Bradley in the Fort Myers Tip-off tournament, Nov. 25 & 27, 2019

[nomonoles4u]

I checked Nw roster from page 1 (thanks coach) and they do not look very scary, what do we know about recruits, or how can I find out?

[tornado]

I checked Nw roster from page 1 (thanks coach) and they do not look very scary, what do we know about recruits, or how can I find out?

I don't think they will be terrible, but I don't see where they will be much better than last year.
They lose their top 3 players - all starters (Law, Pardon, Taylor) plus a couple subs
...so in reality, they enter 2019-20 without a proven scorer...so they need to develop some guys...


Northwestern's incoming recruits are:
Daniel Buie- 3-Star
Robbie Beran- ranked 106 nationally and rated 4-Star by some
Jared Jones- 3-Star
Chase Audige - a transfer from William & Mary who will likely sit out unless he gets a last minute waiver

and they have a lacrosse star who is transferring to Northwestern to play basketball- https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/colleg...t-northwestern

[tornado]

We've talked about Northwestern many times over the years....

They obviously have a good coach but they still struggle to land complete, multi-talented players.
They really haven't had a multi-talented kid since Drew Crawford...

Their scorers often play soft defense...but they were dead last in the B-10 in offense & scoring
Their big men can rebound but don't do a lot of scoring
and they haven't had a decent point guard since Bryant McIntosh
...who, btw they kinda stole from an MVC team...

But actually almost everyone they land are kids that the MVC teams are recruiting too.
So we will be catching them with very little returning firepower and/or experience, so we should have a great chance to pick up a win

[Mikovio]

I was hoping for NW. They should be picked near the bottom of the B1G but it's still a nice statement game. Kansas State is the big fish in this tournament and best SOS help and it would be cool to play them for the title.

[tornado]

Trivia:

-Name the last player drafted in the NBA Draft out of Northwestern?
-Who is Northwestern's all time leading scorer, when did he play there and was he drafted?
-How many winning seasons has Northwestern had in the Big Ten in the last 50 years?

Here are the answers - mouse over to read...

-Evan Eschmeyer was drafted in the 2nd round in 1999 and played parts of 4 seasons in the NBA, scoring 421 career points- they have not had a player drafted in the past 20 years.
-John Shurna played at Northwestern from 2008-12 but went undrafted and played overseas. He scored 2,038 points in 4 years at Northwestern.
-Answer: one. Northwestern had an 8-6 season in the Big Ten in 1967-68, then they did not have another winning season in the conference until going 10-8 in 2016-17 for their ONLY conference winning record in the past 50 years.

[Mikovio]

It's interesting that Drake will be playing 13 miles away from where Bradley's playing at the same time. If you really want to get your fill of basketball you could see Drake at 1:30 on Monday and then head to Suncoast Arena for the 2 Ft Myers games. (We don't know the BU/NW game time but last year the games were at 5 and 7:30) Then Drake plays Tuesday at either 11am or 5pm (Bradley's off). Wednesday Drake could play about anytime but it seems they'd have to be in the consolation side to have any chance of no overlap. Or just chill at the beach.

[Da Coach]

Game times for the November 25 games (the first day of the Fort Myers Tip-Off) were released- Bradley will play Northwestern in the second game of the night at 7:30 central time (8:30 Eastern time for those going to Fort Myers).-
https://twitter.com/FTMyersTipOff/st...90200029347846

Monday, November 25, 2019-
Pitt vs. Kansas State at 5:00 PM Central (6:00 PM Eastern)

Northwestern vs. Bradley at 7:30 PM Central (8:30 PM Eastern)

Those fans going to Fort Myers will be able to lounge around the beach and watch the sunset, then head over to the Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College for the game.

[Wisconsin-Brave]

I've got a single extra ticket for Monday's (11/25) Semi-Final game against Northwestern and Tuesday's (11/26) Final Round game against Kansas State/Pitt.

Section 107
Row H
Seat 11

From what I can tell based up online pictures of the Suncoast Credit Union Arena - these look to be pretty close to center court.

Please feel free to contact me if you'd be interested in purchasing them.

I'm hoping to get what my wife paid for them ($130 for both games)

Go BU !!!!

[nomonoles4u]

Has anyone heard about a hospitality room or a meet and greet

[Da Coach]

Has anyone heard about a hospitality room or a meet and greet

I haven't heard a thing. Sadly, Bradley doesn't do any trip arranging or BU Charters any more, so who knows if they'll have a Bradley hospitality room. If there was, they would have made arrangements by now. Has anyone heard?

[Da Coach]

Northwestern was beaten by Radford on Tuesday, but they won easily 70-59 over Norfolk State tonight (Friday, Nov. 22)-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401166088

Northwestern didn't shoot very well (33.9% and 22.7% from three), but they are 27-30 from the FT line, and outrebounded NSU 44-32.

[Mikovio]

https://twitter.com/bradleyalumni/status/1197953527399751680?s=21

[Da Coach]

https://twitter.com/bradleyalumni/st...399751680?s=21

Thanks! There is a pregame party hosted by the Bradley Alumni Association.
Go here and click the link to register-

http://www.cvent.com/events/bradley-men-s-basketball-pre-game-party-at-rocket-mortgage-fort-myers-tip-off/event-summary-acd938ababe84440932deaff9686bca2.aspx

It is at the Bradley team hotel, the Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village. It is from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. The Bradley-Northwestern game is scheduled to start at 8:30 pm Eastern, and the hotel is about 20 minutes from the arena-

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/The+Westin+Cape+Coral+Resort+at+Marina+Village,+Silver+King+Boulevard,+Cape+Coral,+FL/Suncoast+Credit+Union+Arena,+FSW+Parkway,+Fort+Myers,+FL/@26.5514478,-81.9776135,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x88db3858c1063f1b:0x14320ccae0c25174!2m2!1d-81.9997361!2d26.54018!1m5!1m1!1s0x88db3feb5f21b8e9:0x7e713c47754f1634!2m2!1d-81.8868072!2d26.5477563!3e0?hl=en

[Mikovio]

I arrived at the Pink Shell yesterday. Place is beautiful and the view is incredible. Only bummer is it’s raining at the moment but clear skies are projected the rest of the week. Go Braves!

[LongTimeFan]

I doubt too many people in Peoria are feeling sorry for you.