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Overseas Elite was an American
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team that participated in
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(TBT), an annual winner-take-all
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. The team won the tournament four consecutive times: 2015 (prize money $1 million), 2016 ($2 million), 2017 ($2 million), and 2018 ($2 million). The roster of Overseas Elite consisted of professional basketball players who competed outside of the
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. The team last competed in 2020.


History

The team's name is a reference to their players being "a collection of stars who play hoops at basketball outposts around the world".


2015: First championship

Overseas Elite was accepted as a third-seed in TBT 2015 after amassing 139 registered fans. It was placed in the South region, which had
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and TeamBDB as the top seeds. Overseas Elite defeated the Underdogs, 89–83, in both teams' debuts.
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's double-double, 18 points and 11 rebounds, helped Overseas Elite get past Team Charlotte Elite in the second round, 77–74. McCollum posted 32 points in his team's next contest, against Damien Wilkins and Trained to Go, pushing Overseas Elite to the Super 17 round of the tournament. D. J. Kennedy was instrumental in Overseas Elite's first Super 17 victory, which was vs. Sean Bell All Stars. The team became the first to qualify for the year's semifinals after it beat Dirty South, led by Brandon Robinson. It used only six players throughout the game, and it was the fifth Super 17 game to be decided by fewer than 10 points. On August 1, Overseas Elite defeated Team City of Gods to reach the championship game against
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. On August 2, Overseas Elite was crowned champions after winning, 67–65, with Kennedy being named MVP.


Games

Overseas Elite was the No. 3 seed in the South region. Source:


Roster

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* D. J. Kennedy *
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* Todd O'Brien * Colin Curtin (coach) Source:


2016: Second championship

Overseas Elite defended its title in TBT 2016, beating Team Colorado, 77–72,
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was named MVP.


Games

Overseas Elite was the No. 2 seed in the South region. Source:


Roster

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Kyle Fogg Kyle Edward Fogg (born January 27, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. Professional career Afte ...
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Paris Horne Paris L. Horne (born August 6, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kouvot of the Finnish Korisliiga. Horne played college basketball at St. John's University. He has played for BG Gottingen in Germany and com ...
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* D. J. Kennedy *
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* Colin Curtin (coach) Source:


2017: Third championship

Overseas Elite won their third title in TBT 2017, defeating Team Challenge ALS, 86–83.
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was again named MVP.


Games

Overseas Elite was the No. 1 seed in the South region.


Roster

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* D. J. Kennedy *
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* Todd O'Brien * Colin Curtin (coach) Source:


2018: Fourth championship

On August 3, 2018, Overseas Elite won the finals of TBT 2018, defeating
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, 70–58, with D. J. Kennedy being named MVP.


Games

Overseas Elite was the No. 1 seed in the South region.


Roster

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DeAndre Kane DeAndre Kane (born June 10, 1989) is an American-born naturalized Hungarian professional basketball player for Grindavík in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He played college basketball at Marshall University and Iowa State University before playing prof ...
* D. J. Kennedy *
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* Marc Hughes (coach) * L. T. Lockett (asst. coach) Source:


2019: End of reign

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, who had played for the team in each of the prior four tournaments, did not play in TBT 2019, due to getting married. Additionally, Kyle Fogg, who was a two-time tournament MVP, was not on the roster. Overseas Elite won their first three games, to capture their region and advance to the quarterfinals in Chicago. In the quarterfinals, they defeated Loyalty Is Love, 86–73. That win advanced Overseas Elite to the semifinals against
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on August 4, where they suffered their first-ever defeat, 71–66.


Games

Overseas Elite was the top seed in the Richmond Regional.


Roster

* Dominique Archie *
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DeAndre Kane DeAndre Kane (born June 10, 1989) is an American-born naturalized Hungarian professional basketball player for Grindavík in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He played college basketball at Marshall University and Iowa State University before playing prof ...
* D. J. Kennedy *
Jeremy Pargo Jeremy Raymon Pargo (born March 17, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Grindavík of the Úrvalsdeild karla. He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. In 2011 he reached the EuroLeague Final with Maccabi Tel Avi ...
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* Tony Taylor * Marc Hughes (coach) *
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(asst. coach) Source:


2020: Columbus, Ohio

For TBT 2020, Overseas Elite was named the No. 2 seed in a field of 24, reduced in size from previous tournaments due to the
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. The team won their first two games, then faced Sideline Cancer in the semifinals. Seeded 22nd, Sideline Cancer had advanced via three wins, including a defeat of third-seed
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. Overseas Elite led by 10 at the half and by seven after three quarters. The teams entered the
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tied at 59, thus setting a target score of 67 to win. The teams played to a 64–64 tie, with Overseas Elite taking a 65–64 lead on a free throw. The teams then traded misses, followed by
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of Sideline Cancer making a three-point shot for a 67–65 win, denying Overseas Elite a chance at a fifth title.


Games

The team received a first-round bye.


Players

* Devin Baulkman *
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* Joe Johnson *
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* Frank Session *
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* Asauhn Tatum * Dakarai Tucker * Marc Hughes (coach) *
Paris Horne Paris L. Horne (born August 6, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kouvot of the Finnish Korisliiga. Horne played college basketball at St. John's University. He has played for BG Gottingen in Germany and com ...
(asst. coach) Source:


Later tournaments

On June 15, 2021, the team announced that it would not participate in TBT 2021. The team also did not return for TBT 2022.


Record by years


Awards

In 2015, only a tournament MVP was named.


Logo and uniforms

File:Overseas Elite logo.jpg, Logo, 2015–current File:Overseas Elite uniforms.png, Uniforms, 2015–current


References


Further reading

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External links


Team page
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