Official Beginning of the 2015-16

[tornado]

The rules were recently changed...so that the true beginning of each basketball season is defined as...

"42 days before the first scheduled contest" - Bylaw 17

Our first scheduled contest is Friday November 13 vs. Ball State...

So... the official opening day is practice is Friday Oct. 2...
..this does NOT intersect Homecoming Week, which is Sept. 20-26, 2015 - but maybe it's better that way so there's no concern about drawing people away from other homecoming events.

and in that 42 day interval - NCAA allows 30 practice days. (even one minute of practice with one player counts as a practice day)
(Teams taking foreign tours are exceptions)

I hope the coach & AD have a "Midnite Madness"-type even right away - either that Friday or Saturday (tho perhaps not at midnight) - so the fans can instantly get to see all the new guys...

[Braves2006]

I agree T. I would surely be there and am excited to see the new guys.

[tornado]

I think it would be a great way to host an event - maybe even offer FREE or low-cost admission to get a lot of people in and then get those folks to buy season tickets!

Remember one time when we hosted a Red-White and charged $20 per ticket?
Hardly anyone came -
..then last year we did it in the parking lot down at the Riverfront on a cold nite (quite an unfamiliar venue for most Bradley fans) and there was no scrimmage or actual basketball just a little dunking exhibition, the cheerleaders, and KaBoom...and only a few fans showed up...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0L0zkSIgAEiUpA.jpg

https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=HBgtaHR0cDovL3N0YXRpYy5vdy5seS9waG90b3Mvb3JpZ2luYWwvN2dxaTQuanBnFMBDFIAmABYAEgA&s=BQugLDbWH122WYM0KQOeisJpXrwlysT0VwtxeVo5bYY

I hate to bring it up again, but when it was done as a stand-alone Red-White scrimmage we drew as many as 4000 and more

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=284957#post284957

Remember - at the Tradition luncheon Dr. Chris Reynolds promised to restore all the old fan-favorite events such as ITOO & others....