Final: Drake 71 Bradley 66

[Da Coach]

Coach - Has Bobby Parker confirmed this? I would understand if they used a different service, but their streaming service is the same as BU. Seems like it should be a pretty simple thing to make it available to current B TV subscribers. Maybe the link will show up closer to game time?

If not, the Drake website shows a price of $4.95 for 24 hour access, but don't think I would pay for a final regular season game that doesn't mean too much at this point. WMBD Radio is free, and I like the announcers better anyway!

I sent an email and got one back 2 days ago that said Drake was agreeable to share the video feed with BU.tv. That was the last I heard. I expected to see a link on the Bradley website, but so far there still isn't one.

[Da Coach]

There was another Letter to the editor in the editorial page in the Journal Star today about the demise of Bradley basketball

I just read the latest opinion column in todays paper (Saturday 3/1) by Andrew Farraher. His column is titled "BU mascot a joke, along with basketball program".
For some reason, the column is not linked on the web page. But it is the most scathing criticism of the mascot and the entire Bradley program that the PJ Star has printed yet. I'd encourage everyone to read it.

[battlebasset]

I sent an email and got one back 2 days ago that said Drake was agreeable to share the video feed with BU.tv. That was the last I heard. I expected to see a link on the Bradley website, but so far there still isn't one.

There is now a video link when you launch the B TV video player.

As for Andrew Farraher's letter, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But why all the hate on Kaboom? And like I care what Keith Olberman thinks...

[Da Coach]

There is now a video link when you launch the B TV video player.

As for Andrew Farraher's letter, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But why all the hate on Kaboom? And like I care what Keith Olberman thinks...

Yes, thanks for noting that.
Here is the page with the video link for subscribers-

http://www.nmnathletics.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=3400

[tornado]

Walt Lemon did not start - rumor that he missed a practice..

Drake playing poorly - we need to put them away and not let them back into the game
This may be the best game we've played on the road shooting 60% from the floor -maybe Walt needs to come off the bench and throw the opponents' game plan off every game.

[Da Coach]

Live stats-http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/liveStats/v2/basketball/index.dbml?GAME_STAT_ID=1542811&db_oem_id=15700

Bradley is 15-26 (57.7%), and 4-8 from three (50%)

Hlaftime score-
Bradley 37
Drake 26

[tornado]

we were 4-7 'til that last second half-court attempt by Walt...
Van Deest needs only 18 pts to reach Drake's 1000-pt club
but he has zero in the first half

[tornado]

clearly the Drake coaching staff made some huge adjustments at the half - while we clearly are in cruise control mode and now look shell-shocked...

That was pretty quick losing the 11-pt lead to open the half

[tornado]

Chad Kleine with a GREAT suggestion...
how 'bout we guard the guys who are killing us from he 3-pt line?

newsflash - Drake is the top 3-pt shooting team in the MVC and utilizes the 3-pointer more than anyone...
did we not see the tapes? They also are weak in the post - even their forwards shoot threes...
If Hawley played us all the time he'd be MVC Player of the Year


Our story all year - we can't stop them inside and we can't stop them outside

[tornado]

Bradley gives up their 11-pt halftime lead
and loses at Drake..
71-66

Bradley falls to 12-19 and plays next Thursday evening at 8:35PM vs. Loyola

again our post play was non-existent - XT 0-1, zero pts, 1 rebound - long, long way to go....
If you have a marginally good game only about once in every five outings - how can any sane person say this is what you want for the future or that he's vastly improved??
Please - let's call a moratorium on claims that he was a recruiting coup....Anthony Thompson gave us more...

[Da Coach]

Bradley with a great chance for a road win over a hapless Drake team, but somehow Bradley finds a way to blow a big lead. Multiple mistakes, lane violation, turnovers, and missed shots lead to a Drake win 71-66, and a guaranteed 20-loss season.

This was possible the most disappointing season I can recall in many years. The MVC is was as weak from 2-10 as I can ever recall this year, and any kind of decent season would have given Bradley a great chance at 3rd place, and even a shot at 2nd.

Unfortunately, I have been right about this team all along- poor shooting (everyone could guess that), no depth (out side of Walt- the only bench points were 2 points from Prosser and 2 free throws from Mason Alwan), No post play (Blake 0 points/0 reb, Taylor 0 points/1 reb, and Prosser 2 points/3 reb), bad defense (how do we allow a guy who cannot dribble the ball and averages under 10 points to score 27 & 23 points in their 2 games against us?), and terrible game planning and coaching (why do teams always seem to be able to make adjustments against us that work, but we never seem to be able to make any adjustments that keep us from losing to inferior teams?).

Unless there is a big infusion of talent, and an improvement in coaching, this mess will get worse next year, and each year until someone cares enough to put a competitive team on the floor.

[Chico]

Bradley gives up their 11-pt halftime lead
and loses at Drake..
71-66

Bradley falls to 12-19 and plays next Thursday evening at 8:35PM vs. Loyola

again our post play was non-existent - XT 0-1, zero pts, 1 rebound - long, long way to go....
If you have a marginally good game only about once in every five outings - how can any sane person say this is what you want for the future or that he's vastly improved??
Please - let's call a moratorium on claims that he was a recruiting coup....Anthony Thompson gave us more...

Don't think XT was the only reason we lost this game.

[Big Mike]

After today losing Thurs night to Loyola seems more likely to happen......for whatever reason, on court leadership and coaching leadership are lacking! This team doesn't know wether it's coming or going......this is a season to forget, but next years team needs an influx of major talent just to compete.....I hope something is in the works recruiting wise or next season will be a repeat of this year and that will be bad!

[Da Coach]

On some of those wide open threes by Hawley and other Drake players, our defense was running around in circles like a Chinese fire drill (pardon the non-PC term). What was that about? Did the players not know what defense they were playing? Or who they were supposed to be covering? When someone like Hawley (who we should have been very familiar with) beats you single-handedly like he did today, there is simply no excuse for not devising and executing a game plan to stop him. I am not sure I ever saw him dribble a single time. All he does is simply stand at the 3-point line and shoot. A junior high school team and coach would have found a way to defend that. It was symbolic of this entire season. Bradley has superior athletes, but that never mattered all year to other teams & coaches.

[Da Coach]

Game report-

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=209423862

box score-

http://www.bradleybraves.com/pdf9/2653347.pdf?ATCLID=209423862&SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=3400