I have been once a Brave always a Brave since 1974 .....

[dogsrus]

Chico...I think that '74 game against L'ville was my very first BU game. A friend's dad took a few guys from my 6th grade team to the game. I didn't know a thing about Bradley or the Braves. I remember that Junior Bridgeman played for L'ville and he was my favorite player after that game. I also remember Jimmy Carruthers hit a couple shots from the deep corner and "wrapped the net" around the rim. I thought that was so cool that I spent hours in my driveway shooting from the side to see if I could wrap the net like Jimmy.

Needless to say that game made a big impression on me and I have been and will be a BRAVES fan for life.

And its why I love letting the kids line the court....while it may not seem like much of a thrill to US those kids will be BU fans forever and won't forget lining the court.

20 years from now they will be saying...."yeah Braves2027 I recall lining the court at that old place they called the Civic Center and high fiving former NBA superstar POB".

[real fan]

Does anyone remember Cal Criddle and L.C. Bowen ; best B.U. story I have is gettin into a car accident on main st. 45 min. before B.U. -Minnesota game and the police dropped me and a friend off at the fieldhouse as the car was towed away; Dave Winfield played on that team and Bradley won in overtime; had to bum a ride back to Pekin with some people I knew after the game.

[tornado]

Of course I recall Cal Criddle and LC BOwen, I was a Bradley student in that era.
If only I had known you, real fan, at that time I lived with a bunch of other guys in the house directly across the street from the Fieldhouse. we used to make a killing parking cars behind our house every game, and you could have come over for a cold one after the game instead of bumming a ride home.

[real fan]

If I had come over for a cold one after the game you may have been stuck with us for several days as we would have celebrated B.U."s win and back then I really knew how to celebrate.