Scarlet Sunrise: TBT bracket revealed, Carmen's Crew set to play in Dayton region
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TBT bracket revealed, Carmen’s Crew set to play in Dayton region
The Basketball Tournament (TBT) bracket was revealed Wednesday.
Carmen’s Crew, Ohio State men’s basketball’s unofficial alumni team, is set to kick off the winner-take-all, $1 million prize tourney in the Dayton region against Team Overtime on July 26 at 6 p.m. The game will be held at University of Dayton Arena, and it will be broadcast on ESPN+.
All TBT games will be shown on ESPN platforms. The 64-squad, single-elimination summer event will include 75 players with NBA experience this time around, not to mention 34 college alumni teams, both TBT records.
Carmen’s Crew, of course, is one of those 34 alumni teams. Despite a year off from the tournament and a roster transformation, they are ranked as the No. 4 seed in their pod of the bracket. If Carmen’s Crew beats fifth-seeded Team Overtime, they will face off against either top-seeded Red Scare — Dayton’s alumni team — or eighth-seeded India Rising.
Originally known as “Scarlet & Gray,” Carmen’s Crew won TBT and, at the time, the $2 million, winner-take-all prize in 2019. Back then, the team was led by players from the Thad Matta era, including the likes of Aaron Craft, David Lighty and Jon Diebler.
Carmen’s Crew, coached by former Ohio State star Jared Sullinger, will look different in 2023, though. The roster features five players from the Chris Holtmann era at Ohio State: Kyle Young, C.J. Jackson, Keyshawn Woods, Andre Wesson and Kaleb Wesson, all of whom played for the Buckeyes at some point between 2017 and 2022.
Trevor Thompson is part of this year’s team, too. He played at Ohio State in 2016-17, the year before Holtmann’s arrival. William Buford, the tournament’s MVP in 2019 and another fellow Buckeyes alum (2008-12), is returning.
The rest of the roster consists of Javon Bess (Gahanna Lincoln, Michigan State/Saint Louis), Jalen Tate (Pickerington HS Central, Northern Kentucky/Arkansas), Malik Dime (Senegalese center, played for Indian Hills CC/Washington) and Scott Thomas (Buckeye Valley, Bowling Green).
2025 in-state quarterback Tavien St. Clair commits to Ohio State
Ohio State has its quarterback for the 2025 class: Four-star Bellefontaine (Ohio) quarterback Tavien St. Clair committed to the Buckeyes Wednesday night.
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The news came after St. Clair made his third trip to campus in the last two weeks, finishing as runner-up in the high school 7-on-7 competition Ohio State hosted.
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound St. Clair is the No. 18 quarterback and No. 285 overall prospect in the 2025 class, according to the On3 Industry Ranking. He received an offer from the Buckeyes in May and committed less than a month later.
For the full story, go here.
Josh Fryar knows stakes of left tackle job at Ohio State
Josh Fryar is in line to become Ohio State’s next starting left tackle. He’ll have some big shoes to fill. It’s a position that was last occupied by Paris Johnson Jr., a consensus first-team All-American who was the No. 6 overall pick in this year’s draft, the Buckeyes’ highest-selected tackle since Orlando Pace.
Fryar understands what’s at stake with that role.
“I feel like I’m the blind side for Kyle [McCord] and Devin [Brown],” he said this spring. “If they don’t feel safe, and I give up something, then that’s on me. That’s my fault.”
Fryar figures to be a key piece for a new-look Ohio State offensive line. It’s a position group Lettermen Row is focusing on right now in its position-by-position preview series.
To learn more about Fryar and the biggest offseason of his career, head here.
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