Final score: Loyola 67 Bradley 66

[Da Coach]

Bradley's next game is against Loyola on Saturday, Feb. 29, at 1:00 pm.
TV: The game is on CBS Sports Network. The CBSSports Network broadcast will feature the same personalities that did the ISU game- Chris Hassel (play-by-play) & Tim Doyle (analyst)
Bradley is 20-10 overall, and 11-6 in the MVC. Loyola is 20-10 overall, and 12-5 in the MVC. They are just 4-6 in road games. Their last game was at home against Drake, which they won 64-60.
Bradley is coming off an overtime win at Illinois State on Wednesday, 74-71.
Standings-

Northern Iowa	13-4	-	24-5
Loyola Chicago	12-5	1	20-10
Bradley	11-6	2	20-10
Southern Illinois	10-7	3	16-14
Indiana State	10-7	3	17-11
Valparaiso	9-8	4	16-14
Drake	8-9	5	18-12
Missouri State	8-9	5	14-16
Illinois State	4-13	9	9-20
Evansville	0-17	13	9-21

In the game at Loyola between the two teams on February 1, Loyola won 62-51.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...Bradley_51.pdf
Bradley played that game without Elijah Childs. No Bradley player scored more than 8 points.
The 51 points Bradley scored was the lowest total they've scored this season. They also scored 51 points against Northwestern in the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Live stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat Room- http://www.chatzy.com/524398219675

Loyola website- https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball
Pregame article from Loyola- https://loyolaramblers.com/news/2020...mvc-title.aspx
Loyola Game Notes- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...es_2_29_20.pdf

Loyola stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...Stats_1920.pdf
Bradley stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...dley_stats.pdf

Note that Darrell Brown has moved ahead of Elijah Childs, and is not Bradley's top scorer for the season.

Loyola's top scorer and rebounder is 6'9" junior center Cameron Krutwig (15.2 ppg & 8.1 rpg). The next 3 top scorers are all new players this year.
6'6" redshirt-junior Tate Hall (13.1 ppg) is a transfer from Division II U. of Indianapolis, 6'1" junior guard Keith Clemons (9.9 ppg--transfer from Vincennes Junior College, and 6'1" freshman guard Marquise Kennedy (9.3 ppg), .5th leading scorer is 6'4" junior guard Lucas Williamson (8.8 ppg), who was a freshman on their Final Four team in 2018. Loyola is a good three point shooting team, 36.5% as a team.
Their center Cameron Krutwig leads the team in assists with 127 in 30 games (4.2 apg). No other player has more than 68 on the season. It indicates what a good passer their big man is.

Bradley is 36-28 all-time against Loyola, and Bradley has won the last 2 games in Carver Arena. They also beat Loyola in the semifinal of last March's MVC Tournament.

MVC overall stats- http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFLDRS.HTM
MVC games only stats- http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFONLY.HTM
ESPN's sortable MVC stats- http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...ype/2/group/18
MVC NET ranking- http://warrennolan.com/basketball/20...issouri-Valley

Loyola is #1 in the MVC in FG% at 50.0%, while Bradley is #1 in FG% defense.
Bradley is the #1 team in rebounding, and Loyola ranks #10. Loyola also ranks #10 in Free Throw percentage at 65.5%.

[battlebasset]

Also seeing this game on ESPN3, which would be good news for anyone that does not have CBS Sports Network in their cable/satellite package. But bad news for Buffalo Wild Wings...

[Da Coach]

Also seeing this game on ESPN3, which would be good news for anyone that does not have CBS Sports Network in their cable/satellite package. But bad news for Buffalo Wild Wings...

I don't know how accurate that is. The actual schedule page for Saturday's ESPN3 webcasts does not show the game-
https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?...&type=upcoming (click on the 2/29 date)

It would be unusual for ESPN3 to have it if CBS Sports has the rights.

[Da Coach]

Saturday's game has a few significant promotions-

Saturday, Feb. 29 | 1 p.m. | vs. Loyola
Senior Night: The Braves honor their senior class (Koch Bar, Darrell Brown and Nate Kennell) during a ceremony before the game
Raffle: The Bradley Braves Club Raffle presented by Busey Bank will draw its winners at halftime
Pre-Game Party: The Braves Club Pre-Game Party starts two hours before tipoff at Pere Marquette
Red Out: Wear your best Bradley colors and help 'red out' Carver Arena for the final home game of the season! Need something red to wear? Check out our Fan Appreciation Day special at the merchandise stand!
Fan Appreciation Day: As a thank you for being a fan this season, enjoy 25% off Bradley Athletics apparel exclusively from the Merchandise Kiosk behind Section 1 inside Carver Arena on game day only.
Youth Basketball Night: All area youth basketball players are invited to the game for a special offer. Must be 6th grade and under to qualify. Contact bradleyticketoffice@bradley.edu to learn about how to purchase.
Group Leader Appreciation: All group leaders who brought out a group for an outing or experience at a men’s basketball game will be invited back to attend the game as well as a pre-game social on the main concourse of Carver Arena.
Kaboom!'s Korner: Inflatables from Fun on the Run, including a bounce house, and Pop-a-Shot.


