Final score: Howard 76 Bradley 64

[Da Coach]

Bradley is now 0-1, and their next game is Saturday, Nov. 13 at 2 pm against the Howard University Bisons.
The game is on ESPN+
Link to video stream- https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/...f-bde5e4c7afd0
Radio- WMBD AM 1470 & FM 100.3- https://www.1470wmbd.com/
Live Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Bradleyfans Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

Howard is a private, historically black university in Washington, DC. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
Howard is 1-0 after they played Tuesday night and beat Division II University of the DC 87-59-
Recap- https://hubison.com/news/2021/11/9/m...on-opener.aspx
Box score- https://hubison.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=9125

Howard plays another game Wednesday, Nov. 10 at home against Regent University, a non-NCAA school (they are members of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), and they should be 2-0 when they arrive in Peoria.

Howard was picked 5th in the 2021-22 MEAC preseason poll-
https://hbcusportsnet.com/meac-annou...-by-townebank/

Howard was 1-4 last year as most of their non-conference schedule was cancelled, along with their entire MEAC schedule. In the previous season (2019-20), they were one of the worst teams in Division I. Their record was 4-29 overall and 1-15 in the MEAC

Their leading returning scorer is Steve Settle, a 6'10" redshirt sophomore who averaged 14.2 ppg and 6.4 rpg last season. He had 8 points in the opening blowout win over University of the DC, but only played 16 minutes. Their leading scorer in their game Tuesday was freshman Elijah Hawkins, who had 23 points off the bench. They are coached by Kenneth Blankeny in his 3rd season.
Stats- https://hubison.com/sports/mens-bask...-22#individual
Historical record- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/howard/
Roster- https://hubison.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Their next game after Bradley is at #4 ranked Villanova.
Schedule/results- https://hubison.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

[Da Coach]

,,,
Howard is 1-0 after they played Tuesday night and beat Division II University of the DC 87-59...
Howard plays another game Wednesday, Nov. 10 at home against Regent University, a non-NCAA school (they are members of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), and they should be 2-0 when they arrive in Peoria.

Howard improves to 2-0 with an easy 118-54 win over Regent University.

[Da Coach]

Howard improves to 2-0 with an easy 118-54 win over Regent University.

Updated stats for Howard (2-0) through 2 games-

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/howard-bison.com/stats/mbball/2021/pdf/cume.pdf

Freshman Elijah Hawkins, who was their leading scorer in their first game with 24 points, did not play in their second game. He didn't play in either of their exhibition games either, so maybe there is an injury?
Another freshman, Bryce Harris, lead Howard in scoring against Regent with 26 points.

Howard has outscored their 2 opponents 205-113, and they are averaging 102.5 ppg, and their defense is averaging 56.5 ppg yielded.

[Da Coach]

Game preview from BradleyBraves.com-

https://bradleybraves.com/news/2021/11/12/mens-basketball-bradley-hosts-howard-in-home-opener.aspx

[Da Coach]

This is the first Bradley game that fans are allowed to attend since the final home game of the 2019-20 season on February 29, 2020. There are a number of new restrictions for people attending Civic Center events that some fans may not be aware of, like face masks required, cashless concessions (only credit cards), no re-entry policy, and no purses or bags larger than 4½ inches by 6½ inches.
https://www.peoriaciviccenter.com/p/...fety--security

[Da Coach]

Good news: Ville is dressed and cleared to play.

Bad news: Ja'Shon is not in uniform. Don't know why yet.

[Da Coach]

Good news: Ville is dressed and cleared to play.

Bad news: Ja'Shon is not in uniform. Don't know why yet.

Heard Ja'Shon is out with a non-Covid illness.

[Da Coach]

Ville was dressed and went through warmups, but now is in street clothes and will not play. Apparently he was cleared for on-court drills, but not for game action.

[Da Coach]

Final score- Howard 76 Bradley 64

https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

Attendance- 3,814

[Lights down]

... and I had to wait in line to see this shameful exhibition.

[Lights down]

... but I stayed in my seat til the bitter end.

[Big Mike]

I know its early, only 2 games in but you cannot start out every game down 20 pts. Are we not ready to play or just nervous? Maybe a combination of both with player's getting used to each other.

[AZ BU Fan]

Tough to win when the team shoots: 39%, 18.5 %, 50% (FG, 3pt FG, FT)

I think we have found BU's problem so far this year. Does BU recruit athletes, or, kids that aren't very athletic but can shoot the rock?

Not to brag, but I'm pretty sure I could still make >50% from the FT line. Unfortunately I don't think I could make it all the way down the floor once anymore without a time out

[Da Coach]

Box score- Howard 76 Bradley 64

https://bradleybraves.com/documents/2021/11/13/Howard_76_Bradley_64.pdf

This team has looked bad in the 2 games so far. But my observation is that Bradley is not a talentless team. There is abundant talent on the team, but they are out of sync, and not playing well together. Innumerable bad passes and incredibly poor shooting, combined with inability to keep teams from shooting lights-out from the three point line has lead to the 2 losses.
Bradley appeared to have the athletes to be a better defensive team, but so far, we haven't seen that. And I am sure they are capable of shooting a lot better than they have so far. So hopefully, these problems can be fixed.

[AZ BU Fan]

First 2021 BU regular season game was better, but still, damn:
36.8%, 24%, 60%