Final score: Missouri State 68 Bradley 65

[tornado]

several possessions were botched plus got a few really bad calls...
come crunch time seems nobody even wants the ball let alone looks at the basket - the other team really only needs to defend one player...
we need to develop a few different plays - something that ought to be easy as DEEP as we supposedly are..

5700 attendance for a mid-season HOME CONFERENCE game??
got to be the lowest in at least 40 years since the 70's at the Fieldhouse - or maybe (if anyone has the old numbers) - maybe even since the armory..

[bu fan 9]

This reminds me so much of the Albeck years.

[tornado]

we could use a little help off the bench - we got one guy only giving us anything off the bench - kinda shocking for a team with such "quality depth at every position"..

[wily coyote]

Bradley loses 68-65. A totally botched final possession.
Attendance 5745.

DC, calling that a botched play is a complement. That was totally horrendous. It is truly hard to watch. If there were 5745 people there plus everyone on the MSU bench and the 6 of us watching in Florida, I don't think anyone was fooled about who was going to throw up that piece of sh-t. With that much time left and to take a shot like that with 3 people on him tells me nothing has changed. Just plain hard to watch.

[Chico]

DC, calling that a botched play is a complement. That was totally horrendous. It is truly hard to watch. If there were 5745 people there plus everyone on the MSU bench and the 6 of us watching in Florida, I don't think anyone was fooled about who was going to throw up that piece of sh-t. With that much time left and to take a shot like that with 3 people on him tells me nothing has changed. Just plain hard to watch.

Add 2 more in Arizona. Really a great start. Too bad they couldn't keep it up. End was really hard to watch.

[lefty]

We let them have some easy layups and 3 wide open 3's in the 2nd half??¦.

We do not rotate the ball quick enough to get it inside against the one..

Walt will not trust his teammates??¦.particularly at the end of shot clock or the end of the game??¦..

[lefty]

DC, calling that a botched play is a complement. That was totally horrendous. It is truly hard to watch. If there were 5745 people there plus everyone on the MSU bench and the 6 of us watching in Florida, I don't think anyone was fooled about who was going to throw up that piece of sh-t. With that much time left and to take a shot like that with 3 people on him tells me nothing has changed. Just plain hard to watch.

I'll be very close to the Villages early next week for a couple days??¦..I hate to miss the gameday luncheon with Barry though

[Da Coach]

And can anyone explain to me how we could have mismanaged the end of game situation, and been left with no timeouts for that last possession?
Not that it would have made any difference, since we almost never seem to call a play that actually works when we come out of a timeout, and we end up just having Walt go literally 1 on 5 like the final possession. It would have been nice to have a couple decent shooters on the floor, and have some semblance of a plan to pass the ball to one of the guys who were open since 3 or 4 Missouri State defenders were chasing Walt all over the floor 30-40 feet from the basket when all we needed was one basket to tie the game.
My overall impression was that we played well for stretches of the game, and that Missouri State does not have as much talent on their team as Bradley has. They basically have only 2 players that carry them, yet for some reason, we seemed to have no answer for them. Numerous layups and wide open threes. We made Jamar Gulley and Marcus Marshall look like Michael Jordan, and LeBron James tonight.

[molar50]

This team is hard to watch in that there appears to be low basketball IQ. I think we played the first 10 minutes very well and maybe 5 minutes in the second half well. Our defense can lead to good offense, but we have trouble with a half court offense. We let Gulley and Marshall take over and there were many defensive lapses due to inattention. When Lemon is out of the game, we cannot score and when he is in the game, we just hope he finds his shot before he commits a turnover. I do not have any advise for Geno this year, but I am going to drink some beer at the next home game.

[Da Coach]

We let them have some easy layups and 3 wide open 3's in the 2nd half….

We do not rotate the ball quick enough to get it inside against the one..

Walt will not trust his teammates….particularly at the end of shot clock or the end of the game…..

Not the way I saw it. Walt passed the ball off when he was triple teamed on the final possession, but his teammates didn't want it and passed it right back to him despite the triple teaming. When Walt got trapped, nobody else even tried to get to an open spot for Walt to pass to.

[lefty]

And can anyone explain to me how we could have mismanaged the end of game situation, and been left with no timeouts for that last possession?
Not that it would have made any difference, since we almost never seem to call a play that actually works when we come out of a timeout, and we end up just having Walt go literally 1 on 5 like the final possession. It would have been nice to have a couple decent shooters on the floor, and have some semblance of a plan to pass the ball to one of the guys who were open since 3 or 4 Missouri State defenders were chasing Walt all over the floor 30-40 feet from the basket when all we needed was one basket to tie the game.
My overall impression was that we played well for stretches of the game, and that Missouri State does not have as much talent on their team as Bradley has. They basically have only 2 players that carry them, yet for some reason, we seemed to have no answer for them. Numerous layups and wide open threes. We made Jamar Gulley and Marcus Marshall look like Michael Jordan, and LeBron James tonight.

we definitely gave up easy layups and a few 3's but they also made some tough 3's as well??¦..the one 3 off the press by Reuter???¦.he's in there for one reason and we weren't within 10 feet of him??¦.

Our IQ is horrendous??¦??¦.

Hard to say about talent??¦.Bell hits a couple of shots but messes up big time on offense toime and time again??¦.Barnes was scared to shoot toward the end of the game and just threw it to Walt and watched.

Walt won't pass the ball because apparently he feels he's the only one who can take/make a big shot...

[lefty]

Not the way I saw it. Walt passed the ball off when he was triple teamed on the final possession, but his teammates didn't want it and passed it right back to him despite the triple teaming. When Walt got trapped, nobody else even tried to get to an open spot for Walt to pass to.

I guess I would have to see it again??¦.needing a 3, all 5 guys were outside the line so it was going to be tough to get a decent 3 off anyway..

The possession that bothered me was after timeout with about 1:40 left??¦we inbound and Walt and Bell pass back and forth until Walt takes a forced shot??¦I can't believe that's what Geno wanted them to do.

[Da Coach]

This team seems to play their worst after timeouts- hard to understand why they can't execute specific plays.

Game story from BradleyBraves.com

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=209366355

Box score

http://www.bradleybraves.com/pdf9/2607267.pdf?ATCLID=209366355&SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=3400

[lefty]

This team seems to play their worst after timeouts- hard to understand why they can't execute specific plays.

Game story from BradleyBraves.com

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=209366355

Box score
http://www.bradleybraves.com/pdf9/26...DB_OEM_ID=3400

you look at the stats??¦..we lost this game because of our defense??¦.

even if you throw in Barnes??¦??¦we only have 13 out of 48 shots by post players

[peoriaspitfire]

This team seems to play their worst after timeouts- hard to understand why they can't execute specific plays.

Agree and add lack of out of bounds plays/execution and defensive against out of bounds plays just bewilders me. It just can't be possible that Geno does not have them coached up on this? However, From what I see it's a complete mess. At this at point, if I'm Geno then I don't care who I offend or upset and if you want to see the court you better execute basic basketball.

PS - losing at home is unacceptable.