BU-64 Memphis-80

[BTID]

Very impressive for the Tigers! Bradley shot very poorly tonight, and I thought going in they had to play excellent defense to offset that, should it have occurred. Well, the worst happened for the Braves, but I still wouldn't be too bummed out. We've got some good building blocks for next year. Tony, Boogie, and Cellus will definitely be tough to replace, and the Valley will be tough as nails once again. It will be interesting to see who will pick up the slack. Memphis will be very difficult to beat in this tournament. They have great depth and some very good shooters. We had too many turnovers in the first half, and some awful shooting in the second half. We did OK from the line despite a shakey start. Depressing outcome, but I'll take it over the alternative of not having a chance to play in the NCAA's this year. WTG Braves!!

[Big Mike]

If you would have told me at the start of the season..........that Bradley would go as far in the NCAA tourney as duke.........I surely would have taken it! Thanks to the seniors for a great ride that will always go down in Bradley Basketball history! Keep your heads held high.......you have made a statement!

[MacabreMob]

Bradley played a good game. Memphis was the better team and won.

I am not upset and I don't worry about crow on my plate for any reason.

Bradley played great basketball the last 4-5 weeks and were so fun to watch.

[lefty]

Memphis dictated this game from the beginning with their defense. We rushed shots all nite after we had some blocked and altered early in the game.
Their guards were 3-6 inches taller than our guards and just made it tough.
BU never quit..we just couldn't play with them

[Big Mike]

full box:

http://sports-att.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=264000007

[Big Mike]

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=250462

[thefish7]

I was getting mad about the refs for maybe the first three minutes of the game, but they evened it up and called a very consistent game. This was a case of a great team playing their game and winning. Win that championship Memphis! I'll be rooting for you here on out (unless you play Wichita St-- then it's Go SHOX!).

[Big Mike]

http://www.suntimes.com/output/college_hoops/cst-spt-brad24.html

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/ncaatournament/story/624B1DD436E47EF48625713B0021FBE0?OpenDocument

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/032406/KIR_B9B9G6GO.025.shtml

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/032406/BRA_B9B79N0F.077.shtml

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/032406/BRA_B9B79SP4.077.shtml

[Big Mike]

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/032406/BRA_B9B79UHF.077.shtml

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/032406/BRA_B9B9BPJ5.077.shtml

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/032406/BRA_B9B9D6I2.077.shtml

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/032406/TRI_B9B8V3HH.045.shtml

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/032406/TRI_B9B8STSJ.080.shtml

[Big Mike]

I agree with the one headline.....memphis had the BIGGER,STRONGER , FASTER team last night and also throw in the word BETTER. If WS doesn't advance I'll be pulling for the tigers.

[user1]

I was getting mad about the refs for maybe the first three minutes of the game, but they evened it up and called a very consistent game. This was a case of a great team playing their game and winning. Win that championship Memphis! I'll be rooting for you here on out (unless you play Wichita St-- then it's Go SHOX!).

I also thought some of the calls early put BU off guard and seemed to lead to the sense that they wouldn't be able to guard tight.
BU didn't help themselves by missing too many shots and failing to get the ball into POB.
Just got beat by a team that played better.
Kudos to Memphis and let's root for Wichita or Memphis to win it all in the year of the midmajor.

[Da Coach]

Nice story on the game in the Yuba, California paper, mentioning Lawrence Wright and Zach Andrews --

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2006/03/24/news/local_sports/sports2.txt

Does anyone know if Coach Corn made it to the game?