Next game: BU at Creighton, Wed. 1/19/11, 7:05 pm

[Da Coach]

BU (6-12, 0-7) at Creighton (12-7, 4-3) --

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Bradley Basketball Visits Creighton Wednesday Courtesy: BradleyBraves.com
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2010-11 Bradley Basketball Game Notes
Game 19 - Bradley (6-12, 0-7 MVC) at Creighton (12-7, 4-3 MVC)
Wednesday, Jan. 19 - 7:05 p.m. CST - Omaha, Neb. - Qwest Center OMAHA (17,260)
Series History - Creighton leads 41-40

Television: WTVP World -- Frank Bussone (play-by-play) and Chad Kleine (analyst)
Radio: 1470 AM WMBD -- Dave Snell (play-by-play), Jim DeRose (analyst) and Dan DiOrio (in-studio pregame host)
Online: BradleyBraves.com -- subscription video streams, free audio streams and live stats
Mobile: BravesMobile.com -- live stats
Tickets: $12 Adults; $8 Youth -- available at Qwest Center OMAHA Box Office, all TicketMaster outlets or online at www.GoCreighton.com.
THE STORYLINE
Bradley will be trying to snap its longest losing streak in seven years in a venue where the Braves have yet to taste victory -- Qwest Center Omaha ... Bradley's seven-game skid to start The Valley season is the team's longest losing streak since an eight-game slide from Jan. 5-28, 2004 ... The Braves have not won in Omaha since a 61-58 victory Jan. 17, 1998 and the Braves are 0-7 all-time at Qwest Center OMAHA ...The 12-game losing streak at Creighton equals the longest road skid Bradley ever has suffered against another opponent.
WITH A WIN
Bradley will ... Snap its longest losing streak in seven years ... Earn its first win of 2011 ... Earn its first Valley win of the season ... Give head coach Jim Les his first-ever win at Creighton and give him a win in every venue in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Creighton will ... Snap a two-game overall losing streak ... End a two-game home losing streak.
AGAINST THE BLUEJAYS
Wednesday's game will be the 82nd in the all-time series between Bradley and Creighton, which dates back to a 52-46 Braves victory in a non-conference clash Feb. 13, 1941 at the Peoria Armory ... The Bluejays have won 18 of the last 22 meetings to take a 41-40 lead in the all-time series ... Coming off its 81-62 win against the Bluejays in the quarterfinals of the 2010 State Farm MVC Tournament, Bradley is seeking consecutive wins against Creighton for the first time since sweeping the 1997-98 regular-season series ... Creighton and Missouri State are the only two current Valley members with winning records against the Braves.
COACHING MATCHUP
The dean of Missouri Valley Conference head coaches, ninth-year Bradley head coach Jim Les is 4-15 all-time against Creighton, including 0-8 on the road against the Bluejays ... First-year Creighton head coach Greg McDermott is facing Bradley for the first time as Creighton's head coach, but he s 6-7 all-time against the Braves -- 1-2 at Iowa State and 5-5 at UNI ... Les owned a 7-4 all-time record against McDermott's previous two teams, 5-3 against UNI and 2-1 versus Iowa State.
LOOKING AHEAD
Bradley will remain on the road for four of its next six games, continuing a two-game away swing Sunday afternoon at Evansville ... The 1:05 p.m. tip against the Purple Aces will be Bradley's first afternoon game of the season ... Sunday's game at Evansville will be televised in Central Illinois on WTVP World ... Following this two-game road swing, Bradley will make a brief appearance at home Jan. 26 to host Illinois State in the season's first installment of the Interstate 74 Rivalry series.

[Buesch N Chips]

Jim DeRose?

[Da Coach]

Danny Adams must have another commitment. I know his job sometimes conflicts with the game dates.

[AZ BU Fan]

Play hard, play smart, shoot free throws, and REBOUND!
Forget about the score!

[BUBraves04]

Danny Adams must have another commitment. I know his job sometimes conflicts with the game dates.

Danny Adams will be in San Diego. He said on the post-game it's a national sales conference for his "real job".

