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Globetrottin’ Zach Andrews makes a trip back to Bradley

Since graduating from Bradley in 2007, Zach Andrews’ life has been one continuous adventure.

He’s played professional basketball in nine countries, been a teammate of Kobe Bryant’s, served as a body double for LeBron James in a commercial and come within a basket of playing on the winning team of The Basketball Tournament.

The 33-year-old native Californian proposed marriage to his girlfriend, Brittany, last weekend, just bought a house in suburban Phoenix, is restoring a 1968 Camaro and talks of becoming a firefighter once his hoops career is finished.

And now he’s come full circle back to playing with several of his old Bradley teammates as the Always A Brave alumni squad competes in the TBT Regional this weekend in Columbus, Ohio (7:10 a.