Teams beginning to announce their 2013-14 schedules

[Old Coach]

I am surprised no one is jumping up and down about playing Illinois. Ithink we will have a good chance at beating them

On a neutral floor, maybe. I don't see Bradley beating Illinois in U-C.

[Bradleyfan1]

I for one can not wait to beat the Illini! BU!

[tornado]

I saw this comment on the Cincinnati site about adding Nebraska to their non-conference schedule..
Seems a bit disrespectful of Nebraska AND the school they contrast them to...

"..seems like a quality opponent. But hey, they all can't be winners. ..
A Big 10 opponent won't kill your RPI or anything like playing......
Mississippi Valley State would"


one more thing- here's a little snicker at the expense of Larry Eustachy - who has never been known for stocking his non-conference schedule with strong teams...
they have yet to release their whole non-conference schedule for this coming year but they have released a teaser...

they leak to the press what they must think is an example of quality scheduling...
They will play Lamar ...problem is Lamar was the worst team in college basketball last year!!! Nice job Larry!!

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20130604/SPORTS0202/306040041/Nonconference-slate-Rams-coming-together-Lamar-state-rivals-set

[BUfan14]

I guess I can name one additional road game- People associated with the Athletic Department are saying Bradley will play a road "buy game" in Tempe against Arizona State.

Is this other mystery game the one game left to be scheduled in December Dave Reynolds referred to?

[Da Coach]

I suspect it is. Bradley was hoping to add 2 road games, and the Arizona State game was one of them.

In his article, Dave says-

"Bradley officially unveiled the majority of its men’s basketball nonconference schedule Tuesday"
and
"One more nonconference game remains to be scheduled during the Dec. 7-20 timeframe."

That will probably be another road game, but I suspect they might be holding out trying for a home-and-home format.

[tornado]

SIU reveals a new BLACK jersey they plan to wear this coming season...
This is a football promotion but people can bid on the jerseys now and their names will be ON the jersey!!
... then they will own them once the Nov. 12 game is played.

http://thesouthern.com/news/local/salukis-unveil-black-out-jerseys/article_78e477b0-b268-11e0-b818-001cc4c002e0.html

I think this is a really cool idea and we should explore doing it for basketball -- I'd bid on one with my kids' name on it and I am sure other people would, too!

[BUfan14]

Word is that we have plans already for 1 or 2 "buy games" against opponents from the big conferences.

So is this no longer happening now, the second big conference opponent since we announced the new home game? In which case can you now reveal who it was rumored to be?

[tornado]

So is this no longer happening now, the second big conference opponent since we announced the new home game? In which case can you now reveal who it was rumored to be?

no - 14, if you follow the subsequent posts after the one you quote you will see that Da Coach was dang-near clairvoyant and 100% correct...

within a couple days after he made that statement - it was then announced that Bradley had arranged a "buy game" with Arizona State - something that Da Coach knew and posted about well before anyone had the news anywhere
.... and that BU was still looking at possibly one more or some other game added to the schedule between Dec 7-20....

..so with the schedule complete now - we're not going to add any more

[Chico]

Hooray, IPFW.

[tornado]

I feel like you do Chico but they are our guys so I am gonna be there and support them 100%

[Chico]

I feel like you do Chico but they are our guys so I am gonna be there and support them 100%

If I wasn't a "snowbird" I would be there also and supporting them like I always have. Didn't miss a game in the 70's as bad as our home schedules were then.

[BUfan14]

no - 14, if you follow the subsequent posts after the one you quote you will see that Da Coach was dang-near clairvoyant and 100% correct...

within a couple days after he made that statement - it was then announced that Bradley had arranged a "buy game" with Arizona State - something that Da Coach knew and posted about well before anyone had the news anywhere
.... and that BU was still looking at possibly one more or some other game added to the schedule between Dec 7-20....

..so with the schedule complete now - we're not going to add any more

Yes I know the ASU game was one of them, but the original post said their were two potential BCS teams left that could be added to the schedule. I was wondering who the other was supposed to be, or what was the buy game that was on the table?

[Da Coach]

Yes I know the ASU game was one of them, but the original post said their were two potential BCS teams left that could be added to the schedule. I was wondering who the other was supposed to be, or what was the buy game that was on the table?

I don't know who the other possibilities were. Now, we will probably never know. There may have been multiple others that we were in discussion with, but it appears those fell through and we ended up settling for the IPFW home buy game.

[tornado]

I had heard at least one Big Ten school is still looking to fill their schedule with a buy game

[tornado]

also -

ISU is also still one game - probably a home game - away from completing their schedule