Bradley completes schedule

[tornado]

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The key is a strong RPI.

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perhaps this was accurate in 2005-2006 but clearly it's now shown it is NOT always true....with teams whose RPIs are in the 30's and even 20's being ignored..and "favored" BCS teams whose RPI's are 60s & almost 70 and losing records in their conferences who do get bids...and there's even comments made by people with insider knowledge to the Selection Committee saying the RPI is meaningless...they use the purely subjective "eye test" now.....

[Nacho]

The closed scrimmage will be against Iowa State this year. It is tentatively planned for the weekend of October 30-31, and the site has yet to be agreed on.

If Iowa State utilizes all their redshirting transfers, they could be a pretty good team to scrimmage against. Only Darion "Jake" Anderson, a post-graduate transfer from Northern Illinois, will be eligible to play this season for Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg. The other transfers, Royce White (from Minnesota), Chris Babb (from Penn State), Chris Allen (from Michigan), Anthony Booker (from SIU), and John Lamb (from Morehead State) all would be allowed to participate in the scrimmage I believe, but will have to sit out the regular season before they are eligible to play next season.
How much would Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg utilize these redshirting transfers? I would think he would want to prepare his team for the season, and thus I doubt the transfers would play much.

Here is Iowa State's roster- quite a few freshman and a new juco transfer-
http://www.cyclones.com/SportSelect....b_oem_id=10700

I believe Chris Allen was from Michigan State...

[Da Coach]

Did I get the spelling and punctuation correct?

[squirrelgotdead]

And we would be seeing a non-conference schedule like we had to endure in the 70's. We have had some pretty good programs come into Carver since the Braves moved downtown. that wouldn't have came to the Fieldhouse, much less a 4200 seat facilty. When are some people going to realize that there are more season ticket holders than seats in the new gym. I guess throw them under the bus so the students can finally get to a game.

Again. . .we aren't able to get the same types of games we did 10 or even 15 years ago. We've been marginalized in that market because our buy amounts haven't increased the way others have and as the market's been flooded by teams taking buys and with more BCS schools doing the buying, the level of team we traditionally have had at Carver have all but disappeared because either they are doing the buying or going on the road only to BCS-level programs.

In order to get the games you want, BU needs to make more money in athletics, plain and simple. That is part of what is driving the move to get games on-campus.

More home games = more money + more wins + better opponents at Carver

Quite frankly, it will be increasingly difficult without making the move or obtaining a larger arena.

For 1-2 games can make a WORLD of difference.

[Buesch N Chips]

Dang, some of you are so negative. Just quit beating around the bush and make "I hate Jim Les" your signature.

[BradleyJD]

Dang, some of you are so negative. Just quit beating around the bush and make "I hate Jim Les" your signature.

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[tornado]

The closed scrimmage will be against Iowa State.....

If Iowa State utilizes all their redshirting transfers, they could be a pretty good team to scrimmage against. Only Darion "Jake" Anderson, a post-graduate transfer from Northern Illinois...

Darion Anderson received his NCAA waiver to play this year

http://www.gocyclones.com/news.php?ID=3166

[Nacho]

Did I get the spelling and punctuation correct?

Only reason I noticed is because I am a Michigan fan and knew he wasn't there... no harm intendted

[dogsrus]

What

Just makes you scratch your head sometimes doesn't it.......

[MacabreMob]

Dang, some of you are so negative. Just quit beating around the bush and make "I hate Jim Les" your signature.

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Just makes you scratch your head sometimes doesn't it.......

I'm with you guys on this one (JD and dogs) - I almost burst out loud laughing when I saw B-N-C's post.

[Chico]

Again. . .we aren't able to get the same types of games we did 10 or even 15 years ago. We've been marginalized in that market because our buy amounts haven't increased the way others have and as the market's been flooded by teams taking buys and with more BCS schools doing the buying, the level of team we traditionally have had at Carver have all but disappeared because either they are doing the buying or going on the road only to BCS-level programs.

In order to get the games you want, BU needs to make more money in athletics, plain and simple. That is part of what is driving the move to get games on-campus.

More home games = more money + more wins + better opponents at Carver

Quite frankly, it will be increasingly difficult without making the move or obtaining a larger arena.

For 1-2 games can make a WORLD of difference.

Michigan, Michigan St, Illinois, Villanova just to name a few teams that wouldn't come to town to play in a high school size gym, but have played at Carver. College basketball has changed over the last 40 years or so with most, but not all, major powers having larger playing facilities than they used to have in the "old days". The Fieldhouse was a great place to watch a game back then, but the Braves outgrew it. It's always nice when I go to another arena and think "this is a good facility, but for a mid-major Bradley has a place they can play and accomodate all their fans which is, in most cases, just as good or better." It would be good to have an on-campus arena, but face the facts, parking was a problem during the Fieldhouse days and 1 parking deck wouldn't solve that problem. I used to walk to the Fieldhouse from West Peoria in all kinds of weather. How many of us would want to do that now?

[Chico]

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Ditto JD.

[Out of Balance]

Dang, some of you are so negative. Just quit beating around the bush and make "I hate Jim Les" your signature.

Please, Come On Man

[Out of Balance]

Michigan, Michigan St, Illinois, Villanova just to name a few teams that wouldn't come to town to play in a high school size gym, but have played at Carver. College basketball has changed over the last 40 years or so with most, but not all, major powers having larger playing facilities than they used to have in the "old days". The Fieldhouse was a great place to watch a game back then, but the Braves outgrew it. It's always nice when I go to another arena and think "this is a good facility, but for a mid-major Bradley has a place they can play and accomodate all their fans which is, in most cases, just as good or better." It would be good to have an on-campus arena, but face the facts, parking was a problem during the Fieldhouse days and 1 parking deck wouldn't solve that problem. I used to walk to the Fieldhouse from West Peoria in all kinds of weather. How many of us would want to do that now?

Horse Die

[Buesch N Chips]

My point was that some of you seem like you just cannot find the good in a situation without painting it negative in some way. Nothing is good enough. The Illini people do the same thing with Bruce Weber. Schedule comes out, people groan. New recruit comes in, we get "where's the big man". New scoreboard, people cry because it says Home and not Bradley. Fantastic new facilities where the students could more easily attend a game? People whine and threaten to yank their tickets (as if anyone cares) because of it. Get over yourself. The team would be fine without you.

I'm all for the occasional frustration, I have had them myself, but gee gosh willikers, I just don't understand the appeal of always finding the negative side of things, unless there is a longing for failure. I remember a time where people wanted John Shoop to fail, because they hated what he was doing, and the vitriol towards him made them criticize everything he did. Bear fans actually wanted the offense to look so bad that he would be canned, with the whole firejohnshoop.com nonsense. That's the impression I get from some of you on here. Everything is bad, focusing on what is not accomplished, rather than what is.

That's why I started the expectations thread, so we could get some of those people to talk before the season, instead of all of the revisionist stuff after the fact.

Whatever. When all is said and done, after the season, hopefully everyone will be happy.