Final: Illinois State 79 Bradley 59

[Chico]

I wish the whole crowd would sing the fight song.

Does any other school do this? Schools sing their alma mater

IMO, it's not the words that get and keep the crowd in the game, it's the music itself.

[Old Coach]

I would recommend not touching anything in that disease-ridden rat hole. If you are sitting by the students ready for some middle fingers and getting called in the parking lot.

In all seriousness, hope you have a great time and bring a win back!

The Red Sea is running a bus to the game. Free for members, $25 for non-members. If you are a student, find a way to make this trip work.

It will be fine. We're going with a good-sized group.

[mvcfan]

I would recommend not touching anything in that disease-ridden rat hole. If you are sitting by the students ready for some middle fingers and getting called in the parking lot.

In all seriousness, hope you have a great time and bring a win back!

The Red Sea is running a bus to the game. Free for members, $25 for non-members. If you are a student, find a way to make this trip work.

Have you ever been to the Civic Center? At least there is more then six urinals in the place.

[Rusty 54]

Have you ever been to the Civic Center? At least there is more then six urinals in the place.

Yes.

You probably just don't know about the secret bathrooms.

[Da Coach]

Game notes from BradleyBraves.com

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=206372762&DB_OEM_ID=3400

[Big Mike]

Gonna take two good halves and some luck to win in normal.....time to put it together Braves!

[Tulsa Brave]

ISU opens as a 12 point favorite.

[Old Coach]

ISU opens as a 12 point favorite.

That sounds about right.

[tornado]

it will be hard to win there but BU has to stop their two scorers...

Dave Reynolds is picking ISU to win by nearly double digits...
..since we are sitting at 6-7 - a loss could well put us into a tie for 9th place...with Drake & Missouri State...(although Drake is playing at Wichita! so maybe that'll keep us out of 9th)
..then if we don't finish with some wins - we could be looking at the #8-9 seed in St. Louis....
which unlike all we keep getting pummelled with is NOT much improvement over either of the past two years...

Walt Lemon is 23 points short of 1000 for his career..

[DeltaBrave03]

it will be hard to win there but BU has to stop their two scorers...

Dave Reynolds is picking ISU to win by nearly double digits...
..since we are sitting at 6-7 - a loss could well put us into a tie for 9th place...with Drake & Missouri State...(although Drake is playing at Wichita! so maybe that'll keep us out of 9th)
..then if we don't finish with some wins - we could be looking at the #8-9 seed in St. Louis....
which unlike all we keep getting pummelled with is NOT much improvement over either of the past two years...

Walt Lemon is 23 points short of 1000 for his career..

You spend a lot of time arguing how BU is not improved, but bash fans for not showing up, but say you support geno 100%. I'm just curious what your stance really is... What benefit do you see by always pointing out how BU is not improving? How do you suggest we improve? What would you consider improvement? Do you think Geno will imrove the team, or who would be the right person to do this?

In your scenario above you only point out if BU loses we would finish 8 or 9 what if we win at ISU, MSU, and DU all of whom we've beaten and split at home with INSU and CU who have both lost road games to teams weve beaten? Could BU finish 4th? Maybe 3rd? Maybe tied for 5th but play on thursday due to tie breakers? Is that improvement?

[Tulsa Brave]

it will be hard to win there but BU has to stop their two scorers...

Dave Reynolds is picking ISU to win by nearly double digits...
..since we are sitting at 6-7 - a loss could well put us into a tie for 9th place...with Drake & Missouri State...(although Drake is playing at Wichita! so maybe that'll keep us out of 9th)
..then if we don't finish with some wins - we could be looking at the #8-9 seed in St. Louis....
which unlike all we keep getting pummelled with is NOT much improvement over either of the past two years...

Walt Lemon is 23 points short of 1000 for his career..

6 wins is 3 times more than 2 wins. #164 (Pomeroy) is much better than #272. All the factual evidence except apparently your eyes says BU is much improved this year.

[BeBrave]

Only a person who is jaded and bias cannot see obvious improvement in the Bradley Braves.

It is obvious to the eye and it is obvious in the amount of wins. With better days ahead. Getting better feels good and it makes this an exciting time to be a Bradley basketball fan. I feel sorry for those who see it differently.

[mvcfan]

Outsiders opinion here, but to say Bradley isn't a lot better then last year is just idiocy. Better talent and the improvement of many on the roster is very obvious. Geno has shown he can coach and get the most out of kids that to this point are not ideal for his future plans. He has Bradley turned around and it is sad that some people don't realize the poor level of recruiting that Les had done in his final years leaving the cupboard almost empty. If this team was coached by Les there would be a couple of you saying "they have overachieved" or "think if Egolf wouldn't have missed time". I am just glad that many Bradley fans that I talk to see the obvious and that is Bradley is going up. What else can you ask for when you team was at the very bottom?

[Old Coach]

So.... Is anyone else making the trek to Redbird Arena tonight?

[wily coyote]

I think to everyone without an agenda,we are seeing improvement and to improve with what Geno was left with says alot. Can't say I left the CC the last two years and enjoyed much of what I saw. Can't say that this year. It has been alot more enjoyable watching the current Braves then what we saw the last 2 yrs.