Monday Headlines: La Familia Advances and The Ville Goes Down

As long as La Familia continues to win, they’ll now continue to host for TBT.

Sunday was a double whammy for Kentucky Wildcats fans as La Familia escaped their matchup with War Ready with an 80-76 victory, and The Ville fell to Sideline Cancer, 73-63.

While La Familia’s first game of The Basketball Tournament was far from close, Sunday’s was quite the opposite. What was La Familia’s double-digit lead at halftime quickly crumbled, and things became chippy between the two teams, leading to a total of seven technical fouls being called in the game.

Archie Goodwin saved the day, however, converting a tough layup in traffic after the La Familia defense forced a War Ready turnover to push Kentucky over the 79-point mark.

LA FAMILIA ADVANCES!

WHAT AN ENDING pic.twitter.com/B23ZpqKHnt

— Mario A Maitland (@MarioMaitland_3) July 20, 2025

For The Ville, it was a day to forget. They allowed Sideline Cancer to put together a 21-point lead through two quarters and shoot better than 60% from the field and 66% from the 3-point line for the entire game.

A loss for The Ville means that as long as La Familia keeps winning, they’ll keep hosting through the championship game. Imagine how crazy Memorial would be if a championship, not to mention $1 million for the Cats, was at stake.

For now, all eyes turn to Tuesday’s matchup with Eberlein Drive at 6 PM ET on FS2 inside Memorial Coliseum.

Be there.

Tweet of the Day

JUST LOOK AT WHAT THE WIN MEANT TO @LaFamiliaTBT

Amazing to see this group of @KentuckyMBB alumni playing together, getting to represent Big Blue Nation again! pic.twitter.com/hFD9qovSL1

— TBT (@thetournament) July 20, 2025

This place is going nuts!!! (Peep the ending as the current Cats celebrate as well) pic.twitter.com/9eb8JI2P0m

— Dylan Ballard (@DylanBallard_UK) July 20, 2025

The Big Blue Nation is a special family to be part of.