War Ready set to compete in TBT

AUBURN, Ala. – A team consisting of former Auburn men's basketball student-athletes is set to compete in this summer's The Basketball Tournament (TBT) for team War Ready. TBT is an annual $1 million winner-take-all event.

The roster for War Ready includes Cinmeon Bowers, Bryce Brown, Kareem Canty, Josh Dollard, TJ Dunans, Malik Dunbar, T.J. Lang, J'Von McCormick, Desean Murray, Danjel Purifoy and LaRon Smith. The team, which will be coached by Frankie Sullivan, also added Isaiah Williams (Georgia State).

War Ready is the No. 5 seed in the TBT's West Virginia Regional, which is set to take place at Charleston Coliseum, July 17-21. The team is set to square off with the 12th-seeded Bucketneers, a group comprised of East Tennessee State alums, Sunday, July 18 at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN.

Should War Ready prevail, it would face the winner of Armored Athletes and HBCUnited Monday, July 19 at 1 p.m. CT on ESPN3. The final games of the West Virginia Regional are slated for Wednesday, July 21 beginning at 6 p.m. CT.

Two teams will advance from each of TBT's four regionals to compete in the tournament's championship weekend at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. Quarterfinals games will be played on July 31 with the semifinals on Aug. 1. The TBT Championship takes place Aug. 3.

For more information on War Ready and TBT, please visit TheTournament.com.