Former Hogs team up for $2 million basketball tournament

Arkansas' Mardracus Wade (1) smiles after a made free-throw during the first half an NCAA college basketball game against Florida in Fayetteville, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)

In 2014, The Basketball Tournament was created, and this summer a team of former Arkansas Razorbacks are hoping to participate in the 5-on-5, winner-take-all tournament that has a grand prize of $2 million.

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Ky Madden, Alandise Harris, Stef Welsh and others are hoping to receive enough votes at the website thetournament.com to challenge former players who are representing Kentucky, Villanova, Syracuse, Gonzaga, Kansas State and Memphis to name just a few.

The team name, 40 Minutes of Hell, must be in the top 11 in voting to make the field of 64.

Rickey Scott, Mardracus Wade, Courtney Fortson, BJ Young, Jemal Farmer, Marshawn Powell, Delvon Johnson and Charles Thomas are also on the team founded by Nick Mason, player and general manager.

It only takes a couple of minutes to vote.

The tournament's first winner got $500,000 and the second winner collected $1 million. Now that prize has doubled, and some former Razorbacks have their eye on the prize.