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With the late game and all the celebrating, and with all the time the board problems were going on, I have had time to start a thread about the individual players. There were some outstanding performances.
Daniel Ruffin- 26 minutes, 11 points, 7 assists, and just 2 turnovers against the heralded defense of Kansas. Ruff even played some pretty awesome defense himself. His performance did not stand out as much as some of the others, but was every bit as significant. There were fans around me who said that Kansas could relly use a point guard like Daniel.
Will Franklin- 26 minutes, 5-9 shooting, 2-3 on 3's, 14 points and 6 assists. (I thought he was just supposed to be an adequate backup?) What a performance! If anyone says that early in the year they thought Will Franklin would have such a dominating performance in the NCAA against Kansas, they would have been laughed at and carted away! Those numbers are better than McDonald's AA's Mario Chalmers, and way better that Brandon Rush (1 assist betwee them!). Will also played unbelieveable defense.
J.J. Tauai- 17 minutes, 3-3 shooting, 1-1 on 3 pointers.8 points 3 rebounds, 3 steals. The game of his life. J.J. wasn't in the game at the end, but he was one of the major reasons Bradley was ahead virtually the whole game
Marcellus Sommerville- The best player on the floor. That's not just my opinion, it seems to be the opinion of every writer, and many of the Kansas fans. 37 minutes, 7-15, 5-9, and 21 points to lead all scorers. He also had 7 rebounds. And Cellus played great defense all night on Rush and Julian Wright.
Patrick O'Bryant- 26 minutes because of foul trouble. But he was big. 8 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and he completely neutralized Sasha Kaun, the NBA prospect cenetr for Kansas. POB was an inside force, and even though he wasn't credited with any blocks, he helped keep most of the Kansas action away from the basket.
Tony Bennett- his offense usually suffers a little when he expend so much effort on defense. But 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists is still a pretty good game. There are a couple McDonalds All Americans on Kansas that would have liked to have as good a game as TB. He played outstanding defense all game
Zach Andrews- only 12 minutes, 2 points, 4 rebounds, but was very valuable in spelling POB, and playing great defense on the Kansas big men.
Lawrence Wright- like Zach, he sacrificed his game a little for the team by concentrating on denense. His work kept the Kansas guys from getting to the basket, and made them into a much more perimeter team. It was a big part of why Bradley lead virtually the entire game.
Danny Adams- only 4 minutes, but his effort and hustle really helped. Bradley did not lose their lead when the bench guys came in the game, and that was huge. It was amazing to see Danny guarding Brandon Rush when he was in the game, and Rush couldn't score or do anything against Danny!
The coaches- great game plan, and even better game coaching. Jim Les and the guys outcoached Bill Self, and have put Bradley back on the map. I can't remember a single coaching move that didn't come out looking good.
Great job by everyone. It's hard to find just 1 or 2 players of the game. It was a team effort. Even the rest of the bench was cheering and into the game like I have never seen.
Bradley is Back!
Daniel Ruffin- 26 minutes, 11 points, 7 assists, and just 2 turnovers against the heralded defense of Kansas. Ruff even played some pretty awesome defense himself. His performance did not stand out as much as some of the others, but was every bit as significant. There were fans around me who said that Kansas could relly use a point guard like Daniel.
Will Franklin- 26 minutes, 5-9 shooting, 2-3 on 3's, 14 points and 6 assists. (I thought he was just supposed to be an adequate backup?) What a performance! If anyone says that early in the year they thought Will Franklin would have such a dominating performance in the NCAA against Kansas, they would have been laughed at and carted away! Those numbers are better than McDonald's AA's Mario Chalmers, and way better that Brandon Rush (1 assist betwee them!). Will also played unbelieveable defense.
J.J. Tauai- 17 minutes, 3-3 shooting, 1-1 on 3 pointers.8 points 3 rebounds, 3 steals. The game of his life. J.J. wasn't in the game at the end, but he was one of the major reasons Bradley was ahead virtually the whole game
Marcellus Sommerville- The best player on the floor. That's not just my opinion, it seems to be the opinion of every writer, and many of the Kansas fans. 37 minutes, 7-15, 5-9, and 21 points to lead all scorers. He also had 7 rebounds. And Cellus played great defense all night on Rush and Julian Wright.
Patrick O'Bryant- 26 minutes because of foul trouble. But he was big. 8 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and he completely neutralized Sasha Kaun, the NBA prospect cenetr for Kansas. POB was an inside force, and even though he wasn't credited with any blocks, he helped keep most of the Kansas action away from the basket.
Tony Bennett- his offense usually suffers a little when he expend so much effort on defense. But 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists is still a pretty good game. There are a couple McDonalds All Americans on Kansas that would have liked to have as good a game as TB. He played outstanding defense all game
Zach Andrews- only 12 minutes, 2 points, 4 rebounds, but was very valuable in spelling POB, and playing great defense on the Kansas big men.
Lawrence Wright- like Zach, he sacrificed his game a little for the team by concentrating on denense. His work kept the Kansas guys from getting to the basket, and made them into a much more perimeter team. It was a big part of why Bradley lead virtually the entire game.
Danny Adams- only 4 minutes, but his effort and hustle really helped. Bradley did not lose their lead when the bench guys came in the game, and that was huge. It was amazing to see Danny guarding Brandon Rush when he was in the game, and Rush couldn't score or do anything against Danny!
The coaches- great game plan, and even better game coaching. Jim Les and the guys outcoached Bill Self, and have put Bradley back on the map. I can't remember a single coaching move that didn't come out looking good.
Great job by everyone. It's hard to find just 1 or 2 players of the game. It was a team effort. Even the rest of the bench was cheering and into the game like I have never seen.
Bradley is Back!
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