Bradley MVC Champions! Final score Bradley 55 UNI 52

[Da Coach]

#5 seed Bradley (19-14) is into the championship game of the MVC Tournament vs. #6 seed Northern Iowa (16-17).
Bradley will be the home team and their bench will be at the other end of the court from where their bench was Saturday.

Tournament Central-
http://mvc-sports.com/sports/2018/6/...chMadness.aspx

The game is on CBS.

UNI website-

https://unipanthers.com/index.aspx?path=mbball

Radio: WMBD 1470 AM and 100.3 FM, and online at www.1470wmbd.com
Chat Room: http://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

Bradley stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...dley_stats.pdf
MVC stats- http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/confstat.htm

[Chibearsfan10125]

Just double checked. The game will
ne on regular CBS not CBS Sports Net.

[Da Coach]

Yes, thanks for the correction- the game is on CBS, so you don't need cable!

[Dub]

I’m down here with my family and we are pumped about tomorrow’s game! If anyone has details about a team hotel send off tomorrow, I’d like to know time/place. Also, will they do the pregame party again at ballpark villiage?

[lightsout]

I’m down here with my family and we are pumped about tomorrow’s game! If anyone has details about a team hotel send off tomorrow, I’d like to know time/place. Also, will they do the pregame party again at ballpark villiage?

Dub Bradley Athletics just sent out an e-mail with some info, I've copied that info below.
Championship Sunday Activities

Team Send-Off from Embassy Suites
11:15 am
610 N. 7th Street, St. Louis MO

Pre-Game Party

Join the Bradley cheerleaders, Basketball Pep Band, Bravettes and Kaboom! for some fun, and then bring your enthusiasm as we take on UNI!

11:00 a.m. Fox Sports Midwest Live at Ballpark Village
Skybox Bar - Second Floor
601 Clark Street, St Louis
Pay As You Go

Event parking at Ballpark Village is available for $5.

Men's Basketball vs. UNI
1:00 p.m.
Enterprise Center
1401 Clark Avenue, St. Louis

Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster or in-person at the Enterprise Center Box Office

Bradley fan block is sections 117, 118, and 119.

The team bench is in front of section 102

[Da Coach]

There might be one mistake there. Bradley will be the official home team Sunday because of their higher seed. Usually the home team bench is the one in front of section 104. Bradley has been the visiting team both Friday and Saturday, and their bench was in front of Section 102. So unless they have changed the protocol, Bradley's bench Sunday should be in front of Section 104. Perhaps whoever revised and sent that mass email out tonight might not have realized this change, and did not change the wording from the nearly identical email that was sent out before each of the previous 2 games.
If anyone knows for sure, let us know.

[Dub]

I think we will head to the hotel sendoff. Not sure about lugging everyone down to ballpark villiage for the rally... anybody recommend that event?

[Tulsa Brave]

There might be one mistake there. Bradley will be the official home team Sunday because of their higher seed. Usually the home team bench is the one in front of section 104. Bradley has been the visiting team both Friday and Saturday, and their bench was in front of Section 102. So unless they have changed the protocol, Bradley's bench Sunday should be in front of Section 104. Perhaps whoever revised and sent that mass email out tonight might not have realized this change, and did not change the wording from the nearly identical email that was sent out before each of the previous 2 games.
If anyone knows for sure, let us know.

The better seed gets their choice of bench, and most choose the side closest to where most of their fans are. It has just so happened this year that in all but the 7/10 game, the better seed has chosen the 104 bench. I suspect we will choose the 102 bench again tomorrow, much like ISU did Thursday, since it is closest to the BU fan sections. The better seeded band also gets their choice, so the BU band should also be where it has been the past two games, and the UNI band will have to move to the other end.

[bigjimmy]

IT’S JUST TIME! Arch Madness has been in St. Louis since 1991 and BU has not won it. In fact we have made it to the finals for just the 4th time since it’s been in the Gateway city. On the other side UNI is a perfect 5-0 in championship finals since they joined the Mo Valley in 1991. They won in 2004 when current head coach Ben Jacobson was an assistant and since Jacobson became head coach in 2006 they won in 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2016. None of their current players played a big part in that championship. Wyatt Lohaus has carried the Panthers in their quarterfinal and semifinal games so I’m sure DLO and his friends will try and make life difficult for him. UNI is a pretty good FT shooting team and they take care of the ball but they are a perimeter based team and, like us, can be an offensively challenged team. It was a tail of 2 games for DB as he had just 2 in the first game but 29 in the 2nd game. We need to keep being who we know we are, an aggressive get after it team on defense. On offense we need to keep initiating it early in the shot clock without getting too careless with the ball. I believe we’re the quicker and deeper team so we need to take advantage of that. Going to be fun, exciting, nerve racking, tense and spine tingling. I hope and expect the boys being ready for their one shining moment. IT’S JUST TIME! GET ER DONE!

[egib52]

I'm heading down in the morning. Most tickets I've seen online are $50 or $60 minimum. Is it the same at the box office? If anyone has an extra one to sell PM me.

[Da Coach]

The box office has only got "end zone" tickets and face value is $60. You would be better to get here a bit early and talk to one of the fine gentlemen outside the arena selling tickets (scalpers). They'll have better tickets, though the prices may not be any better.

[Da Coach]

Bradley is a 2 point favorite in Las Vegas. Let's hope they are right!-

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/teams/team-page.cfm/team/bradley

[Da Coach]

The winner of today's game would be in the NCAA Tournament and will await Selection Sunday, a week from today, Sun., March 17. The MVC Champion will probably end up being assigned to play in the First Four games in Dayton on Tuesday, March 19 and Wed., March 20.

Here are the sites and dates for all the tournament games-

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/march-madness-dates-tournament-schedule?amp

[Da Coach]

Send-off from hotel

https://mobile.twitter.com/bradleyumbb/status/1104783712527572993

[Tulsa Brave]

No way today’’s winner plays in Dayton. MEAC, SWAC, MAAC, and NEC conferences are all guaranteed to have a champ far lower in all computer ranking systems than the MVC. I expect the winner today to be a 15 seed, or possibly a 14 depending on other conference tourney results.