Next game: BU at Creighton, Sat. 2/27 at 2:05 pm

[Da Coach]

Bradley's final regular season game is at Creighton on Saturday afternoon, 2:05 pm. There is no local TV broadcast, though the game is televised in Omaha (KMTV -CBS), so if anyone finds satellite coordinates, let us know.
The game is available on BUBraves.tv-

http://www.bradleybraves.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400

And as always, is available on WMBD 1470 radio. Out of town fans can listen live at www.1470wmbd.com or by clicking on the link for ther audio stream at the Bradley live event page above.

Bradley (15-13, 9- is tied for 4th place with Creighton (15-14, 9-.
Creighton needs to win this game or risk dropping to a lower seed, while Bradley is assured of playing in the 4-5 game on Friday, March 5 (2:35 pm) in St. Louis. If Bradley wins, they will be the #4 seed. If Creighton wins, Creighton will be the #4 seed, and Bradley #5.

Full MVC standings-

http://www.mvc-sports.com/standings/Standings.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7600

Bradley stats-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/BU.HTM

Creighton stats-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CU.HTM

MVC stats-
overall-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFLDRS.HTM

conference only-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFONLY.HTM

Creighton basketball website-
http://www.gocreighton.com/SportSele...PSID=89381&KEY=

Creighton fans message board-

http://creighton.rivals.com/forum.asp?sid=1209&fid=2688

[pfunk880]

I'm planning on streaming the game Saturday, and I've got a question: should I buy from BUBraves.tv or from Creighton's site? It seems that I can't purchase the game on an individual basis as I've done in the past, but I'm cool with paying for the one-month subscription since it'll be split between a bunch of us. It's $11.95 at Creighton's site and $9.95 at Bradley's. I'd rather not give my money to the filthy Bluejays, but I also want a quality stream, so what would you guys recommend?

[SFP]

I'm planning on streaming the game Saturday, and I've got a question: should I buy from BUBraves.tv or from Creighton's site? It seems that I can't purchase the game on an individual basis as I've done in the past, but I'm cool with paying for the one-month subscription since it'll be split between a bunch of us. It's $11.95 at Creighton's site and $9.95 at Bradley's. I'd rather not give my money to the filthy Bluejays, but I also want a quality stream, so what would you guys recommend?

It all comes from the same stream and the much maligned BU.tv feed has been improved the 2nd 1/2 of the season. You also can wait to see if Channelsurfing gets it!

[pfunk880]

It all comes from the same stream and the much maligned BU.tv feed has been improved the 2nd 1/2 of the season. You also can wait to see if Channelsurfing gets it!

Cool, thanks!

[Future Walk-On]

Braves by 5!!!!!!

[+44]

Does anyone know if Channelsurfing will get it? its really the only way i can watch it here. If not its the internet radio + chat room for me

[Da Coach]

Creighton articles-

Senior Day at Creighton Saturday-

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100225/BLUEJAYS/702259707

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100225/BLUEJAYS/100229725

[PeoriaLou]

http://www.gocreighton.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=89381&SPID=69&DB_OEM_ID=1000&ATCLID=204895435

Television Broadcast Information
Saturday??™s game is the last of nine scheduled telecasts for KMTV this season. Travis Justice and former Bluejay standout Nick Bahe will be on the call. Satellite coordinates are below:

Galaxy 16
K6 6A Digital
U/L - 14.104.13H
D/L - 11.804.13V

Need to call Kouri's and see if they still have their Big Dish Setup. These old C-Band dishes are good for something, as long as they have a digital receiver.

[Da Coach]

BU-Creighton pregame notes from BradleyBraves.com

https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf8/674644.pdf?ATCLID=204895969&SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400

Bradley Basketball Pregame Notes
Game 29 -Bradley Braves (15-13, 9-8 MVC) at Creighton Bluejays (15-14, 9-8 MVC)
Saturday, Feb. 27 - 2:05 p.m. CST - Omaha, Neb. - Qwest Center (17,272)
Series History - Creighton leads 40-39

