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'{{Infobox Basketball club | color1 = Red | color2 = Navy | name = Team City of Gods | logo = Team City of Gods logo.jpg | image_size = 180 | leagues = [[The Basketball Tournament]] | founded = 2015 | history = '''Team City of Gods'''<br />(2015–2017) | arena = | capacity = | location = [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] | colors = Red and Navy Blue<br />{{color box|red}} {{color box|navy}} | gm = Lafonte Johnson | coach = Joe Connelly III | position = | website = [http://www.thetournament.com/teams/team-city-gods Team page] | h_body = ffffff | h_pattern_b = _thinredsides | h_shorts = ffffff | h_pattern_s = _redsides | a_body = 002566 | a_pattern_b = _thinredsides | a_shorts = 002566 | a_pattern_s = _redsides }} '''Team City of Gods''' are an American [[basketball]] team that has participated in [[The Basketball Tournament]] (TBT), a winner-take-all [[single-elimination tournament]]. The team advanced to the [[The Basketball Tournament 2015|TBT 2015]] semifinals, beating tournament favorite [[Boeheim's Army]] before falling to eventual tournament champions [[Overseas Elite]]. The team played in the Northeast Region of the tournament in 2015, their first year of existence. The team was coached by Joe Connelly III, a former player development coach for the [[Washington Wizards]] based in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Connelly III|url=http://www.thetournament.com/players/joe-connelly-iii|website=[[The Basketball Tournament]]|accessdate=28 July 2015}}</ref> City of Gods was managed by former [[George Washington Colonials men's basketball|George Washington basketball]] player Lafonte Johnson.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lafonte Johnson|url=http://www.thetournament.com/players/lafonte-johnson|website=[[The Basketball Tournament]]|accessdate=28 July 2015}}</ref> The team featured five players with experience in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA).<ref>{{cite web|title=Team City of Gods|url=http://www.thetournament.com/teams/team-city-gods|website=[[The Basketball Tournament]]|accessdate=28 July 2015}}</ref> == History == Team City of Gods was founded in 2015, primarily by [https://www.hpylaw.com/joseph-r-connelly-iii/ Joe Connelly III], who had previously worked as the development coach for [[Washington Wizards]] of the [[National Basketball Association]]. Connelly, currently a professional basketball trainer based in his hometown of [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], has experience coaching public school teams, at recreation centers, and in the [[Amateur Athletic Union]]. He is the older brother of both [[Denver Nuggets]] general manager [[Tim Connelly]] and [[Phoenix Suns]] assistant general manager Tim Connelly.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Four Teams Playing for $1,000,000|url=http://www.thetournament.com/news/meet-four-teams-playing-1-000-000|website=[[The Basketball Tournament]]|accessdate= July 28, 2015}}</ref> Connelly chose the team's players primarily because he had connections with each of them.<ref name=pure /> One player, [[Michael Sweetney]], said that "Joe Connelly pretty much put the whole team together".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kennedy|first1=Alex|title=NBA The Basketball Tournament: Roundtable Q&A|url=http://www.basketballinsiders.com/the-basketball-tournament-roundtable-qa/|website=BasketballInsiders.com|accessdate=28 July 2015}}</ref> Connelly and general manager [https://gwsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/lafonte-johnson/778 Lafonte Johnson], a former [[college basketball]] player for [[UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball|UNLV]] and [[George Washington Colonials men's basketball|George Washington]], helped gain fans by campaigning on [[Twitter]] and other social media websites.<ref name=pure>{{cite web|title=Joe Connelly: Pure with the game|url=https://www.thetournament.com/news/joe-connelly-pure-game|website=[[The Basketball Tournament]]|accessdate= July 28, 2015}}</ref> Joe Connelly came up with the team name, using a popular Baltimore clothing brand. Connelly also liked how the name of the clothing brand sounded like reaching for greatness and being great. The name helped make the team more popular, which helped gain support and votes in order to enter the basketball tournament and a chance to win $1{{nbsp}}million dollars. == Logo and uniforms == <gallery class="center"> File:Team City of Gods logo.jpg|Logo, 2015&ndash;current File:Team City of Gods uniforms.png|Uniforms, 2015&ndash;current </gallery> == Players == {{update|section|date=July 2018}} {{Basketball roster nationality note}} {{Basketball roster header | team = Team City of Gods | color1 = White| bg1 = #00005C| color2 = black| bg2 = red}} <!-- list of players --> {{player3|num = 1|nat = USA|first = Devin|last = Sweetney|pos = SG|ft =6| in = 5|lbs = 200|year = 1987|month = 10|date = 23}} {{player3|num = 5|nat = USA|first = Phil|last = Goss|pos = PG|ft =6| in = 2|lbs = 187|year = 1983|month = 4|date = 7}} {{player3|num = 13|nat = USA|first = Xavier|last = Silas|pos = SG |ft =6| in = 5|lbs = 205|year = 1988|month = 1|date = 22}} {{player3|num = 14|nat = USA|first = James|last = Gist|pos = PF|ft =6| in = 9|lbs = 235|year = 1986|month = 10|date = 26}} {{player3|num = 20|nat = USA|first = Lasan|last = Kromah|pos = SG|ft =6| in = 6|lbs = 207|year = 1991|month = 6|date = 24}} {{player3|num = 21|nat = GBR|first = Pops|last = Mensah-Bonsu|pos = PF|ft =6| in = 9|lbs = 235|year = 1983|month = 9|date = 7}} {{player3|num = 22|nat = USA|first = Omar|last = Strong|pos = PG|ft =5| in = 9|lbs = 162|year = 1990|month = 5|date = 16}} {{player3|num = 22|nat = USA|first = Roscoe|last = Smith|pos = SF |ft =6| in = 8|lbs = 205|year = 1991|month = 5|date = 1}} {{player3|num = 34|nat = USA|first = David|last = Hawkins|dab=basketball|pos = SG|ft =6| in = 4|lbs = 225|year = 1982|month = 10|date = 28}} {{player3|num = 35|nat = USA|first = DerMarr|last = Johnson|pos = SF|ft =6| in = 9|lbs = 209|year = 1980|month = 5|date = 5}} {{player3|num = 50|nat = USA|first = Michael|last = Sweetney|pos = C|ft =6| in = 8|lbs = 295|year = 1982|month = 10|date = 25}} {{player3|num = 55|nat = SEN|first = Hamady |last = N'Diaye |pos = C|ft =7| in = 0|lbs = 236|year = 1987|month = 1|date = 12}} <!-- end list of players --> {{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = * {{player||USA|Joe Connelly III}} | asst_coach = * {{player||USA|Evan Monroe}} | team_man = * {{player||USA|Lafonte Johnson}} | roster_url = https://www.thetournament.com/teams/team-city-gods | accessdate =July 28, 2015 }} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == *[http://www.thetournament.com/teams/team-city-gods Official team page] *{{Twitter}} *{{Facebook|teamcityofgods|Team City of Gods}} *[https://www.hpylaw.com/joseph-r-connelly-iii/ Joe Connelly III] *[https://gwsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/lafonte-johnson/778 Lafonte Johnson] {{The Basketball Tournament navbox}} [[Category:Basketball teams in Baltimore]] [[Category:The Basketball Tournament teams]] [[Category:Basketball teams established in 2015]]'