Final: Portland 74-Bradley 53

[Da Coach]

Bradley has a 10 day break in the schedule, then they travel to Las Vegas to play 2 games in the South Point Holiday Hoops Classic Dec. 20 & 21 at the South Point Hotel & Casino Arena.
The Braves will play the University of Portland Pilots on Friday, Dec. 20 at 7:00 CST, then play University of the Pacific Tigers on Saturday, Dec 21 at 7:30 PM CST.

Portland, a member of the West Coast Conference, is 6-4 after their home loss to Montana State on Sunday, Dec. 15. Their RPI is 170 after their loss.

Portland website-

http://portlandpilots.com/index.aspx?path=mbball

Pacific, also a member of the West Coast Conference, is 8-1 after their win Saturday, Dec. 14 against Menlo College. Their RPI after their last win is 28.

Pacific website-

http://pacifictigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/index

[Buesch N Chips]

Will the games be streamed?

[Da Coach]

Will the games be streamed?

I have not found any reports of a video stream available- so likely not.
We will continue to search, and if a video stream is available anywhere, we will inform fans.

[tornado]

2 months ago we looked at these games and universally (or at least 90-10) everyone concluded they were in the win column...
nowadays - I think it's 10-90 the other way...

[LongTimeFan]

Is anyone going? My wife and I are trying to get tickets. Unfortunately I don't know if any of the Bradley's allotment tickets will be available.

[Da Coach]

LTF- I don't think you need to worry about tickets. There should be plenty available at the arena, plus they are available by phone or online.

Here is a page with information on buying tickets by phone from the South Point Casino-

http://www.southpointarena.com/tickets.php

And here is where you can buy tickets for the Holiday Hoops Classic online-

https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/team.asp?sponsorid=5145#.Uqrya_RDuSo

Note that Bradley plays in the sessions on Day 2 (Dec. 20) and Day 3 (Dec. 21).
It looks like all tickets are $20 each day, but they are good for 4 games Friday (Dec. 20), and 5 games Saturday (Dec. 21).

Is anyone else going? Apparently there is no organized fan trip from Peoria like there has been for most of the Las Vegas events we have played in in the past, and I don't know anyone else who is going.
When Bradley played in the Las Vegas Invitational at the Orleans Arena just as recently as November, 2009 (just 4 years ago!) there was a sold out Braves Club sponsored trip, and a number of Braves Club activities for fans in Las Vegas, including pregame receptions that were packed wall to wall with fans. Hundreds of fans made the trip from Peoria, and many more traveled from other parts of the country. Bradley had the largest contingent of fans there, even more than major schools like Illinois, Oklahoma State, or Utah, who were also there. To quote Dave Reynolds, "Oh, how times have changed".

[Chico]

We miss Ken Goldin more all the time.

[amckillip]

We miss Ken Goldin more all the time.

We miss an organized and effective Athletic Department...

(Not intended to dismiss the great contributions by Ken)

[Chico]

We miss an organized and effective Athletic Department...

(Not intended to dismiss the great contributions by Ken)

I was referring to all the great trips Ken organized, but I agree with your assessment of our so-called Atheletic Department.

[buballer82]

Da Coach and LTF, I will be there with my cousin. Unfortunately my wife and daughter cant make it this year. We had a blast last year even though Bradley lost both games. Is the team staying at the Palazzo again?

[Da Coach]

I think they are staying at the SouthPointe, where the games are. But I am not 100% sure.

[LongTimeFan]

My wife and I are staying at South Pointe. We stayed there the last two times Bradley was in Vegas.

[Da Coach]

Pacific played last night and won. They beat Menlo College 84-73, to go to 8-1.

http://pacifictigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/2013-14/boxscores/20131214_zi3v.xml

They do not play again until they play in Las Vegas in the South Pointe Holiday Classic. They play Princeton on Friday, Dec. 20, then Bradley on Saturday, Dec. 21.


Portland (6-3) plays at home at 4:00 PM (CST) this afternoon against Montana State (3-5).

http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=port

[Da Coach]

Portland loses at home 72-69 to Montana State-

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400498087

Portland falls to 6-4

[tornado]

We played these guys almost exactly a year ago in the same city...
We were 8-3 and they were 6-7 but we lost to them 57-55 in Las Vegas
..our guys shot extremely poorly - hitting only 17-54 & 6-24 from the arc, we got only 2 pts off the bench and 34 of the 55 points we scored have now graduated.

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/2012-13/bu-d23.htm