Final score: Missouri State 69 Bradley 64

[tornado]

well - I see improvement - but who'd have thunk we'd be hoping for improvement 1/2 way thru this season?

Here are my top 5 thoughts..

-Missouri State's Josh Webster carried the ball or traveled on every possession but the refs let it go
-we have to make our wide open bunnies and dunks - I am sure we lead the league in missed wide open, point blank shots
-they double-teamed Childs and made it hard for Eli to get a shot- why didn't we double Da Silva or Dixon since they are their two top scorers and the two guys who hurt us the most?
-21 turnovers again - the same crappy passes and unchallenged turnovers we've seen for 3.5 years

-and LASTLY- there was one stretch of FOUR minutes to start the 2nd half - where we blew the lead out from just 2 points to 14 points (46-32 at 15:52)
In that stretch, every possession we pushed the ball and looked to score early in the possessions - AND IT WORKED!!!
Then sadly, we went back to eating 28 seconds each possession before looking to score and it killed us ...
we need to watch that first 4 minutes of the 2nd half and copy it the rest of the season.

[molar50]

I'm done watching this. It is too painful. I used to have 6 tickets. When Geno was hired it was 4 tickets. I'm dropping down to 2 tickets next year. How did this team beat Penn St and SMU ? Every coach has got our number attacking our guards. Too many fouls, turnovers, poor decisions. I do not see much hope for next year.

[Classof77]

More people there than I expected, given the weather and how we've been playing. We managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of vistory. Although I told my girlfriend at the 10 minute mark we'll be lucky to win this. Another disappointing game.

[Braves2006]

Didn’t go tonight. No way I was going out in this weather for this team. This program is a disaster.

[Bradley3342]

Not sure what is wrong with this team. We lose Donte but basically all the same players from last year. I know Donte was more of a vocal leader but why can’t someone on this team step up and take control of this and be a leader. Really disappointing...

[Da Coach]

MVC Standings. Bradley is 0-4, and no other team has more than 2 losses-
1. Valpo 4-0
2. Loyola 3-1
3. SIU 2-2
-. Indiana St. 2-2
-. Illinois St. 2-2
-. Evansville 2-2
-. Missouri St. 2-2
8. Drake 1-2
-. UNI 1-2
10. Bradley 0-4

[Braves2006]

Nice. Not only has Bradley turned awful... but the top 2 teams in the Valley are from the Horizon.

[bigjimmy]

We were outscored 34-16 in the last 15:00 of the game. Just inexcusable at home. Our last made FG was a 3 pointer by Jayden with 8:36 to go in the game. Can't happen. In the last 15:00 minutes we were 2-10 from the field, 2-6 from 3 and 0-4 from 2, were 10-12 from the FT line and had 10 turnovers. For the game we were 10-19 from 3, 8-33 from 2(a pathetic 24%) and18-25 from the FT line. As bad as our offense was in those last 15 minutes it was our defense that really let us down. In the last 15:00 Missouri State was 12-14 from the FT line and made 11 of their last 19 FG's. This game was right there for the taking and instead we gave it away. I'm not questioning our effort just our execution. As frustrated as we are as fans it's has to be more frustrating for them, especially with the way they finished last season and started this season. 0-4 in the Mo Valley sucks but 6 teams will have 2 losses and 1 will have 3 after the 1st 4 league games so there's still time to stay out of the play in game but the clock is ticking. Wins need to start happening. Make it happen guys.

[MacabreMob]

Season was over for me on Nov 24th. I smelled a stink and feared a stinky season was coming then and hoped I was wrong. Nobody knows what is the funk and nobody that does is talking. Let this season end and when over - we will learn from players graduated and/or players transferring who and the what the funk is.

[tornado]

in the final 16 seconds we had a chance still but could not find anything better than the worst fall away, incredibly well guarded 3-pt attempt -
.....and of course it airballed.... we are a poor passing team
we are perennially at the top of the MVC in turnovers and at the bottom in assists and A/T Ratio

I suppose if we scored well enough or shot well enough we could overcome all that...
but unfortunately we are also at the bottom of the MVC in scoring and shooting pct..

[64NIT]

Looks like the team has regressed back to BW's first season when he had a "dumpster fire." What does he have now? This team, with so much potential to make waves in the Valley, is in a funk. They get blown out at home (UNI) and blow a big lead (MSU) in a game could have easily held on to win.

What gives here?

[algotrader]

This season is so atrociously bad, it has shortened my patience with this coach. Normally I would say things are still pretty new. And we still have yet to get a solid number of years recruitment out of this coach. But I am seeing one of the WORST regressive slides I have ever witnessed at Bradley when the coach remains the same.

I give him one more year. And then I want him gone.

[PhiAlphaBoy]

Season was over for me on Nov 24th. I smelled a stink and feared a stinky season was coming then and hoped I was wrong. Nobody knows what is the funk and nobody that does is talking. Let this season end and when over - we will learn from players graduated and/or players transferring who and the what the funk is.

I think you've hit the nail on the head Mac. Something definitely stinks in Denmark.

[LittleBrave]

Finished watching game on replay.
Absolutely stunned this team lost with such a lead in the 2nd half.
We showed very very little fight and were playing NOT to lose.
MO St. is not a bad team. They are better than us, and it showed.
Just wish we didn't have that hope risen halfway through the 2nd half to sink our hearts at the end.

This season SUCKS and there is something very wrong that BU fans cannot see - that goes deeper.
I don't get it.

[LittleBrave]

Why the freak do we rely so heavily on Koch Bar - I was hopeful of him, but he is not a solid Valley player.
Oh well. I don't have that much gusto anymore this season...sadly.