Final: Missouri State 74 Bradley 61

[lefty]

Walt is not the problem - and I think it's severely unfair to even hint that he is - you see how badly we play whenever he's not in the game - we'd be winless without him - he's frustrated but he's not the problem - the problem and all can see is other not doing their jobs.. Walt cannot do their jobs for them.
Every team in the US, if they could have one pick off our roster, would choose Walt - guaranteed. if you don't know by now, then wait 'til next year to see how bad we are without him...
People are only now finding out how bad we are without Will Egolf & DSE...

We'll get a chance to see for sure??¦.I really don't know. I don't understand some of the things Walt does as a senior??¦..seems there is plenty of blame to go around though from coaches to players??¦

Walt is the best player by far on the team but I'm not sure about his attitude all the time. Today he didn't shoot well but he did pass the ball more and we made some outside shots??¦I know at one time he had 8 assists and 1 turnover??¦..it's just that decision making that kills him sometimes where he goes 1 against the world

[Da Coach]

Game story from BradleyBraves.com

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209392121&DB_OEM_ID=3400

Box score-

http://www.bradleybraves.com/pdf9/2628825.pdf?ATCLID=209392121&SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=3400

[bigjimmy]

We have to be the most fundamentally unsound team anywhere. Lay-ups are a struggle, lazy passes, leaving shooters open for wide open 3's, not moving your feet on defense are among the things that we continually do in every game. How are we not able to correct that. We just don't seem to have players who can do that and our coaches can't teach it. Our only saving grace is that there are at least 5 other teams, (SIU, Loyola, Evansville, Drake and ISU Red), who are just as bad as we are. 7 and 11 could be good enough to finish in 6th. Just going 6-4 against those 5 teams, so far we are 3-1, could be enough to get us there though that would require us to win 1 on the road, which we haven't shown an inclination to do.

[Da Coach]

In case anyone missed it, here is Dave Reynolds' game article-

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140201/SPORTS/140209964/10963/SPORTS

MSU (15-7, 5-5) handed the Braves their 13th consecutive Valley road loss and their 32nd in 34 MVC road contests the last four years. Bradley (9-14, 4-6), 0-10 away from Peoria this season, has lost 22 in a row west of the Mississippi River.


Also, Bradley is now 1-25 against MVC opponents away from home in the last 3 years. The only win was in the Jan. 2, 2013 game at SIU.


Here is a more complete look at the current standings. Note that other than Wichita State's 23 game winning streak, the longest streak is SIU's 2 in a row.-

[tornado]

wins at SIU & Loyola plus picking up a win at home against InSU or WSU would go a long way towards salvaging some success this year...
if we go 0-4 on those then we are looking at > or = 2-3 years of the same

[lefty]

wins at SIU & Loyola plus picking up a win at home against InSU or WSU would go a long way towards salvaging some success this year...
if we go 0-4 on those then we are looking at > or = 2-3 years of the same

the way we play on the road I think we have a better shot of beating ISUblue at home than either of the two road games??¦but I don't know that it means we would have 2-3 years of the same if we go 0-4 either. I thought a win yesterday was a key to turning the season around some??¦.now I doubt we win at Loyola??¦

After watching ISUred the other night though??¦..how in the heck did they win 5 conference games? I know the conference is down but man were they bad??¦I did see they shot over 50% from 3 so you always look better I guess