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Bradley schedule for Brazil

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We're sticking this schedule on top of the board, for anyone who wants to keep track of where the team is, and when the games are--
http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=204767315

Bradley Basketball Brazilian Game Schedule Set Courtesy: Bradley University
Release: 07/31/2009

Bradley Basketball Brazilian Game Schedule
Courtesy:Bradley University Release 07/31/09

The Braves will depart for Rio de Janeiro Thursday and will return home Aug. 17. A day after arriving in Brazil, Bradley will play a warm-up game Aug. 8 (2 p.m. CT) against Fluminese, which currently is tied for fourth among five teams in the Carioca division of Brazil’s regional pro leagues.

After spending four days in Rio de Janeiro, the Braves will head inland to S??o Carlos, a city of approximately 220,000 and 140 miles northwest of S??o Paulo. The COPA EPTV de Basquete tournament is an eight-team event that includes five teams from Brazil’s top professional league, two second-division clubs and the Braves. The tournament will begin with three rounds of pool play and Bradley has been placed in Group 1 with two-time tournament champion Araraquara (2001, 2004), Paulistano and XV de Piracicaba.


Bradley’s Schedule in COPA EPTV de Basquete

Wednesday, Aug. 12 6:00 p.m. Bauru (NBB)
Thursday, Aug. 13 6:00 p.m. Lupo/Araraquara (NBB, 8-20, 12th Place)
Friday, Aug. 14 6:00 p.m. Paulistano (NBB, 11-17, 9th Place)
Saturday, Aug. 15 1:30 p.m. Fifth-Place Game (Group 1 3rd vs. Group 2 3rd)
.........................3:30 p.m. Third-Place Game (Group 1 2nd vs. Group 2 2nd)
.........................5:30 p.m. Championship Game (Group 1 1st vs. Group 2 1st)

Bradley is not anticipating any live statistics to be provided online during the tournament, but Bobby Parker, Associate Director of Athletics, is planning to “tweet” updates from the arenas at www.twitter.com/BradleySports if internet access is available. Members of the team also will be blogging from Brazil throughout the trip and their posts will be available at www.BradleyBraves.com .
 
tornado said:
there may be a change...
a Brazilian site says Bradley's first opponent in the tournament
(the 2nd game played on the tour) is against Bauru, which is a local Sao Paolo team
http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=137536&highlight=bauru#post137536
http://www.latinbasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=BRA&Team=2803

Bauru is the 6th best team in the TOP level of pro play in Brazil...
Click to expand...

That would certainly be a step up and a big test for us after just one game. I like it.
 
It seems as if the depature to Brazil is kind of late as they won"t arrive until very late tonight and have a game at 2:00 the next day.
 
they will arrive very late tonight (the 6th of August)...but the first game isn't until August 8, so they'll have a full day to catch up.

the first opponent is actually the lowest rated of all the five opponents, thus our guys will have one of the lesser challenges to start with.
 
all games are exhibition games for us, but the first one is even an exhibition for the opponent, while the others are actual tourney games.
 
Here from the Sao Carlos press is the updated schedule for the tournament-
this confirms our first opponent on Wednesday will be Bauru........

Confira a programa?§??o completa:

9?? COPA EPTV DE BASQUETE
Desafio Internacional BRASIL X USA

- 12, 13, 14 e 15 de agosto de 2009;
- S??o Carlos e Pirassununga;

- Grupo 1 S??o Carlos
Araraquara, Paulistano, Bauru, Bradley Braves (Illinois, EUA)

- Grupo 2 Pirassununga
Assis, XV de Piracicaba, S??o Jos?© dos Campos, S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo

Quarta-feira (12)
Gin??sio Milton Olaio Filho – S??o Carlos
18h – Araraquara x Paulistano
20h – Bauru x Bradley Braves

Gin??sio do Clube Pirassununga – Pirassununga
18h – XV de Piracicaba x S??o Jos?© dos Campos
20h – Assis x S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo

Quinta-feira (13)
Gin??sio Milton Olaio Filho – S??o Carlos
18h – Paulistano x Bauru
20h – Bradley Braves x Araraquara

Gin??sio do Clube Pirassununga – Pirassununga
18h – S??o Jos?© dos Campos x S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo
20h –XV de Piracicaba x Assis

Sexta-feira (14)
Gin??sio Milton Olaio Filho – S??o Carlos
18h – Araraquara x Bauru
20h – Bradley Braves x Paulistano

Gin??sio do Clube Pirassununga – Pirassununga
18h – S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo x XV de Piracicaba
20h – Assis x S??o Jos?© dos Campos

S??bado (15)
Gin??sio Milton Olaio Fillho – S??o Carlos
15h30 – 3?? GRUPO 1 X 3?? GRUPO 2 – decis??o 5?? lugar
17h30 – 2?? GRUPO 1 X 2?? GRUPO 2 – decis??o 3?? lugar
19h30 - 1?? GRUPO 1 X 1?? GRUPO 1 – decis??o T?­tulo




Here is an English translation.......

