Bradley vs Duke

[real fan]

Great game to schedule as we will be playing the National Champion team with nothing to lose and everything to gain, great exposure for the program.

[tornado]

Good job Bobby........

was anyone there for this game...
At the Fieldhouse....December 23, 1950:
Bradley 93 - Duke 58! (just a couple years before Coach K was there)

(btw- that season we beat Houston Dec 2, Oregon State Dec. 7, DePaul Dec. 9, Purdue Dec. 13, Georgia Tech Dec. 16, UCLA Dec. 19, Duke Dec. 23, Indiana Dec. 27, and Syracuse Dec. 29, not a bad month...
later in January we also beat St. john's, Oklahoma State, Pittsburg, and Stanford!)

[Da Coach]

This news is finally out- officially.
I think Dave Reynolds was able to get confirmation on this, only because the story had leaked out earlier than BU wanted. Some details of the game are yet to be determined, but I heard that a date is already set.

But I have heard that this agreement to play at Duke was secured several weeks ago, and in fact, has been "in the works" for a few years, as our coach has been acquainted with Coach K for many years.

Great job with the scheduling BU! We could have just scheduled a whole bunch of patsies, like Illinois State and others do, but our coach, AD, and team would rather work to put together the best schedule possible.

[chitown fanatic]

An absolutely fantastic get by BU! I had begged Ken for years to do buy games with the big boys...looks like Dr Cross is on board with that idea! It's a no lose for BU as long as they don't get pasted. SOS alone is now a non-issue despite the weakness of most of the rest of our schedule. Excellent job!

[BradleyBrave]

Great job everyone involved, and way to make a splash with the scheduling Dr. Cross. All of the sudden we've got one heck of a non-conference schedule...

[BUBrave28]

FISTPUMP! If I knew the date, I would already schedule a day off work.

Speaking of, what does our non-con look like? I know Duke, USC, Utah, Western Carolina, and a couple preliminary games for the HOF Tournament off the top of my head.

[Fyrebyrd]

That Utah game has me confused. I'm assuming they will still honor our game, but that is no longer apart of the MVC-MWC challenge right?

[TheAsianSensation]

In a 5 year span, we've had:

Butler (x4)
Oklahoma St
Michigan St (x3)
Illinois (x2)
Florida
Duke
(BYU too, but that was set up for us)

Plus multiple games against BCS teams on a lesser tier (DePaul, Iowa, Iowa St)

Daggum, whatever we're doing about scheduling, keep doing it.

[TheAsianSensation]

That Utah game has me confused. I'm assuming they will still honor our game, but that is no longer apart of the MVC-MWC challenge right?

Utah is playing '10-'11 in the Mountain West before leaving for '11-'12. So it's a part of the challenge and all.

[shaunguth]

Great job with the scheduling BU! We could have just scheduled a whole bunch of patsies, like Illinois State and others do, but our coach, AD, and team would rather work to put together the best schedule possible.

What? No Grambling State?

Thanks to everyone involved in "pimping" us out to the "big boys". Your efforts are greatly appreciated by this Bradley fan!

[MacabreMob]

This is great!

I wonder if we know anyone in NC who can hook any of us up for this game?

[Nacho]

Great get by the braves...

[Grassman]

Hmmmm......

Good Catch Dogs, I am impressed

[sousaman2089]

Since we all know a lot about their returning players after watching them win it all, anyone have any good insight on their incoming freshmen?

[LittleBrave]

Best news since we beat UNI back in February!

Now let's get MO on the roster (not much we can do about it, I know) and this off-season will be a great success!

2 reputable Assistant coaches on board
signing Walter Lemon
adding a couple Braves for the future (AD & JB)
adding Duke to non-conf. schedule
Getting players back to 100% health

The JW saga is no longer the main post (thankfully). Too bad he won't get the opportunity to play Duke (or a worthy non-conf. opponent!)