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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203 
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04-07-16 02:46 PM - Post#205868
How would you like to see former Bucknell ballers playing in a nationwide tournament where the top prize nets the team $2 million, with head coach Kevin Bettencourt pacing the sideline? You might remember "The Basketball Tournament" (TBT) from last summer. John Griffin is organizing a team, but before they can lace 'em up and play even a single game, they have to amass online fans at the TBT site. Please go here to make the vision a reality: https://www.thetournament.com/teams/pa-roadwarrior... The roster is tentative at this point, but might include Charles Lee, Chris McNaughton, Griffin, Cameron Ayers, Bryan Fitzpatrick, Donald Brown, Bryson Johnson and others. I'd love to see that! |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370 
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04-07-16 11:04 PM - Post#205881
I voted.
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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04-08-16 11:13 AM - Post#205912
I voted. Awesome, thanks! |
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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04-08-16 11:14 AM - Post#205913
"Bucknell Pulls Ahead of Arkansas." The Bucknell alumni team now has a few more votes than "40 Minutes of Hell (Arkansas Alumni)." If Griffin, Bettencourt and all the guys are to have a chance, full participation by this message board is probably a must. Please go to the site, vote, and ask pals and family to do the same. https://www.thetournament.com/teams/pa-roadwarrior... If they can make it into the field, it could really spice up the off-season for us. |
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
04-08-16 05:59 PM - Post#205950
I voted |
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757 
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04-08-16 07:07 PM - Post#205957
This sounds pretty cool...so I voted as well. |
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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05-25-16 02:03 PM - Post#207285
The Bucknell team is now listed as "eligible," but I think they still need more votes, so please become a fan and ask others to as well. https://www.thetournament.com/teams/pa-roadwarrior... Check out the confirmed roster. We HAVE to get these guys on the court: John Griffin Cameron Ayers Abe Badmus Donald Brown Brian Fitzpatrick Chris Hass Bryson Johnson Charles Lee Darryl Shazier Joe Willman and Penn's Mark Zoller Mike Muscala listed as a "booster." |
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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06-08-16 11:47 AM - Post#207465
Oh my...scratch the question mark from the thread title, because the Bucknell alumni team just got an at-large bid into The Basketball Tournament! |
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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06-08-16 12:02 PM - Post#207470
First game will be Saturday July 16 at the Gallagher Center at Philadelphia University, opponent TBA. |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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06-08-16 12:32 PM - Post#207473
Gallagher Center is only about 25-30 minutes from home. So, depending upon the time and my sons' sports schedule, I will try to make it. Go Bison!
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147 
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06-08-16 01:35 PM - Post#207477
Oh my...scratch the question mark from the thread title, because the Bucknell alumni team just got an at-large bid into The Basketball Tournament! That's great news. It had become apparent that they were going to fall short in the votes - largely due to going up against teams rostered by power-conference players with huge fan bases - so it wasn't looking good. Nice to get the respect of an at-large bid.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-08-16 01:48 PM - Post#207481
A few weeks ago, there was one interesting addition to the original roster: Chris McNaughton. The 12-man roster looks like this: PG - Badmus, Shazier SG - Griffin, B. Johnson Wing/SF - Ayers, Hass, Lee PF - Willman, Brown, Zoller (Penn) C - McNaughton, Fitzpatrick If it were a few years earlier, this would be a really good roster - but I doubt some of the players are nearly as good as they once were. But it will be interesting to see. BTW, those who don't follow the Ivy League may not be familiar with Mark Zoller - but he was a very good player back in 2004-07. Was 1st team All-Ivy twice and led the league in scoring. I presume his connection to this team is the fact that he was a H.S. teammate of John Griffin.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-08-16 01:58 PM - Post#207485
Here is a list of the teams in the Northeast Region. Click to see the rosters. Some items of interest: - Boeheim's Army has a number of Syracuse alums who were very good players. - Supernova, a team of Villanova alums, includes Scotty Reynolds and Corey Fisher. - Both LaSalle and Temple have teams that are exclusively alums of the two schools.
