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Always a Brave team in FINAL FOUR of The Basketball Tournament

Here's a column that lists 10 NBA-ready players who are playing in The Tournament..
...flabbergasting that they could even think of two guys to list higher than Cellus!

#3 is Marcellus Sommerville


"(#3) Marcellus Sommerville: He is a 6’7 power forward that can flat-out do it all.
Averaging 24.2 points and eight rebounds per game, he’s been dominant.
People have taken notice, as several players have praised his great play and
dominance, including former NBA player Jason Williams. Sommerville is a big
forward that can stretch the floor and knock down three point shots, which is
huge in the NBA game today."
http://dystnow.com/2016/07/26/10-nba-ready-players-tournament/


AJ Guyton also serves as the Commissioner of the Midwest Professional Basketball Association-
http://www.usbasket.com/MPBA/news/4...onville-Generals-as-first-2017-expansion-team

The Champaign Swarm team in the MPBA is currently coached by Daniel Ruffin and one of their best players was Jonathan Mills who was just shot & killed in Chicago
http://basketball.usbasket.com/team/USA/Champaign_Swarm/20116?Page=1
 
Tony Bennett - one of my favorites & one of the best players to ever play at Bradley gives proper credit to the coaching staff that recruited him to Bradley.
..along with POB, Will Franklin...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIY0s5kgPqOahHvuFWlim1vSvJckzcfB8xWWxc0/
https://twitter.com/TBMr40plus/status/758484544521641985

"Can Never Thank This Man Enough For His Relentless Recruiting Of Me Coming Out Of Juco
And Convincing Me Bradley University Was The Best Place For Me! He Saw Me Fitting
Into Coach Les System And I Guess We Can Say The Rest Is HISTORY!!"

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the Ruffin injury sure hurt but our guys played really tough...
..but The Team Colorado sure had a lot of wild shots go in....

congrats to Team Colorado and kudos to the Always a Brave guys...
bring it next year!!
 
Final:
Always a Brave 70
Team Colorado 78

Box score is still pending

Congratulations to the Always a Brave players and the other people who helped get them to the Final Four (Bobby, A.J., Coach Buescher and the others). They never gave up, and made Bradley fans proud. Team Colorado played extremely well and did a good job defending Marcellus, POB, and the Braves' guards.
 
New to posting, but been a very long time lurker on this great website. Finally felt it was time to post after watching Always A Brave in this tournament, and I couldn't be more proud of what this team did. Aside from playing great basketball, this squad has built a legacy for Braves basketball, and for the 2nd time (1st being their sweet sixteen run), they truly put our Bradley Braves and the city of Peoria back on the map. Congrats to a great run, thanks for being incredible alumni, and thanks for the positive legacy these great players continue to give to Bradley basketball. I am beyond excited for our Braves to take the court this fall, and I look forward to what hopefully becomes, an annual Always A Brave tradition in the TBT!!

Marc '99
 
I agree, and I hope we will see other great BU players like Andrew Warren, Walt Lemon, Zach Andews, Lawrence Wright, Theron Wilson, Taylor Brown, Chris Roberts, and Dyricus Simms-Edwards play for future Braves Alumni teams. I think a couple extra players on the current team might have made the difference, especially when Daniel Ruffin went down.
 
Proud of everyone from the players to the coaching staff....knew it would be tough sledding when Ruffin went down....but they still hung tight....would be nice to see Zach play with this group next season! :-o :-D
 
Overseas Elite wins the second semifinal game 103-92 and advances to the championship again. They are a very good team, and could repeat as champions. They will play team Colorado Tuesday night at 7 PM Eastern (6 PM Central) on ESPN.
 
Great game! Always a Brave represented well, and hope to see a similar performance next year, maybe with a few new players!

Hey TBT, if you are listening, maybe pick a Chicago/Chicagoland venue for the final games next year? I think we might be back...and you want to sell more tickets, right?
 
thanks for the memories

thanks for the memories

It was fun to watch these guys who are some of my favorites. It also brought back great memories and hope that we will have this type of talent and heart again soon. If the players from TBT read this --- Thank You
 
Da Coach said:
Overseas Elite wins the second semifinal game 103-92 and advances to the championship again. They are a very good team, and could repeat as champions. They will play team Colorado Tuesday night at 7 PM Eastern (6 PM Central) on ESPN.
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IMO, cheer for a Team Colorado blow out. It will validate we were beat by the best team, a team we threatened all the way to the end. Not unlike 1986, when we lost to the eventual champions, Louisville:(
 
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