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I had just gotten drafted and had to miss seeing that game. My permanent duty station was Arlington, Va. Myself and another guy got out there the day Bradley was playing in the NIT championship game. We went to a bar in DC to watch the game. Had the whole place cheering for the Braves because us 2 guys in uniform ask the bartender to change tv stations and get the Bradley game on. Bradley was well known back then.Last edited by Chico; 08-19-2018, 07:34 PM.What part of illegal don't you understand? -
still no word on the date of the annual Red-White scrimmage...
also, the ITOO Supper is only about a month away and there's been no official public notice either...
there was a mention (back in JUne) in the season ticket renewal package of October 4, but nothing else sinceComment
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Originally posted by tornado View Post
Bradley just sent out this notice to season ticket holders that annouces some dates and information about upcoming events-
Spaghetti Supper - Thursday, October 4
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. before dinner is served at 6 p.m. The Voice of the Braves, Dave Snell, will lead a short program at 7 p.m. featuring fourth-year mens basketball head coach Brian Wardle, third-year womens basketball head coach Andrea Gorski and both the mens and womens basketball teams.
Tickets, which include a spaghetti dinner from Avantis, chicken and all beverages, are $18 for adults, $15 for Braves Club members and $8 for youth (4-14), Children three and under are free.
Tickets can now be purchased in person or by contacting the Bradley Athletics Ticket Office at (309) 677-2625. There will also be a limited number of tickets available at the door at ITOO Hall on Oct. 4.
Red-White Scrimmage - Saturday, October 13
Bradley basketball fans have their first chance to see the 2018-19 men's and women's basketball teams take the court this season when the Braves host their annual Red-White Scrimmage at Renaissance Coliseum. Start time and schedule of events to be announced at a later date.
Men's Basketball Season Ticket Holder Open Practice - Thursday, October 25
This exclusive event for men's basketball season-ticket holders begins at 5:30 pm with an open practice. During the practice, Coach Wardle will be mic'd up so fans in attendance can hear his interaction and instruction with the team.
A meet-and-greet with players and coaches will follow the hour-long practice as well as a Q-and-A with Coach Wardle. Complimentary soft drinks and snacks will also be available during the event on the concourse area in Renaissance Coliseum.
The RSVP deadline is Monday, October 22. The number of guests you can bring is tied to the number of season tickets in your account. If you are a season ticket holder wanting to attend, make sure you let the Ticket Office know by replying to this email, calling (309) 677-2625 or emailing BradleyTicketOffice@bradley.edu.
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so now we can add some more events...
(Events in RED are confirmed & on the calendar)
Preseason:
Wednesday September 26 - Basketball practices can begin.
Teams are allowed to begin practicing six weeks (42 days) before the date of their first scheduled game - LINK
THURSDAY October 4th, 2018 - ITOO Supper - doors open 5:30pm, dinner served 6pm, program starts 7pm
SATURDAY October 13, 2018 - Red-White Scrimmage - time TBA
WEDNESDAY October 17, 2018 - ISC "Smoker" at The Warehouse - 5:30-8:30pm @ 736 SW Washington St., Peoria
THURSDAY October 25, 2018 - 5:30pm - open practice ** Season Ticket Holder event
SATURDAY October 27, 2018 at 5pm Bid for the Braves Auction @ the Renaissance Coliseum. (Halloween Costume party) - LINK
SEASON STARTS:
Non-Conference:
Thursday November 1, 2018 at 7pm - Exhibition game against Carroll University
WEDNESDAY November 7, 2018 at 7pm - Bradley hosts UW-Parkside as the extra game of the Cancun Challenge- this is the earliest opening game ever for Bradley
Saturday November 10, 2018 at 1pm - Bradley hosts SEMO @ Carver Arena
Wednesday November 14, 2018 - Bradley hosts Jacksonville State- as part of Cancun Challenge - Time 7pm @ Carver Arena- they were one of the best teams in the OVC
Saturday November 17, 2018 - Bradley @ UIC Flames - Flames coming off 20-win season[/b]
-also - November 14-21, 2018 - Letter of Intent signing period
Tuesday November 20, 2018 - Cancun Challenge - Bradley vs. SMU in Game 1 (confirmed) @ 5pm
Wednesday November 21, 2018 - then Bradley vs. either Penn State or Wright State in game 2 @ 5 or 7:30pm
Games played @ Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Convention Center in Cancun
Saturday November 24, 2018 at 1pm - Bradley hosts Chicago State
November 28, 2018 - Wednesday at 6pm - Bradley @ IUPUI
-SATURDAY December 1, 2018 (time to be determined) Home game - MVC/MWC Challenge- New Mexico at Bradley
Tuesday December 4, 2018 - @ 6:30pm - Bradley at University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Saturday December 15, 2019 at 7pm - Bradley hosts Eastern Illinois
Tuesday December 18, 2018 - Bradley at Georgia Southern
Saturday December 22, 2018 at 1pm - Bradley hosts Southeast Louisiana
Conference:
-18 game Conference schedule then MVC Tournament in March 2019Comment
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Updated:
(Events in RED are confirmed & on the calendar)
Preseason:
Wednesday September 26 - Basketball practices can begin.