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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06-08-16 02:05 PM - Post#207488
Yes, I got the email today announcing their inclusion as well as how to buy tickets. I definitely want to go to at least the Saturday game. Anybody know yet what time they may play on Saturday? Also, I assume all players have been working out some to prepare. Is Griffin healthy enough to to play much? This actually is pretty exciting. |
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Paulie777 PhD Student Posts 1767 |
06-11-16 09:33 PM - Post#207574
I would travel from the idyllic confines of Lewisburg to see this team play in Philly provided golf and lunch are included in the outing. My starting five would be Badmus, Joe W., Hass, McNaughten, and Johnson. This team would be fun to watch and hard to beat! Who is the coach? |
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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06-16-16 08:44 AM - Post#207703
Has anyone seen a game schedule for the first round on the 16th? Was one the TBT site and it just says the first round is 8 games from 9 a.m. - 11 p.m. Just curious if the Roadwarriors are playing at 9 in the morning or 9 at night. Also, I see Bryson is listed as a coach, so he will not play? |
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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06-16-16 10:59 AM - Post#207710
The matchups and game times will be announced Friday, July 1. |
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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07-01-16 04:18 PM - Post#208051
Bracket announced. Roadwarriors #11 seed taking on #6 SuperNOVA at 5:45 on the 16th. I think we can pull the upset! My son and I are going for most of Saturday's games...anyone else heading to Philly? http://thetournament.com/news/tbt-2016-bracket |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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07-02-16 08:43 AM - Post#208060
MrPhillie, my younger son has a Lax tournament that day in Bucks County. If it ends by mid afternoon, we will try to go.
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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07-07-16 10:35 AM - Post#208148
MrPhillie, my younger son has a Lax tournament that day in Bucks County. If it ends by mid afternoon, we will try to go. MrPhillie, it looks like the Bison89 Family will be tied up all weekend at a 2 day Lax tournament. So, we will probably not be able to make the game. BTW, is it being shown live online?
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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07-07-16 04:09 PM - Post#208156
Bummer...I hope we're not be only fans there! As for online viewing, I have not a clue. But that would be awesome, especially if we happen to pull off a win on Saturday. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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07-14-16 09:52 PM - Post#208367
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOcrO12Lv7E Hope most of those guys are available for the weekend.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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07-15-16 01:24 PM - Post#208400
Article from Bison website: http://www.bucknellbison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_O... It has a link for online viewing.
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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07-16-16 05:57 PM - Post#208447
Game about to start. Do not see Griffin, Brown or Johnson. |
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nitlion Masters Student Posts 413 |
07-16-16 07:31 PM - Post#208448
Road Warriors win 89-88 over the Nova. Bucknell R Warriors played almost 3/4 of the 2nd half with 5 on 4, as Scottie Reynolds went out with shoulder injury and Nova only had 5 players, and that made no sense too me. Nova had a 19 point lead when R Warriors started the comeback,. |
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Gmoney89 Masters Student Posts 505 |
07-16-16 07:51 PM - Post#208449
It was good to see them get the win, after coming back from 20 pts down to a 6 pt lead with about 2:15 to go. Then they gave the lead right back. Just keep playing guys, don't slow up once you get the lead. On to the number 3 seed!
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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07-16-16 07:52 PM - Post#208450
It was nostalgic to see this team together. As for the game itself, the Roadwarriors were a step behind Nova much of the game and Nova was hot from three. I cannot believe Nova came with just five players. It stinks for them they had to play with four players much of the second half, but I don't feel sorry for them. Why do you have only five players to begin with? Crazy. The 'Warriors have to play quicker and smaller and just let Hass, Ayers, Lee and Shazier go crazy from three to hang within 20 of the The Untouchables. Good experience though! |
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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07-16-16 07:55 PM - Post#208451
Oh, and it wouldn't be a Bucknell game if the officiating wasn't horrible. By far the worst officiated game of the four we saw. Not even close. |
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nitlion Masters Student Posts 413 |
07-16-16 08:17 PM - Post#208452
The only reason any team would have no reserves in a team tourney, less players to share 2 million dollars. |
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BUFan PhD Student Posts 1936 
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07-16-16 09:02 PM - Post#208453
The next game is tomorrow, right? What time? |
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Bucknellbisonfan21 Masters Student Posts 548 
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07-16-16 10:05 PM - Post#208454
Apparently Griffin was on a recruiting trip |
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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07-16-16 11:01 PM - Post#208455
Game time is 2:30. The team they are playing is highly athletic, quick, has inside and outside threats (although three-point shooting is by far the shot of choice for every team). They are not a huge team but can get up. It would be nice if the Roadwarriors would have somebody that is just a coach. I imagine it was difficult for Charles to handle that and playing, especially when it was apparent the team needed to go smaller and change the style of play to get back into the game. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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07-17-16 02:04 PM - Post#208468
Link for video of today's games: https://www.thetournament.com/news/watch-all-tbt-2...
