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Best Virginia, TBT to return to Charleston
CHARLESTON, W.Va., Feb. 26, 2025 – The Basketball Tournament (TBT), the 64-team, $1 million winner-take-all event, announced today that Charleston, West Virginia will serve as one of the regional locations for the 2025 event.
Best Virginia, the West Virginia University alumni team, will return as the featured team in the eight-team West Virginia Regional.
The 2025 West Virginia Regional will be played at the Charleston Coliseum July 18-23.
This summer will be the third time Charleston has hosted a TBT regional, previously hosting in 2021 and 2022.
Best Virginia, now entering their sixth summer in TBT, will be led by general manager John Flowers.
“We’re excited that TBT is returning to West Virginia and to the great city of Charleston,” said
Best Virginia general manager John Flowers. “I know our fans in Charleston will show up and show out like they always have since my playing days at WVU. Last time Best Virginia played in Charleston, our fans gave our team the energy to beat the Elmore brothers and Herd That. We’re looking forward to seeing a lot of gold and blue at the Charleston Coliseum this July. Not green!”
“Charleston has been an amazing host for TBT,” said TBT founder and CEO Jon Mugar. “The West
Virginia fan base has always been extraordinary and now it has the opportunity to host games all the way through the championship. We can’t wait to return this summer.”
“We are thrilled to welcome The Basketball Tournament (TBT), and the excitement and energy it brings, back to our Capital City,” said Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin. “We look forward to joining fans from across the region to watch Best Virginia compete in the 2025 West Virginia Regional—creating lasting memories and being part of the excitement that makes this event so incredible!”
Best Virginia will make additional roster announcements in the spring via their social media page, @finalfourcast.
The winner of the West Virginia Regional will advance to TBTs quarterfinals on July 28.
The semifinals will be held on July 31, and TBT’s $1 Million championship game will be played on Sun. Aug. 3.
For the first time, TBT will give each host team the opportunity to have home court advantage for the quarterfinals, semifinals, and the $1 million championship game. Should two regional hosts face off, the tie breaker will be determined by which host sells 4,000 tickets the fastest.
Tickets for the 2025 West Virginia Regional will go on sale on May 6.
Fans can sign up for ticket and team notifications at tbthoops.com/tickets/notifications.
For more information on this year’s TBT, visit tbthoops.com.
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Why some Northern Virginia neighborhoods may not be completely cleared from snow yet – WTOP News
While some Northern Virginia residents say their streets are in decent shape, others are concerned because they appear almost untouched after the weekend’s winter storm.
While some Northern Virginia residents say their streets are in decent shape, others are concerned because they appear almost untouched after the weekend’s winter storm.
The Virginia Department of Transportation is responsible for plowing many neighborhoods across the region, and followed a standard of making roads passable. But now, the agency has dropped that term, “because it was kind of a subjective one,” according to spokesman Alex Liggitt.
VDOT aims to create an 8 to 10-foot path that is “suitable for emergency service vehicles. And really, that is it … just to make sure if there is any kind of an emergency occurring somewhere on your street, that emergency services can get there,” Liggitt said.
In response to this storm, crews have had to use bigger pieces of equipment, because the sleet and ice made the mounds of snow heavier, he said.
“They’re using front-end loaders, skid-steers, tractors to help really push and move this snow so folks can get out,” he said.
Bob Kolasky, who lives in a cul-de-sac in McLean, said the roads “have allowed us to do what we needed to do.”
“I’ve intentionally not been testing it too much,” Kolasky said. “I mean, it is what it is.”
Meanwhile, Alex, who said he lives near Lake Braddock, has had difficulty entering his neighborhood.
“Throughout my house, they haven’t cleaned up in front,” he said. “Maybe an ambulance can get through, but I have to park all the way on the main street because my car does not make it out of there.”
As a delivery driver, he said he’s “been lucky. I haven’t seen a neighborhood like mine.”
Having just left a restaurant, Carrie Blewitt said many of the main roads “are fine. The neighborhoods are still a little dicey.”
Liggitt said there isn’t necessarily a time when the agency’s response to the snow will end. People are still filing digital tickets and calling the Customer Service Center, making suggestions such as having some turn lanes become wider.
“We’re keeping our response active, and we’ll continue to do so until it’s no longer necessary,” Liggitt said.
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