Tyler Wideman's 23 points, highlighted by a 5-for-5 performance from three-point range in the second half, led All Good Dawgs to a 77-69 win over Shield 219 in the opening game of the 2025 TBT Indianapolis Regional at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
 
All Good Dawgs is a team largely made up of Butler alumni. The TBT is a winner-take-all, 64-team tournament with a $1 million winning purse.
 
A game of runs swung back to Shield 219, a team comprised mainly of Valparaiso alumni, early in the fourth quarter as the team took a 61-56 lead with 7:14 remaining on the clock. Four three-pointers – three by Wideman and one by Myles Tate – gave All Good Dawgs a 68-63 advantage as the Elam Ending was set at 76 points.
 
That Elam Ending came emphatically as Ty Groce's tip dunk off a missed three-pointer gave All Good Dawgs the 77-69 win.
 
Tate scored 18 points for All Good Dawgs, while Groce added 15 points and six rebounds. Wideman had seven rebounds and four assists to go along with his game-high 23 points. Wideman was 0-for-6 from behind the arc in his four-year Butler career but has added the three-point shot to his game while playing overseas since his graduation in 2018.
 
Ben Krikke led Shield 219 with 19 points and 16 rebounds.
 
All Good Dawgs struggled from the field in the first half, going only 9-for-35 over the first two periods. The team was still able to hold a 31-28 halftime lead. An early spurt by All Good Dawgs led to a 41-31 lead midway through the third quarter, the team's largest of the contest. Shield 219 responded by scoring 26 of the final 36 points of the third quarter to take a 57-51 lead into the final stanza, one that All Good Dawgs was able to overcome.
 
All Good Dawgs now advances to the second round, where they will play Monday night at 8 p.m. at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The opponent will be Fail Harder, which defeated Assembly Ball (Indiana University Alumni) Saturday afternoon. Tickets for Monday night's session and Tuesday's regional championship are available at TBThoops.com.