PEORIA, Ill. (April 14, 2021) – The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a 64-team, $1 million winner-take-all event televised live on ESPN, today announced that Peoria, Illinois will serve as one of the regional sites for the 2021 event. The Bradley University Alumni Team, Always A Brave, will be joined by University of Illinois alumni team, House of 'Paign, as the two featured squads in the 16-team Illinois Regional, which will be held July 24-28 at the Peoria Civic Center's Carver Arena.
TBT is returning to Peoria for the first time since 2017, when Always A Brave hosted the 16-team Midwest Regional at Bradley's Renaissance Coliseum.