Next game: Austin Peay at Bradley- Wednesday, March 18- 7:05 pm

[Da Coach]

Bradley (18-14, RPI 98 ) will play the Austin Peay Governors (19-13, RPI 145) in a first round game in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
The game will be Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at 7:05 pm at Carver Arena. Here is the announcement from BradleyBraves.com--

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=3693662

Austin Peay is a state school in Clarksville, Tennessee.
They finished in a tie for 2nd in the Ohio Valley Conference, had the #2 seed, and lost in their conference tournament final to Morehead State.
They have 6,041 students.

CollegeInsider Tournament website-

http://www.collegeinsider.com/tournament/

http://www.collegeinsider.com/tournament/schedule.html

Ticket information--
Bradley’s 2008-09 season-ticket holders may claim their regular-season seats for Wednesday’s CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament opener at the Shea Stadium Box Office (1523 W. Nebraska Ave.) Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ticket prices are $30 (Club Level), $25 (Priority I), $20 (Priority II), $14 (Priority III) and $9 (Priority IV). Bradley University students will be able claim tickets at no charge, courtesy of the Braves Club, by presenting a valid student ID at time of pickup.

All unclaimed season-ticket holder seats will be made available to the general public beginning Wednesday morning at the Shea Stadium Box Office, the Carver Arena Box Office and online at www.BradleyBraves.com. In addition to the individual $9 ticket prices for Priority IV seating, all fans purchasing three tickets may receive a free ticket for Priority IV seating beginning Wednesday morning.

Here is the schedule and pairings for the CIT-
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Schedule
First Round March 18 Austin Peay (19-13) at Bradley (18-14) 7:05 p.m.
Quarterfinals March 23 Campus Sites
Semifinals March 25 Campus Sites
Championship March 31 Campus Site (Fox College Sports)
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament 1st Round Pairings
Tuesday, March 17
Rider (19-12) at Liberty (22-11)
Kent State (19-14) at Oakland (22-12)
Wednesday, March 18
Austin Peay (19-13) at Bradley (18-14)
The Citadel (20-12) at Old Dominion (21-10)
Mount St. Mary’s (19-13) at James Madison (19-14)
Belmont (19-12) at Evansville (17-13)
Portland (19-12) at Pacific (19-11)
Drake (17-15) at Idaho (16-15)

Information about Austin Peay--
Bradley is 0-2 all-time against the Governors, dropping both games of a home-and-home series in 1989 and 1991. Austin Peay opened that series with a 70-65 win Dec. 20, 1989 at Carver Arena, then completed the sweep with an 86-76 win Jan. 14, 1991 in Clarksville, Tenn.

While Bradley finished alone in fourth place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings, Austin Peay tied for second in the OVC regular-season race with a 13-5 league record, then lost to Morehead State in the championship game of the OVC Tournament. The teams have three common opponents: Evansville, Drake and Southeast Missouri State. Bradley split its two MVC games versus both Drake and Evansville and downed Southeast Missouri State, 75-62, Dec. 14 at Carver Arena. Austin Peay dropped a 70-62 decision at Evansville in the regular-season opener, as well as a 71-54 score Feb. 21 at Drake in a game created through its participation in the ESPNU BracketBusters series. The Governors swept their OVC series against Southeast Missouri State, resulting in one of their nine road wins.

Austin Peay website-
http://www.apsugovernors.com/SportSe...32&SPSID=85722

APSU story about CIT and game at Bradley-
Basketball Govs accept invitation to play in inaugural CollegeInsider.com tourney; to travel to Bradley, Wednesday
http://www.apsugovernors.com/ViewArt...B_OEM_ID=16900

Roster-
http://www.apsugovernors.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16900&SPID=10132&SPSID= 85725
Their roster includes one player Bradley recruited, Anthony Campbell-
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4789
Campbell, a freshman, is their 4th leading scorer with 7.7 ppg.'
They are lead by senior 6'5" forward Drake Reed, who averages 21.8 ppg, and 7.4 rpg.

Schedule and results-
http://www.apsugovernors.com/SportSe...32&SPSID=85724

Coaching staff-
http://www.apsugovernors.com/SportSe...32&SPSID=85723
Dave Loos is the head coach. He has been coach since 1990, and he is also their Athletic Director. His record in 20 seasons at APSU is 314-261.

Austin Peay fan message board-
http://apsugovs.proboards74.com/inde...ard=basketball

[DUBrave5]

Any chance this game is televised? I know I'm on campus and will be there but I keep getting asked so I figured posting on here would be a good way to get an answer

[Da Coach]

Right now it looks like there is no chance it will be televised.

[Big Mike]

Dave Reynolds on the Austin Peay game...

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x599200644/Bradley-could-get-home-run

[Da Coach]

Here are the stats for Austin Peay--

http://www.apsugovernors.com/fls/16900/stats0809/mbb/teamcume.htm#TEAM.CMB

[Da Coach]

Article about tonight's game from the Clarksville, Tennessee paper-
Govs on road at Bradley

http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20090318/SPORTS70/903180325

[Da Coach]

Pregame notes from BradleyBraves.com

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=3695457

[thefish7]

Let's take care of business tonight. People (reasonably) question the validity of this tournament... But now that we're in it, let's win the thing!

[Future Walk-On]

I was just driving over by Grand Prairie and saw the AP team bus....they were merging to 474 and this was like ten to 6...I assumed they would be to the game a bit earlier. If I knew it was them at first I would have honked and started yelling go braves lol.

[Bravesfan]

Good luck to BU tonight, and here's hoping we will be one step towards a championship!

[jasonpeoria911]

I'm not sure if it was related but ISP had WB I-474 shutdown at the river for about an hour due to a female threatening to jump. This was from about 4:30p-5:30ish. She never did jump. The team bus might of been caught up in that traffic jam.

Jason

I was just driving over by Grand Prairie and saw the AP team bus....they were merging to 474 and this was like ten to 6...I assumed they would be to the game a bit earlier. If I knew it was them at first I would have honked and started yelling go braves lol.