Bradley to play in Thanksgiving tournament

[BradleyJD]

I'll take a wait-and-see, but on the surface, seems like the tourney is a good idea.

We have to wait, we do not know who is in the tourney yet.

[chitown fanatic]

If we're going out east, we might as well make our return trip to Drexel this season too. UMASS was 11-20 last year....really hard to believe teams as good or better than Okie st and Illinois will be in this small tourney. I think we're setting ourselves up to be disappointed in this field.....as for traveling there...not gonna happen...we'll be lucky to get 100 fans to make the trip

[SFP]

It's Thanksgiving guys and where did it all begin? It may be a good little history trip for those tat make it. You could also head to NY, catch the parade and head on up to Mass. on the train. It's not ideal but it is BU basketball. I do hope the other two teams are at least top 50 teams.

[Da Coach]

If we're going out east, we might as well make our return trip to Drexel this season too. UMASS was 11-20 last year....really hard to believe teams as good or better than Okie st and Illinois will be in this small tourney. I think we're setting ourselves up to be disappointed in this field.....as for traveling there...not gonna happen...we'll be lucky to get 100 fans to make the trip

The choice was not between this tournament and last year's with Illinois and Ok. State.
The choice was between this tournament and the others we were being invited to this year.
I am sure if we played in a tournament with several 300+ RPI teams there would be outrage from some people.

[Bravesfan]

I don't know, but it will apparently be decided soon. In the article, it says it is down to 5 candidates from 200 and we should know soon.

Ya but it won't be next year they split for sure right? I would think it is too late this year, and it would be a few years off if it ended up happening.

Oh no. This was just the Kansas AD saying this would probably happen somewhere down the line. First things first though. The tournament expansion to 96 would set up this scenerio down the line. Obviously conference realignment would follow the tournament expansion, and that would be the biggest factor in a possible split. Again this is all still in the discussion stage and may not automatically occur, but it seems like this would be the most logical step for the BCS to hoard more money into their pockets and away from the rest of the NCAA!

Thanks for the explanation of the incoming assistant. Hopefully we'll hear something very soon.