Teams are allowed to begin practicing six weeks (42 days) before the date of their first scheduled game - LINK
THURSDAY October 4th, 2018 - ITOO Supper - doors open 5:30pm, dinner served 6pm, program starts 7pm
SATURDAY October 13, 2018 - Red-White Scrimmage - time TBA
WEDNESDAY October 17, 2018 - ISC "Smoker" at The Warehouse - 5:30-8:30pm @ 736 SW Washington St., Peoria
THURSDAY October 25, 2018 - 5:30pm - open practice ** Season Ticket Holder event
SATURDAY October 27, 2018 at 5pm Bid for the Braves Auction @ the Renaissance Coliseum. (Halloween Costume party) - LINK
SEASON STARTS:
Non-Conference:
Thursday November 1, 2018 at 7pm - Exhibition game against Carroll University
WEDNESDAY November 7, 2018 at 7pm - Bradley hosts UW-Parkside as the extra game of the Cancun Challenge- this is the earliest opening game ever for Bradley
Saturday November 10, 2018 at 1pm - Bradley hosts SEMO @ Carver Arena
Wednesday November 14, 2018 - Bradley hosts Jacksonville State- as part of Cancun Challenge - Time 7pm @ Carver Arena- they were one of the best teams in the OVC
Saturday November 17, 2018 - Bradley @ UIC Flames - Flames coming off 20-win season
-also - November 14-21, 2018 - Letter of Intent signing period
Tuesday November 20, 2018 - Cancun Challenge - Bradley vs. SMU in Game 1 (confirmed) @ 5pm
Wednesday November 21, 2018 - then Bradley vs. either Penn State or Wright State in game 2 @ 5 or 7:30pm
Games played @ Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Convention Center in Cancun
Saturday November 24, 2018 at 1pm - Bradley hosts Chicago State
November 28, 2018 - Wednesday at 6pm - Bradley @ IUPUI
-SATURDAY December 1, 2018 (time to be determined) Home game - MVC/MWC Challenge- New Mexico at Bradley
Tuesday December 4, 2018 - @ 6:30pm - Bradley at University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Saturday December 15, 2019 at 7pm - Bradley hosts Eastern Illinois
Tuesday December 18, 2018 - Bradley at Georgia Southern
Saturday December 22, 2018 at 1pm - Bradley hosts Southeast Louisiana
Conference:(times still to be added)
Jan. 2 Wednesday Northern Iowa * Peoria, Ill. (Carver Arena) TBA
Jan. 5 Saturday at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. TBA
Jan. 8 Tuesday at Valparaiso * Valparaiso, Ind. TBA
Jan. 12 Saturday Missouri State * Peoria, Ill. (Carver Arena) TBA
Jan. 16 Wednesday Drake * Peoria, Ill. (Carver Arena) TBA
Jan. 20 Sunday at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. TBA
Jan. 23 Wednesday Illinois State * Peoria, Ill. (Carver Arena) TBA
Jan. 26 Saturday at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. TBA
Jan. 30 Wednesday at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. TBA
Feb. 2 Saturday Southern Illinois * Peoria, Ill. (Carver Arena) TBA
Feb. 6 Wednesday at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa TBA
Feb. 9 Saturday Indiana State * Peoria, Ill. (Carver Arena) TBA
Feb. 13 Wednesday Loyola * Peoria, Ill. (Carver Arena) TBA
Feb. 16 Saturday at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. TBA
Feb. 19 Tuesday at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa TBA
Feb. 23 Saturday Evansville * Peoria, Ill. (Carver Arena) TBA
Feb. 27 Wednesday Valparaiso * Peoria, Ill. (Carver Arena) TBA
March 2 Saturday at Loyola * Chicago, Ill. TBA
2019 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Championship
March 7 Thursday First Round St. Louis, Mo. (Enterprise Center) MVC Network TBA
March 8 Friday Quarterfinals St. Louis, Mo. (Enterprise Center) MVC Network TBA
March 9 Saturday Semifinals St. Louis, Mo. (Enterprise Center) CBS Sports TBA
March 10 Sunday Championship St. Louis, Mo. (Enterprise Center) CBS TBAComment