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
07-17-16 04:15 PM - Post#208482
Better FT shooting and they'd be right in it. Need Hass on the floor more. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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07-17-16 04:22 PM - Post#208483
Tied and going to OT. Came from 15 back. Clutch threes by Charles Lee and Cam Ayers actually put the Bison up by two, but Pitt hit a crazy scoop shot at the buzzer. Unfortunately this tournament has the stupid rule where teams get to inbound near their offensive basket after a timeout. Otherwise it probably would have been over.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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07-17-16 04:37 PM - Post#208485
Lost 90-88 in OT. Too much Bradley Wannamaker.
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Bucknellbisonfan21 Masters Student Posts 548
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07-17-16 04:43 PM - Post#208486
Anyone in attendance see the last shot? The camera operator didn't pan the camera over for us online viewers. Seems like the refs maybe didn't call a foul on a three pointer? |
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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07-17-16 04:55 PM - Post#208487
Wow, great comeback by the RW's. Cam with some huge shots at he end. A prayer of a scoop shot from a terrible angle high off the backboard by Wanamaker to tie it. The last play? No idea what happened. No camera and the terrible announcer never said a word. From the sound of Lee and Griffin it was an awful no-call on last play. I have to say, that was exciting to watch. I thought we would lose by 20 this game so I am impressed. I hope Hass isn't hurt too badly. We could've used him the second half this game. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
07-17-16 07:31 PM - Post#208496
Exciting game. Great effort by the Bison+1. Would have been nice to see that last play. |
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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07-17-16 08:53 PM - Post#208499
I want to add a big "thank you" to all of the people who had a hand in getting this team in the floor. All the behind the scenes effort as well as the great effort by the guys on the floor. It was fun. |
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
07-18-16 01:12 PM - Post#208509
Really was an exciting game! You would think a two point lead with 2.9 to go would stand up unless there was a Laettner/Muscala miracle, but the inbound at half court rule made the difference. After requiring a 15 minute "power play" to beat nova, who would think we would have much chance yesterday. Hass apparently not available down the stretch.He was limping pretty badly. Hopefully he is ok. Stupid announcer did not know the game was going to OT until play was ready to start. He said they put .04 seconds back on the clock. |
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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07-21-16 09:36 PM - Post#208805
Watching some of TBT on ESPN2. I see Todd O'Brien is playing for Overseas Elite, who is currently leading Ram Nation, VCU Alum, as they near the half. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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07-21-16 09:55 PM - Post#208806
The Pitt team that the Bison took to OT and deserved to beat on Sunday just took down a loaded Syracuse team. Had about ten good 'Cuse alums on it.
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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07-22-16 11:01 AM - Post#208822
Yes I saw the game. I thought the 'Cuse team would take it by ten but the Pitt team is formidable. Very impressive that the Bucknell team to not only hang in without perhaps their best offensive player in the second half, but really, deserve to win the game. That Wanamaker shot to force overtime was just very lucky given his body angle and angle to the backboard. I wonder how the Warriors would have fared against the Syracuse squad? |
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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08-05-16 02:49 PM - Post#209278
"Overseas Elite," the team managed by Bucknell Bison Andrew Morrison, repeated as champions: http://www.campusrush.com/overseas-elite-goes-b ack... |
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757
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08-05-16 08:11 PM - Post#209281
Yep, and Todd O'Brien got himself $174,000 with the win. |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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08-08-16 10:59 AM - Post#209304
I was talking with my buddy, who works for a major sports network, and he said that all of his coworkers were following this tournament. They love that it was a winner-take-all event.
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Raymond Bucknell Sophomore Posts 179 
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08-06-18 08:57 PM - Post#259998
A fun read about the "Basketball Tournament" juggernaut that is 'Overseas Elite', featuring the likes of Errick McCollum (brother of C.J.), and short-lived Bucknell Center Todd O'Brien. Todd was on my freshman hall, and I can confirm that he is both tall and good at basketball. https://deadspin.com/how-one-team-built-a- dynasty-... |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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08-07-18 11:41 AM - Post#260020
That is a very interesting story. I'm surprised that they have won 4 in a row.
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