ESPN has secured the live streaming rights to The Basketball Tournament's (TBT) new Jamboree play-in tournament, which will give 16 additional teams a shot at a winner-take-all $2 million prize. The Jamboree games will take place June 17-18 at Philadelphia University, with all games streaming live on ESPN3 and the ESPN app. Teams can enter now at jamboree.thetournament.com, for a chance to compete for the final four slots in the field of 64.
TBT features 64 teams of top professional, college alumni, and international basketball players competing in a single-elimination 5-on-5 tournament for a winner-take-all $2 million prize. All games will air on ESPN networks, beginning Saturday, July 8. Adding the Jamboree games, ESPN will carry up to 150 live hours of TBT action across its networks, with 30 live hours on ESPN or ESPN2. The Jamboree games will feature the "Elam Ending," experimental new rules designed by Nick Elam to reduce deliberate fouling at the end of games. At the first dead ball after the 4-minute mark, the game clock will shut off and a Target Score - determined by adding 7 points to the leading team's score at the time of the dead ball - will be established. At that point, the game clock remains turned off and first team to reach that score wins. "TBT is a great event that will give fans the chance to enjoy even more live basketball on ESPN during the summer months, and the Jamboree games will be particularly compelling with these innovative new rules being used in real competition," said John Lasker, Vice President of Digital Media Programming, ESPN.Videos