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October 20 Coach Wardle hosts a Coaches Clinic
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here's a real oddity regarding New Mexico....Originally posted by tornado View Post
they just released their schedule and on December 30
they play a ROAD GAME at an NAIA opponent!!!
I have never before seen an NCAA Division I school go on the road and play at a lowly NAIA opponent!
They play Sunday December 30, 2018 at University of the Southwest in Hobbs, NM, some 340 miles southeast of their campus in Albuquerque!
University of the Southwest basketball was 1-28 last year in NAIA
Their home arena (Maddox Student Center) seats only 1200 but it has also been mentioned that the game may be played at Hobbs High School - which surprisingly has a gym capacity of over 3,000!! It is a legendary high school that has produced multiple NBA players and a Naismith Hall of Fame Coach.Comment
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Bradley's opponent in the MWC-MVC Challenge, New Mexico, just received some bad news. They lost 3 of their top 4 scorers from last season, and one of their players that they were expecting to be a key addition this season and make up for some of their lost scoring, was Ohio State transfer JaQuan Lyle. He is a former 5-star high school recruit who is now a 6'5" redshirt junior guard who averaged 11.4 ppg as a sophomore at Ohio State, and shot 41% from three. He sat out last season after transferring to New Mexico, and was expected to be an immediate starter for the Lobos this season.
...But he suffered a ruptured achilles tendon in practice Saturday and will miss the entire 2018-19 season.
JaQuan Lyle has moved around a bit. He attended high school at Evansville Bosse HS, and initially committed to play at Louisville during his junior year. But then he decided to move to Huntington Prep in West Virginia for his senior season. Then he dropped Louisville and signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Oregon, but never honored it either. So then he decided to do another post-grad year at a different prep school, IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Then he committed to Ohio State and spent his freshman and sophomore years there.
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ruptured Achilles is an extremely difficult injury to come back fromComment
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That's too bad. Tough for the kid and I want all Braves opponents to be as strong as possible to help our SOS.BRADLEY BASKETBALL
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-3 NCAA Elite Eights
-4 NCAA Sweet 16s
-4 NIT ChampionshipsComment
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That kid seems to have several personal issues, and hopefully this extended period of time away from basketball will help him get his personal life straight.Comment
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The Smoker is two weeks away
but since we first mentioned this year's Smoker, seemingly just about the entire staff of the PJStar Sports department has been canned.
Used to be the PJS sent at least 3 guys there - Liesse, Dave Reynolds, Wessler.....but Liesse is long gone and now Wessler, too - do they even have 3 guys left that care to go?
So will it just be Dave Reynolds there? Does anyone know if any other media people will be there?
Maybe they ought to invite the staff of BradleyFans...Comment
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That would be quite the story if Liesse showed up.Originally posted by tornado View Post1996 & 2019Comment
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