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Founder of Elam Ending Picks Boeheim's Army to Win TBT

Boeheim's Army will be a popular pick to win the $1 million prize.

Mike McAllister

Founder of Elam Ending Picks Boeheim's Army to Win TBT
Founder of Elam Ending Picks Boeheim's Army to Win TBT /

Nick Elam, founder of the Elam Ending, is picking Boeheim's Army to win the 2021 The Basketball Tournament. Nick has Boeheim's Army beating Sideline Cancer in the championship game. 

Boeheim's Army has loaded up the roster this year, adding two of the winningest TBT players in its history. DeAndre Kane and DJ Kennedy, who both won multiple TBT titles, have joined Boeheim's Army this year with Overseas Elite not participating. Kane and Kennedy join a roster that also includes Eric Devendorf, Tyler Lydon, Malachi Richardson, Chris McCullough, CJ Fair, Tyrese Rice, Paschal Chukwu, Andrew White and Keifer Sykes. 

Boeheim's Army has typically fielded a roster that includes only former Syracuse players. There has been the occasional non-Orange alum, but never before like what is on the roster this year. Four non-Syracuse players is a lot when you evaluate Boeheim's Army roster historically. That said, there are still seven former Syracuse players on it, giving it a large Orange feel. 

The willingness to add talented players from other means shows that Boeheim's Army is flat out going all in on a TBT championship. That is why they will be one of, if not the, favorite. Nick Elam's prediction will be similar to many others. 

The Elam Ending, created by Nick, has been used by TBT since 2018. The Elam Ending dictates that at the first stoppage after the four minute mark of the fourth quarter, a target score is created by taking the score of the team in the lead and adding points to it. In 2018, seven points were added while in 2019 that number was changed to eight. A team then wins by hitting the target score first. 

This type of ending eliminates slowing down play at the end of games and free throw shooting in the final minute in an attempt for the trailing team to make a comeback. It has been met with mixed reviews, but seems to work for TBT. 

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MIKE MCALLISTER

Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting.  EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans.  After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years.  Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports.  Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College. 

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