BU vs. Creighton Friday, March 5, 2:35 pm

[Future Walk-On]

Biggest game of the year for BU!

Biggest game in JL's Tenure you mean.

[Da Coach]

Dave Reynolds' MVC notebook-

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x1520846964/MVC-notebook-Redbirds-set-up-for-a-deep-tournament-run

Dave reported this-
Ticket sales down: All-session tickets to this year??™s tournament, totaling 6,335, are down 13 percent from last year??™s figure of 7,246 and 22 percent below the all-time high of 8,141 of 2008.
Valley officials point to the flagging economy and competitively down years by some traditionally well-supported schools.
Creighton has shown the biggest decline, down from 1,744 to 1,125. Others showing big dropoffs are Bradley (from 924 to 600), Illinois State (from 1100 to 850), Drake (from 500 to 225), Evansville (from 300 to 180) and Southern Illinois (from 1100 to 1000).
Teams on the upswing are Wichita State (from 687 to 990), Northern Iowa (from 407 to 757) and Missouri State (from 380 to 500).

[Da Coach]

From the Omaha World Herald-

Altman doesn't relish rematch with Bradley

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100303/BLUEJAYS/703039806

[real fan]

The part that gets me is them saying both teams know what to expect, a few added wrinkles would be nice plus a good start where we jump out to the lead and make them try to play catchup.

[SFP]

From the Omaha World Herald-

Altman doesn't relish rematch with Bradley
http://www.omaha.com/article/2010030...JAYS/703039806

I hope we are in the same boat! Made me laugh.



" "Altman was asked if he's concerned his team might be overlooking Bradley since it already has beaten the Braves twice.



???I don't think overconfidence has been a problem with this team all year,??? he said, laughing. ???When you're 16-14, you don't have to worry about that too much.??? "

[LittleBrave]

Intensity for 40 minutes on D and edge in rebounding = WIN!

[Da Coach]

Bradley is a 3 1/2 point underdog-

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/teams/team-page.cfm/team/bradley

[Future Walk-On]

if BU plays like I have believed they can all year....as in shoot well and run the pick and roll well...we win....if we quintuple team lawson their shooters are bound to hit a few.....hmmm even i can hit college threes....we better hope they go cold....i will be

[Future Walk-On]

???Charge on, Charge on Bradley,

March right down the field,

Foes may press you,

Foes may even stress you,

But we??™ll never yield.



Fight for Alma Mater,

Plunge right thru to victory.

Fight on , Fight on Bradley,

And fight for varsity!???

[Big Mike]

Dave Reynolds.....

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x1483434372/Braves-want-to-be-in-a-zone-against-the-zone

Kirk Wessler....

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x1944920848/Wessler-Creighton-s-success-proves-all-inclusive

[QPS]

Does anyone know of a Chicago area radio station that will carry this game?

[SFP]

Does anyone know of a Chicago area radio station that will carry this game?

The audio will be streamed! You can get the stream from BU.TV or the Valley's web-site.

[jeffsu]

The audio will be streamed! You can get the stream from BU.TV or the Valley's web-site.

And when in doubt (or your work computers suck, a la mine!) just search Google for "WMBD 1470 live stream" and you can find some different sites. My work one doesn't let me access MVC's website, or bu.tv... and doesn't have Flash installed so I couldnt get it from WMBD's site. But this one worked:

http://radiotime.com/station/s_30902/WMBD_1470.aspx

My co-workers will look at me funny when I start yelling at 2:35

[Bravesfan]

Thanks for all the work, shaunguth! Very interesting numbers.

Agreed! That took a lot of time I bet.

[Bravesfan]

Dave Reynolds' MVC notebook-

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x1520846964/MVC-notebook-Redbirds-set-up-for-a-deep-tournament-run

Dave reported this-
Ticket sales down: All-session tickets to this year??™s tournament, totaling 6,335, are down 13 percent from last year??™s figure of 7,246 and 22 percent below the all-time high of 8,141 of 2008.
Valley officials point to the flagging economy and competitively down years by some traditionally well-supported schools.
Creighton has shown the biggest decline, down from 1,744 to 1,125. Others showing big dropoffs are Bradley (from 924 to 600), Illinois State (from 1100 to 850), Drake (from 500 to 225), Evansville (from 300 to 180) and Southern Illinois (from 1100 to 1000).
Teams on the upswing are Wichita State (from 687 to 990), Northern Iowa (from 407 to 757) and Missouri State (from 380 to 500).

This makes sense. Aside from some economic issues, the three teams that went up in ticket sales are the three that have improved the most from last year. Economy or not, I'm predicting a much stronger year next year as this conference will hopefully produce three or four teams in at-large contention.