Final score: Drake 78 Bradley 68

[Da Coach]

Next game: Bradley (17-7, 7-4 in the MVC, and 12-0 at home) wil host Drake (12-12, 6-5 in the MVC, and 2-8 in road games), Saturday, Feb. 3, 7:00 PM at the Peoria Civic Center Arena.

The game will be streamed on ESPN3.com-

http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3273055/drake-vs-bradley-m-basketball

Live stats-

http://www.sidearmstats.com/bradley/mbball/

Radio- WMBD 1470 AM and 100.3 FM-

http://www.1470wmbd.com/

BradleyFans.com chat room-

https://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=825133595#post825133595

Drake basketball website-

http://godrakebulldogs.com/index.aspx?path=mbball

Drake Schedule/results-

http://godrakebulldogs.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

Standings-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/18

Drake is lead by the MVC's 2nd-leading scorer Reed Timmer, a 6'1" senior guard who averages 19.0 ppg. He shoots 44.4% from three, which is tops on the Drake team.
Their leading rebounder is 6'2" senior guard C.J. Rivers with 5.7 rpg. Drake averages 74.5 ppg, which is the top scoring average among MVC teams. Bradley averages 68.2 ppg, which ranks 8th.

Drake usually plays 4 guards at a time, and they have only 2 big men who play a significant role. 6'8" junior Nick McGlynn averages 21.8 minutes per game, 11.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg; and 6'10" redshirt junior Casey Schlatter who averages 15.2 minutes per game, 4.5 ppg, and 3.3 rpg.

Their top 5 guards are all seniors and all play between 25-33 minutes per game- Reed Timmer (18.0 ppg), De'Antae McMurray (10.9 ppg), Graham Woodward (10.3 ppg), Ore Arogundade (7.0 ppg), and C.J. Rivers (5.1 ppg).

Defensively, Bradley yields an average of 62.8 ppg, 3rd in the MVC. Drake yields an average of 74.0, which ranks 9th.
Drake shoots 37.8% on threes (3rd in the MVC), Bradley shoots 37.5 (4th)%.

Bradley leads the MVC in home attendance with an average of 5,178 per game.

Drake stats-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/du.htm#team.ind

Bradley stats-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/brad.htm#team.ind

MVC stats-
Overall-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/confldrs.htm

Conference only-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFONLY.HTM#conf.wki

Bradley has an RPI currently of 73. Drake's RPI is currently 170-

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2018/conference/Missouri-Valley

[Braves2006]

Being Saturday and a 7pm start.... there should be a huge turnout (at least I’m hoping). I think our highest attended game was also a 7pm start on a Saturday night as well against Evansville if I remember right. Hopefully the folks will show up. This team has EARNED IT!

[MacabreMob]

We HAVE to build on our success. And I think in this game we will. Bradley wins, IMO.

I am more worried about the next 3. I expect we get tough games on road at UNI and SIU and (expecting) a couple losses which could damage confidence going into home game with ISU. 3 losses in a row will hurt and maybe put us in a tailspin and lose 5 in a row as we have road games at Valpo and Mo St after that (viewing Valpo as a very winnable road game).

I know I look ahead.

Just.... we gotta keep building on our success and keep adjusting and keep getting better.

It starts with this Saturday beating Drake.

[Da Coach]

Saturday's game is also Hall of Fame day.
In addition to the Game Day Luncheon Friday to honor the Hall of Fame inductees, they will be introduced at halftime of Saturday's game.

2018 Bradley Hall of Fame inductees-
⛹️*♂️ James Gillingham
⛹️*♀️ Sara Bailey
⚽️ Preston Good
⚾️🏀🏈 Ernie Pierantoni
🎾 1968 Men's Tennis Team

[NewYorkBradleyFan]

Odds

Bradley opens -8 . Vegas is sick of these Braves covering (still going to cover!)

[Chico]

Let??™s hope the Red Sea turns out like they did the last game. They do make a difference.

[tornado]

A win today gives us 18 wins - that would equal the most wins we've had since 2008-2009

[basketball nut]

Being Saturday and a 7pm start.... there should be a huge turnout (at least I??™m hoping). I think our highest attended game was also a 7pm start on a Saturday night as well against Evansville if I remember right. Hopefully the folks will show up. This team has EARNED IT!

Hope it is even louder then Wednesday night w/a lot more fans and STUDENTS.

[Da Coach]

It looks like it could be a big crowd tonight. The main lobby is packed with long lines at the ticket windows and long lines to get into the arena.

[basketball nut]

It looks like it could be a big crowd tonight. The main lobby is packed with long lines at the ticket windows and long lines to get into the arena.

Wish I knew how to forward a picture. It took my son in law to the 13 minute mark to get to his seats.

[Da Coach]

Final score: Drake 78 Bradley 68

[BU-Bball]

Best crowd since we hosted Michigan (I??™m guessing ) showed up to watch the Braves .... too bad the Braves didn??™t show up to play. Flat flat flat all night . Need to steal one on the road .the line at the ticket window was crazy , I hope they keep coming back !!

[wily coyote]

Boy that was a real stinker. Didn't see that coming after the way we've been playing.

[Da Coach]

Well, not much to say other than the obvious- Bradley just couldn't make shots tonight. Drake went into their 2-3 zone with 13-14 minutes left in the game, and never came out of it.

Official Box Score-

http://www.bubraves.com/documents/2018/2/3//Drake_78_Bradley_68.pdf28

Official attendance was 7,793! By far the biggest crowd of the year. We need to play more Saturday night games!
Too bad they couldn't have seen a win.

By the way, did anyone else hear Coach Wardle on his post-game show? Did you agree? Lost because the players developing "attitudes"?
I am not a coach, but maybe there were some things we might have tried differently to give Bradley a chance to win, but we never seemed to change what we were doing, and it wasn't working.
For one, here are the top 3-point shooters-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/71/sort/threePointFieldGoalPct

Stipo didn't see the floor the last 10-12 minutes, and Luuk never got his warm-up off the whole game. Also, Koch Bar had a nice game. He was 3-3 from the floor, and had 7 rebounds in just 19 minutes, and played good inside defense. I am not saying any of these guys would have made a difference, but he also did not play the last 8-10 minutes.

The loss drops Bradley to 7-5 in the MVC, and of the 6 remaining league games, only 2 are at home. So it is going to be tough to finish above .500 in the MVC, and if there are any more slip-ups, we may be looking at playing on Thursday night again in St. Louis.

[Bradley3342]

Not going to win many games shooting 37 percent from the field. Hopefully this is a wake up call and we can steal one on the road now.