Final score: Indiana State 56 Bradley 54

[LittleBrave]

As one of several hundred witnesses to the debacle I will say that I have never been more embarrassed of a Bradley team's play. Ever.

Amen to this. We have such great and loyal fans and we deserve better.

[LittleBrave]

Why the freak are we not making adjustments? And why do we keep the same 6-7 guys on the floor who were so offensively inept?

[tornado]

Unfortunately two BU signees for next season aren't exactly dominating at their high school games......

I think you are underselling our incoming guys...

-First - what MVC recruit was a dominating player in high school - maybe hafta go back to Mitchell Anderson?
Mid-majors have to get the kids who have the tools and develop them, we don't have the luxury of lining up the 4-Star guys and 30 ppg scorers..

-Ryan Stipanovich has the tools, he leads a better than average team but not strong team in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals and blocks...and his opponents include many of the very top schools in the midwest - the last two have BOTH been ranked in the Top 50 nationally (Chaminade & Edwardsville), but they also play Vashon, Christian Bros., St. Louis UHigh & Webster Groves .

-Elijah Childs is the leader on the #2 ranked team in the entire state and they've lost to only one other team..
When's the last time we landed the best kid from the top 1 or 2 teams in any state?

-the other kid we've been pretty strongly connected to is a high scoring kid that's got offers from 3 different Top 25 teams but seems interested in Bradley and putting up 20+ against top notch national caliber prep school opponents.

https://twitter.com/PrepCircuit/status/817807540079775744

https://twitter.com/conradhoops/status/828637342067998720

https://twitter.com/zsmart3/status/819007181358071808

scout.com ranks both Ryan & Elijah in the Top 6 players in Missouri for 2017
Rivals allows you to sort more precisely and actually has Elijah Childs ranked #1 and Ryan Stipanovich ranked #2 believe it or not

https://n.rivals.com/search#?formValues=%257B%2522sport%2522:%2522Basketball%2522,%2522position_group.abbreviation%2522:%2522%2522,%2522position.abbreviation%2522:%2522%2522,%2522recruit_year%2522:2017,%2522page_number%2522:1,%2522state.abbr%2522:%255B%2522MO%2522%255D,%2522sort%2522:%257B%2522stars%2522:%257B%2522order%2522:%2522desc%2522%257D%257D%257D

[lefty]

Why the freak are we not making adjustments? And why do we keep the same 6-7 guys on the floor who were so offensively inept?

Adjustments have been made ...people wanted a shorter rotation and that happened, JH and DB have been playing more together, many times we have went with DT at the 5 spot....


It's a JV team guys..2 years of recruits with the first year recruits that really nobody else wanted.....for a reason.......we have endured many years of bad basketball though so I understand why the patience is thin

[LittleBrave]

Adjustments have been made ...people wanted a shorter rotation and that happened, JH and DB have been playing more together, many times we have went with DT at the 5 spot....


It's a JV team guys..2 years of recruits with the first year recruits that really nobody else wanted.....for a reason.......we have endured many years of bad basketball though so I understand why the patience is thin

I don't get why D-LO is not playing much, let alone Ronnie Suggs. Anyone know why? True D-LO is in a bit of a sophomore funk, but he can't get out of it without more playing time.

[DeanMartin]

Amen to this. We have such great and loyal fans and we deserve better.

I echo this quote! Although our talent isn't the greatest ever here on the hilltop, we've still had superior talent in every MVC game with the exception of Wichita State and Illinois State this season during a down year in the league. So what is the real problem then? Just take a look at the Indiana State games, Greg Lansing grossly out-coached Wardle, and the Sycamores stole that game in our house. Wardle's bench coaching is no better than Geno Ford (maybe not as good). I would be all Chris Reynolds putting his old high school head coach, Chuck Buescher in charge of the program. I could see an all-star staff headed up by AJ Guyton & Daniel Ruffin as lead recruiters. The BU program would be restored in a short order. Would we ever worry about the Braves playing great defensively? Would we be worried about getting out-coached? Would we be worried about getting quality recruits? Chuck's thumb print was all over Jim Les best teams at BU. When Buescher left, Les tanked! I can't speak for Chuck, but my guess is that the BU alum would probably do the job for far less money. Once a Brave, always a Brave. If Reynolds wants to restore the program back to glory, he of all people holds the key! Fire Wardle and hire Chuck Buescher now!

[BRADLEY FAN 49]

I echo this quote! Although our talent isn't the greatest ever here on the hilltop, we've still had superior talent in every MVC game with the exception of Wichita State and Illinois State this season during a down year in the league. So what is the real problem then? Just take a look at the Indiana State games, Greg Lansing grossly out-coached Wardle, and the Sycamores stole that game in our house. Wardle's bench coaching is no better than Geno Ford (maybe not as good). I would be all Chris Reynolds putting his old high school head coach, Chuck Buescher in charge of the program. I could see an all-star staff headed up by AJ Guyton & Daniel Ruffin as lead recruiters. The BU program would be restored in a short order. Would we ever worry about the Braves playing great defensively? Would we be worried about getting out-coached? Would we be worried about getting quality recruits? Chuck's thumb print was all over Jim Les best teams at BU. When Buescher left, Les tanked! I can't speak for Chuck, but my guess is that the BU alum would probably do the job for far less money. Once a Brave, always a Brave. If Reynolds wants to restore the program back to glory, he of all people holds the key! Fire Wardle and hire Chuck Buescher now!

