By: Josh Goldfine

Sunday, July 18

(3) Challenge ALS vs (6) Team Arkansas, 2p EDT, ESPN3

Challenge ALS, playing to raise awareness and funds for those fighting ALS, atoned for an opening-game exit last summer by staving off a comeback bid from We Are D3 in Round 1. TBT veterans Marvelle Harris (game-high 21 points) and DeShawn Stephens (double-double, game-high four steals) led the way. Team Arkansas got a big game from Jaylen Barford (23 points, 12 rebounds) in an opening-round win over the pesky Ft. Worth Funk. The Razorback alumni team will need another strong performance from TBT veteran Barford to advance.

(2) AfterShocks vs (10) Omaha Blue Crew, 4p EDT, ESPN

It’s a midwestern alumni matchup. The AfterShocks pushed through a slow start to defeat the Ex-Pats in Round 1, with Rashard Kelly’s double-double leading the way. The Wichita State alumni squad looks to advance to the Round of 16 for the first time. The Blue Crew won its opening-round game on one of the more dramatic Elam Ending-shots in tournament history, with Deverell Biggs banking in a fallaway three-pointer to barely beat the shot clock buzzer and send the Creighton alumni squad past Purple & Black. Biggs led the way with tha team-high 14 points for the Blue Crew, who will need to improve on 13% three-point shooting to have a chance to advance to the Round of 16.

(4) LA Cheaters vs (5) Florida TNT, 7p EDT, ESPN3

Dominique Jones, a four-time TBT participant who holds the third-highest scoring average in TBT history and led the way with 20 points in an opening-round win over Kimchi Express, will be counted on to carry the load for Florida TNT. Terrence Jones had 20 points in the Cheaters’ Round 1 comeback victory over Mental Toughness and will lead a talented group hoping to make its way to the Round of 16.

(1) Eberlein Drive vs (9) Stillwater Stars, 9p EDT, ESPN3

Eberlein Drive made it look relatively easy with an opening-round win over the NG Saints. Round 2 won’t be quite so easy, as the opponent, the Stillwater Stars, will be riding high off one of the more improbable comebacks in TBT history. Down by as many as 23 points at one point and 19 points entering the fourth quarter, the Oklahoma State alumni squad roared back to defeat The Enchantment to advance to Round 2 for the first time.