Arch Madness

[Da Coach]

Arch Madness starts 1 week from today.

Here is the main website-

http://www.archmadness.com/

Hotel assignments-

http://www.archmadness.com/hotelinfo/default/

Note that the Renaissance Grand Hotel, the team hotel for the Bradley Braves, now has rooms available for those wishing to stay at the team hotel.
There is also info about getting rooms at other hotels, and possible discounts by calling the number for "2013 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament - Supplemental Fan Block" rooms.

Here is information about discounted tickets-

http://www.archmadness.com/discounts/default/

[Old Coach]

I'll be there Thursday night.

[tornado]

Senior night for Creighton -- Coach McDermott "mum" on whether his son will be back..

http://sports.omaha.com/2013/02/28/mcdermott-focus-on-shockers-not-future/

This story also notes that Grant Gibbs might petition NCAA for an extra - 6th year - even though he is completely unlike Sam Singh or Will Egolf -
in that one of his years was lost due to a TRUE REDSHIRT that he voluntarily chose in 2008-2009

Even when he left Gonzaga the news at that time mentioned that he had some injuries like all players but NEVER mentioned the injuries as any part of his decision to leave Gonzaga...
that the reason for the transfer was homesick...and that the injuries simply put deeper into the playing rotation and he wasn't getting enough playing time and was looking for a place where he'd get to play more at point guard!
"Unhappy and far from home in Spokane, Wash., he decided to transfer
and wanted to play for a good program in the midwest."

.. injuries put Gibbs behind a couple of other players in the rotation,
and he never got to play the point as much as he wanted to, he said.
"Looking back on it, maybe I didn't look at the situation as closely as I should have coming out of high school.
It was my dream school. Now, I feel Creighton is the best place for me.''

http://metrosportsreport.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5286%3Agrant-gibbs-loving-life-at-creighton&catid=184%3Aabout-msr

He played his RS Freshman season in 2009-2010 at Gonzaga...
then when transferring to Creighton in 2010-2011 he sat out another year due to the transfer - and played in 2011-2012 & 2012-2013.
In all three of the seasons he's played - he's had NO season-ending injury and didn't miss any games to injury..
and was quoted in numerous articles saying he just wanted to go somewhere closer to home and get a "new start" and a shot at more playing time.
- in the Egolf & Singh cases - both redshirt seasons were lost due to NO other cause but injury... so Gibbs is a totally different situation - so we'll see...

[Da Coach]

#8 Bradley plays #9 Drake in the first game Thursday night at 6:05 PM

Official MVC bracket-

https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf9/1519093.pdf?ATCLID=206581564&SPSID=89381&SPID=69&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=1000

....Thursday...............Friday.................Saturday...........Sunday

[Da Coach]

From MVC.org-
Arch Madness Tournament Preview

http://www.mvc-sports.com/mbasketball/news/2012-13/6514/arch-madness-tournament-preview/

[Old Coach]

I know this is a stretch, but I actually like our chances of beating Drake and Creighton coming from the 8 seed better than I would have liked our odds of beating UNI as the 6 seed.

[BUBalum05]

I know this is a stretch, but I actually like our chances of beating Drake and Creighton coming from the 8 seed better than I would have liked our odds of beating UNI as the 6 seed.

Not a stretch at all OC, other than it would have been nice not to slide down 2 spots. We looked silly running around trying to cover UNI this year. Creighton has proven they're very beatable down the stretch too.

[tornado]

Let me give my kudos to all those who help keep BradleyFans.com as the best place to discuss Bradley basketball - even in a down year
(or down streak of seasons) this board has the best & most accurate info & discussion...and the guys who run it do a great job...
Now, let's go & start a precedent of a Thursday team playing into the NCAA!!

[Old Coach]

Where is everyone sitting?

[understandingthetruth]

Where is everyone sitting?

Where is everyone sitting?

Aren't chairs of some sort provided down there? It ought to be the least they could do what with the low level referees we get year to year! Do not forget there are WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGERS down there!!!!!

[Rick LeHew]

Do not forget there are WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGERS down there!!!!!

I LOVE White Castle after a great night in St. Louis. BU = Win Thursday, and I will be ordering up some sliders Friday night.

[Da Coach]

CBSSports.com's Conference Tournament preview-

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21811414/conference-tournaments-get-your-2013-brackets-predictions

Jeff Borzello picks Evansville to win it all in Arch Madness. I respectfully disagree. I think it will be Creighton- superior depth makes a big difference in a 3game/3 day tournament.

[Bobby Parker]

Braves Club Pregame Party Info, if we win Thursday night versus Drake:

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=206613660

[pauly616]

Probabilities for Arch Madness!

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/mvc_log5

According to this we have a 0.2% chance of winning it all.

So you are saying we have a chance!

Oh YEAH!

[shaunguth]

Probabilities for Arch Madness!

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/mvc_log5

According to this we have a 0.2% chance of winning it all.

So you are saying we have a chance!

Oh YEAH!

Interesting that he thinks the 6th-place team has 2 of the top 5 players in the conference. What a disappointing season for them!