Please come and show appreciation for the contributions, work ethic, and success that our 3 seniors- Darrell Brown, Jr., Nate Kennell, and Koch Bar- have brought to this program!

And remember to wear red for the Red-Out!

[battlebasset]

I don't know how accurate that is. The actual schedule page for Saturday's ESPN3 webcasts does not show the game-
https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?...&type=upcoming (click on the 2/29 date)

It would be unusual for ESPN3 to have it if CBS Sports has the rights.

Agreed, but when you go to the team page you see it:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401173512

It also has us at 59.2% matchup predictor to 40.8% for Loyola, which I like alot.

[BRAVE82]

Also seeing this game on ESPN3, which would be good news for anyone that does not have CBS Sports Network in their cable/satellite package. But bad news for Buffalo Wild Wings...

It also shows up for me... ESPN3. The Illinois State game didn't, FWIW.

[LittleBrave]

No Bradley game on Sat. on ESPN3.
Only ISU Red.

Guess I have to figure out where to watch CBS Sports Network.

[bigjimmy]

The 1st game at the beginning of the month we came back late in the half as Sean Houpt scored our last 8 points of the half to trail by just 1. But Loyola was eventually able to pull away in the 2nd thanks to their overly physical play and the refs for not calling them on it. How Loyola only had 12 fouls called against them(we had 23) and they out shot us 21-30 to 5-5 from the FT line is beyond me. Darrell only played 26 minutes, a season low and 1 of only 2 games he's played that he didn't play over 30 minutes, because of foul trouble. To Brian's credit he didn't use that as an excuse. He put it on his own team to respond to the physical play and for the most part they have and if they want to win this game and win Arch Madness again they will need to continue to do so. Hopefully the last game was just an off game from Eli and he can come out refocused and take it to Ramblers, preferably from inside the paint. We also need to keep our emotions in check and not give up anymore free points.

[Tommy]

bigjimmy - good post. And you are pointing out the officiating issues that I've been complaining about all year. It's not like this every year, but 30+ fouls consistently is just too much, and maybe it wouldn't be so bad, but the foul calling is totally inconsistent. None of us go to games to watch the refs, we're there for the players, and if something doesn't affect the play or isn't blatant I don't think they need to call it. If you want to call games by the book you could stop the game every 2 seconds (sometimes it feels like they are - ie. MSU game).

All that being said and off my chest, I do love how BW never mentions the officiating as an excuse, and nor should he, as it would do no benefit. The way that our players react to foul calls is typically much better than other teams and that's a direct reflection of BW.

Look, the foul calling has been abysmal this year in my opinion, but we can all agree that it is just a part of the game and we have to figure out how to play and win through it since we can't control the refs (note: this won't stop me from screaming at the top of my lungs at them).

[Go_Braves]

It also shows up for me... ESPN3. The Illinois State game didn't, FWIW.

No Bradley game on Sat. on ESPN3.
Only ISU Red.

Guess I have to figure out where to watch CBS Sports Network.

As shown in the picture provided below - the ESPN web site shows the Bradley game on ESPN 3 - BUT Both the Loyola and Bradley game web sites show the game on CBS Sports Network. My hunch is the game is televised nationally on CBS Sports Network

LittleBrave - I too do not receive CBS Sports Network at my home.... I am not paying the extra to Directv - so I head to my local Sports Pub and have lunch.... All those expected to be on the chat room - once again I (Steve) will not be able to join you.

My wish is that Carver Arena is packed tomorrow for the last Bradley home game. Darrell, Nate and Koch need a great send off.

GO BRAVES !!!

Bradley Loyola - CBS SN Feb 29.JPG

[Mikovio]

It's definitely on CBS Sports Network. ESPN originally listed all games as ESPN3, but neglected to update our game when it was picked up by CBSSN about 3 weeks ago. But it definitely has been, and therefore won't be on ESPN3.

[richardk]

ESPN3 today is showing the Bradley Loyola game listed as being on at 6:00 pm. Lets hope that Bradley wins the game today! The fans without CBSSN would be able to watch a repeat of the game this evening if the information on the ESPN3 web site is correct.

[Da Coach]

Thanks for finding and posting that. That would be fun to watch again, even for us fans who attend the game, as long as Bradley wins!
I probably wouldn't want to torture myself watching it again if BU doesn't win.

[Bradley3342]

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve returned home from games over at ISU and would turn the game on again and watch it over in its entirety. My wife would ask me if I thought the score or the outcome might change if I watched it again.

[Da Coach]

Don't forget the Braves Club Pre-Game party starting at 11 am in the Pere Marquette, and the Senior Day activities to honior Bradley's 3 seniors that start at 12:45pm. So get there a bit early and let Koch, Darrell, and Nate know how much Bradley fans appreciate tham!

http://view.tmclient.ticketmaster.com/?qs=9ebf5870b0f8fcddb1fb81efc6286bd787790e63b4d2884f99d6a112ec646aeec9200ee8c72157eff411a08f26992f767ee559306f9b4300ca6e4d84655a3e49f92a2cb9d3e5c3f1315a03ec1a3805615b8447832d7377fd