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The annual Hoops, college basketball preview section, from the Peoria Journal Star is out today. Lots of great features on the the Braves. Check it out in print or online.
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Lots of time went into the writing of all those stories in the Hoops section and I appreciate the hard work...
one statement by Geno stood out......talking about his present group of players....
"If we played last year's team, this year's group would win by 15 points."
...I cracked a little smile at that since as I observed it - it didn't take a good team to beat us by 15 last year!
Drake was a mediocre .500-team and yet beat us by 16
SIU went 8-23 and were as bad as any team in the Valley for years and yet they beat us by 17
Evansville went 16-16 against a relatively weak schedule and yet they beat us by 23 and 30
ISU was just .500 in the Valley and "were no higher than a 4th seed" (the JL-definition of mediocre to many) and yet they beat us by 30
Wichita was a good team but as we all know - they beat us by 37 & 39 points -
Yup, and with that logic, with 15 more points a game, we would end up 11-7 this year in the valley! I'd take that this year in a heartbeat!Originally posted by tornado View Post
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tornado is not know for looking at the bright side.Comment
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Another comment by Coach Ford is not accurate at all-
In the front article of the Hoops section, is this article by Dave Reynolds-
'The Real World': Bradley Team Preview
Coach Ford said this at the end of the article-
"The biggest thing we have to overcome is a belief and a confidence in ourselves," Ford said. "We don't have anybody in our locker room who's ever been all-conference or part of a winning team at Bradley. So we have to believe what we're doing is good enough to turn the corner."
I hate to be picky, but this isn't even close to being true.
Maybe since Geno wasn't around, he can be forgiven if he mistakenly thinks Bradley has been a losing team for most of the last decade. But I think Dave Reynolds knows better.
Will Egolf was a freshman on the team in 2007-2008 when Bradley won 21 games. His second year at Bradley, 2008-2009, Bradley again won 21 games, and his third season, 2009-2010, Bradley also had a winning record (16-15). So Will Egolf was on 3 different winning teams his first 3 seasons at Bradley.
And Dyricus Simms-Edwards, Jake Eastman, Milos Knezevic, and even Jordan Prosser were all members of that 2009-2010 team that had a winning record, too. That's 5 of this year's players who were on winning Bradley teams in the past, and Will was on 3 of them!Comment
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I am certain that the PJS is benefiting from more access to the program, but I thought that today's Hoops section was their best effort in quite some time.Bradley 72 - Illini 68 Final
???It??™s awful hard,??™??™ said Illini freshman guard D.J. Richardson, the former Central High School guard who played prep school ball a few miles from here and fought back tears outside the locker room. ???It??™s a hometown thing. It??™s bragging rights.??™Comment
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I agree a great job by the PJS boys.Isn't it amazing how much better the information highway got after the change. I wonder why???Originally posted by Beninator View PostComment
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yes - it is nice to read the preseason press for once and not see half the "Hoops" dedicated to telling us that Bradley finished no higher than 4th and that Daniel Ruffin was arrested..Originally posted by wily coyote View PostComment
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C'mon T.......for one who talks facts..."half the "Hoops"?.....how many years has it been since Ruff has even been mentioned in the Hoops section?Originally posted by tornado View Post
You can let it go....really....it's okComment
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Maybe the communication with PJS is better because the staff is a group of guys that are more accessible and not as ego driven!!Comment
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Alright, alright.
Break it up fellas!
Today is the start of a new season - we should look ahead, stay hopeful, come together as one Brave nation and not debate...the election is OVA!
Let's not bring up the Les-Ford ruccus for today...k?Comment
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lefty - I think this is the first Hoops section in a decade that didn't dwell upon or reflect back in some way on the bad stuffOriginally posted by lefty View PostComment
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Anybody else see Taylor Brown put Dave Reynolds on blast this morning on Twitter? Referring to Dave's comments about Taylor and AT being far from team leaders last year...
"Its an important point.Last year's seniors- Taylor Brown and Anthony Thompson - were far from team leaders. thats how u feel @davereynolds2"
"dont have respect for u or whoever helped u write that or who agree with that bullshxt @davereynolds2 smd"
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when newspaper people say things that insult those they write about - people call it honesty -- "he isn't supposed to be a cheerleader"
but when they kiss-up & drool all over a team that played poorly, got beat by 30-40 pts, and lost more games than Bradley has ever lost ...
then they say the writers need to be polite in order to "gain closer access to the program"...and that there's no need to be brutally honest because it would be too harsh
to me it shows there's no batch of people more biased and self-serving than those who claim to be honest and unbiased media folksComment
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Even in an ever-changing media landscape, the pen continues to be mightier than the sword.Originally posted by tornado View PostComment
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