Television: KMTV - Omaha CBS affiliate.
Radio: 1470 AM WMBD -- Dave Snell (play-by-play), Chuck Buescher (analyst) and Dan DiOrio (studio pregame host)
Online: BradleyBraves.com - Subscription video steams and free audio streams.
Creighton Finale, Again
For the second time in three years Bradley will visit Creighton in the regular-season finale and a possible preview of a quarterfinal matchup of the fourth and fifth seeds in the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament...Unlike two years ago, however, more than uniform color will be on the line for the Bluejays...While Bradley is guaranteed a spot in the 4-5 game at 2:35 p.m. March 5, as the fourth seed with a win and the fifth seed with a loss, Creighton could drop into the No. 6 seed by losing its Senior Day game to the Braves...The last time these two teams met in a similar scenario, Creighton survived a 111-110, double-overtime thriller March 1, 2008 at Qwest Center.
Building Momentum
Bradley will be trying to ride a wave of momentum into the 2010 State Farm MVC Tournament when the Braves visit Creighton Saturday afternoon...Bradley has won five of its last seven games and the two losses were decided in overtime and on a putback basket with less than a minute left...Two of the five wins have come against the league's top two teams, then 18th-ranked UNI, 68-59, and Wichita State, 75-73...The Braves will be shooting for their third, three-game winning streak of the season.
Four-Guard Look
Bradley has utilized a four-guard starting lineup in the last two games and the Braves have gone 2-0 with the small starting lineup...The quartet of Sam Maniscalco, Chris Roberts, Dyricus Simms-Edwards and Andrew Warren have combined to average 58.5 ppg and 16.5 rpg in the last two games.
Did You Know?
Entering Saturday's finale with identical 9-8 league marks, Bradley and Creighton have joined UNI as the only three teams to finish at least .500 in The Valley each of the last five years.
Omaha Hex
Bradley is shooting for its first-ever win at Qwest Center (0-6) and the Braves are trying to end an overall 11-game road skid at Creighton...With a loss Saturday, Bradley would match its longest ever road losing streak to one opponent, equalling a 12-game slide at DePaul (1953-2003) and an active 12-game skid at Louisville (1965-).
Bradley's Longest Road Losing Streaks
12 at Louisville 1965-Present
12 at DePaul 1953-2003
11 at Creighton 1999-Present
With A Win...
Bradley will be finish alone in fourth place in the final MVC regular-season standings and will be the No. 4 seed for next week's State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament...The Braves will earn their third straight win for a third time this year and will ride into the MVC Tournament with six wins in the last eight games...Bradley will achieve double-digit Valley wins for the fourth time in five years, joining Creighton as the only two Valley teams to win at least 10 conference games in four of the last five years.
With A Loss...
The Braves will finish the regular season tied for fifth in The Valley standings with Saturday's Indiana State-Missouri State winner, but will win the tiebreaker with either of those teams for the No. 5 seed for next week's MVC Tournament, where they will play fourth-place Creighton again.
Breaking It Down
A Creighton win Saturday sets up a rematch between Bradley and the Bluejays in Friday's 2:35 p.m. quarterfinal game at the MVC Tournament...If Bradley wins, however, the Braves could face Creighton, Indiana State or Missouri State in the same quarterfinal game:
To Play Creighton Again
Creighton would finish tied for fifth, but would be the tournament's No. 5 seed only if Evansville (at Drake), Indiana State (vs. Missouri State) and UNI (vs. Illinois State) all win Saturday.
Indiana State or Missouri State
If any of those three road teams win Saturday, Bradley would play the winner of the Indiana State-Missouri State game.
Triple Threat
The Bradley trio of junior guard Andrew Warren (14.6 ppg), sophomore forward Taylor Brown (13.6) and junior guard Sam Maniscalco (12.9) combine to score 41.1 ppg...Individually, Warren ranks third, Brown seventh and Maniscalco 10th among Valley players in overall scoring this year...The Valley's next best scoring trio are Illinois State seniors Osiris Eldridge (15.9 ppg), Dinma Odiakosa (13.2) and Lloyd Phillips (10.4) at 39.5 ppg...The Bradley trio also tops The Valley by combining for 43.3 ppg in conference play: Maniscalco (3rd, 15.0 ppg), Warren (4th, 14.9) and Brown (8th, 13.4)...In the 24 games Brown has played this year, the Braves are 9-5 (.643) when the trio combines for at least 40 points, but 4-6 (.400) when they fail to reach 40.
2,000-Point Backcourt
