Final: Evansville 66 Bradley 56

[Da Coach]

Bradley (12-7, 4-3) plays at Evansville (11-8, 4-3) on Wednesday, January 23, at 7:05 PM in a battle of 2 teams tied for 4th place in the MVC. There is no TV for this game.

Evansville website-

http://www.gopurpleaces.com/index.aspx?path=mbball

Schedule/results-

http://www.gopurpleaces.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball&

Roster-

http://www.gopurpleaces.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball&

Stats-
Leading scorer Colt Ryan is averaging 17.1 ppg for the season, but 21.9 ppg in MVC games.

http://www.gopurpleaces.com/custompages/Mens%20Basketball/2012-13%20Stats/teamcume.htm

Bradley stats-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/BU.HTM

MVC stats-
Overall-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFLDRS.HTM

Conference only-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFONLY.HTM

[Bobby Parker]

Game Notes: http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArt...CLID=206051566

[battlebasset]

Per the Evansville site, there is a video feed for this game. However, their streaming is provided by SideArm, whereas ours is provided by Nuelion. You can watch a single game for $6.95

[Da Coach]

We owe Evansville a little payback for last year-
The 2 games we played against them last year we lost 90-67 at Evansville, and 92-62 in Peoria. Evansville was not a real good team last year. They finished with a 15-16 record against D1 teams.

[Da Coach]

Per the Evansville site, there is a video feed for this game. However, their streaming is provided by SideArm, whereas ours is provided by Nuelion. You can watch a single game for $6.95

Here is a link to the Evansville video streaming service-

http://www.gopurpleaces.com/showcase/

[tornado]

We owe Evansville a little payback for last year-
The 2 games we played against them last year we lost 90-72 at Evansville, and 92-62 in Peoria. Evansville was not a real good team last year. They finished with a 15-16 record against D1 teams.

and Colt Ryan was 21-36 against us in those two games -
scoring 63 pts & going 10-18 from the arc, 11-12 from the FT line, and dishing out 12 assists.

[LittleBrave]

I think we've only won once in Evansville since the Sweet 16 season, and that win in 2010 was vs. a pretty bad Aces team. I remember L-Boogie had a key jumper late in the game to seal the deal in 2006.

This seems to be a let-down game almost every year, where we just don't execute and play kinda soft.

If we play like we've played at home, we might get the job done.
Hopefully we come out with a better gameplan and intensity than the last 2 road games.

Can't express how big a win would be...with 5 wins, we would be just a few wins away from staying out of the Thursday game, which would exceed most of our expectations!

[Da Coach]

We owe Evansville a little payback for last year-
The 2 games we played against them last year we lost 90-67 at Evansville, and 92-62 in Peoria. Evansville was not a real good team last year. They finished with a 15-16 record against D1 teams.

Dave Reynolds has more about last year's games-

http://www.pjstar.com/bradleyhoops/x1503805099/Memories-of-folding-to-the-Aces

[Future Walk-On]

I think we've only won once in Evansville since the Sweet 16 season, and that win in 2010 was vs. a pretty bad Aces team. I remember L-Boogie had a key jumper late in the game to seal the deal in 2006.

This seems to be a let-down game almost every year, where we just don't execute and play kinda soft.

If we play like we've played at home, we might get the job done.
Hopefully we come out with a better gameplan and intensity than the last 2 road games.

Can't express how big a win would be...with 5 wins, we would be just a few wins away from staying out of the Thursday game, which would exceed most of our expectations!

And we still get 2 against cupcake ISUred....

[BeBrave]

And we still get 2 against cupcake ISUred....

+1

[BUBalum05]

I wish this first one against EU was at home, but it is still a good match up. This is a great "ladder" match for BU to try to move up the standings and also in some effiency ratings.

I while back, I discovered this SRS formula for college football as an alternate to BCS, but it can also be applied to basketball since.

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/mvc/2013-ratings.html

SRS Adjusted
Rk School OSRS DSRS SRS ORtg DRtg NRtg
1 Creighton 13.74 6.17 19.90 120.71 90.61 30.09
2 Wichita State 5.15 9.49 14.63 107.72 85.64 22.07
3 Illinois State 10.23 -0.71 9.52 108.12 94.22 13.90
4 Northern Iowa 2.58 6.90 9.48 105.84 91.57 14.27
5 Indiana State 3.39 2.99 6.38 104.37 93.91 10.46
6 Evansville 1.65 1.86 3.51 103.05 96.29 6.76
7 Bradley 1.05 1.97 3.02 100.14 95.15 4.99
8 Drake 6.25 -5.13 1.12 103.82 101.36 2.46
9 Southern Illinois -1.47 0.11 -1.36 101.20 103.49 -2.29
10 Missouri State -9.49 4.70 -4.79 93.50 100.26 -6.76

[mexicobufan]

IMO tonight will go a long way in telling us if we truely can end the season in the 5 spot or higher in the MVC. Win tonight and its possible.

[Future Walk-On]

I wish this first one against EU was at home, but it is still a good match up. This is a great "ladder" match for BU to try to move up the standings and also in some effiency ratings.

I while back, I discovered this SRS formula for college football as an alternate to BCS, but it can also be applied to basketball since.

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/mvc/2013-ratings.html

SRS Adjusted
Rk School OSRS DSRS SRS ORtg DRtg NRtg
1 Creighton 13.74 6.17 19.90 120.71 90.61 30.09
2 Wichita State 5.15 9.49 14.63 107.72 85.64 22.07
3 Illinois State 10.23 -0.71 9.52 108.12 94.22 13.90
4 Northern Iowa 2.58 6.90 9.48 105.84 91.57 14.27
5 Indiana State 3.39 2.99 6.38 104.37 93.91 10.46
6 Evansville 1.65 1.86 3.51 103.05 96.29 6.76
7 Bradley 1.05 1.97 3.02 100.14 95.15 4.99
8 Drake 6.25 -5.13 1.12 103.82 101.36 2.46
9 Southern Illinois -1.47 0.11 -1.36 101.20 103.49 -2.29
10 Missouri State -9.49 4.70 -4.79 93.50 100.26 -6.76

black magic... be gone

[Samd2]

This would be a huge upset, that we can pull off. We just need our guys at the top of their game, especially WL and DE.

Hope the feed is good

[BUBrave28]

Anyone getting the video feed to work?