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Luuk gets a nice writeup back home in the Netherlands
https://basketbalnieuws.com/luuk-van...ncaa-toernooi/
here's some from the auto-translator...
"Luuk van Bree with Bradley to NCAA Tournament
Luuk van Bree, from Helmond, qualified for the NCAA Tournament last night. His current team, also the future team of talent Rienk Mast , qualified as one of the first, very unexpected, for the final round of the college basketball competition of the United States.
The competition of the NCAA is divided into different, location-based, smaller competitions. After the teams in these competitions have played home and away games against each other, playoffs are played. To qualify for the national final tournament, Bradley University had to win these playoffs.
It is very remarkable that Bradley actually won this tournament. Because they were placed 5th (they finished the normal competition as 5th) they had to compete against the 4th placed Missouri State and in the next round against the first placed Loyola Chicago.
Little Loyola was the biggest surprise of the NCAA tournament last year. The team managed to reach the semi-finals by, among other things, beating the higher-ranked Miami and the more highly-estimated Tennessee. In the Final Four, Michigan was lost.
On March 2, Bradley lost 68-81 to Loyola Chicago, but a 2-point (53-51) win was recorded during the play-offs. After that, the University of Northern Iowa Panthers (UNI) was the last hurdle to take towards the final tournament.
In this final, the Braves at a certain point in the second half still faced a deficit of 18 points, but eventually managed to record a 57-54 victory. During the break there was another score of 27-15 in favor of Northern Iowa, but the Van Bree team managed to come back in the games by placing a 12-0 run. They also managed to keep the Panthers in this competition up to a percentage of 33% on their two-point attempts.
For the first time since 2006, Bradley will participate in the final basketball tournament. Then they managed to penetrate to the last 16, where they were eliminated by Memphis. Luuk van Bree
After Van Bree played for Den Bosch in his youth, he embarked on an adventure in Gran Canaria, at Canarias Basketball Academy, with which he could play at the Spanish third level. After one year he received an offer from America from Bradley University.
Meanwhile, the 2.05 meter-long Brabanter is busy with his 4th and final season at the university. He achieves an average of 5.7 points and 4.1 rebounds in 18.5 minutes per game this season in 31 games (16 base places)
Rienk Mast
At the end of January Rienk Mast announced that he would leave for America. The talent that is currently playing in the Dutch premier league at Donar Groningen, wanted to go to America and, just like Van Bree, chose Bradley University four years ago. He made this well-considered choice from a large list of different colleges.
He made this choice based on the coaching staff present and the possibilities for further development there. In his first year he gets direct playing time and the opportunity to play for the Dutch Team in the summer periods.
Mast will start his scholarship from the new season."
https://basketbalnieuws.com/luuk-van...ncaa-toernooi/
here's some from the auto-translator...
"Luuk van Bree with Bradley to NCAA Tournament
Luuk van Bree, from Helmond, qualified for the NCAA Tournament last night. His current team, also the future team of talent Rienk Mast , qualified as one of the first, very unexpected, for the final round of the college basketball competition of the United States.
The competition of the NCAA is divided into different, location-based, smaller competitions. After the teams in these competitions have played home and away games against each other, playoffs are played. To qualify for the national final tournament, Bradley University had to win these playoffs.
It is very remarkable that Bradley actually won this tournament. Because they were placed 5th (they finished the normal competition as 5th) they had to compete against the 4th placed Missouri State and in the next round against the first placed Loyola Chicago.
Little Loyola was the biggest surprise of the NCAA tournament last year. The team managed to reach the semi-finals by, among other things, beating the higher-ranked Miami and the more highly-estimated Tennessee. In the Final Four, Michigan was lost.
On March 2, Bradley lost 68-81 to Loyola Chicago, but a 2-point (53-51) win was recorded during the play-offs. After that, the University of Northern Iowa Panthers (UNI) was the last hurdle to take towards the final tournament.
In this final, the Braves at a certain point in the second half still faced a deficit of 18 points, but eventually managed to record a 57-54 victory. During the break there was another score of 27-15 in favor of Northern Iowa, but the Van Bree team managed to come back in the games by placing a 12-0 run. They also managed to keep the Panthers in this competition up to a percentage of 33% on their two-point attempts.
For the first time since 2006, Bradley will participate in the final basketball tournament. Then they managed to penetrate to the last 16, where they were eliminated by Memphis. Luuk van Bree
After Van Bree played for Den Bosch in his youth, he embarked on an adventure in Gran Canaria, at Canarias Basketball Academy, with which he could play at the Spanish third level. After one year he received an offer from America from Bradley University.
Meanwhile, the 2.05 meter-long Brabanter is busy with his 4th and final season at the university. He achieves an average of 5.7 points and 4.1 rebounds in 18.5 minutes per game this season in 31 games (16 base places)
Rienk Mast
At the end of January Rienk Mast announced that he would leave for America. The talent that is currently playing in the Dutch premier league at Donar Groningen, wanted to go to America and, just like Van Bree, chose Bradley University four years ago. He made this well-considered choice from a large list of different colleges.
He made this choice based on the coaching staff present and the possibilities for further development there. In his first year he gets direct playing time and the opportunity to play for the Dutch Team in the summer periods.
Mast will start his scholarship from the new season."