Always a Brave team in FINAL FOUR of The Basketball Tournament

[battlebasset]

Need to let TP know that "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours". Get his teams fans to vote for us.

[tornado]

I did, and I think that played a part in our numbers surging by 40 votes within a few hours after that

there are only two weeks left of fan voting (ends June 1) and we have to avoid slipping to 12th place or beyond!

I just send the link by text message to everyone I know, my kids, family, etc... every additional vote counts..
we are up almost 50 new votes since yesterday morning so keep it up

I also attached a request for each of them to forward the request on to every friend they can and so on like a chain letter and within minutes, there are several new votes on our tabulation!! Looks like it works!



btw- Tyshon Pickett did confirm that he passed on the link and request for all his friends to vote for Bradley - and so likewise we need to log on and vote for his team....here's the link again...

here's a note...
Ex-Bradley Brave Tyshon Pickett is playing for a team in the SOUTH region - the DMV Warriors - who currently have 488 votes and sit in 20th place in the SOUTH

http://thetournament.com/node/56636?f=573202feb84c3612456204

fans can vote for up to 4 teams- so you can log back on & help Tyshon and I have likewise asked him to request that all his fans vote for us...
BTW- they are in a different region so your vote for them cannot possibly hurt Bradley's chances..

btw- since I started posting the links to help out Tyshon's team, their vote total has jumped almost 100!!!!!!!!
..and TP personally thanked me for the huge jump in their numbers knowing it was our fans helping out.

Our team has added over 50 new voters in the past 24 hours and are only 5 votes out of 10th place!! - should be there by end of the day!!

[tornado]

Just to get the link back in the current post...

here's where to go to vote for Bradley if you have an e mail address & haven't voted..

go here, click on the big orange box that says "Click Here"
then sign up & vote - it takes about a minute..

http://thetournament.com/teams/always-brave-bradley-alumni

btw- "Always a Braves" keeps picking up a couple more votes every hour - now only 3 votes behind he 10th place team, who were 50 votes ahead just 48 hours ago...

[tornado]

Keep working at getting more people to vote!!

we're right on the verge of cracking the Top 10 in the Midwest

Purple And Black ??“ 3,655
The Bluegrass Boys ??“ 2,098
The Region ??“ 1,134
Spartan Heroes ??“ 1,126
Canton Bulldogs ??“ 1,113
All Chicago ??“ 791
Golden Eagles Alumni ??“ 779
Armored Athlete - 751
Indiana Heavy??“ 690
Jackson TN Underdawgs ??“ 673
Always A Brave ??“ 671

http://www.thetournament.com/news/tbt-regional-rankings-5-19-2016

[tornado]

at 676 now - we passed one team and are now in 10th place

VOTE here- click on the big orange box & vote

http://www.thetournament.com/teams/always-brave-bradley-alumni

[Da Coach]

I am still hearing from people that the voting process can be confusing to some. So I am reposting these steps if they help anyone to register and cast their vote-

If you have not voted yet, or if you know someone who might help by voting- go here and register-

https://www.thetournament.com/create-account?type=fan

Registration takes just a minute.
Here is how to do it:

Click on this link:

https://www.thetournament.com/create-account?type=fan

Enter your name (only a first name and a last initial will actually show on the fan list)
Then enter your email address
Then create a password for your account
Set your date of birth and gender
Then on the line for your team- type Always a Brave, or you can leave this line blank
Then click on the box saying "I Have Read And Agree To The Fan Contest Rules, Privacy Policy And Terms Of Use"
Then complete the easy CAPTCHA verification step.

You will then be sent a final verification email to the email address you enetered (note that it might show up in your SPAM or PROMOTIONS file). If you have a @gmail.com account, it will probably be in the PROMOTIONS file. Click the PROMOTIONS tab at the top of your Inbox.
Open the email, and click on the button or link to complete your registration.

Then go here to the Always a Brave team site to vote-

https://www.thetournament.com/teams/always-brave-bradley-alumni

And then click on the right side where it says VOTE FOR THIS TEAM, then click the CONFIRM button.

[LittleBrave]

Just 10 more days to stay in the top 10/11.
Let's do this Braves fans!

I'll be in support of them in Chicago!

[tornado]

our fans are doing an awesome job - just don't let up now...
keep texting, calling, e mailing, Tweeting, etc....
get more people involved - everyone you know...

our fans have put up 80 NEW votes since Monday - this has been one of the best weeks ever - we have zoomed 40 votes ahead of the 12th place team that was right on our backs - and we have now passed the team that was 10th and taken over 10th place...

Keep it up Braves fans!!!

[Dub]

I've done all I can to contribute.

I've still got 2 votes left... it would be sweet if we could link up with a bubble team from another region and work out a package deal to sink uncommitted votes into each other's coffers. I wouldn't know who/how to contact though.

[battlebasset]

I responded to a TBT Facebook post with an offer to use my remaining votes for a non Midwest team if they would in turn vote for us. No way to prove that they actually did vote for us but it can't hurt have to rely on everyone being honest!

[tornado]

Anyone who wants to vote - even if you don't have an email address to use,
can go to yahoo.com or gmail.com and sign up for a new e mail address and then go and vote for ALWAYS A BRAVE -
it takes only about a minute to acquire a new e mail address, pick an appropriate e mail identity/name, then go back to THETOURNAMENT.COM site and cast a vote for our team...
Everyone get busy - we cannot fall to 12th place and risk not making the tourney!

[lightsout]

We have fallen to 12th place, its time to get busy Bradley fans! We have to do our part and get our guys into this tournament. Share the link to vote

https://www.thetournament.com/teams/always-brave-bradley-alumni?type=fan&f=57278ce80eebc457329977

Call,e-mail,text,tweet, whatever you have to do. Last couple days to vote and we are currently 31 votes back from 11th place.

[tornado]

Just noticed something VERY interesting....

the team that packed on more than 150 votes between Tuesday morning and Wednesday afternoon, a team named Real Chicago'...(Chris Head, Mac Koshwal, etc..)
had suddenly zoomed past us into 10th place...I even commented that it seemed very suspicious!

BUT...suddenly they have had 100 or so votes REMOVED (just suddenly disappeared!) from their vote totals....
someone at the Tournament must have found those votes were submitted by robots or automated programming and cancelled them...

so now their vote total dropped back to 613 - they are now in 16th place and we are back in 10th!!
We have 782!!
Go Braves!!!

[lightsout]

Just noticed something VERY interesting....

the team that packed on more than 150 votes between Tuesday morning and Wednesday afternoon, a team named Real Chicago'...(Chris Head, Mac Koshwal, etc..)
had suddenly zoomed past us into 10th place...I even commented that it seemed very suspicious!

BUT...suddenly they have had 100 or so votes REMOVED (just suddenly disappeared!) from their vote totals....
someone at the Tournament must have found those votes were submitted by robots or automated programming and cancelled them...

so now their vote total dropped back to 613 - they are now in 16th place and we are back in 10th!!
We have 782!!
Go Braves!!!

Good catch T, I was trying to figure out how we moved up. Glad to see the tournament is keeping a close eye on voting and trying to make everything fair. Keep spreading the word guys and let's make sure our guys get in!

[Dub]

What!?! Chicago people involved in voting fraud? No.