Entering Saturday's regular-season finale, Bradley's junior guard combo of Sam Maniscalco (1,108 ) and Andrew Warren (982) have combined for 2,090 career points...Maniscalco and Warren are the first pair of Bradley juniors to reach 2,000 combined points since the "G-Men" combo of Phillip Gilbert and James Gillingham during the 2002-03 season...Gilbert (1,352 points) and Gillingham (964) ended the 2002-03 season with 2,316 career points and eventually pushed their final overall career total to 3,105 combined points.
Chase To 1,000-Point Club
Bradley junior guard Andrew Warren needs 18 points to become the 44th player in Bradley Basketball history to score 1,000 career points.
Maniscalco In Century Club
After equalling the Missouri Valley Conference record for the most games ever played by a second-year player (74), Bradley junior guard Sam Maniscalco has become just the third three-year Brave to appear in 100 career games...Maniscalco will equal the Bradley record for career games by a three-year player Saturday and can equal the Valley record in Friday's MVC Tournament quarterfinal game.
100 Career Games by 3-Year MVC Players
1. 104 Randal Falker, S. Illinois 2004-07
2. 103 Billy Mann, Bradley 1947-50
5. 102 Sam Maniscalco, Bradley 2007-10
3. 102 Matt Shaw, S. Illinois 2004-07
102 Gene Melchiorre, Bradley 1947-50
6. 100 Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State 2006-09
Maniscalco's Accuracy
Junior guard Sam Maniscalco is shooting 51,8 percent from the field in 17 Valley games...The 6-foot Maniscalco currently is seventh in the league in field goal percentage in Valley play...Maniscalco is the only player standing less than 6-foot-8 inches to rank among the league's top seven most accurate shooters in league play.
How Hot Is Maniscalco?
So just how hot has Sam Maniscalco been from inside the 3-point line this season?...The 6-foot guard is shooting 61.0 percent (72-118 ) from inside the arc on the season, including a scorching 65.9 percent (56-85) in MVC play...Maniscalco's season 2-point field goal percentage currently ranks as the seventh-best in the history of Bradley Basketball for any player with at least 50 2-pointers made...He has a chance to become just the sixth, and easily the shortest, individual in program history with at least 50 2FGM to shoot at least 60 percent from 2-point range for an entire season.
Bradley Season 2-Point FG Pct. (50 FGM)
Luke Jackson, 1987-88 .675 127-188
Roosevelt Davison, 1983-84 .661 111-168
*Joe Allen, 1967-68 .655 258-394
Zach Andrews, 2006-07 .640 155-242
Roosevelt Davison, 1982-83 .638 104-163
Joe Allen, 1966-67 .622 232-373
Sam Maniscalco, 2009-10 .610 72-118
Jerome Robinson, 1998-99 .600 51-85
* NCAA statistical national champion
Second only to Illinois State center Dinma Odiakosa (.629) in 2-point field goal percentage in all games, Maniscalco easily paces The Valley in 2-point field goal percentage through 17 rounds of conference play by shooting 65.9 percent from inside the arc, a margin of 42 points better than the second-most accurate shooter, Southern Illinois' Gene Teague (61.7 percent).
2009-10 MVC 2-FG Pct. (MVC games only)
Minimum 2.5 2FGM/Game
1. Sam Maniscalco, BU .659 56-85
2. Gene Teague, SIU .617 50-81
3. Will Creekmore, MSU .604 61-101
4. Dinma Odiakosa, ILS .594 85-143
5. Jermaine Mallett, MSU .573 47-82
6. Harry Marshall, INS .568 54-95
7. Will Egolf, BU .557 58-106
Jackie Carmichael, ILS .557 49-88
9. Jordan Eglseder, UNI .554 72-130
10. Justin Carter, CU .538 49-91
More Than A Scorer
After dishing out a career-best 10 assists Wednesday versus Wichita State (with no turnovers) junior guard Sam Maniscalco is The Valley's active leader with 323 career assists...With a team-best 99 assists to date so far this season, Maniscalco needs just one more to eclipse 100 assists for a third consecutive season...Maniscalco also owns 102 career steals.
Power Of The Post
Bradley is 11-5 (.688 ) this season when the quartet of sophomore forward Taylor Brown, sophomore center Will Egolf and reserve centers Sam Singh and Anthony Thompson combine for at least 20 points and 10 rebounds...The Braves are 4-8 (.333) when the post quartet falls below the 20-10 standard.
Top Heavy From The Stripe
The high-scoring trio of Andrew Warren, Taylor Brown and Sam Maniscalco pace Bradley's free throw shooting effort this season...Each member of the trio has attempted at least 96 free throws this year and together account for 61.6 percent (248-of-403) of the team's overall free throws made this season...The trio also has combined to shoot 83.5 percent from the line, while the team's other 12 players have combined to shoot just 59.6 percent:
Andrew Warren 82-96 .854
Taylor Brown 80-96 .833
Sam Maniscalco 86-105 .819
Other 12 Players 155-260 .596
Brown's Improvement
