Bradley 2021-22 schedule

[Da Coach]

Bradley will play the following schedule at the Xavier Invitational-
11/25- vs.Toledo - Time- to follow Noon (ET) game- approximately 1:30 pm Central Time
11/26- vs. Xavier - Time- Noon (ET), 11 am CT
11/27- vs. Oakland - Time- to follow Noon (ET) game- approximately 1:30 pm Central Time

[Tommy]

Coach - any idea if tickets are or will be available for this?

[Da Coach]

Coach - any idea if tickets are or will be available for this?

All I have found out so far is that Xavier is selling season tickets, but they do not intend to sell individual game tickets. And they have not yet made any decision or announcement regarding whether fans will be allowed at the games Nov. 25, 26, and 27 (or any of their home games). That likely means that if they do allow fans, it will be a small number of fans, and they will come from the pool of people who bought season tickets.
In an ordinary season, Bradley would be allocated a few tickets, but I am not sure that will happen this year.
And there is a chance that if some season ticket buyers do get tickets to these games, they might re-sell them on sites like StubHub.
There are no tickets there now, but there might be later.
https://www.stubhub.com/xavier-muske...erformer/9792/

Here is a summary of the tournament- it has been given the official title of Xavier Invitational-
https://www.fox19.com/2020/10/30/sea...edule-release/

And a preview of this year's Xavier team-
https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2020/...m-carter-tandy

[Da Coach]

Here are a couple clips from an article regarding the question of fan attendance at Xavier home games.
These are from a virtual press conference for the Big East Media Day event on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
This article also includes the Big East preseason poll in which Xavier was picked 7th
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/spo...ms/6038337002/

This first one refers to remarks made by Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman:
One of the other heavily discussed topics is whether Xavier will be able to have fans in attendance at Cintas Center this season.
In her opening remarks, Ackerman said fan attendance will be decided on state-by-state jurisdictions. The Big East won't implement a conference policy prohibiting fans, so it will be a decision left to each school and the local government.

This is a quote from Xavier Head Coach Travis Steele:
"Fans, we're trying to figure it out," Steele said. "We have to work with the health board here in the city of Cincinnati. We've got to do it in a safe manner. We'd obviously love to have a packed house and have that advantage that we'd normally have on our home court, but this year it is what it is. We don't know the exact number yet, but it's not gonna be a lot, I know that. We're gonna try to do as many fans as we can in a safe manner."

[64NIT]

BU schedule has been released:

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

[Da Coach]

Thanks 64NIT.

So here is the non-conference schedule-
Wed 11/25- vs.Toledo at Xavier - 2 pm Central Time
Thurs 11/26- vs. Xavier at Xavier - 11 am Central Time
Fri 11/27- vs. Oakland at Xavier - 2 pm Central Time
Tues 12/1 - Home vs. Judson- 7 pm
Sat 12/5- Home vs. St. Joseph's- 2 pm
Tues 12/8- Home vs. South Dakota State- 7 pm
Thurs 12/17- Home vs. Jackson State- 7 pm
Sat. 12/19- Home vs. Miami (Ohio)- 7 pm
Tues 12/22- at Missouri- 7 pm

Full schedule- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...tball/schedule

[houstonbrave]

Under the circumstances a pretty good schedule - obviously Judson is kind of a let down after the Xavier games but overall a good schedule.

[64NIT]

I'm speculating but, Judson may have been a replacement for a school that backed out at the last minute. Not sure if BW has ever scheduled a NAIA school during his tenure at Bradley.

[dawgs123]

Can someone find out if any games will be streamed or better for us?

[Da Coach]

So far, no official announcement has been made about TV or streaming for the games. However, other than games that are on the MVC-TV Network, or which are picked up by national networks, one possibility, and maybe the most likely option for the MVC teams might be the ESPN streaming networks, either ESPN3 or ESPN+ (subscription), as they have for the last several years.

The only real surprise on the schedule is the Judson game. We knew there was going to be a non-Division I team, but we just didn't know who.
Judson University is an NAIA school located in Elgin, Illinois. Total enrollment is about 1,280.
They are members of the 15-team Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC).

The Eagles were 7-23 last season and 6-16 in the CCAC, and they finished tied for 11th place. They are lead by a new head coach, Bruce Fields, who was promoted from assistant coach in April, when the previous head coach left to take another job-

https://www.judsonu.edu/Articles/Fields_Promoted_to_Head_Men%E2%80%99s_Basketball_Coach_as_Thrift_Takes_Texas_School_AD_Position/

[Da Coach]

I'm speculating but, Judson may have been a replacement for a school that backed out at the last minute. Not sure if BW has ever scheduled a NAIA school during his tenure at Bradley.

The only NAIA team that Bradley has played in the last 10 seasons was an exhibition game on Nov. 1, 2017 against Robert Morris University of Chicago-
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2017/...on-action.aspx

Robert Morris University merged with Roosevelt University in March of 2020, and dropped the name Robert Morris. Roosevelt is an NAIA school and competes in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, as did Robert Morris until this season. The CCAC is the same conference Judson University plays in.

[Dub]

I see that the Dec game at Mizzou shows tickets available, partial capacity, on ticket reseller sites.

Im in.

I hope some of the other non-illinois schools will allow fans and that perhaps Bradley fans can travel and make some noise in these empty-ish arenas this year.

[Da Coach]

One of Bradley's early opponents is St. Joseph's on December 5th.
They are playing Kansas right now in the Fort Myers Tip-Off, the same tournament Bradley played in last year in the Sun Coast Arena on the campus of Florida Southwestern College. Kansas is ranked #6 and #5 in the preseason polls, but St. Joseph's is playing them tough. St. Joe's was leading, but now trails 50-49 with about 15 minutes left. The game is on FS1.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401260004

[Da Coach]

I am also hearing that Bradley will probably be participating in the 2021 Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands, which will have a better field than the 2020 was going to have.

As we reported several months ago, Bradley will participate in the 2021 Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, USVI
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2021/...adise-jam.aspx

And the field is a far better field that the 2020 tournament was initially scheduled to be- Bradley (MVC), Brown (Ivy League), Colorado (Pac-12), Colorado State (Mountain West), Creighton (Big East), Duquesne (Atlantic 10), Northeastern (Colonial), and Southern Illinois (MVC), to be held at the University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center from Nov. 19-22, 2021.
All games will be streamed on ESPN3 or ESPN+. The tournament gives each team a guaranteed three games in an eight-team bracket format. The bracket and schedule will be announced at a later date, as well as the women's tournament field.

Bradley and SIU will probably be placed on opposite sides of the 8-team bracket.

[Tommy]

Oh, would love to see us beat Creighton in that tournament! Let's hope they are allowing fans by next year. That would be a worthwhile trip!