Bradley's 2018-19 Schedule

[pfcmsh]

Non Con Schedule

When you are a doormat, the BCS schools will play you, if you travel to them. Once you are out of the basement and a 20 win mid major, they are very hesitant to play you for fear of being knocked off, affecting their RPI.

[tornado]

Anyone who doubts it's hard for good midmajors to schedule...

"Loyola has become the IRS of college basketball ??” everybody fears it. NC
State paid $175,000 (buyout) to avoid playing the Ramblers..."

"Loyola then contacted 50 high-major schools, asking for a ???buyout??? game, the
kind that financially favors the home team. Only one said yes: Florida. You
might remember how that turned out: Ramblers 65, Gators 59.

Now it??™s even harder for Loyola to get a game."

[bradleyfan124]

Anyone who doubts it's hard for good midmajors to schedule...

"Loyola has become the IRS of college basketball ??” everybody fears it. NC
State paid $175,000 (buyout) to avoid playing the Ramblers..."

"Loyola then contacted 50 high-major schools, asking for a ???buyout??? game, the
kind that financially favors the home team. Only one said yes: Florida. You
might remember how that turned out: Ramblers 65, Gators 59.

Now it??™s even harder for Loyola to get a game."

NCAA are you hearing this??? You need to correct this. All the mid-majors need to get together and confront the NCAA. They could change this if they wanted

[tornado]

Breaking news ....and good news on our schedule!

Bradley will host New Mexico in the MVC/MWC Challenge
Here's the link to their beat writer (Albuquerque Journal)



Non-Conference:
November 28, 2018 - Wednesday Bradley @ IUPUI
-Home game vs. Chicago State (with probably another one in 2019)
-Home game vs. SEMO
-Home game vs. Eastern Illinois?* - *There is a report of a home game with EIU but I have never seen that confirmed as a 2-for-1
-Away game vs. Georgia Southern & maybe UALR
-reports of a November Tourney
-Home game - MVC/MWC Challenge- New Mexico at Bradley


Conference:
-18 game Conference schedule then MVC Tournament in March 2019

Hey- it's been 15 years but it's never too late for a little payback!

[Serbiansniper34]

Who reported that? Are the rest of the games out?

[tornado]

Here's where their beat writer noted it

[houstonbrave]

Good news on New Mexico. I would like a little revenge.

I hope Coach Wardle??™s original statement comes true and the schedule is a lot better than the 2017-18 schedule, but we have a lot of work to do-the rest of the schedule looks awful (maybe Georgia Southern will be ok-not sure what they lose/have coming in). Right now that non-con schedule does not seem to prepare us well for the valley.

I know it is hard to get power five games but I would think we could get better mid-major games. Other valley teams have had better schedules than this. It??™s not easy but we need better results.

[tornado]

Bradley will host New Mexico in the MVC/MWC Challenge ...[/B]

New Mexico had a decent season and went 12-6 & 3rd place in the Mountain West Conference - losing in a close Championship game of the MWC Tourney & ending with an RPI of just over 100
But I think we should be able to win this one....

...they do lose a fair amount of their offense (#2, 3, 4 & 5 scorers) and their top incoming recruit changed his pledge at the last minute to Memphis.
They signed 3 freshmen and two top juco players this month in the spring signing period.


one of their assistants is from Sydney Australia and should be familiar to Jatden Hodgson..
and another of their assistants ought to be familiar to many Bradley fans...
Past Bradley great (1997-2001) Jerome Robinson - LINK

[tornado]

Here's a summary of what early season tournaments the MVC teams are planning to play...

Bradley - we are planning to be in a November Tourney but details not yet available
Drake - Hy-Vee Big 4 Classic - Drake gets Iowa State
Evansville - unknown at this time
Illinois State- Cayman Islands Classic Tournament - LINK - TEAMS
Indiana State - Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic - LINK - TEAMS (Indiana State gets TCU !)
Loyola - Islands of the Bahamas Showcase - LINK - TEAMS (they told their fans this is still tentative at their banquet which drew 500 instead of their usual 100)
Missouri State - Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, MO - LINK
UNI - Virgin Islands Paradise Jam - LINK - TEAMS, UNI also in Hy-Vee Big 4 Classic vs. Iowa **BUT, Iowa has an "opt-out" option! - LINK
SIU - Orleans Arena in Las Vegas- Las Vegas Holiday Invitational - LINK - TEAMS
Valparaiso - Myrtle Beach Invitational - LINK - LINK

[64NIT]

Breaking news ....and good news on our schedule!

Bradley will host New Mexico in the MVC/MWC Challenge
Here's the link to their beat writer (Albuquerque Journal)

I still remember the thrashing BU gave UNM in the finals of the 1964 NIT, 86-54. In the second half, BU ran the floor like they were the only five on the court.

It was this 63-64 season, and especially BU's NIT championship, that hooked my on BU hoops and I've been a fan ever since.

[tornado]

there's a report that Evansville has arranged a buy game at Illinois but is that a good thing for your schedule?
Illinois is gonna be all newcomers & freshmen so could have a 200+ RPI. If you're gonna do a buy game, pick some team that will enhance your resume.
Illini buy games have historically been Austin-Peay, EIU, NC Central, Longwood and Augustana..

[Mikovio]

If we take a buy game it should be with a top 75 program so it counts as Q1. Illinois isn't that this year.

[tornado]

Miko- I agree 100% We should go play somewhere (like Loyola did last year at Florida) that our coaches know will help us and that we match up well & have a chance to come away with a win.

I don't mind playing Illinois - even in a buy game - but if we did go there to play them, it would probably help them & their resume more than it would help us!!

but overall I can't be too critical of any mid-major & their scheduling since I continue to see how hard it is for the better midmajors to get anyone willing to play you..

[64NIT]

there's a report that Evansville has arranged a buy game at Illinois but is that a good thing for your schedule?
Illinois is gonna be all newcomers & freshmen so could have a 200+ RPI. If you're gonna do a buy game, pick some team that will enhance your resume.
Illini buy games have historically been Austin-Peay, EIU, NC Central, Longwood and Augustana..

According to Jon Rothstein:

Illinois will host Evansville as part of its 2018-19 non-conference schedule, per a source.

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/988736811844288513

He never indicates what his "source" is but I'm pretty sure it's credible.

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the implication (from another tweet) is that the info perhaps came from one of the Illini assistants who was formerly an Evansville assistant