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Originally posted by Da Coach
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It's also bad that they have to review so many calls, just to confirm that the original call was right. And that most of the foul calls were LATE. -
Tonight's officiating will win no prizes, but as far as worst officiated game, I don't think I'll see a worse one than this year's ISU game at home.Originally posted by Da Coach View PostComment
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Did anyone see when....might have been Ned Cox or Lacey slid about 3 feet and they didn't call a travel...they called the block after the travel...
most fun i have ever had at a game in a long time....team is playing so well.
did anyone notice that there were 10 GUARDS on the floor for about 10 game time minutes? I have never seen that before.Comment
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Originally posted by Future Walk-On View Post
I don't think it was 10 minutes, but for several mninutes late in the 2nd half Bradley had Warren, DSE, Walt Lemon, Jake, and Dodie on the floor at the same time that Evansville had Kenny Harris, Colt Ryan, Denver Holmes, Ned Cox, and Kavon Lacey on the floor. Harris is not really a guard, but he is only 6'5". But then Evansville took Harris out and replaced him with Lewis Jones (I think), and for a couple minutes there were 10 guards on the floor at the same time. Then AW got his 5th foul and Will Egolf replaced him.Comment
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Reynolds:Braves sail past the Aces...
Reynolds: Bradley report card...when is the last time you saw all A's?
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Gotta agree with Braveman here...about 7500-8000 actually in the building. DC, 1/3 of your section was empty! How does that happen when someone pays that much for those seats?Originally posted by Da Coach View Post
As far as the game goes, BU continues to peak at the right time of the year. This was what I was hoping/expecting to see the whole league season. DSE is really 'getting it' and turning into a guy who could be all-MVC by the time he graduates. Just an awesome game for him. In the 2nd half he got the ball and acted like he was the best guy on the floor. Great to see. JP continues to improve, I wish he got the ball more. Jake doesn't give you much offensively, but was very active defensively. Andrew Warren really never got in the flow...and still score 17 in 24 minutes. This team is more than watchable again. I think JL said it right on the postgame when he said the staff could only say so much positively - they had to get a 'W' to believe it. Once they got the 'W' against CU, the level of play has gone up exponentially compared to earlier in the league season. Honestly, we should be talking about 5th or 6th right now instead of 9th or 10th.
Overall, a fun game, as the last 4 have all been. But it breaks your heart when you see this group is 9-17. They shouldn't be. But a fun game to attend, and a fun one for the alums who came down for the weekend.Onward and Upward!
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I can't wait to hear about how someone at the local rag tells readers this was a game between 2 really bad teams.
Oh, wait... Evansville isn't a really bad team, right? They have a few more wins than a couple really bad teams in the MVC.Comment
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I also disagree...I stood and surveyed the crowd and saw only a handful of empty seats with BUTTS in the seats all the way to the TOP ROW along both sidelines and also on the north end of the arena..Originally posted by Braveman View Post
This was a great crowd, clearly over 10K.....
BUT did you see this comment in our local press??
per Kirk Wessler...
".. an Alumni Weekend crowd announced as 10,019, easily the largest
and most enthusiastic gathering of the season at Carver Arena."
Of course there were empty seats -- it wasn't a sell out -- 10K is still almost 1.5K short of a sellout.Originally posted by Braveman View Post
...so I guess if you are sitting in the middle of 1,500 empty seats you might have a different perspective
than those who are sitting in the middle of 10,000 occupied seats....
...and are you saying the walk up crowd bought a bunch of tickets, then chose not to sit in those seats?
Just who, among non-season ticket holders would buy a bunch of seats and then not use them?
If you want to see a crowd that is exaggerated, check this one out last night in B-N...
http://www.replayphotos.com/illinois...Dennis%20BanksComment
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Here are the only photos available from the PJ Star. The seats look pretty full to me-
and from BradleyBraves.com-
We might have some more pictures later that show the crowd, and it will be even more obvious that the lower bowl was pretty full with few no-shows.
I continue to be amazed by the attendance-minimizers we always have among our fan base. It seems like an obsession to some to rush home after games and post about how small the attendance was. Then when they are disputed and cannot provide any proof for their low estimates, they run over to the other board that nobody looks at and take their shots at the good fans here who are telling it like it is.
No matter who's attendance figures we use, even if we believe the minimizers, Bradley is still drawing the 3rd highest attendance in the conference, despite losing their 2 MVC preseason All-Conference players, despite losing their first 11 games and sitting in last place, and despite the terrible weather and economy this area has been strapped with this winter. They are drawing significantly better than a 1st place team (Missouri State), and drawing many thousands per game more than any other team in the MVC other than CU and WSU! That shows tremendous support for this team, and I challenge anyone to show a "last place team" anywhere in America that gets this kind of support. To the dismay of the negative-nellies and the Debbie-downers, this team is well supported and is putting things together at the right time. IMO, the future looks good.Comment
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Well, the Cubs beat us in attendance for bad play, and they get much earlier in the season, "mathematically eliminated" articles than we do, too.Comment
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Now back to game play, While JP needs to keep improving his D, If he got a few more minutes and more touches per minute, he'd be putting up monster numbers!
And perhaps a side effect of Drew in foul trouble, but I loved, in the 2nd half that everyone continued playing their scrappy best, even after we got a 10 point lead, we didn't let up! I think everyone knew they could never relax and wait for Drew. And of course the lead let JL bring in the bench at the end. That's how games are supposed to end!Comment
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I would agree but more in the upper bowl then we have had all season except for ISU game. I would say closer to 8500-9000 actual then 10,000 but a lot more then 7500.Originally posted by Braveman View Post
Great crowd and they actually made some noise tonight. It would be nice to see that for the last 2 home games.Comment
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Ive only missed 2 home games since about 1992.....so Ive seen a fair number of crowds at PCC....there had to be quite a bit more than 7500 people at this game...when I walked in about 1 minute before tip..the first I said was "Wow, Big Crowd tonight"...Im thinking easily 9500+, and wouldn't be surprised if it was actually 10,000.
Just my opinion from observation.DUBL R 1
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I thought the crowd was definitely bigger than 7500. It was a bigger crowd than teams with better records seem to draw! I also believe we continue to see why JE should be getting more minutes than WLJ at this point! I wish we had more coaches' sons on the team as he seems to be the "smartest" player on this team.
Great win Braves!???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12Comment
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For me I think the play of the year occurred around the 8 minute mark and Bradley rebounded 3 or 4 missed shots and set the play up all over again. That series was capped off finally by a 3 pointer from DSE (I think) and a standing ovation from a loyal BU crowd that's been looking for that kind of effort and scrappiness all year. I know it brought me out of my seat from in front of the computer.
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