awful take Glenn.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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Jun 10, 2009
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To be fair I feel like Archie had to do a lot. Harrow didn’t work out. That left Archie, Jared Polson and Julius Mays. Archie was the only one athletic enough to create. The rest of that roster was Wiltjer, Poythress, Noel and WCS. Pieces just didn’t fit. I do think if Noel stays healthy that team ends up Rd of 32 possibly sweet 16.
Archie always got a bad rep. Dude played his *** off short handed. He was on the single worst team possible in Cal’s tenure imo. Any other team and he would have shined.
 

DirtyHarry

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Jul 12, 2026
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The $2 million is a winner-take-all prize paid to the winning team as a whole. The team decides how to divide it among its registered participants (players and sometimes coaches/staff).


Key details


• No automatic or fixed split by TBT. Official rules state the Team Prize “shall be allocated among such Team’s Participants as such Team determines.” The winning team must put the allocation in writing (in a form acceptable to the organizers) before the championship game. Organizers then pay according to that plan.


• Participants typically need to provide tax info (e.g., W-9) and sign eligibility/publicity releases to receive their share.


• Common approaches in past years (when the prize was $1M or $2M) include:


• Equal shares among all players on the championship roster (sometimes including coaches).


• Slightly larger shares for players who played more games or key contributors.


• Coaches or certain veterans taking smaller cuts so players get more.


• Occasional donations of a portion (e.g., to charity).


Examples from prior tournaments:


• Some teams split roughly evenly (around $70k–$140k+ per person depending on roster size and the then-current $1M/$2M purse, before taxes).


• Others varied shares (e.g., star players or those who played more getting more; coaches taking less).


For TBT 2026 the prize is again $2 million winner-take-all (doubled from the recent $1M eras and matching the 2016–2019 level). Only the champion receives it; other teams get nothing from the main purse. The exact per-person amounts therefore depend entirely on how that year’s winning roster chooses to divide the $2M.
 
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DudahUK

Heisman
Jul 23, 2020
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The $2 million is a winner-take-all prize paid to the winning team as a whole. The team decides how to divide it among its registered participants (players and sometimes coaches/staff).


Key details


• No automatic or fixed split by TBT. Official rules state the Team Prize “shall be allocated among such Team’s Participants as such Team determines.” The winning team must put the allocation in writing (in a form acceptable to the organizers) before the championship game. Organizers then pay according to that plan.


• Participants typically need to provide tax info (e.g., W-9) and sign eligibility/publicity releases to receive their share.


• Common approaches in past years (when the prize was $1M or $2M) include:


• Equal shares among all players on the championship roster (sometimes including coaches).


• Slightly larger shares for players who played more games or key contributors.


• Coaches or certain veterans taking smaller cuts so players get more.


• Occasional donations of a portion (e.g., to charity).


Examples from prior tournaments:


• Some teams split roughly evenly (around $70k–$140k+ per person depending on roster size and the then-current $1M/$2M purse, before taxes).


• Others varied shares (e.g., star players or those who played more getting more; coaches taking less).


For TBT 2026 the prize is again $2 million winner-take-all (doubled from the recent $1M eras and matching the 2016–2019 level). Only the champion receives it; other teams get nothing from the main purse. The exact per-person amounts therefore depend entirely on how that year’s winning roster chooses to divide the $2M.
Okay?
 
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