SM Chitter Chatter

[BradleyBrave]

I think everybody is forgetting SM will GRADUATE from Bradley (Once a Brave Always a Brave will ALWAYS apply). He is now moving on to Graduate school.... Maybe Bradley Grad school does not have what he is interested in. EVERYBODY should be happy for SM if he moves on and we should only wish him the best. Basketball elsewhere or not!!

Sammy - Congrats on graduating from BU (Not enough has been said about these players and their academics) and best of luck whatever you do!

Carl M.... the same applies to his dad. Thank you for everything you have done!

I wish him the best whether he plays for us or not...as long as he doesn't leave like Danny Granger did.

[SaintLouBrave22]

Well I for once would like to go into consecutive seasons feeling like we're the team to beat and go into tournaments in STL feeling like no one can stop us and the automatic bid is ours to lose!

The former hasn't happened since the mid 90's and the latter has never happened! I have never once felt like we were destined to win the tournament...while Creighton feels like they can and should win it every year!

Everyone hates them in STL but truth of the matter is that we all probably wish we were as cocky as they are going in to Arch Madness

[Future Walk-On]

Back to the topic, I think it would be a mistake to SM to go to U of I. They already have so many talented guards there as it is. He would not play more than 20 mins a game and would serve as a back up point guard at best. His limatations defensively would also show a lot more in b10 play IMO

Have you ever watched DJ, Brandon, or Crandall try to bring the ball up the floor?

[shaunguth]

I think everybody is forgetting SM will GRADUATE from Bradley (Once a Brave Always a Brave will ALWAYS apply). He is now moving on to Graduate school.... Maybe Bradley Grad school does not have what he is interested in. EVERYBODY should be happy for SM if he moves on and we should only wish him the best. Basketball elsewhere or not!!

Sammy - Congrats on graduating from BU (Not enough has been said about these players and their academics) and best of luck whatever you do!

Carl M.... the same applies to his dad. Thank you for everything you have done!

+1

[Braves4Life]

I think everybody is forgetting SM will GRADUATE from Bradley (Once a Brave Always a Brave will ALWAYS apply).

+2

[Braves4Life]

We'll be lucky to get back to Jim Les invitational (The 4/5 game on Friday in the tournament). Even if Taylor can come back, I don't think him and DSE can lead us to a conference title on their own. JP will help as well, but we're still going to be lacking that true point guard that SM would give. DS can play PG, but I don't think he'll be ready to be a starter his Freshman year. DSE can play PG as well, but he's more of a natural SG. WL could play point as well, but nowhere near as well as Sammy. I really hope SM's back next year.

If this nucleus of players came back I think they could make a run with the right coach. DSE looked good at PG in the second half of the year and I think he would be ready (with Stewart's assistance) to handle BU's point guard duties.

Now, whether these players come back is a whole other topic for debate.

[LG281]

I was responding to the post regarding finishing top 3 in the Valley, which isu has has done in three of the last four seasons.

I would rather have our last six years than their last four.

SO WHAT? I'd rather have our last 100 than a lot of other schools...duh. Would you rather have our last four or their last four?

Better finishes, stolen recruits (although I wasn't really impressed with wilkins) and we only won 2 of 8 vs them over that time period. I'd rather have their last four years.

[Buesch N Chips]

We'll be lucky to get back to Jim Les invitational (The 4/5 game on Friday in the tournament).

Stay classy.

[Future Walk-On]

We'll be lucky to get back to Jim Les invitational (The 4/5 game on Friday in the tournament).

-5 or 4 lol

[tornado]

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Carl M.... the same applies to his dad. Thank you for everything you have done!

Ditto -- the Maniscalcos are the finest Bradley fans -- loyal, dedicated, tireless in doing extras to support and help Bradley thrive...
However you define a loyal devotee, a fan, or a BRAVE, the Maniscalcos are the best....
we could use hundreds -- even thousands more like them....

Sammy is finishing up and will get his degree in two months...he is looking at graduate schools and also still has a year of eligibility.....
yet we have so-called Bradley fans who are criticizing and attacking...so you decide where the lack of class is.........

[shaunguth]

SO WHAT? I'd rather have our last 100 than a lot of other schools...duh. Would you rather have our last four or their last four?

Better finishes, stolen recruits (although I wasn't really impressed with wilkins) and we only won 2 of 8 vs them over that time period. I'd rather have their last four years.

Just trying to point out that I'd rather have our last six, which included a Sweet 16, than their last four, which included three top 3 finishes. It seems to me there are people that would rather "contend" every year than make some noise on the national stage. Since isu fits that criteria perfectly, I thought it was a valid comparison.

[LG281]

Just trying to point out that I'd rather have our last six, which included a Sweet 16, than their last four, which included three top 3 finishes. It seems to me there are people that would rather "contend" every year than make some noise on the national stage. Since isu fits that criteria perfectly, I thought it was a valid comparison.

Still didn't answer the question - our last four or their last four?

[Future Walk-On]

Still didn't answer the question - our last four or their last four?

they are ISU...... OUR LAST 4

[shaunguth]

Still didn't answer the question - our last four or their last four?

I kind of did, since our last four doesn't include a Sweet 16. I'm still not sure what was so hard to understand about my initial post. Someone said they want us to consistently "contend" and finish top 3. I would rather make noise in the NCAA tournament. Therefore, I would rather have our last six than their last four. I really didn't think it was that complicated.

[BradleyJD]

I guess it's how you define success. For me, it is making the NCAA tournament and having at least some success there.

I would define success as winning league titles, winning Tournament titles, going to the NCAA's on a semi-regular basis.