Bradley at Michigan State- Sunday 3:00 pm

[TheHeemyMonster]

Looking forward to this. It's been a long week without Bradley basketball. I hope have a good showing.

Looking forward to the HD broadcast! I hoping to see more this season (when we're playing for the MVC championship or in the tourney).

it has been way too long without a game. Looking at the schedule last night, it looks like this will be the last time we have to go more than 3 or 4 days without a game until the conference season is over. Thank GOD!!!!

[romar]

Just thinking out loud here, but I was wondering what JL's record is when he's had a week to prepare for a team????

[Dubl R 1]

Just thinking out loud here, but I was wondering what JL's record is when he's had a week to prepare for a team????

I think historically it's pretty good, but we lost to UMKC with a week to prepare for them, so go figure.

[romar]

I'm not sure why but I believe you are correct that his record is pretty good. Ouch - forgot he had a week before UMKC.

[ser_solace]

I'm not sure why but I believe you are correct that his record is pretty good. Ouch - forgot he had a week before UMKC.

Yes, but they also don't have a sunny beach to distract them in Michigan.

[PTownHawkeye]

A couple quick notes about my drive to Michgan this evening...

-Saw 4 different vehicles with BU license plates from IL all on I-94 already in Michigan and several license plate holders headed this direction...hopefully we have a good crowd of red to stand out among the green and white
-Listened to 2 different sports talk radio stations based in the area. BOTH of them discussed how they feel Bradley has a "very good" chance to come in and win. They remember the game from Carver last year and after what happened vs UNC on Wednesday, are quite worried.
-I'm in Ann Arbor currently, but spoke to a group of 5 Spartans who are here for the night...all are very down on the bball team, but said that most of the buzz around campus is around how fired up the team is going to be on Sun...they feel they have a lot to prove. They expect a comfortable victory. We'll see :-)

Looking forward to taking in the Duke vs Michigan game on Saturday before heading to East Lansing on Sunday. Go BU!

[Guinness]

Sweet, my first chance to watch the Braves in HD.....

Channel 610 on DirecTV

[Big Mike]

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x1720682927/Routed-Spartans-await-BU

[Da Coach]

CBSSports.com has a nice pregame article-

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/gamecenter/preview/NCAAB_20081207_BRAD@MIST

[jasonpeoria911]

Only difference is that 75% and probably more of MSU's arena is filled with screaming and rowdy students. I just hope the shooting doesn't fall flat at the start with a week off from play and walking into an arena with the decibels at max. This will be a true test experience for some marquis MVC road games.

Jason

It's ironic that the main picture on the Michigan State website is of a full stadium during a white-out--



And the picture on the Bradley website announcing the game notes for the BU-MSU game is a picture of the white-out from last year's Michigan State-BU game--



I like the one on the bottom, what about you?

[Rusty 54]

Only difference is that 75% and probably more of MSU's arena is filled with screaming and rowdy students. I just hope the shooting doesn't fall flat at the start with a week off from play and walking into an arena with the decibels at max. This will be a true test experience for some marquis MVC road games.

Jason

75%? The students surround half the court for a number of rows, but lets not get carried away

Wiki says 4,000 for the Izzone, 15,000 for the Breslin Center.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izzone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breslin_Center

[romar]

FYI - for those with DirecTV HD, you can get the game on channel 610 this afternoon! It'll be on all the sets in my house for sure!!

[bradgrad04]

I'm ready for a Bradley upset.

Charge on!

[SaintLouBrave22]

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