PEORIA, IL - Always A Brave, the Bradley University alumni team that will compete in the 2017 version of The Basketball Tournament, officially became eligible for this summer's tourney field with the addition of its seventh player to the roster.
Built around a core group of players who were prominent members of Bradley's 2006 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 squad, Always A Brave flirted with winning TBT's $2 million winner-take-all prize during last summer's tournament. After winning its first four games in Chicago and Philadelphia to capture the Midwest Region title in the 64-team tournament, Always A Brave played in the 2016 TBT semifinal round in New York, where the squad suffered a 78-70 loss to Team Colorado after star point guard Daniel Ruffin went down with an injury early in the game.