Bradley Loses 69-65 @ isu

[Big Mike]

Too bad Sammy's lay up and Dodie's Ft missed...but these two along with TW keep us in the game! WE gave up way too-many lay-ups and missed too-many bunnies to get the W'! On to the UNI game for me!

[jasonpeoria911]

If it hits the backboard on an inbounds play then the opposing team inbounds the ball under that basket. It is legal if it hits the rim. That's what the announcers said.

Jason

[PTownHawkeye]

WE gave up way too-many lay-ups...

Silly, Will Egolf is redshirting!

Sure would have helped us today though...

[ifarania]

Hey, give them credit. After Snell said one of their cameramen had to remove a profane t-shirt, he pointed out that they were a bit less profane this year than usual. I mean, from a 10 to a 9.8 is progress. Though that warning on the crowd was fun.

[SFP]

SM played a pretty good game and TW played GREAT!

Where we lost was that our Bigs did not show up again on the road! There is no excuse for these two not to play a bit more consistent, they are seniors and at that older seniors. If we would have gotten an average game from them we would have won IMO. ISU's big out played ours period. We have improved in all aspects of our game and we just need to see the bigs show us some consistency and we could do some real damage come March.

Eldridge may look like a punk but boy can he play. Champ got frustrated with TW playing him and started chucking them from deep.

[SFP]

If it hits the backboard on an inbounds play then the opposing team inbounds the ball under that basket. It is legal if it hits the rim. That's what the announcers said.

Jason

If it hits anywhere on the back of the backboard or under neath it is a turnover. My question is how is it possible that it hit the front of the rim? That is what the ref said to JL.

If called correctly it would have been our ball with 40 secs left and a tied game. We are getting hosed by the refs game after game!

[Guinness]

I dont call the first 10 minutes tough....

We had it and blew it.

[TheAsianSensation]

In a vacuum, I don't mind this lost. I had @ISU as the one sure-fire loss going into the year.

However, big picture, it hurts so bad that we were right there with a chance to create separation in the standings.



As a formality, any fledgling at-large hopes were pinned on a league title and gaudy record, and this one officialy ends those hopes.

*pop*




ISU is still probably on life support.

[jasonpeoria911]

On a positive note, isu sucks on the road and we beat them in Peoria and they barely beat us at home where they play 3 times better than on the road. Looking good for our chances if we get a rematch down in STL.

Jason

[mrcoachdude]

I'd look it up - but right now we have some drive-by shootings by some of the classy folks down the road.

In the replay if it was the back edge its out of bounds...but what a difficult call to make...who is really watching that ball?

[Da Coach]

Bradley played great, and the effort was outstanding. That was a fantastic game to watch. Tough loss.
I really didn't hear any profane chants from the ISU students. I commend them for cleaning up the act.

[ifarania]

Bradley played great, and the effort was outstanding. That was a fantastic game to watch. Tough loss.
I really didn't hear any profane chants from the ISU students. I commend them for cleaning up the act.

Yes, good for them (and the administration who said enough is enough). Sounded like they had a really good crowd.

[ifarania]

What's a five letter word that starts with a vowel? Does ***** mean otter?

[BUconnorD]

To say SM gets too much playing time is basically ignorant...I want him playing almost the entire game.

ALL other guards are new to BU (dodie, Edge, and DN). His efforts kept the end of the first half from getting out of hand...NOT TO MENTION....his ability to keep cool at the end of the game...yea he missed a layup at the end...but he busted through 3 guys and went into the center!!!
nothing but love for SM w/ or w/o the missed layup.

Dodie...amazing second half...kept us alive w/ some clutch threes and some good ball handling.

Singh = Foul trouble DC = out of sync...I was upset about this. He had a rough game and was forcing his offense and having trouble picking up people on the D. If he had a stronger presence in the first half...would've been a different game.

LOOOOTS of questionable calls...very upset w/ the officiating...especially the inbound.

ALSO!!!! what was up with the towel kids...you should not have 5 year olds whipping the floor that can result in a player falling down. That's great that they have kids do it and its nice for the fans...but at every other professional sport where stuff like that happens...they don't really do anything its just a nice moment for a picture (celebrity bat kids and such).
about 10 minutes in the first half 4 players fell...ISU and BU...Not cool...i would be SEVERELY angry if that resulted in an injury

Overall...a GREAT game...lots of fun to watch. tough ending...but such is life

bring it on UNI

[ifarania]

I agree about our bigs, BU connorishness. DC looked like he actually forced questionable shots with six or seven seconds in the shot clock on two occasions when their students gave a fake, "3, 2, 1!"