Bradley sophomore forward Taylor Brown ranks among the nation's leaders in improved scoring from 2008-09 to this season...After averaging 3.4 ppg last year, Brown is The Valley's seventh-leading scorer at 13.6 ppg...His scoring increase of 10.2 ppg is the best in The Valley and ranks among the nation's top 10 improvements from a year ago.
Getting Defensive
Bradley started the 2010 calendar year by surrendering an average of 85.0 points per game during the first four games of January...Bradley allowed at least 81 points to Southern Illinois, Wichita State, Indiana State and Missouri State, while coming out of the stretch with a 1-3 record...Since that four-game lapse, however, Bradley has allowed just 63.3 ppg on 38.5 percent shooting from the field and 28.2 percent from 3-point range in the last 13 games (8-5)...Six of the last 13 opponents have failed to score more than 60 points.
Recapping The First Meeting
Wednesday, Feb. 24 - at Bradley 75, Wichita State 73 - Carver Arena
Creighton benefitted from a cold start from the field by host Bradley (10-10, 5-5 MVC) and the visiting Bluejays (11-10, 6-4 MVC) held on for a 73-68 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball victory Feb. 24 at Carver Arena...The Braves missed 17 of their first 19 field goal attempts in the opening 13 minutes...Bradley narrowed its deficit to one possession on four different occasions down the stretch, but could never get over the hump...Bradley missed its last four field goal attempts, including game-tying 3-point tries by Chris Roberts, Andrew Warren and Sam Maniscalco inside the final 1:13 before Justin Carter ultimately put the game away by scoring the game's final two points from the free throw line with six seconds left.
The Last Time Out
Wednesday, Feb. 24 - at Bradley 75, Wichita State 73 - Carver Arena
Bradley junior guard Sam Maniscalco capped off his first career double-double by sinking the game's two deciding free throws with 11.7 seconds remaining, leading the Braves (15-13, 9-8 MVC) to a 75-73 Senior Night victory versus Missouri Valley Conference rival Wichita State (22-8, 11-6 MVC) Wednesday night at Carver Arena...The 6-foot guard was in the right place at the right time when the Shockers could not execute a routine inbounds play from midcourt with 14.1 seconds remaining and in position to play for the game's last shot: Shockers guard Clevin Hannah failed to collect the pass into the backcourt from Graham Hatch and Maniscalco scooped up the loose ball and was fouled by Hannah while attempting a transition layup...Bradley jumped on the visitors early by racing to a 25-6 lead with 9:53 left in the first half, but the Shockers steadily chipped away at the deficit and eventually took their first lead, 66-65, when Hannah scored in the paint with 5:31 remaining.
Big Media Numbers
Now in his 31st year as the radio Voice of the Braves, Dave Snell has participated in 949 Bradley Basketball game broadcasts, all in succession, on WMBD AM 1470 since taking over play-by-play duties for the 1979-80 season...Snell was inducted into the Bradley Athletics Hall of Fame Jan. 23...Snell's longtime radio sidekick, Joe Stowell, has been witness to 1,543 Bradley Basketball games in his various roles as player (103, 1947-50); assistant coach (250, 1956-65); head coach (344, 1965-78 ); assistant athletic director (107, 1978-85); and radio analyst (739, 1985-present)...Peoria Journal Star beat writer Dave Reynolds has covered 612 consecutive Bradley Basketball games since taking over the beat for the start of the 1990-91 season.

[BradleyBrave]

11:30 at JBuck's next Friday for the pre-game party...who's in?

[Da Coach]

11:30 at JBuck's next Friday for the pre-game party...who's in?

Has anything official been announced?

[BradleyBrave]

Has anything official been announced?

A fellow alum forwarded me an email saying that the parties (yes, there will be more than one) would be at JBuck's again this year, and start 3 hours before our scheduled tip-off. I don't think anything official from the university has been sent out though.

[QPS]

A fellow alum forwarded me an email saying that the parties (yes, there will be more than one) would be at JBuck's again this year, and start 3 hours before our scheduled tip-off. I don't think anything official from the university has been sent out though.

Info is on the BU Alumni Association website:

https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/BRD/events/BRD2245563.html

[Grassman]

Also postcard in the mail today to Braves Club members. sounds like 3 hrs. before game, as long as Braves are playing.

[Big Mike]

Dave Reynolds on the CU game....

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x1694768041/Creighton-has-seen-frustration