Burns helps La Familia pick up win in TBT
MBB: The former Racer forward is playing with the UK alumni team in The Tournament
DJ Burns scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds as La Familia beat the Stroh’s Squad, 105-52, in the opening round of The Basketball Tournament — or better known as TBT.
La Familia is made up of primarily University of Kentucky alumni such as Willie Cauley-Stein, Archie Goodwin and Doron Lamb. The head coach of the team is former Wildcat Sean Woods, who coached Burns at Southern University from 2019-21. The Stroh’s Squad was made up of former players at Bowling Green.
Here’s a video TBT posted of Burns leading the celebration while advancing La Familia on the bracket:
TBT is a 64-team, single-elimination, winner-take-all tournament with a prize of $1,000,000. Advancing to the Round of 32, La Familia will now take on War Ready, a team of Auburn alumni, at 1:30pm CDT on Sunday. The game is scheduled to air on FOX.