MVP Tyrese Rice commands Boeheim’s Army to $1M win of TBT
Fred Jeter | 8/12/2021, 6 p.m.
Tyrese Rice didn’t attend Syracuse University, but the New York institution might consider awarding him an honorary degree.
Rice was the leading scorer and named MVP in helping Boeheim’s Army—with many former Syracuse stars—win The Basketball Tourna- ment, or TBT.
With longtime Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim at courtside, the orange and white-clad Army defeated Team 23 for the title 69-67 in Dayton, Ohio, on July 6. The Army went 6-0 overall.
The winning team won $1 million, with Rice receiving an $80,000 share. Not every player was compensated equally.
Minus an NBA resume, Rice is among the
most celebrated basketball players coming from the Richmond area.
A 6-foot-1, left-handed guard with a signature white headband, Rice scored 2,328 points at Chesterfield’s L.C. Bird High School from 2001 to 2005, and 2,099 points at Boston College from 2005 t0 2009.
Now 34, Rice has become a legend playing for various countries in the European leagues for the past 12 years. He signed in August 2020 with AEK Athens based in Greece.
Rice has remained active in the Richmond area conducting clinics and is always a fan favorite at the annual Summer League at Big Ben’s Home Court.
