Journal Star
PEORIA — Seven Midwestern collegiate alumni teams, several former Missouri Valley Conference stars and NBA D-League teammates will showcase their skills in Peoria in The Basketball Tournament Midwest Regional held July 15-16 at Renaissance Coliseum.
The fourth annual summer basketball tournament announced 60 of the 64 teams that will compete for this summer’s $2 million, winner-take-all prize. Built around the stars of its squad that reached the Sweet 16 in the 2006 NCAA tournament, Bradley’s alumni team Always A Brave earned automatic qualification to the 2017 event by winning a regional championship last year.