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  • #31
    Ouch. MSU shot 53 percent for the game and a blazing 42 percent from 3. 15 3's from MSU. Hard to win a game that way.

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    • #32
      I don't buy that

      Originally posted by Bravesfan
      Originally posted by tornado
      I am very proud of our guys.
      They played hard, and MSU was the better team today.
      Would have loved to have gotten a bit higher seed and had a couple home games, but our guys have done everything asked of them and more.

      We will miss all the seniors, and look forward to being one of the best Valley teams next season.
      That's what bugs me the most. What does a non-BCS team (aside from Air Force) have to do to earn a 1 or 2 seed in the NIT? The chances of seeing a so called "mid-major" making the NIT Final Four are slim and none with the way the committee seeds teams.

      Well, not much we can do about the seedings, I suppose. But I do credit the NIT committee for making this a much more competitive tournament. And of course, I commend Bradley for a great season as well! I too look forward to them winning the Valley regular season and/or tournament soon, and finishing in at least the top 2 or 3 of the Valley for years to come!
      I don't buy that seeding garbage. Seed the teams where they belong and let the chips fall where they may. If a mid-major desrves to be seeded higher than they need to put up or shut up. Clearly, MSU was a #1 seed! It is not the committee's job to make sure a "mid-major making the NIT Final Four" happens. The mid-major's need to make it happen!

      Sure, a better seed would ensure a home court advantage and that always helps the higher seeds. But that's life. And life ain't always fair, and it ain't always easy!

      I firmly believe that all of this "mid-major got screwed" whining, and "the MVC deserves to be considered in the same breath as the BCS schools" crying played a huge role in the MVC only getting 2 bids in The Big Dance. It was clearly a backlash and a slap down to remind us (mid-majors) that we don't make the big decisions. The "big money" schools do.

      I'm proud of the way our guys played against MSU! But it was clear that we were not in their league as far as size, talent, and athleticism goes. But I'm OK with that. In fact, I prefer it! We are what we are -- classy, well-spoken, scrappers who certainly have earned respect and admiration.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by tornado
        Indeed, their powerful 6-4, 6-5 guards had their way with our 5-10 and 6-1 guys, but our guys did fight hard until the game was out of reach.
        And this is exactly why I question us taking a 5'10 JUCO shooting guard.
        Can we start winning soon?

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        • #34
          Originally posted by Lakeview Brave
          Originally posted by tornado
          Indeed, their powerful 6-4, 6-5 guards had their way with our 5-10 and 6-1 guys, but our guys did fight hard until the game was out of reach.
          And this is exactly why I question us taking a 5'10 JUCO shooting guard.
          Insurance in case Ruffin wants to learn a foreign language.
          Do not worry, we WILL get a skilled big! Although some we have offered now will, poof, disappear. (Academics).
          The way I see it, their will be possibly be 3 scholarships available, not including Ruffins!
          The next 6 weeks will be interesting!
          Jim Les wants to take us to the NEXT level.

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          • #35
            BUBraves.com story--

            STARKVILLE, Miss. ? Mississippi State (20-13) hit Bradley (22-13) with a late knockout punch and advanced to the quarterfinals of the MasterCard National Invitation Tournament with a 101-72 victory Saturday afternoon in front of 5,733 boisterous fans at Humphrey Coliseum.

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            • #36
              Point of clarification on recruit rankings...

              Originally posted by tornado
              Originally posted by IlliBraves
              While I agree that the better team may have won, they shouldn't be massacring us like this. Poor effort on defense and rebounding. We are better than that.
              Jamont Gordon was a FIVE STAR recruit who averaged 26 pts and 16 rebs in high school.
              He was the #16 player in the country in the Rivals Top 150 in 2005


              (and he wasn't even the highest rated Rivals Top 150 recruit they had that year, as they also had the #3 guy nationally and well as the #52 guy, #73, and #86.)

              So they had FIVE Top 100 guys, and Bradley was playing against them with a team of kids who were unheralded, some virtually unknown...so cut me a little slack.

              Next year's team is going to have 5 or 6 3-STAR recruits, and we've never had more than one on the team at any given time in the past, so I am looking forward to the future, and I am not going to dump on the kids for one bad game on the road under very tough conditions.

              Bradley played pretty even with these guys for 32 minutes, then the wheels fell off. I give 'em credit.......nice job Braves.
              Not many gave BU any chance in the universe of winning 22 games thiis year.

              MSU did have a nice recruiting year that year, but understand the the #3 player you reference, Monta Ellis, went straight to the NBA and is starting for Golden State this year. Vernon Goodridge played 2 minutes today and remains a project. The other three, the Delks and Jamont Gordon, you saw today and they and our frosh make up what most of us expect and hope is a very strong team next year.

              Good game today. Caught us unusually pumped and hot today or it would have been a close one.

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              • #37
                Jamont Gordon was quite the hoss for Mississippi State. Even when he didn't score he seemed to give his teammates a boost, thus helping them play better than the times he was on the bench. If the Bulldogs can only go 8-8 in the SEC West, it tells you how deep and talented their league really was this year.

                I'm just glad Bradley didn't schedule Montana State this year. The Braves were 0-4 against "MSU's" this season, and only one of those four losses was by single digits!

                Congrats and good luck in the future for Will, JJ, Zach, and Danny. Their play this year really helped make Bradley a pleasant surprise in the Missouri Valley. I hope our returning starters and new players can keep it up so Bradley can return to being a respectable team on an annual basis in the midwest and the rest of the country.

                BTW, the crowd at The Hump was very vocal, and the BU fans could be heard quite nicely when the team was on the comeback trail and playing well. We didn't deserve to lose as badly as we did, but you can't fault the Bulldogs--they were mui caliente today!
                "The NCAA is so upset about alleged recruiting violations at Kentucky that they decided to give Cleveland State the Death Penalty"--Jerry Tarkanian

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