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Next game: Belmont at Bradley, Saturday, Jan. 21, 3 pm
The game will be televised on the Bally Sports Network (formerly the Fox Sports Midwest Network). On Xfinity, that is channels 57, 519, and 959 (high def).
Also channel 671 on DirectTV (thanks braves16)
For those with other TV providers, feel free to post what channels Bally Sports is available on.
It is also available on ESPN+ (will probably be blacked out in areas served by any of the MVC-TV network outlets)-
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/b38ee7c8-01d7-4f23-bf60-9be6f2b3864b
Live stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio/audio stream- WMBD 1470 AM or 100.3 FM
Tickets- https://offer.fevo.com/bradley-brave...rfy-a7ca326%2F
https://www.ticketmaster.com/bradley...005D3C969A1410
Bradley played at Belmont on December 28, and lost a close game 63-60-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...-pm#post506426
Belmont is 14-6, and they are 7-2 in MVC games. Bradley is 13-7, and 6-3 in the MVC
Belmont schedule/results- https://belmontbruins.com/sports/men...tball/schedule
Roster- https://belmontbruins.com/sports/men.../roster?view=1
Stats- https://belmontbruins.com/sports/men...ts?path=mbball
In MVC play so far-
Bradley has played 4 home games and 5 road games. Their home games were UNI, UIC, Valpo, & Evansville. Their road games were Missouri State, Belmont, Murray State, Drake, and Indiana State,
Belmont has played 5 home games and 4 road games. Their home games were Valpo, BU, Missouri State, UNI, & Murray State, Their road games were at ILSU, SIU, UIC, & Valpo
Not trying to diss Belmont, they have proven to be one of the best teams in the MVC this season. But, Bradley has played the tougher schedule so far, and thus should have a little easier schedule in the last half of the MVC regular season.
All 5 of Bradley's MVC road games (see above) were at the toughest places to play and against teams with winning MVC records in contention for the league title, and they have won 2 of them (Missouri State & Indiana State). They lost at Belmont, Murray St., and Drake.
On the other hand, Belmont has only played 4 MVC road games, and 3 of them were against the bottom 4 teams with losing records. They beat UIC and Valpo, and lost at Illinois State and at SIU.
Bradley's NET rank this morning (1/19/23) is 69, up 10 points from yesterday after their win at Indiana State.
Belmont's NET rank is 131, mainly due to playing a weaker schedule, including the weaker MVC schedule so far.
Belmont has been one of the most successful mid-major programs since joining Division I in the 1999-2000 season.
They have won 20 or more games 16 of the last 17 seasons, and the one season they did not win 20, they won 19 games.
They have averaged 21.4 wins per season in their 23 seasons in Division I, and 25.2 wins per season over the last 12 seasons.
Historical record- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/belmont/
Their leading scorer is 6'6" senior guard Ben Sheppard (18.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 3.5 apg, 42.5% from three).
He lead the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring last season, and was named to the 10-member 1st team All-OVC team.
He was also named to this season's 1st team Preseason All-MVC team, and his 18.3 ppg is a close 3rd in the MVC currently.
Other starters are:
6'7" freshman Cade Tyson- he is the 3rd leading scorer (12.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 40.8% from three), and one of 4 regulars who shoot 40% or better from three.
6'9" junior center Even Brauns- He averages 6.7 ppg and 4.2 rpg, and he shoots 60.5% from the floor. He is 0-4 on 3-pointers. He is now 2nd in the MVC with an average of 1.6 blocks per game, trailing Malevy Leon (1.7 bpg).
6'7" grad-student forward Drew Friberg- Grad-transfer from Princeton in his first season at Belmont. He averages 12.8 ppg and 3.9 rpg, and he is shooting 48.3% from three so far this season. That ranks 4th best in the country.
6'2" senior guard Keishawn Davidson- Transfer who spent 3 seasons at Tennessee Tech. He missed Belmont's first 6 games, but has started the last 14 games since returning from a shoulder injury. Averaging 7.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg, and 4.5 assists per game. He is shooting 35.1% from three.
Top reserves-
6'0" freshman guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie- He started the first 7 games for Belmont, but has been a reserve since Keishawn Davidson returned from injury. He averages 22 minutes per game, 8.9 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 3.2 apg, and shoots 29.4% from three.
6'4" senior guard EJ Bellinger- Averages 4.0 ppg in 8 mpg off the bench. Shooting 46.4% from three.
As a team, Belmont shoots 40.2% from three, which ranks 1st in the MVC and 4th best in the country.
Bradley is 2nd in the MVC in 3-point FG% at 36.0%.
They average 74.6 ppg on offense- 2nd in MVC (71.3 ppg in MVC games), and yield 70.0 ppg on defense- 9th in MVC (66.9 ppg in MVC games)
Bradley averages 70.8 ppg on offense- 4th in MVC (71.2 ppg in MVC games), and yields 60.7 ppg on defense- 1st in MVC (59.2% in MVC games)
Bradley stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...2/pdf/cume.pdf
Sortable MVC stats-
Individual- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oints/dir/desc
Team- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oints/dir/desc
The game will be televised on the Bally Sports Network (formerly the Fox Sports Midwest Network). On Xfinity, that is channels 57, 519, and 959 (high def).
