Always a Brave team in FINAL FOUR of The Basketball Tournament

[tornado]

watch the current game live

http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2834944/the-basketball-tournament-presented-by-jack-links-protein-snacks

[tornado]

oops...game over-
Team Utah knocks off A Few Good Men...
93-81 -- made 3-pointers were the difference - a guy on Utah named Tom Drisdom hit 7-3pointers


our guys at the pre-game meal...at the Philly Cheesecake Factory - per BP

[Da Coach]

The final score in Friday's game 2:
Team Utah 93
A Few Good Men 81

Box score-

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Utah's Tim Drisdom, a 6'3" guard who played at Utah, had 21 points on 7-9 three pointers. The leading scorer was former Utah player Justin Hawkins with 27 points.
Team Utah will play Team Colorado tomorrow.
David Stockton, the only "Ringer" in the tournament, who played for A Few Good Men, did not help the Gonzaga Alumni.

[Da Coach]

The 3rd game Friday will start at 7:00 PM Eastern Time (6:00 PM Central) between #6 seed Golden Eagles Alumni (Marquette alumni) vs. #7 seed Armored Athlete (a mix of a few Indiana alumni along with players from several other colleges)
That game will be on ESPN 2.

[Da Coach]

Here is the box score from the A Few Good Men - Team Utah game-
Team Utah 93
A Few Good Men 81

Box score:

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As noted above, The Ringer chosen by the A Few Good Men team (Gonzaga alumni) was David Stockton, who played a few games in the NBA and spent time in the D-League. But his addition may have hurt the team more than helped. He obviously had little time to practice with the team. He played 15 minutes, shot just 1-5 from the floor (his only make was an unguarded layup at the end of the game), he was 0-1 from three, had 0 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 turnovers. Their starting point guard and former Chicago Bulls player, Jeremy Pargo, lead the Gonzaga alumni with 34 points.

[Da Coach]

The 3rd game is underway, featuring #6 seed Golden Eagles Alumni (Marquette alumni) vs. #7 seed Armored Athlete (a mix of a few Indiana alumni along with players from several other colleges).

With 9 minutes left in the game, The Golden Eagles leads Armored Athlete 60-57. Both teams look a bit out of shape and neither team is playing much defense, but they aren't shooting great either, and there are a lot of turnovers.

[Da Coach]

The Golden Eagles Alumni advance with a 82-71 win over Armored Athlete.
Former Bradley recruit Darius Johnson-Odom took over in the 2nd half and carried the Marquette alumni to the win.

Up next is Always a Brave vs. Pedro's Posse at 8:00 PM Central on ESPN2.


If the Always a Brave can win tonight, they will play The Golden Eagles Alumni Saturday night at 8:00 PM eastern (7:00 PM Central) on ESPN2.

[Da Coach]

Daniel Ruffin with 3 three-pointers in a row to help push Always a Brave from a 20-15 deficit, to a 25-20 lead.

[battlebasset]

The announcer's bias for Pedro posse in this game is really annoying

[Da Coach]

Halftime-
#9 seed Always a Brave 41
#5 seed Pedro's Posse 36

Ruffin with 11 points
Tony Bennett with a good game and a 3 at the buzzer, and Marcellus Sommerville with a great half.

[tornado]

I think their game plan was to leave Ruffin unguarded - maybe thinking he was not a shooter, and the Braves burned them on that decision

[Disturbed]

Bradley and Peoria getting a lot of love on this broadcast. Not sure how many are watching but this has to be good for recruiting.

[Da Coach]

Box score for Game 3-
Golden Eagles Alumni 82
Armored Athlete 71

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Golden Eagles Alumni were lead by 2 guys who were almost Bradley Braves. Dwight Buycks, who signed a LOI for Jim Les, but never qualified, and ended up at Marquette via juco (Indian Hills CC), lead the Marquette alumni with 23 points. Darius Johnson-Odom, who visited Bradley and wanted to come to Bradley, but then he ended up at Hutchinson CC, then Marquette, had 15 points and a team-leading 3 assists.

If the Bradley Alumni can hold on to their lead, they will play the Marquette Alumni tomorrow night at 7PM Central.

[Da Coach]

Always a Brave on a 7-0 run to start the 2nd half. Now lead 48-36.

[bigjimmy]

Nice pass!