The Basketball Tournament - 2016

by **ptownbraves** » June 10th, 2016, 4:42 pm

For those of you going through college basketball withdrawal this summer, there are a few former Valley players participating in the Basketball Tournament. It's an open tournament with a mix of pro, semi-pro, former college and amateur players with a $2 million winning team takes all pot. The top 100 fans who "recruit" the most votes for the winning team are also eligible for some cash. These games will be broadcast on the ESPN networks starting in July. There is one team made up of primarily of former Bradley players from the Sweet 16 year in 2006. I for one am looking forward to watching these guys play (maybe since it was the last good year of Bradley basketball). Anyways, here's the MVC representation:

It would be fun seeing more MVC schools get alumni teams going in the future. Here's the link to the tourney site: https://www.thetournament.com/

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by **Wufan** » June 10th, 2016, 5:56 pm

I thought Grant Gibbs reached mandatory retirement age during his third junior season.

by **Mikovio** » July 23rd, 2016, 9:15 am

Elite 8! The Braves alumni beat Jason Williams and Mike Bibby led Pedros Posse 92-65 and face the Marquette alumni team tonight, 7pm Central on ESPN2. Cellus has still got it!

If they win they go to NY and play the winner of the Utah and Colorado alumni teams on ESPN.

by **KCfan** » July 23rd, 2016, 11:59 am

I thought this thing was a joke when it started but it's gotten huge.

by **shocktheheart** » July 23rd, 2016, 6:12 pm

Let's go braves! Up 1 6 minutes in

by **Valleyball** » July 23rd, 2016, 8:27 pm

Always a Brave to the final four.

by **ptownbraves** » July 24th, 2016, 7:24 am

This is a reminder of how special that 2006 Bradley team was. Most of these guys are in their 30s now, but they can still play. The fact they've gotten this far without Andrew Warren or Walt Lemon is impressive.

by **Wufan** » July 24th, 2016, 7:38 am

The MVC was special that year, and Bradley, with POB, had world class athleticism.

by **ptownbraves** » July 24th, 2016, 8:19 am

Wufan wrote:The MVC was special that year, and Bradley, with POB, had world class athleticism.

4 Valley teams in the tourney that year. Will we ever see that again? A lot has changed in a decade.

by **Wufan** » July 24th, 2016, 9:07 am

ptownbraves wrote:
Wufan wrote:The MVC was special that year, and Bradley, with POB, had world class athleticism.

4 Valley teams in the tourney that year. Will we ever see that again? A lot has changed in a decade.

Two went to the sweet 16 with low seeds and a Bears team that was screwed by the selection committee.