Also channel 671 on DirectTV (thanks braves16)
For those with other TV providers, feel free to post what channels Bally Sports is available on.
It is also available on ESPN+ (will probably be blacked out in areas served by any of the MVC-TV network outlets)-
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/b38ee7c8-01d7-4f23-bf60-9be6f2b3864b
Live stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio/audio stream- WMBD 1470 AM or 100.3 FM
Tickets- https://offer.fevo.com/bradley-brave...rfy-a7ca326%2F
https://www.ticketmaster.com/bradley...005D3C969A1410
Bradley played at Belmont on December 28, and lost a close game 63-60-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...-pm#post506426
Belmont is 14-6, and they are 7-2 in MVC games. Bradley is 13-7, and 6-3 in the MVC
Belmont schedule/results- https://belmontbruins.com/sports/men...tball/schedule
Roster- https://belmontbruins.com/sports/men.../roster?view=1
Stats- https://belmontbruins.com/sports/men...ts?path=mbball
In MVC play so far-
Bradley has played 4 home games and 5 road games. Their home games were UNI, UIC, Valpo, & Evansville. Their road games were Missouri State, Belmont, Murray State, Drake, and Indiana State,
Belmont has played 5 home games and 4 road games. Their home games were Valpo, BU, Missouri State, UNI, & Murray State, Their road games were at ILSU, SIU, UIC, & Valpo
Not trying to diss Belmont, they have proven to be one of the best teams in the MVC this season. But, Bradley has played the tougher schedule so far, and thus should have a little easier schedule in the last half of the MVC regular season.
All 5 of Bradley's MVC road games (see above) were at the toughest places to play and against teams with winning MVC records in contention for the league title, and they have won 2 of them (Missouri State & Indiana State). They lost at Belmont, Murray St., and Drake.
On the other hand, Belmont has only played 4 MVC road games, and 3 of them were against the bottom 4 teams with losing records. They beat UIC and Valpo, and lost at Illinois State and at SIU.
Bradley's NET rank this morning (1/19/23) is 69, up 10 points from yesterday after their win at Indiana State.
Belmont's NET rank is 131, mainly due to playing a weaker schedule, including the weaker MVC schedule so far.
Belmont has been one of the most successful mid-major programs since joining Division I in the 1999-2000 season.
They have won 20 or more games 16 of the last 17 seasons, and the one season they did not win 20, they won 19 games.
They have averaged 21.4 wins per season in their 23 seasons in Division I, and 25.2 wins per season over the last 12 seasons.
Historical record- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/belmont/
Their leading scorer is 6'6" senior guard Ben Sheppard (18.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 3.5 apg, 42.5% from three).
He lead the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring last season, and was named to the 10-member 1st team All-OVC team.
He was also named to this season's 1st team Preseason All-MVC team, and his 18.3 ppg is a close 3rd in the MVC currently.
Other starters are:
6'7" freshman Cade Tyson- he is the 3rd leading scorer (12.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 40.8% from three), and one of 4 regulars who shoot 40% or better from three.
6'9" junior center Even Brauns- He averages 6.7 ppg and 4.2 rpg, and he shoots 60.5% from the floor. He is 0-4 on 3-pointers. He is now 2nd in the MVC with an average of 1.6 blocks per game, trailing Malevy Leon (1.7 bpg).
6'7" grad-student forward Drew Friberg- Grad-transfer from Princeton in his first season at Belmont. He averages 12.8 ppg and 3.9 rpg, and he is shooting 48.3% from three so far this season. That ranks 4th best in the country.
6'2" senior guard Keishawn Davidson- Transfer who spent 3 seasons at Tennessee Tech. He missed Belmont's first 6 games, but has started the last 14 games since returning from a shoulder injury. Averaging 7.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg, and 4.5 assists per game. He is shooting 35.1% from three.
Top reserves-
6'0" freshman guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie- He started the first 7 games for Belmont, but has been a reserve since Keishawn Davidson returned from injury. He averages 22 minutes per game, 8.9 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 3.2 apg, and shoots 29.4% from three.
6'4" senior guard EJ Bellinger- Averages 4.0 ppg in 8 mpg off the bench. Shooting 46.4% from three.
As a team, Belmont shoots 40.2% from three, which ranks 1st in the MVC and 4th best in the country.
Bradley is 2nd in the MVC in 3-point FG% at 36.0%.
They average 74.6 ppg on offense- 2nd in MVC (71.3 ppg in MVC games), and yield 70.0 ppg on defense- 9th in MVC (66.9 ppg in MVC games)
Bradley averages 70.8 ppg on offense- 4th in MVC (71.2 ppg in MVC games), and yields 60.7 ppg on defense- 1st in MVC (59.2% in MVC games)
Bradley stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...2/pdf/cume.pdf
Sortable MVC stats-
Individual- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oints/dir/desc
Team- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oints/dir/desc
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