Check out the complete program:

9th COPA EPTV DE BASKETBALL
Challenge International USA X BRASIL

- 12, 13, 14 and 15 August 2009;
- San Carlos and Pirassununga;

- Group 1 San Carlos
Araraquara, Paulistano, Bauru, Bradley Braves (Illinois, USA)

- Group 2 Pirassununga
Assis, XV de Piracicaba, S??o Jos?© dos Campos, S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo

Wednesday (12)
Gym Milton Olaio Son - San Carlos
18h - Araraquara x Paulistano
20h - Bauru x Bradley Braves

Fitness Club Pirassununga - Pirassununga
18h - XV de Piracicaba x S??o Jos?© dos Campos
20h - Assisi x S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo

Thursday (13)
Gym Milton Olaio Son - San Carlos
18h - Paulistano x Bauru
20h - Bradley Braves x Araraquara

Fitness Club Pirassununga - Pirassununga
18h - Sao Jose dos Campos x S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo
20h-x XV de Piracicaba Assisi

Friday (14)
Gym Milton Olaio Son - San Carlos
18h - Araraquara x Bauru
20h - Bradley Braves x Paulistano

Fitness Club Pirassununga - Pirassununga
18h - Sao Jose do Rio Pardo x XV de Piracicaba
20h - Assisi x S??o Jos?© dos Campos

Saturday (15)
Gym Milton Olaio Fillho - San Carlos
15:30 - 3 X 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 - 5th place decision
17:30 - 2 X 2 GROUP 1 GROUP 2 - Decision 3rd
19.30 - 1 X 1 GROUP 1 GROUP 1 - Decision Title
 
BU now plays at 6PM CDT time Wed., Thurs., and Fri., then hopefully in the title game 5:30PM next Saturday.
In the meantime, enjoy the trip and practice your butts off.

By the way, the next opponent on Wednesday, Bauru (GRSA/BAURU SAO PAULO, Brazil-NBB) has not played an actual game since
May 20, and they just underwent a major re-shuffling of players, as they chose not to re-sign several of their players from last
year, and picked up several new players. Even though they are clearly the best team in this tournament,
having come off a fine season where they finished 6th in the Brazilian top professional league (NBB), we may be catching them at
just the right time with several new players who will have to quickly step up and play key parts on their roster.
Bauru has one American player, a guy named Larry Taylor from Missouri Western, but Leandrinho Barbosa who plays in the NBA
and who played for the Brazilian National team that our guys watched in Friday night's tournament in Rio, started with this team.

Here is Bauru's team web site..this is right up to date including the recent addition of four new players
http://www.baurubkt.com.br/baurubasketball/pt/index.php

here are the stats for their final game in May - a 75-74 loss to Pitagoras, their American player, Larry Taylor, had 30 pts, on 11-20 and 4-8 on 3-pointers,
and added 4-4 from the line 3 rebs and 5 assists.
http://www.liganacionaldebasquete.com.br/tabela/10.php?jg=221

Here is the roster per their web site and it is fully up to date including the addition of the four new players
http://www.baurubkt.com.br/baurubas...isEquipeAtleta.php&vars=codequipe_categoria=1
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12819

coaches:
http://www.baurubkt.com.br/baurubas...isEquipeAtleta.php&vars=codequipe_categoria=1


Here is a summer update story...

After an excellent season and earned a sixth place, the team of GRSA / Itabom lost no time
and started the training for the Paulista Championship. Some players such as Larry, and
Alex Fischer took a few weeks of holiday to relax a little and visit the families.

Meanwhile, work continues in court with the players and who were preparing for new hires.

The list maintained for this new season has Larry Taylor, Alex, Fischer, Renato, Everton,
Guilherme and Diego.

The team hired five new players, and Eddy, 21 years, lateral and disclosure of NBB, from the
Saldanha da Gama. Soriano, owner of 20 years the team of Araraquara. Marcelo, 22 years
and pivot 2m15cm, also from the Saldanha. Gaspar, pivot wing of 24 years and 2m02cm of
CETAF staff and new hires to complete the team of GRSA / Itabom will have a pivot abroad,
which is still in the negotiation process.

