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Always A Brave Creates TBT Illinois Regional Ticket Bank

Individuals and businesses may contribute tickets to attend the nation’s premier summer basketball event for distribution by local service organizations

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications General 7/2/2021 10:51:00 AM

PEORIA, IL – Opening the doors to one of the nation's premier basketball events to the entire Peoria community, Always A Brave is partnering with local service organizations for the creation of the TBT Illinois Regional Ticket Bank.

Individuals and businesses may purchase a batch of tickets (there is no minimum number) for the TBT Illinois Regional at a group price of $15 per ticket. Those tickets then will be made available to local organizations, including Boys and Girls Club of Greater Peoria, George Washington Carver Community Center, Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service, Proctor Recreation Center and Sommerville Family Foundation, for the benefit of the communities they serve.

To initiate participation in the TBT Illinois Regional Ticket Bank, visit BradleyBraves.com and select the direct link to the Ticket Bank form within the Tickets menu. A member of Always A Brave will contact the Ticket Bank contributor to complete the transaction.

The Basketball Tournament is a 64-team, open-application, winner-take-all basketball tournament that offers a $1 million prize to the champion. Now in its eighth year, the 2021 TBT will visit five cities over the course of three weeks, including a run at the Peoria Civic Center's Carver Arena for the Illinois Regional July 24-28. The other three regional sites are Wichita, Kan. (July 16-20); Charleston, W.Va. (July 17-21) and Columbus, Ohio (July 23-27). Two squads from each 16-team regional will advance to the championship round, which will be contested July 31-Aug. 3 in Dayton, Ohio.

Bradley alumni team Always A Brave is the No. 7 seed in the 16-team TBT Illinois Regional, which also includes alumni teams from Illinois (House of 'Paign), Marquette (Golden Eagles), Murray State (The OverLooked), Oregon (Always Us) and Syracuse (Boeheim's Army), as well as locally-supported team Peoria All-Stars. No. 2 seed House of 'Paign will face No. 15 seed Jackson TN Underdawgs in the second game of Session 1, a 1 p.m. tip July 24 at Carver Arena, while Always A Brave will take on No. 10 seed Tubby Time in the second game of Session 2 at 6 o'clock July 24 and Peoria All-Stars will take on Always Us in the second game of Session 3 at 2 p.m. on July 25.

Tickets are currently on sale to the general public by visiting thetournament.com/tickets or peoriaciviccenter.com and a 20 percent discount for online ticket purchases is available by using the Discover Peoria promo code DISCOVER during the checkout process. The Peoria Civic Center box office also is open on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to handle in-person purchases.

For more information about TBT, visit thetournament.com.

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