[LittleBrave]

For those interested, tomorrow night's game is scheduled to appear on ESPN3.com
I checked the site, and it's listed this time.

The last game that was supposed to be on ESPN3.com was vs. SIU.
It only appeared on BU's ESPN.com schedule, but never made it onto the ESPN3.com site. Hope it doesn't vanish at the last minute.

Isn't the game also on Creighton's website? I vaguely remember someone posting that some station affiliated with Creighton will carry the game.

[LittleBrave]

It's kinda' frustrating that I've seen more BU hoops the last 2 seasons than the 10 seasons before it put together. (since moving to Chicago) Saw about 4 games during the Sweet 16 season, and 4 games the following year.

Now I'm watching 15 games per year and wondering how the heck we managed to get to the NIT, let along the Big Dance...let alone the Sweet 16!!

[Future Walk-On]

Now we play a team that is BIG and can REBOUND

L

[AZ BU Fan]

.... wondering how the heck we managed to get to the NIT, let along the Big Dance...let alone the Sweet 16!!

The S16 team had some studs on it. Was tall (POB) and big (ZA) inside, with a good 4, and leadership on the floor. With the "aircraft carrier", BU could press, and overplay on the perimeter as no one wanted to drive the lane with POB, or, ZA in the middle.

[Big Mike]

Reynolds: Struggling Braves not in a good place....

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/news/x684392816/Struggling-Braves-not-in-a-good-place

[LittleBrave]

This board couldn't be much more dead on a BU gameday.
But there isn't much to talk about...at least much positive at this point.
I was looking f/w to discussing our resume for getting an At-Large berth at this point in the season...instead we're thinking about how we can rise above a winless ISU (red) team at the #9 spot in our conference's RPI.
...and dreaming of next year's newcomers taking over the Valley on our way to a championship under our Sweet 16 Coach!

[tornado]

Of course during a losing streak interest is off a bit but the board is far from dead.....
and if you compare to any other board around here BradleyFans is thriving and active...

By virtually any measure you wish to choose, current fans online, active posts over the past day or two, etc...it is still the busiest board among all those in the Valley...and it's not even close!

BTW -- Creighton's board didn't even have a thread about tonight's game against Bradley until 10:48AM -- just a few minutes ago, and it still doesn't even have a single view!!!!

Their thread about last weekend's game with Indiana State maxxed out with only 300 views & 12 responses, while our thread from the last game with MSU has 50 responses and well over 1200 views...

[LittleBrave]

By virtually any measure you wish to choose, current fans online, active posts over the past day or two, etc...it is still the busiest board among all those in the Valley...and it's not even close!

BTW -- Creighton's board didn't even have a thread about tonight's game against Bradley until 10:48AM -- just a few minutes ago, and it still doesn't even have a single view!!!!
...

I'm just disappointed that there is little excitement about tonight's game - not disappointed in anyone on this board, but just disappointed that we're not able to discuss any scenarios except who we may face on Thursday's play-in game. My comments were in reference to today, because we're playing the 'Jays in Omaha, which I would think usually prompts a lot of discussion leading up to the game.

This board is totally awesome - didn't mean to make it sound like this board is pathetic. Sorry if it sounded that way, but was not my intention. I have only been on Bradleyfans for a little more than a year - just remember even with last season's 16-15 record, there was more hype and talk about our upcoming games, even when we were out of contention for the Valley crown. It's just sad that we don't have much on the line and we're not even halfway through the conf. season.

[shaunguth]

The S16 team had some studs on it. Was tall (POB) and big (ZA) inside, with a good 4, and leadership on the floor. With the "aircraft carrier", BU could press, and overplay on the perimeter as no one wanted to drive the lane with POB, or, ZA in the middle.

That.....and it was a fluke.....and Jim Les was apparently not yet completely responsible for the basketball program as he is today.

[Monmouth_Bradley_Fan]

Anyone know how an out of towner can watch this game? Not showing up on ESPN3 or channelsurfing, and not looking to pay for b.tv...? Thanks!