Wow!!!!! I disagree with everything in this rant.
Just my opinion.
For one thing Chuck Buescher would want no part of this job.

[lefty]

Wow!!!!! I disagree with everything in this rant.
Just my opinion.
For one thing Chuck Buescher would want no part of this job.

yeah....I like Chuck...but I disagree too.

[lefty]

I don't get why D-LO is not playing much, let alone Ronnie Suggs. Anyone know why? True D-LO is in a bit of a sophomore funk, but he can't get out of it without more playing time.

Again...everyone talked about a shorter rotation so DLO and Barker were odd men out.....they may play in the first half of some games now but unless they do something special probably won't play in the second half

[DeanMartin]

Wow!!!!! I disagree with everything in this rant.
Just my opinion.
For one thing Chuck Buescher would want no part of this job.

Respectfully agree to disagree, but you are probably right in stating that he wouldn't want any part of this job right now. I stand by my rant though.

[tornado]

I would love to have Chuck Buescher, but - he's 72 years old and as I understand - part of why he stepped down as coach and why he declined to do the radio broadcasts is because he wants to be and remain retired and does not want to be travelling all over the place

**when Chuck Buescher retired as basketball assistant at Bradley in May of 2007, he had just helped the Braves
to BACK-TO-BACK 22-win seasons...
How many times since the 1950's has Bradley had that same degree of success -
being able to string together BACK-TO-BACK 22-win seasons?

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The answer is only that one time when Bish retired -
they did it in 2005-06 and then again in 2006-07 under Jim Les and Chuck Buescher...
and it was never accomplished by anyone else at Bradley since the 1958-59 and 1959-60 seasons under Orsborn.

[DeanMartin]

I would love to have Chuck Buescher, but - he's 72 years old and as I understand - part of why he stepped down as coach and why he declined to do the radio broadcasts is because he wants to be and remain retired and does not want to be travelling all over the place

**when Chuck Buescher retired as basketball assistant at Bradley in May of 2007, he had just helped the Braves
to BACK-TO-BACK 22-win seasons...
How many times since the 1950's has Bradley had that same degree of success -
being able to string together BACK-TO-BACK 22-win seasons?

Thanks for that insight Tornado. Hard to believe coach B is 72 years old, he has aged very gracefully and doesn't look any older than he did when he was pacing the sidelines in the Den at Peoria High School. A living legend, and Peoria basketball icon.

[wily coyote]

I echo this quote! Although our talent isn't the greatest ever here on the hilltop, we've still had superior talent in every MVC game with the exception of Wichita State and Illinois State this season during a down year in the league. So what is the real problem then? Just take a look at the Indiana State games, Greg Lansing grossly out-coached Wardle, and the Sycamores stole that game in our house. Wardle's bench coaching is no better than Geno Ford (maybe not as good). I would be all Chris Reynolds putting his old high school head coach, Chuck Buescher in charge of the program. I could see an all-star staff headed up by AJ Guyton & Daniel Ruffin as lead recruiters. The BU program would be restored in a short order. Would we ever worry about the Braves playing great defensively? Would we be worried about getting out-coached? Would we be worried about getting quality recruits? Chuck's thumb print was all over Jim Les best teams at BU. When Buescher left, Les tanked! I can't speak for Chuck, but my guess is that the BU alum would probably do the job for far less money. Once a Brave, always a Brave. If Reynolds wants to restore the program back to glory, he of all people holds the key! Fire Wardle and hire Chuck Buescher now!

DM the Coach Buesch ship sailed along time ago when he wasn't offered the job. He only came back when his good friend was sitting on the hot seat and little Buesch was on Jim's staff. We all know how that return worked out. Can you say sweet 16. Not positive but I think he also spends the winters in AZ.

[lefty]

DM the Coach Buesch ship sailed along time ago when he wasn't offered the job. He only came back when his good friend was sitting on the hot seat and little Buesch was on Jim's staff. We all know how that return worked out. Can you say sweet 16. Not positive but I think he also spends the winters in AZ.

He told me a month or so ago he was going to AZ sometime after the first of the year....I was thinking for a month but not positive....

[Bradleyfan1]

I'm sure that CR is not even close to making a change. We will see in a couple years.

I don't see CB taking over but Eric maybe ? I like the staff you put together in the rant lol let's add Jeremy Crouch. Cellus maybe? I'm believeing in Wardle and trust him for Atleast two more years to show improvement, lose out pathetically and repeat next season and that's a rap IMO. Also IMO that doesn't happen. I think we finish strong this season. Add /bring in at least 5 new guys. We will be much improved next season. 18 -19 we will finish top 3 after that let's win some championships.