Always a Brave team in FINAL FOUR of The Basketball Tournament

[Da Coach]

Patrick O'Bryant posted this video about the Always a Brave guys-

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIf1Nz3ArKy/

[tornado]

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!!

[Da Coach]

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.

[mwlabor8]

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

[Da Coach]

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.

[Big Mike]

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!

[Da Coach]

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.

[battlebasset]

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?

[InMnBob1]

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

[battlebasset]

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.

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

[tornado]

... hope that we will have this type of talent and heart again soon. ...

well, as posted elsewhere - our guys in 2016-17 do return as sophomores and a junior -
FIVE of the TOP 20 returning scorers in the MVC

Timmer, Reed 16.9
Scott, Brenton 14.9
Miller,Dequon 12.7
O'Brien,Sean 12.1
Kendrix,Chris 12.1
Doyle, Milton 11.5
Lee,Paris 11.1
Woodward, Graham 10.7
McIntosh, Mikyle 10.7
Brown, Jaylon 10.5
Hawkins, Deontae 10.5
Morgan, Jeremy 10.2
DLO 9.7
Thomas, Donte 8.9
van Bree, Luuk 8.5
Rodriguez, Mike 8.5
Suggs, Ronnie 8.3
Vincent, Leo 8.2
Pittman, Antoine 8.0

[Chico]

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

I believe the Braves gave Louisville their closest game in the tournament. That was a trip to Ogden I'll never forget.

[MacabreMob]

I believe the Braves gave Louisville their closest game in the tournament. That was a trip to Ogden I'll never forget.

Not true. Bradley gave them a closer game than #3 seed North Carolina gave them. However, Louisville had closer games.

beat #15 Drexel by 20
beat #7 Bradley by 14
beat #3 UNC by 15
beat #8 by Auburn 8
beat #11 LSU by 11
beat #1 Duke by 3

[tornado]

but in some sense it was perhaps Louisville's tightest game all the way to the title game- with Louisville never being able to forge more than a 5 pts lead until the final 5-6 minutes

[Da Coach]

If anyone is interested, the championship game of The Basketball Tournament is tonight between Team Colorado and Overseas Elite.
It will be on ESPN at 7 PM Eastern (6 PM Central).