Its official...

[dogsrus]

Thats mean..no its not JW news. Sorry, as I said just plain mean.

Its an "official" "Red out"...ok aren't they ALL red outs. Or at least they SHOULD be. It works....ask Osiris and the ISU guys. NO ONE....and I mean NO ONE in your party should leave the house without RED.

Its also "lose your voice nite". NO one should leave the arena with anything resembling a voice tonite.

Tickets are just about all ate up and I think we crack the top 5 alltime attendance games tonite. Ahh what the heck, lets set the record.

BE there.....BE loud... and BE in RED.

GO BU.

[Da Coach]

Here are the
Top 10 Bradley Home Crowds
1....11,597..#9 Michigan State..12-7-07..L, 61-66
2....11,592..Illinois State......1-6-09..W, 56-52
3....11,444..Illinois State.....1-24-07..W, 88-67
4....11,430..#15 Illinois......11-22-99..L, 62-72
5....11,421..Illinois State.....1-23-08..W, 76-75
6....11,335..Creighton..........2-16-08..W, 87-59
7....11,320..Indiana State.......1-8-00..W, 62-51
8....11,309..Illinois State.....2-21-01..W, 64-52
9....11,164..Illinois State......2-1-06..W, 73-44
10...11,161..Southern Illinois..1-17-04..L, 62-72

Also, here is a list of the MVC teams and the number of wins. Over the past 4 years, Bradley has 75 total wins.
That is 1 win behind Creighton for the most among MVC teams. Let see if we can even that out tonight.-
Team........Total..'08-09..‘07-08..‘06-07..‘05-06
Creighton.....76.....12......22......22......20
Bradley.......75.....10......21......22......22
S. Illinois...75......6......18......29......22
Drake.........69......12.....28......17......12
Missouri St...68......7......17......22......22
UNI...........68......9......18......18......23
Wichita St....60......6......11......17......26
Illinois St...53.....14......25......15.......9
Indiana St....44......3......15......13......13
Evansville....44......11......9......14......10

[romar]

I'm sorry but it amazes me that on VT they speak of BU like an ugly stepchild and make fun of this site endlessly and OMG there is no respect for JL. I know that BU's probably not #2 in win %'age during that time, but that is a heck of a lot of wins no matter how you slice it.

Plus, in all honesty, BU started again this year with a ton of new faces, just the same as the last two years & it takes a while for guys to buy into their roles, get used to D1 play and figure out the system (about 10 games usually). I just don't get how some can be so dismissive of BU's talent, depth & coaching.

I realize BU hasn't won the MVC in a while, but you cannot say they haven't played good schedules and been competitive.

[dogsrus]

[QUOTE=Da Coach;110526]Here are the
Top 10 Bradley Home Crowds
6....11,335..Creighton..........2-16-08..W, 87-59




I say we shoot for THIS one....in both the crowd size AND the score.

LETS DO IT.

[IlliBraves]

This has probably already been done or suggested, but I'll say it anyways. We should call the BU student section "Red Rum" because it would be awesome.

[Rusty 54]

the isu players said it themselves, the crowd helped take them out of their game. Lets get it done tonight!

[amckillip]

Something to note for current students... During our time here, many of us have been at 5 of the top 6 BU Home games attendance wise. That's just pretty cool to think about, I'd say we hit BU at the right time!

[thefish7]

This has probably already been done or suggested, but I'll say it anyways. We should call the BU student section "Red Rum" because it would be awesome.

That is awesome! Might have to take the space out of there... and even then it still may not be acceptable to the school... But great idea.

[DjhIrish]

5:05 am on a SAT!
Dogsrus, GO BACK TO SLEEP!
we need you at full strength tonight.
And Don't forget to yell for Scott Beccue at half during the hall of fame introductions. I work with him and warned him!
DJH

[ifarania]

Something to note for current students... During our time here, many of us have been at 5 of the top 6 BU Home games attendance wise. That's just pretty cool to think about, I'd say we hit BU at the right time!

Y'ah, we do have a nice student following, and it seems like Peoria loves BU more than ever.

P.S. we're watching the playoffs and having a couple beers at my house before the game if you want to come, mr. amckillip.

[dogsrus]

5:05 am on a SAT!
Dogsrus, GO BACK TO SLEEP!
we need you at full strength tonight.
And Don't forget to yell for Scott Beccue at half during the hall of fame introductions. I work with him and warned him!
DJH

Hey your closer...I'll try but maybe you'll have to pitch in with a holler.

BTW...whats the pre game plan...or should I say WHERE..I know "what".

[DjhIrish]

K talked to M and R and we are going to Black Rabbit if open, If not probably the Pere.

[braveatheart]

Here are the
Top 10 Bradley Home Crowds
1....11,597..#9 Michigan State..12-7-07..L, 61-66
2....11,592..Illinois State......1-6-09..W, 56-52
3....11,444..Illinois State.....1-24-07..W, 88-67
4....11,430..#15 Illinois......11-22-99..L, 62-72
5....11,421..Illinois State.....1-23-08..W, 76-75
6....11,335..Creighton..........2-16-08..W, 87-59
7....11,320..Indiana State.......1-8-00..W, 62-51
8....11,309..Illinois State.....2-21-01..W, 64-52
9....11,164..Illinois State......2-1-06..W, 73-44
10...11,161..Southern Illinois..1-17-04..L, 62-72

Also, here is a list of the MVC teams and the number of wins. Over the past 4 years, Bradley has 75 total wins.
That is 1 win behind Creighton for the most among MVC teams. Let see if we can even that out tonight.-
Team........Total..'08-09..???07-08..???06-07..???05-06
Creighton.....76.....12......22......22......20
Bradley.......75.....10......21......22......22
S. Illinois...75......6......18......29......22
Drake.........69......12.....28......17......12
Missouri St...68......7......17......22......22
UNI...........68......9......18......18......23
Wichita St....60......6......11......17......26
Illinois St...53.....14......25......15.......9
Indiana St....44......3......15......13......13
Evansville....44......11......9......14......10

Very interesting. I went into Pomeroy and looked at his strenght of schedule rankings over those four years. It showed our SOS is harder than Creightons in all four years.
We win tonight and we are tied with CU in wins over the four years but had a harder SOS each of the four years. SIU is a different story. They have had a better SOS in 3 of the four years.
Not trying to cut down CU just trying to make sure we don't sell ourselves short.

[dogsrus]

K talked to M and R and we are going to Black Rabbit if open, If not probably the Pere.

OK...sounds good. I'll tell the rest of the alphabet and we should be covered.