Next game- BU at Evansville, Wed. Feb. 25, 7:05 pm

[southpaw nothin]

Well, that's what I thought I had seen somewhere.... but I didn't have a link or quote to prove it. So I provided an example. I coulda sworn I saw somewhere that the NIT relies on each Conference's Tie-breaker system providing their #1 seed as the recipient of the Auto-NIT bid if they don't win the Conference tourney (for the auto-NCAA bid).

The confusion comes when a league with multiple divisions has teams with the same record. Then the league has to officially "tie-break" and declare a regular season winner before the conference tourney begins.

[BradleyBrave]

The news is not good on Dodie's hand.

Of course not. Out for the season is probably the word. This is so d@mn frustrating, I am at a loss for words. I am so sick of this garbage happening to us. I know every team has injuries, but I think one would be hard pressed to find as many significant injuries to players over the last 10 years than BU. It is truly remarkable.

[MacabreMob]

The news is not good on Dodie's hand.

Of course not. Out for the season is probably the word. This is so d@mn frustrating, I am at a loss for words. I am so sick of this garbage happening to us. I know every team has injuries, but I think one would be hard pressed to find as many significant injuries to players over the last 10 years than BU. It is truly remarkable.

MAN!!!! I am getting tired of this!

I'm heading to Haiti and gonna learn some wicked voodoo and put hexes on everyone else.

[chitown fanatic]

DC, can you elaborate? It can't be broken. Even BU, who has been notorious for downplaying injuries, couldn't keep this covered for 3 days. I'm really hoping you say it's a bad sprain that will keep him out until next week or something. Just say it's not broken and I'll feel better.

[tornado]

JJ Tauai played with an injury to his hand....Dodie is just as tough

[BradleyBrave]

Expect the worst. I'm not down on this team, I am down on our luck. We can do everything right until the cows come home, but without the graces of good or even average health we'll never be more than what we are right now. There's no one to blame, it's just not in the cards right now for the Braves. I wonder if it ever will be.

[BradleyBrave]

JJ Tauai played with an injury to his hand....Dodie is just as tough

And JJ's hand was broken. Enough said.

I don't recall, was it JJ's shooting hand?

[jeffsu]

Alright, so the lineup of 1, 2, 4, 5, 12 may not happen tomorrow night for very long then.

The good news? It wasn't Theron. Or Sam Man. Or SS/DC. If DD doesn't play too much, we'll get more consistent PT for Roberts and Norris. That can be a good thing. (And if he's bruised, lets let him heal until the MVC Tourney... these games don't mean much for our seeding!

Don't get me wrong, I love Dodie and am hoping that somehow this all blows over. But of all the positions, at least it's one where we have a little bit of depth..

[BradleyBrave]

Alright, so the lineup of 1, 2, 4, 5, 12 won't happen tomorrow night then (or ever again...)

The good news? It wasn't Theron. Or Sam Man. Or SS/DC. If DD doesn't play, we'll get more consistent PT for Roberts and Norris. That can be a good thing.

Don't get me wrong, I love Dodie and am hoping that somehow (although unusual) DaCoach got some mis-info. (Doubtful). But of all the positions, at least it's one where we have a little bit of depth..

You don't just lose a double-digit scorer on a team that has trouble scoring who's also your best perimeter defend and be OK. I'd love to be peachy-keen and rosey red optimistic but I find it real hard to be at this point. Even the great Bradley Braves can only withstand so many injuries before it catches up with them.

[chitown fanatic]

17 wins is a must for post season play. I'd really like to have at least that headed to the Friday matinee.

[southpaw nothin]

You don't just lose a double-digit scorer on a team that has trouble scoring who's also your best perimeter defend and be OK. I'd love to be peachy-keen and rosey red optimistic but I find it real hard to be at this point. Even the great Bradley Braves can only withstand so many injuries before it catches up with them.

At some point you need to start making your breaks. Never count on luck.

[BradleyBrave]

At some point you need to start making your breaks. Never count on luck.

Since when is not getting injured 'luck'? You can assume some injuries here and there, and try and build a deep team, but no team is constructed to lose 3 starters and still be successful. Not one. The only luck involved here is bad luck.

[Da Coach]

I don't think JJ's was his shooting hand. This is Dodie's right hand that's injured.

[Bradleyguy10]

Wow this team really is cursed! An entire starting lineup has been hurt this year..SM,AW,DD,SS,WE...all of them significant names (I actually really like that lineup)

by the way how is SM's foot...I guess no news is good news

[shaunguth]

17 wins is a must for post season play. I'd really like to have at least that headed to the Friday matinee.

In order to get any "meaningful" postseason play, we'll have to win our last two games to get to 17 before Friday. The NCAA only considers games again D-I opponents and they control the NIT now.