PrimeTime Players

Founded	1991
League	ECBL
Based in	Fort Mill, South Carolina
Arena	Fort Mill Community Center
Colors	Burgundy, Gold
Owner	Chris Thomas
Head coach	Chris Thomas
Championships	9 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Division titles	13
Cheerleaders	PrimeTime Cheer Team
Website	primetimeplayersbasketball.com

ThePrimeTime Players are aminor league professionalbasketball team based inFort Mill, South Carolina. The PrimeTime Players have played independently in theCarolinas since 1991, competing in tournaments and pro-am leagues. The team has competed inThe Basketball Tournament which is aired annually onESPN networks against some of the best professionals in the world.

PrimeTime Players are owned by Chris Thomas, who also serves as the team head coach.

After winning the first threeTobacco Road Basketball League championships (2012–14), PrimeTime are a founding member of theEast Coast Basketball League.^[1] PTP have won ECBL titles in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021.

Making their debut in2015, PrimeTime traveled to Atlanta as the 19th seed. They won their debut against top-seeded Team DBD, 94–66. The next day, PrimeTime downed HBC, 66–59, to move on to the Super 17.^[2] Their run ended on July 24, losing to Dirty South, 76–75.^[3]

PrimeTime was the South Region nine seed in2016, losing in the opening round to Trained To Go, 87–82.^[4]

For the2017 tournament, PrimeTime were seeded tenth in the South Region. The team eliminated Blue Zoo (Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders alumni), 79–77, before falling in the second round to Ram Nation (VCU Rams alumni), 96–82.^{[citation needed]}

In2018, PrimeTime Players were the 12th seed in the Midwest Region. Their first round opponent, Always A Brave, were a collection ofBradley Braves alumni. PrimeTime advanced to the second round with a 68–64 victory. They defeated the four-seed Big X, 70–67, to earn a spot in the Super 16 in Atlanta where their journey ended, falling to the top-seeded Scarlet & Grey (Ohio State alumni), 72–60.^{[citation needed]}

Seeded fourth in the2019 Greensboro Regional, PrimeTime Players fell short in their first-round matchup against Florida TNT, 71–68.^{[citation needed]}

InTBT 2020, PrimeTime was initially not included in the field of 24, reduced in size due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. However, the No. 20 seed, Mid-American Unity, had one of their players test positive, although he was asymptomatic. That team withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by PrimeTime.^[5] PrimeTime faced team CP3, the No. 13 seed, in the opening round. PrimeTime led for most of the game, but ultimately were defeated, 76–74.^[6]

InTBT 2021, PrimeTime was seeded eighth in the West Virginia Regional. The team faced ninth-seeded Fort Wayne Champs and were defeated, 72–61.^[7]

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