America's weirdest, most wonderful basketball tournament is back with a social missio
 

America's weirdest, most wonderful basketball tournament is back with a social mission
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There's weird-weird, and then there's good-weird. The Basketball Tournament — which we introduced to the world in 2014 — is most definitely good-weird.*

The roundball free-for-all is back for its third year, and bigger than ever. Like in years prior, sixty-four teams will win**w down to one champ. As usual, former college and NBA stars playing for a fat payday will have you tripping down memory lane. The tourney's semifinals and Aug. 2 title game will be broadcast on ESPN this year.*

But this summer, there's even more money at stake. The winning team **w takes home $2 million — a big jump from the inaugural tournament's $500,000 prize and last year's $1 million jackpot.* Read more...


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