2016 Athlon College Basketball Preview

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another MVC preview - from the Pantagraph
They have Bradley 9th, ISU 2nd but notably there isn't any reference to the chaos that's going on in their program with the arrests and suspensions.

http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/basketball/men/missouri-valley-capsule-breakdown/article_b36087fe-375f-5239-a40f-9c8e82cd0150.html

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The BU Scout preview...

some optimism, then this

-He picks SIU to win the MVC

-Then this statement...
"Let’s get this out in the open – the men’s basketball team is not going to be very good this year.
We’ll be lucky to win 10 games total, and anything more than three wins in the conference will be a step in the right direction"

http://www.bradleyscout.com/sports/were-going-to-stink-but-thats-ok/

http://www.bradleyscout.com/sports/mens-basketball-preview/

http://www.bradleyscout.com/sports/mens-missouri-valley-conference-predictions/

Feature on Callum Barker

http://www.bradleyscout.com/sports/bradleys-big-banger/

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...
-He picks SIU to win the MVC..

CSN previews SIU....the team the Scout picks to win the Valley

http://www.csnchicago.com/ncaa-talk/local-college-hoops-2016-17-preview-southern-illinois

they lose their top scorer, their top rebounder, and have little depth due to extensive player departures on a pretty regular basis over the past several years.

That also reportedly got "hammered" by Middle Tennessee in the closed scrimmage
and the guy they claim is going to be their offensive leader, Sean O'Brien, averaged 10.8 in MVC play despite being among the league's leaders in minutes played and is one of the top four in shot attempts among players returning from last year...
so I just don't see how he can improve his scoring as he just isn't gonna get more shots with Anthony Beane gone - he'll see more defense!
Plus both Vincent & Rodriguez are hampered...

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another preview but don't waste your time...a rehash of most everything we've been talking about for 6 months...

http://thesouthern.com/sports/mvc-basketball-preview-departures-could-mean-open-season-in-the/article_2b36e803-5af6-5e9f-bbb6-b36c8d82f00a.html

it's your typical Shocker love-fest with a few words about the other schools,
but the only mention anywhere of Bradley is to label them a"bottom feeder"...LOL