PBA Playoffs TV Schedule, Bracket Released
PBA Playoffs TV Schedule, Bracket Released
The bracket is set and the PBA Tour’s top players will begin their quest for the 2020 PBA Playoffs title starting Saturday.
The bracket is set and the PBA Tour’s top players will begin their quest for the 2020 PBA Playoffs title starting Saturday.
The top 24 players on the PBA Tour points list advanced into the PBA Playoffs bracket and will compete for the $100,000 first-place prize at Bowlero Centreville.
The Round of 24 action gets underway Saturday on FOX (U.S.) and FloBowling (international) at 8 p.m. Eastern.
On the first show, the matchups will be as follows: No. 16 Tommy Jones vs. No. 17 Jakob Butturff; No. 9 Francois Lavoie vs. No. 24 Norm Duke; No. 13 Dom Barrett vs. No. 20 Dick Allen; and No. 12 Marshall Kent vs. No. 21 Chris Via.
The Playoffs will continue the following Saturday at 6 p.m. Eastern on FOX (U.S.) and FloBowling (international) with four more Round of 16 matchups including No. 15 Kyle Sherman vs. No. 18 AJ Johnson; No. 10 Darren Tang vs. No. 23 Nicholas Pate; No. 14 Tom Smallwood vs. No. 19 Chris Barnes; and No. 11 Brad Miller vs. No. 22 Tom Daugherty.
The top eight bowlers in the points list earned a first-round bye and will enter the tournament in the Round of 16. Defending champion Kris Prather, Jason Belmonte, Anthony Simonsen Bill O’Neill, EJ Tackett, Jesper Svensson, Kyle Troup and Sean Rash earned byes.
In a change from last year’s Playoffs, every match will be one game instead of the best-of-three points format used last year.
PBA Playoffs Schedule
Round of 24 – Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. ET
No. 16 Tommy Jones vs. No. 17 Jakob Butturff
No. 9 Francois Lavoie vs. No. 24 Norm Duke
No. 13 Dom Barrett vs. No. 20 Dick Allen
No. 12 Marshall Kent vs. No. 21 Chris Via
Round of 16 – Saturday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m. ET
Jones/Butturff vs. No. 1 Jason Belmonte
Lavoie/Duke vs. No. 8 Sean Rash
Barrett/Allen vs. No. 4 Anthony Simonsen
Kent/Via vs. No. 5 Kris Prather
Round of 24 – Sunday, Oct. 25, 5 p.m. ET
No. 15 Kyle Sherman vs. No. 18 AJ Johnson
No. 10 Darren Tang vs. No. 23 Nicholas Pate
No. 14 Tom Smallwood vs. No. 19 Chris Barnes
No. 11 Brad Miller vs. No. 22 Tom Daugherty
Round of 16 – Sunday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sherman/Johnson vs. No. 2 Bill O'Neill
Tang/Pate vs. No. 7 Kyle Troup
Smallwood/Barnes vs. No. 3 EJ Tackett
Miller/Daugherty vs. No. 6 Jesper Svensson
Quarterfinals – Sunday, Nov. 8, 2 p.m. ET
Matches TBD after Round of 16
Semifinals and Finals – Sunday, Nov. 8, 4 p.m. ET
Matches TBD after Quarterfinals