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- Alumni teams from Kansas and Kentucky meet Wednesday in the alumni bracket final.
- Kentuckys La Familia includes Willie Cauley-Stein, Archie Goodwin and Andrew Harrison.
- KU JHX beat Wichita States AfterShocks and were to travel to Lexington.
The alumni teams from the two winningest programs in college basketball history will meet Wednesday night in the alumni bracket finals of the 2026 TBT.
The well-traveled Kansas squad (JHX Hoops) was slated to arrive via bus from Lawrence to Lexington, Kentucky in the wee hours of the morning Wednesday.
JHX faces a star-studded team of Wildcats alumni (La Familia) at 6 p.m.
Central Time inside Historic Memorial Coliseum.
The game will air live on FS1.
Oh theyre good.
I mean (bleep) they are good, JHX general manager Tyshawn Taylor said of La Familia.
The UK team advanced by beating Syracuses alumni 70-66 on Sunday in the TBTs alumni bracket semis at Lexington.
KU moved on by beating Wichita States AfterShocks 64-59 Monday in Wichita.
Theyve got Willie Cauley-Stein, Taylor stated of the 7-foot, 240-pound, 32-year-old Olathe native who played in the NBA for seven seasons.
Theyve got Archie Goodwin.
The latter is a 6-foot-5 former first-round NBA Draft pick who hit five 3-pointers and scored 30 points in the win over Syracuse.
They are big at every position.
They shoot it well, and theyve got pros at every position, Taylor said.
Well have our work cut out for us on the road.
Itll be a good crowd.
We wont have a balanced crowd like how Wichita State kind of was and how K-State (where KU lost its TBT opener and won the final game of that opening 3-game set) kind of was at points.
Itll be a home game for them, a true away game for us, but I think we are playing well.
I think were figuring out how to guard.
I think were getting stops when we need to.
Kentuckys roster includes former UK guards Andrew Harrison and Deandre Liggins, former UK forward Kahlil Whitney and former Wildcats center Marcus Lee.
as well as former Marquette and Maryland guard Darryl Morsell.
Of course, Taylor likes KUs JHX team.
Zeke (Mayo) has been probably playing the best and if we can keep him rolling and then get Frank (Mason III) on board and Billy (Preston) hitting some shots ..
Taylor said.
Frank has been great, but I dont even think hes played his best game yet.
Hes made big shots when weve needed them and thats why hes here.
Jacobs playing amazing, Taylor noted of former Washburn guard Jacob Hanna.
Jamari (Traylor) is giving us good minutes.
Carlton (Bragg) and Andrew (Orr) are giving us good minutes.
Everybody whos playing is playing well.
Were locking in and making stops.
If KU wins Wednesday, JHX would meet the winner of the independent team bracket in the TBT title game at noon Sunday in Topeka, at Lee Arena.
Well give it everything weve got, and hopefully we get past them, Taylor said.
Wed have two days off (after UK game) so we could rest a little bit.
Wed like to travel back and win the money ($2 million first-place prize money) but one game at a time for sure.
I think well come out and play.
I think we can play well.
I think itll be a competitive game.
But I like us.
This story was originally published July 29, 2026 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Alumni teams from bluebloods KU, Kentucky to meet in TBT on Wednesday night.".