According Guerrinha, coach of the team, administrative needs, the recovery of the players
who were thinking about a project and the medium to long term, were the main points that
led to such contracts.

"Whenever we have to think about changing the project as a whole, so we of course correction
that is normal in a competitive team, even going well," says Guerrinha about changes in strategies
for the Paulista, the same team having been highlighted in NBB, 2009.

The technician (head coach) is expected to evolve and to continue the great work done by all involved in this first
year of the team, both within, and outside of court.

For fans, Guerrinha leaves a message:
"Keep in prestigious and actively participating, as the sixth team player!"
 
Tonight is the last night for the team in Rio de Janeiro. Tomorrow they leave Rio and travel to Sao Carlos to begin preparations for the tournament. Their first game is Wednesday night at 6:00 pm CST (8:00 pm in Sao Carlos- see the full schedule in the first post in this thread).

The guys would like to stay in Rio. Andrew Warren, who hasn't blogged before now, said this on his Twitter page-

drewwarren24 - las night in rio!!! headed to Sao Carlos tomorrow I wanna stay in Rio lol u have to visit to understand Why!!!!! LOL!!
 
It??s very difficult to try to compare a NCAA team like Bradley with brazilian pro basketball team.

What I can say is that Copa EPTV is a preseason tournament in Brazil, used by S??o Paulo State teams to prepare to regional tournament (Campeonato Paulista).

BU is in the toughest group of the tournament. If I had to rank the brazilians team of Copa EPTV it would be something like this:

1. Bauru
2. Paulistano
3. Assis
4. Araraquara
5. S??o Jos?© dos Campos
6. XV de Piracicaba
7. S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo.

Bauru has the best individual player in this tournament in Larry Taylor. The guy is a stud and he was one of the 3 best individual players from NBB (brazilian championship) last season, IMO. He??s a all around player and a triple double waiting to happen. BTW, he just arrived in Brazil yesterday and should be out of shape/rythim. Bauru also have a great three point shooter in Fischer and a athletic swing man in their new addition Eddy.

Paulistano is a really intriguing team. They struggled last season due big injuries, but now they looked healthy and added important players to their roster.

They represented Brazilian NT in a tournament in Argentina (the main squad didnt travel due the fear of suine flue) and actually beat Australian NT (and lost to Uruguai and Argentina).

Fernando Penna is one of the best brazilians PG, right now (what isnt a great thing, considering our recent lack of good PGs). Ded?© is their scoring machine (young and talented shooter). Betinho is other young and talent prospect. Their frontcourt has two nice players in Bruno Fiorotto and Andr?© Bambu.

I predict they??ll start with Fernando Penna, Edu, Ded?©, Andr?© Bambu and Bruno Fiorotto, using Betinho as a energetic 6th man from the bench.

Araraquara is the weakest team Bradley will face in their group. They weren??t that strong in NBB and lost two important big men (Lucas Tischer and Andr?© Bambu).

It??ll be interesting to see if Arnaldinho will be back after a long period injury. If not, their lone star will be Neto (nice point guard prospect). Julio Toledo is a athletic dunk machine, but he??s not a threat (current brazilian dunk contest champion).

I really think BU has a nice shot to beat Araraquara. Im not sure the first two teams.
 
Thanks....you have been selected to be our on the spot reporter...pay is negotiable, but the locale is tremendous.
 
This is awesome news......thanks!

great picture, too


Marcel_Bradley_b.jpg
 
For those who's Portugese is not too good, here is a translation of that page (sorry, not all words translate clearly)--


MARCEL ACCOMPANYING BRADLEY UNIVERSITY IN COPA EPTV


The former player and current coach Marcel de Souza is one of the major attractions of the ninth edition of the Copa EPTV - 2009, held in two cities of S??o Paulo - S??o Carlos and Pirassununga - from this Wednesday (August 12), assembling teams of traditional national and even international stage.
O recordista de jogos pela Sele?§??o Brasileira vai acompanhar de perto as partidas da Bradley University Braves, pois foi convidado pelo 'coach' Jim Les, que atuou v??rias temporadas na NBA (Liga Profissional Norte-americana), para estar ao seu lado no banco de reservas, na qualidade de ex-jogador da universidade.​
The record of the Brazilian National Team games will monitor closely the departures of Bradley University Braves, it was called the 'coach' Jim Les, who worked several seasons in the NBA (North American Professional League), to be on their side of the bank reserves, as a former player of the university.


