Great coaching job!

[Braves4Life]

We through a press at them and they committed a TO. I would love us to have a bench to be able to press a ton more. I'm guessing the zone saved our guys legs for the end of the game. The only problem I have with our zone is that it will need to be more active and stretched out against WSU and our guys need to find a body to box out. It seems our guys just look for the ball and go after it instead of putting a body on a guy and then go after it.

I agree SFP. There were too many times where our zone got out of balance (no pun intended OoB ) and where we failed to box out properly. Fortunately, Drexel was just not that good of a team.

However, we also must keep in mind that it was our first time playing zone the majority of the time and that we have primarily been a man-to-man team. I'm sure we'll get even better with more practice if we choose to use it again in the MVC.

[Braves4Life]

Since we played zone last night I am curious as to why A.T. did not get some playing time and why Milos did not play at all in the 2nd half .

I think Les was trying to win. MK gave us nothing but minutes while he was in first half and AT.............. I think we know that story.

[Buesch N Chips]

I think Les was trying to win. MK gave us nothing but minutes while he was in first half and AT.............. I think we know that story.

I agree.

[houstontxbrave]

After reading thompsons tweets i can see why doesn't play his overall attitude is terrible. Ml didn't really do anything to really warrent secod half minutes. He missed two boards and got lost on d once not rotating out on a shooter. Btw first game in a real long time I saw any passion from our bench. I thought Eastman played very well he has a very good bball iq and dse though he got hung up in the air he is so strong and confident and is our only guard who can go to the rim hard and is capable of finishing.

[SFP]

We do need to remind ourselves that DSE is only a Freshman. 3 more years of this He's only going to get stronger, faster and shoot the ball better!

[real fan]

I think Les was trying to win. MK gave us nothing but minutes while he was in first half and AT.............. I think we know that story.

The players on the bench will never get better if they don"t get some playing time , that is why many of the other teams in the Valley get more production out of their bench, they get them minutes which in turn makes them more prepared down the road to contribute.

[lefty]

This is proof that Coach Les' tactic of not discussing player injuries and suspensions before a game really worked! Bruiser Flint didn't know until right before the game when TB didn't come out for warmups and remained in street clothes, that TB was not playing. He hadn't prepared for Bradley's 4-guard lineup, and it obviosly hurt his team. It appears he was outcoached!
Congratulations Coach Les.

all they have to do is come to this board a couple days before hand and see what's up. It wasn't a secret....Bruiser said the didn't have any shooters other than Fouch....did our 4 guard lineup hurt them or their inablility to shoot the ball? Either way it's a nice game to win...congrats to JL and the Braves

[Bravesfan]

All of that was good, but I think the best thing I saw tonight was Les clapping and being positive between his heel stomps and tirades. I think the boys feed off that. EB really does a good job in that aspect but I think they need to see it from the head guy as well.

Wait...you mean Les has never clapped and been positive toward his team before?

[Buesch N Chips]

Wait...you mean Les has never clapped and been positive toward his team before?

I didn't say that, I just said I noticed it last night.

[Dallas Brave]

The players on the bench will never get better if they don"t get some playing time , that is why many of the other teams in the Valley get more production out of their bench, they get them minutes which in turn makes them more prepared down the road to contribute.

Sometimes you win the battle but lose the war. We won the battle against Drexel, but you do have to question the state of the team and program ...

[Braves4Life]

Since we played zone last night I am curious as to why ..... Milos did not play at all in the 2nd half .

At least Milos only wants to play at Bradley ........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljKnzB-xexk

[Dallas Brave]

At least Milos only wants to play at Bradley ........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljKnzB-xexk

Well, we only had to go 25 or so games, and several blown second-half leads, before we came up against a bad, outside shooting team and decided to emphasize the zone D. A veritable Einstein. And with our best zone D player on the bench. Disgusting in my opinion.