Four new players, including a national championship hero, have been officially added to the roster for this summer’s Kansas alumni team in The Basketball Tournament, TBT announced on Tuesday morning.
David McCormack, whose late-game heroics helped KU win the 2022 national title, will make his TBT debut this summer for JHX Hoops.
McCormack has recently been playing professionally for Alba Berlin. In Germany’s domestic league he put up 8.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game; in Euroleague competition he tallied 10.5 points and 5.7 rebounds in 19.6 minutes on average.
The native of Norfolk, Virginia, had opportunities in the NBA Summer League early in his professional career but spent two seasons playing overseas in Turkey before moving to Olimpia Milano and then most recently to Berlin during the 2024-25 campaign.
A four-year contributor at KU, the 6-foot-10 forward was the Big 12’s most improved player and a second-team all-league pick as a junior, when he posted 13.4 points and 6.1 rebounds for the Jayhawks, and made the third team during his senior season, starting 37 games and playing in 40 as KU went on to win the title. McCormack’s 25 points against Villanova in the Final Four and 15-point, 10-rebound double-double in the championship game against UNC played a crucial role in KU’s victories, although Ochai Agbaji was named the Final Four’s most outstanding player.
Now McCormack will sport the crimson and blue once again as part of JHX Hoops in TBT.
Also announced along with McCormack were Billy Preston, Jamari Traylor and Kevin Young. Preston, who never played an official game at KU, took part in last year’s TBT team, while Traylor and Young have been members each of the last two years and Young also joined the Self Made team in 2019.
Preston had in recent years played professionally for the Cape Town Tigers in South Africa, but in March appeared in two games for the Zonkeys de Tijuana in Mexico.
In last year’s TBT, the 6-foot-10 forward reached double figures in each of Mass Street’s three games, highlighted by an 18-point, eight-rebound showing in the opening round against Ram Up.
The TBT veterans Traylor and Young, who played at KU in the early 2010s, have served as role players in his various TBT appearances. Traylor averaged 13.7 points and 7.3 rebounds with Cayirova in the Turkish league over 27 games this past season. Young played for the Frederick Flying Cows of The Basketball League in 2024.
These four join a roster that already includes Cliff Alexander, Nick Timberlake and Lagerald Vick with Sherron Collins as its head coach. Tyshawn Taylor, Stephanie Temple and Scott “Scooter” Ward serve as organizers of JHX Hoops.
Mass Street’s Billy Preston faces off against Florida TNT’s Quincy Ford on Monday, July 22, 2024, in Wichita.
Mass Street’s Jamari Traylor shoots during a game against Team Colorado on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Wichita.
Mass Street’s Kevin Young gestures during a game against Florida TNT on Monday, July 22, 2024, in Wichita.
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