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Wasn't meant to be but proud of the Braves for giving their all. Gave me some extended excitement from memories of the past and building excitement for the upcoming season.
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They did Peoria and Bradley proud. Really fun watching our former greats compete. Both the players and fans showed anyone watching that this community loves basketball and their Bradley Braves.Originally posted by Big Mike View PostThe True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies... - John Walter WaylandComment
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The shots just weren't falling like they did in the 2nd half against Jackson TN Underdogs, while the Boeheim's Army team continued to hit a high percentage even when guarded well.
Final score- Boeheim's Army 69 Always a Brave 54
Final stats- https://thetournament.com/scores/?WH...7%2Fsummary%3F
Thanks to all the players, coaches, and to Bobby Parker, the GM, along wit everyone else who also put in a ton of work to organize this team, and help arrange for the TBT tournament to take place in Peoria.
Hope everyone who sacrificed for this team has a great summer!Comment
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Well said. A very enjoyable last few days of hoops...now we focus our attention to getting the current Braves in form to win the MVC. It's gonna happen someday. Might as well be THIS season!Originally posted by PhiAlphaBoy View Post
Short reflection on AAB: Would like to see Crouch and Chris Roberts on next year's roster. I think we needed another perimeter shooter (Kennel was solid) as the missed 3s hurt us every game. Not sure how much Roberts has left, but could use an another athletic guy. And for sure we need another BIG who can score, as we were too reliant on pts outside the paint. Donte was solid for us his last 2 seasons as a Braves, but vs this kinda competition, he'll get dominated.Comment
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I think if this game showed anything, it showed that the team needs to be younger and more athletic. AAB couldn't overcome the size, speed and athleticism of BA. I enjoyed the games, but even against the Jackson team, several players looked slow and out of shape. DB and Luqman, really got the team going against Jackson. Unfortunately, not a whole lot of youth that could be added to the squad at this point. I bet we would have had a better shot if we had Walt and ZA.Originally posted by LittleBrave View PostComment
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I agree completely. I feel there are two approaches to this tournament. Get a lot of famous older alumni to play, which I love, or add recent grads that are very much still in shape etc and can have a good chance at winning the whole thing.Originally posted by egib52 View Post
I love Cellus and he looks to be in good shape for his age but he just couldn’t get it going last night, and he was on the floor a lot of the game. Maybe 3 games 5 days is just too much at 39 yrs old. Patrick and TB also both played a lot and I love these guys but when a team has 3 guys all 35 or older on the court together for extended minutes it probably isn’t going to end great. I suspect this was the last time we see POB and Cellus on the floor at Carver, especially the way POB seemed to be saying good bye after the game.
AAB needs more scoring, maybe they could get Brown on the team next year or something. Doubt Childs comes back to Peoria so soon.Thinking is the hardest work, that is why so few people do it. -Henry Ford
Yeah...I've been in college for a while now and I'm pretty sure that awesomest is not a word. -Andrew E.Comment
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Do Crouch and Roberts even play any more?Originally posted by LittleBrave View Post
For starters and as a base team to build on I'd love to see us field a team of players like:
Lemon
DLO
VanBree
Koch
Brown
Kennell
Lundy
Thomas
Bielfeldt
Mix in a few other local players/players from Valley teams to fill out the AAB squad.
The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies... - John Walter WaylandComment
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Well it was fun while it lasted. Boeheim's Army has length, speed, toughness and can shoot it and they did all of that against us. Thought the 3 games in 5 days did catch up to some of the players but at the end of the day both teams were in the same situation. Still very proud of how they played and represented BU and Peoria. Still shake my head in disbelief everytime I watch "The Carver Comeback"!Comment
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Jeremy Crouch hasn't played competitively in an organized league for several years, partly due to some injury issues. He has served as as the head boys’ golf coach and assistant boys’ basketball coach at Pekin Community High School for the last few years. I would guess he wouldn't be up to playing in the TBT because of his injries and having not played for years.Originally posted by PhiAlphaBoy View Post
Chris Roberts has had a long pro career in Europe and the NBA G-League since he graduated in 2010. He'd make a great TBT player, but I don't know if they tried contacting him.
Rebuilding TT would be a difficult task. It will be interesting to see if it happens.
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DSE(Edwards) said on FB that he is playing next year.Comment
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I forgot about DSE Big Mike. He'll be a great addition. What has he been up to?Originally posted by Big Mike View PostThe True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies... - John Walter WaylandComment
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He just posted on FB how proud he was of the AAB squad and it pumped him up to compete in the TBT next season.Originally posted by PhiAlphaBoy View PostComment
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I’m quite hopeful that PCC will continue to be chosen as a regional site with Bradley and Illinois both having teams, and with the crowds we drew this year. It was a lot of fun for my family and I.Compete. Defend. Rebound. Win.Comment
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The 4 quarterfinal games are today in Dayton-
In the first game- Florida TNT shot 72% from 2-point range, 50% from three, and 61% overall to easily beat Aftershocks (Wichita State alumni) 92-63 to advance to the semifinals-
https://thetournament.com/scores/?WH...8%2Fsummary%3F
In the second quarterfinal game, Golden Eagles (Marquette alumni and last year's winner), just pulled out to a 58-50 lead over Boeheim's Army at the end of 3 quarters. Again, it is hot perimeter shooting by Golden Eagles that has been the difference (44% from three).
https://thetournament.com/scores/?WH...0%2Fsummary%3F
This game is on ESPN.
One of Boeheim's Army's key players is Keifer Sykes, a former Wisconsin-Green Bay guard who played for Brian Wardle and was a POY in the Horizon League. He was just invited to play for the Indiana Pacers NBA Summer League team-
https://twitter.com/NicolaLupo99/sta...81787864322054
Tonight, the other two quarterfinal games-
Sideline Cancer vs. Team 23 at 6:00 pm Central on ESPN2-
https://thetournament.com/scores/?WH...9%2Fpreview%3F
The Money Team vs. Blue Collar U at 8:00 pm on ESPN2
https://thetournament.com/scores/?WH...1%2Fpreview%3F
All games today are at the University of Dayton Arena.
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Boeheim's Army came back to tie the game at 62-62, then former Bradley commit Dwight Buycks scored at the 4:00 minute mark to push Golden Eagles ahead 64-62. They called a timeout with 3:56 left to set the Elam Ending target at 72 points. Looks like another exciting ending coming-
https://thetournament.com/scores/?WH...0%2Fsummary%3F
Dwight Buycks leads all scorers with 17 points on 6-7 shooting.Comment
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