Bradley 90 Drake 64

[BU RICK]

Best game of the Season!

Make every night Senior Night next season.

Best game of the season for Will.

Great game by AW and DD

We won by 26 points ! !

[Braves4Life]

This is what happens when you let the guys play and have fun. There was enough talent this year for this to have happened more often. Great game Braves!!!!!!!

Go get 'em in St. Louis!

[Bravesfan]

A terrific performance by the Braves, and I think even more telling were the postgame speeches by our two outgoing seniors AW and DD. They showed, despite the adversity this team suffered through this year just how tight the Bradley community is, down from the administration, the coaches, down to the players and fans and through everyone else involved with the team. And the coaches have proven over the years that they produce student-athletes who conduct themselves at a morally high level and become model citizens long after their days at Bradley are over.

Now we didn't accomplish the type of season people were hoping for, but AW and DD show that no one player, coach or record is bigger than the program and the Bradley community itself. And considering the nonsense that comes out of many other high level Division I programs, it is most refreshing that Bradley produces such stand-up citizens who will be able to contribute well to society for the rest of their lives. I think a lot of people forget this while not looking beyond the win/loss record. I hope people realize, that while we all want the team to play well, there are many other bigger things that await all of us in life.

[Bravesfan]

This is what happens when you let the guys play and have fun. There was enough talent this year for this to have happened more often. Great game Braves!!!!!!!

Go get 'em in St. Louis!

Uhhh, are you saying that the coaches have not let the players play and have fun before tonight????

[Braves4Life]

Well said Bravesfan!

[Braves4Life]

Uhhh, are you saying that the coaches have not let the players play and have fun before tonight????

I believe that the coaches gave the team the green light on senior night to just go out and have fun. Sometimes that is all that is needed when talented players are highly motivated.

[bigjimmy]

Great game by the Braves. Their most complete one of the year. Great speeches by AW and DD, 2 of the most classiest kids to have played for the Braves. Let's hope we can bottle this effort and take it to St. Louis of Thursday. Hope to see a lot of you die hard Braves fans there.

[Buesch N Chips]

Fantastic night all around! I thought a crucial point was when we were getting close to a 20 point lead, and I felt like if we could get it to 20, that would do it psychologically for everyone. We sputtered around for a few possessions, then we got it, and I knew then that it was done. 4 guys in double figures, won every stat category. I think everyone needed a night like this.

I am going to complain about one thing. Section 18 did not get one t-shirt thrown to it all year. Not one. I think everyone in section 1 got one. Section 18, upper bowl, not one shirt all year.

[Big Mike]

Fun game through-out tonight....really wanted to send DD and AW out on a high note and they seemed to be on the same page with 17 and 33 tonight! Way to go guys!

[thefish7]

What a great way to send off our two seniors. Great effort guys and great preparation by the coaches. Glad at the result, now lets do some damage in st louis!

[Big Mike]

Box score...

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201102260062

[ph]

Great game!

I kept hoping an M V P chant would break out

[Big Mike]

Wessler: in game blog...

http://blogs.pjstar.com/pressrow/2011/02/26/live-blog-bradley-vs-drake/

[BUFanatic]

21c got a few more this year, but we usually get shorted. GREAT JOB BRAVES!!! Way to go out on Senior Night! Really meant a lot to me as a fan, but no matter where I end up next semester, I'm going to go with what our Seniors said "Once a Brave, Always a Brave" Weather that Brave is also a Vol or a Sooner. Let's go take the Valley!!!

[theBUer]

Great game!

I kept hoping an M V P chant would break out

It happened! When AW was escorted by his parents, I could hear the Red Sea chant "MVP!" numerous times. And towards the end, when he was taken out of the game, I could hear it as well. I didn't have a radio with me at the game, but when Herzog noted that his 40 consecutive FT's made was number one in the country some point this season folks got really excited.

This was one heck of a game, yes it mattered merely for pride but it was a great send-off to the seniors. What really boggled me watching BU in the recent past was they'd build a lead, slow down and let the other team catch up. They kept firing on all cylinders, and when Drake would shoot a long-range 3 BU would go inside (DD for instance) or grab a board (example Pross).