Marcel atuou na Bradley Univesity Braves nas temporadas de 1975 e 1976 e integra o "Hall of Fame" desta institui?§??o de ensino.
Marcel worked at the Bradley University Braves in 1975 and 1976 seasons and incorporates the "Hall of Fame" of the university.
"Fiquei muito honrado e contente pelo convite, pois faz mais de 30 anos que joguei pela Bradley University e ainda sou reconhecido pela universidade, cidade e pelas pessoas de l??", alegra-se o ex-jogador, que mesmo como 'freshman', ou seja, no seu primeiro ano pela universidade, obteve m?©dia de 14,4 pontos por jogo e ainda integrou o quinteto titular do time.​
"I was very honored and pleased by the invitation, it makes more than 30 years who played for Bradley University and I am recognized by the university, city and the people in there," pleased to be the ex-player, that even as a 'freshman' ie, in its first year by the university, received an average of 14.4 points per game and joined the quintet of the team owner.


A Bradley University Braves aparece no Grupo A, que ser?? sediado em S??o Carlos (SP), ao lado do Lupo/Araraquara, Paulistano/Amil (Capital) e do GRSA/Itabom/Bauru.​
The Bradley University Braves appears in Group A, which is based in S??o Carlos (SP), next to the Lupo / Araraquara, Paulistano / Amil (Capital) and GRSA / Itabom / Bauru.
No Grupo B, com sede em Pirassununga (SP), est??o: Assis Basket, XV/Cosan/Bom Peixe/Amhpla/Selam (Piracicaba), S??o Jos?© Basketball/Unimed/Vinac (S??o Jos?© dos Campos) e Rio Pardo FC (S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo).​
In Group B, headquartered in Pirassununga (SP) are: Assis Basket, XV / Cosan / Good Fish / Amhpla / Selam (Piracicaba), San Jose Basketball / Unimed / Vinac (S??o Jos?© dos Campos) and Rio Pardo FC (St. Jos?© do Rio Pardo).


Marcel_Bradley_b.jpg





​
 
planaria said:
Lol. I just sorry for my terrible english.


Looks like the great Marcel Souza accepted the invite from Jim Les and will attend BU??s games at Copa EPTV:

http://www.databasket.com.br/descricao.asp?NOME=Not%EDcia&IDMATERIA=15766

Really nice!
Click to expand...

Really your English is not bad at all. There are few people here on this site whose English as their first language is worse! We as BU fans appreciate the time you have taken in filling in information that we are all hungry for.
 
Here are all the results so far-- games reported are in red......

Wednesday (12)
Gym Milton Olaio Son - San Carlos
18h - Araraquara 58 - Paulistano 51
20h - Bradley Braves 83 - Bauru 58

Fitness Club Pirassununga - Pirassununga
18h - S??o Jos?© dos Campos 112 - XV de Piracicaba 77
20h - Assisi 75 - S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo 62

Thursday (13)
Gym Milton Olaio Son - San Carlos
18h - Paulistano 84 - Bauru 69
20h - Bradley Braves 84 - Araraquara 83

Fitness Club Pirassununga - Pirassununga
18h - Sao Jose dos Campos 90 - S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo 58
20h- XV de Piracicaba 85 -Assisi 76

Friday (14)
Gym Milton Olaio Son - San Carlos
18h - Bauru 94 - Araraquara 92
20h - Bradley Braves x Paulistano

Fitness Club Pirassununga - Pirassununga
18h - Sao Jose do Rio Pardo x XV de Piracicaba
20h - Assisi x S??o Jos?© dos Campos

Saturday (15)
Gym Milton Olaio Fillho - San Carlos
15:30 - 3 X 3 GROUP 1 GROUP 2 - Decision 5th place
17:30 - 2 X 2 GROUP 1 GROUP 2 - Decision 3rd
19.30 - 1 X 1 GROUP 1 GROUP 1 - Decision Title
 
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planaria said:
BU is in the toughest group of the tournament. If I had to rank the brazilians team of Copa EPTV it would be something like this:

1. Bauru
2. Paulistano
3. Assis
4. Araraquara
5. S??o Jos?© dos Campos
6. XV de Piracicaba
7. S??o Jos?© do Rio Pardo.
Click to expand...

It??s preety obvius that I made a big mistake ranking the teams more based in what I saw last season, than base in the additions/subtractions.

Bauru not only is without their big star, but they look terrible with offseason loses (Ga??cho, Ricardo, M??oz??o, etc).

If they dont make some two or three big additions, they wont compete for playoffs this season.
 
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