Hows this for positive!

[Bradleyfan1]

Whats your favorite moment on or off the court, with a current Bradley player, coach, fellow fan, or just plain ol moment? Lets reflect on the good and remember its not all bad. For me its The progression and growth of TB all he's been through on and off the court good and bad and how he has played this yr and how i expect the end of his run will go is just plain great! Be this before we upset the bluebirds tonight that will then become a instant classic for me! Go Braves!

[wily coyote]

Whats your favorite moment on or off the court, with a current Bradley player, coach, fellow fan, or just plain ol moment? Lets reflect on the good and remember its not all bad. For me its The progression and growth of TB all he's been through on and off the court good and bad and how he has played this yr and how i expect the end of his run will go is just plain great! Be this before we upset the bluebirds tonight that will then become a instant classic for me! Go Braves!

I'm with you on that one but a close second is taking money from B12 on the golf courses down here in the Villages. B12's been a fan since he was a little boy going to the fieldhouse with his Dad so we watch all the games down here on the computer. Go Braves beat the Jays.

[SFP]

Recent moment when I was the only BU fan at a bar when we were playing Kansas in the Sweet 16 and how I rallied all the non Kansas fans to support BU. How sweet that game was!

[Chico]

Recent moment when I was the only BU fan at a bar when we were playing Kansas in the Sweet 16 and how I rallied all the non Kansas fans to support BU. How sweet that game was!

I was at Benchwarmers sports bar in Mesa for the Kansas game. We were in our Bradley shirts and a Kansas fan walked by and said he had never heard of Bradley or Peoria. I ask him how long he'd been a basketball fan. He said "forever". Then I ask him if he ever heard of my buddy Bert Born. He said Bert was one of his all time favorites. I told him he wasn't much of a basketball fan, or for that matter a Kansas fan, if he never heard of Bradley because he was older than me, believe it or not, and the Braves used to be one of the nation's basketball powers when I was a kid and Bert graduated from Kansas and came to Peoria to play for Caterpillar. He knew I had him so he laughed and told me so and bought us a drink. After the game he stopped and congratulated us. Also, just having chances to have conversations with the Hawk.

[Da Coach]

Though there are too many to list- here is one that stands out-
1982, Madison Square Garden, Bradley soundly beats Purdue to win the NIT. I had courtside seats, and was able to "rush the floor" with a number of other fans and celebrate the win. I took dozens of photos from the celebration, includin the one of Mitchell Anderson being awarded the MVP trophy.
The following day, Bradley SID Joe Dalfonso was carrying the NIT trophy around the lobby of the team hotel, as the team gathered to leave for the airport. He asked me to hold the trophy while he went to the bathroom.
I got a bunch of pictures of it. Here are a couple, along with some from the floor of MSG after the win.

[Chico]

Right coach. That was a great trip. Had a nice visit with LeVerne Tart on the court after the game for the trophy presentation. He was a proud Brave. A celebration in a MSG neighborhood bar I'll never forget.

[Bravesfan]

For me it was much of the 1993-94 season, particularly those great comebacks at home against Tulsa and in the NIT against Old Dominion. Talk about a wild and loud Carver Arena during that game!

[Samd2]

The 7 ot game at the fieldhouse, first game I ever attended, I was 11 then and have been a BU fan ever since....and always will be

[Da Coach]

I was at Benchwarmers sports bar in Mesa for the Kansas game. We were in our Bradley shirts and a Kansas fan walked by and said he had never heard of Bradley or Peoria. I ask him how long he'd been a basketball fan. He said "forever". Then I ask him if he ever heard of my buddy Bert Born. He said Bert was one of his all time favorites. I told him he wasn't much of a basketball fan, or for that matter a Kansas fan, if he never heard of Bradley because he was older than me, believe it or not, and the Braves used to be one of the nation's basketball powers when I was a kid and Bert graduated from Kansas and came to Peoria to play for Caterpillar. He knew I had him so he laughed and told me so and bought us a drink. After the game he stopped and congratulated us. Also, just having chances to have conversations with the Hawk.

Bert Born, one of the greatest basketball players of his time, an MVP of the 1952 NCAA Tournament for his Kansas team, who lost in the championship game to Indiana by 1 point, and a star for the Caterpillar AAU teams of the 1950's that won a couple national championships has passed away at the age of 80.

http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1522316379/B-H-Bert-Born-Kansas-and-Peoria-basketball-star-dies-at-80

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._H._Born

[tornado]

I guess my all time favorite moment is captured in the photo that's enlarged and hanging in my office next to me...
It's not this picture but it was taken about the same time





also - even tho it happened well before they played for Bradley - I enjoyed the pleasure of coaching junior-high level travel basketball with two different kids who went on to become members of a future Bradley basketball team.