Postgame: BU 67 Drake 59

[TNel]

Good win on the road. Saw some progress, but a long way to go. Drake is a soft team ... like we are. We still have a looooooooong way to go on the boards, especially on offense. Our shots go up and everyone heads downcourt. Great when they're going in, but there are going to be a lot of nights when they're not. As Al Mcguire used to say, we need an aircraft carrier!

[MacabreMob]

... As Al Mcguire used to say, we need an aircraft carrier!

Wasn't that one of the 3 things he said a team needed? If so - what were the other two? I can't recall.

[Bravesfan]

I didn't get a chance to listen to the game tonight, but I did keep up with the score throughout the game. It sounded like a hard fought game the whole way through before Bradley pulled away towards the end. This was a road game we HAD to win, so this was a great way to start the conference season. Let's see if we can hold serve at home against SIU before we go back on the road at WSU, who surprisingly lost by a fairly large margin against IL St!

[TNel]

Wasn't that one of the 3 things he said a team needed? If so - what were the other two? I can't recall.

Can't remember what the other two were. He had a colorful way of expressing himself though. During one telecast of a Marquette game, his play-by-play broadcast partner mentioned that Rick Majerus (his former assistant) had lost 50 pounds. McGuire's response: "That's like a chair blowing off the deck of the Queen Mary." I miss him.

[real fan]

Hard fought win, thought the officiating crew was bad , shot freethrows good because the right guys were at the line, Will is too good a shooter to be missing freethrows , needs to get his confidence back and start making them, A. Warren is capable of scoring 20 points each game as he can score from anywhere , main concern is we had several players play a lot of minutes which could hurt us in that we play 3 games in less then a week.

[Da Coach]

Official stats-

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=204863225

[Matt "Not Salley"]

Edge only gets 3 minutes and AT doesn't see the floor!

[BradleyBrave]

For a team that people say is a horrible rebounding team, Bradley outrebounded Drake 39-36.

BU came in to this game 2nd to last in the MVC in rebounding, so I'm not sure what your argument is; we are a bad rebounding team.

No need to dissect the stats; we got a road win in conference, and those are hard to come by. Take them any way you can. Well done Braves, keep it up!

[Da Coach]

PJ Star-

Dave Reynolds-

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x1671989474/Braves-start-Valley-season-right

Kirk Wessler-

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x1689185578/Wessler-Braves-hustling-toward-redemption

Here is one of the photos that accompany the top article- according to this, Bradley appears to have a new player -

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x1671989474/Braves-start-Valley-season-right?view=pop&photo=3

[Dallas Brave]

PJ Star-


Kirk Wessler-

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x1689185578/Wessler-Braves-hustling-toward-redemption

I really like what JL did bringing in McDade as I firmly believe the 90% of the Braves' problems were mental stemming from the second half collapse against WCU.

Interior play is still a glaring question mark for the team. If AT can't win 10-15 minutes of playing time when the interior play that we are playing is probably as weak as I have seen for the last several years raises real concerns. Maybe JP should come off R/S.

[SaintLouBrave22]

Edge only gets 3 minutes and AT doesn't see the floor!

The players that got the minutes are the ones that should be getting the minutes...

I have no problems in that area...

[bu fan 9]

I agree.

[Out of Balance]

Edge only gets 3 minutes and AT doesn't see the floor!

So, those are good things that contributed to the win

[Out of Balance]

Where was AT tonight? Did I miss something?

NO

[SaintLouBrave22]

So, those are good things that contributed to the win

Yes