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Bradley is at Utah State Friday, Nov. 11, 8 pm CST.
The game is streamed on the Mountain West Network - https://themw.com/sports/2017/8/28/broadcast-guide.aspx
Live stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio/audio stream- WMBD 1470 AM or 100.3 FM
The Utah State Aggies are members of the Mountain West Conference for the last 10 seasons. Prior to that, they dominated the WAC for 8 seasons, and prior to that the Big West for many years.
Utah State historical record- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...ls/utah-state/
Utah State was picked 8th this season in the MWC Preseason Poll (out of 11 teams)- https://themw.com/news/2022/10/19/sa...-favorite.aspx
Last season, they finished 18-16 overall, and 8-10 in the MWC, good for 7th place. But in the previous 3 years, they finished 1st twice, and 2nd once.
Last year's MWC standings- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../2022/group/44
If anyone is not familiar with their rabid home crowd and home court advantage, below are a couple short videos worth watching
They draw a thousands of students, and large attendance for every game. They play in an on-campus arena (the Dee Glen Smith Arena) in Logan, Utah that has a capacity of about 10,000. :Last season, they averaged 7,872 per game.
Since the Smith Arena opened for the1970-71 season, they are 653-173 for a 79.1% winning percentage (includes Monday's 75-58 win over Utah Valley University to start this season 1-0). And their winning percentage against non-conference opponents is even higher.
Another factor that adds to their home court advantage is the elevation of 4,770 feet.
More about their arena- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Spectrum
They have not posted game notes for the Bradley game yet, but here are their game notes for their game last night against Utah Valley University-
https://utahstateaggies.com/news/202...on-opener.aspx
Story from Monday night's game (Nov. 7)- a 75-58 win
https://utahstateaggies.com/news/202...ah-valley.aspx
Box score- Utah State 75 - Utah Valley 58- https://utahstateaggies.com/sports/m...boxscore/15220
They have a very veteran team-
One of their starters is 6'9" forward Taylor Funk (18 points and 14 rebounds Monday night). He is a 6th year super-senior who was at St. Joseph's University for the last 5 years (one was a redshirt year), where he averaged 13ppg and 7rpg last year and shot 37% from three. He transferred to Utah State for his extra Covid year this season.
Bradley played against St. Joseph's in the 2019-20 and 2021-22 seasons. In last seasons 77-73 BU win over St. Joe's, Funk was the game's leading scorer with 20 points.
Taylor Funk's career stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...95/taylor-funk
BU vs. SJU 11/5/2019- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...Bradley_81.pdf
BU vs. SJU 12-18-2021- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...oseph_s_73.pdf
Their other starters-
Sean Bairstow (19 points, 8 rebounds in Monday's game)- 6'8" senior forward who averaged 9.5ppg and 2.6rpg last season. He was a 12.5% three point shooter last year (6-48 ), but he was 2-2 in Monday's game.
Max Shulga (14 pts, 6 reb Monday)- 6'4" junior guard who averaged 4.4ppg and 2.1rpg last year off the bench.
Rylan Jones (6 pts, 2 reb, 8 assists Monday)- 6' senior point guard who averaged 6.5ppg and 2.6rpg last year and lead the team with 4.5 assists/game. He was a 4-star recruit out of high school and played his first 2 seasons at University of Utah before transferring and playing last season at Utah State.
Trevin Dorius (0 points, 2 reb Monday)- 7'1" senior center who averaged 2.7ppg and 2.6rpg last season off the bench.
Last year's USU stats- https://utahstateaggies.com/sports/m.../stats/2021-22
Roster- https://utahstateaggies.com/sports/m...er?path=mbball
The game is streamed on the Mountain West Network - https://themw.com/sports/2017/8/28/broadcast-guide.aspx
Live stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio/audio stream- WMBD 1470 AM or 100.3 FM
The Utah State Aggies are members of the Mountain West Conference for the last 10 seasons. Prior to that, they dominated the WAC for 8 seasons, and prior to that the Big West for many years.
Utah State historical record- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...ls/utah-state/
Utah State was picked 8th this season in the MWC Preseason Poll (out of 11 teams)- https://themw.com/news/2022/10/19/sa...-favorite.aspx
Last season, they finished 18-16 overall, and 8-10 in the MWC, good for 7th place. But in the previous 3 years, they finished 1st twice, and 2nd once.
Last year's MWC standings- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../2022/group/44
If anyone is not familiar with their rabid home crowd and home court advantage, below are a couple short videos worth watching
They draw a thousands of students, and large attendance for every game. They play in an on-campus arena (the Dee Glen Smith Arena) in Logan, Utah that has a capacity of about 10,000. :Last season, they averaged 7,872 per game.
Since the Smith Arena opened for the1970-71 season, they are 653-173 for a 79.1% winning percentage (includes Monday's 75-58 win over Utah Valley University to start this season 1-0). And their winning percentage against non-conference opponents is even higher.
Another factor that adds to their home court advantage is the elevation of 4,770 feet.
More about their arena- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Spectrum
They have not posted game notes for the Bradley game yet, but here are their game notes for their game last night against Utah Valley University-
https://utahstateaggies.com/news/202...on-opener.aspx
Story from Monday night's game (Nov. 7)- a 75-58 win
https://utahstateaggies.com/news/202...ah-valley.aspx
Box score- Utah State 75 - Utah Valley 58- https://utahstateaggies.com/sports/m...boxscore/15220
They have a very veteran team-
One of their starters is 6'9" forward Taylor Funk (18 points and 14 rebounds Monday night). He is a 6th year super-senior who was at St. Joseph's University for the last 5 years (one was a redshirt year), where he averaged 13ppg and 7rpg last year and shot 37% from three. He transferred to Utah State for his extra Covid year this season.
Bradley played against St. Joseph's in the 2019-20 and 2021-22 seasons. In last seasons 77-73 BU win over St. Joe's, Funk was the game's leading scorer with 20 points.
Taylor Funk's career stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...95/taylor-funk
BU vs. SJU 11/5/2019- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...Bradley_81.pdf
BU vs. SJU 12-18-2021- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...oseph_s_73.pdf
Their other starters-
Sean Bairstow (19 points, 8 rebounds in Monday's game)- 6'8" senior forward who averaged 9.5ppg and 2.6rpg last season. He was a 12.5% three point shooter last year (6-48 ), but he was 2-2 in Monday's game.
Max Shulga (14 pts, 6 reb Monday)- 6'4" junior guard who averaged 4.4ppg and 2.1rpg last year off the bench.
Rylan Jones (6 pts, 2 reb, 8 assists Monday)- 6' senior point guard who averaged 6.5ppg and 2.6rpg last year and lead the team with 4.5 assists/game. He was a 4-star recruit out of high school and played his first 2 seasons at University of Utah before transferring and playing last season at Utah State.
Trevin Dorius (0 points, 2 reb Monday)- 7'1" senior center who averaged 2.7ppg and 2.6rpg last season off the bench.
Last year's USU stats- https://utahstateaggies.com/sports/m.../stats/2021-22
Roster- https://utahstateaggies.com/sports/m...er?path=mbball
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