Bradley opponents

[Da Coach]

Some results from the first night of college basketball involving future Bradley non-conference opponents (and possible opponents)-
Utah State beat South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (D2) 101-48- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401597410
Tarleton State lost at Virginia 80-50- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401575425
Tulane beat Nicholls State 91-81- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401584434
Cal beat St. Thomas of Minnesota 71-66- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401581770
UTEP beat McMurry Univ. (D2) 120-71- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401604330
Vermont beat Merrimack 67-55- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401583784
Akron won at South Dakota State 81-75- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401590205
Cleveland State lost at Duquesne 77-79- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401594169
SIUE lost at Dayton 47-63- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401577530
Truman State does not play until Nov. 10 against University of Findlay. They lost an exhibition game Nov. 2 at Drake 50-95

Results of MVC teams from last night- https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...918#post512918

[Da Coach]

Future Bradley non-conference opponents in action tonight (11/15/23)-
Duquesne was 3-0 coming into their home game tonight against Princeton, and they were favored by 5.5 points. But Princeton beats Duquesne 70-67- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401587166

Cleveland State wins at home over Canisius 71-61 to go to 3-1 on the season- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401594171
Cleveland State's only loss was to Duquesne.

[Bigred1976]

Joe Lunardi’s bracketology had two future BU opponents in his field. Vermont and Akron as automatic qualifiers. He also had Maryland in, who UAB just beat.

[Da Coach]

Future Bradley opponent Vermont has won 7 consecutive American East regular season titles, and is the favorite to win the conference again this season. They were the #1 team in the 2023-24 American East Preseason Poll- https://americaeast.com/news/2023/10...ason-poll.aspx

They are 4-0 after winning their first 2 games in the Myrtle Beach Invitational in Conway, South Carolina.
Thursday night, they beat CAA Preseason favorite Charleston 73-64- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401581142
This afternoon, they lead wire to wire to beat previously unbeaten St. Louis 78-68 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401582110

Bradley plays Vermont in their next home game a week from tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 25.

[tomahawk chop]

These are the kind of games I hoped we would schedule, good mid-major teams. This non conf. season is the best one we have had for a long time.Now all we have to do is go out there and win these games.

[Da Coach]

Bradley's first game after the SoCal Challenge is a home game Saturday, Nov. 25 against Vermont.
Vermont was 4-0 prior to today, after beating Charleston and St. Louis in the first 2 rounds of the Myrtle Beach Invitational. But they lost today to Liberty in the championship game 71-61 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401582114

They have a home game Wednesday against Division III Northern Vermont-Johnson, so likely they will be 5-1 when they play Bradley Nov. 25.

[Da Coach]

Vermont won a game yesterday against Yale 66-65 with the help of a rare 4-point buzzer-beater- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401587188
Check out the video- they run an inbounds play with 0.6 seconds left for the 4-point winner- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...our-point-play
The game-winning play was made by TJ Hurley, who was one of Vermont's two players who rained 3-pointers against Bradley in the final minutes of the game in Peoria that cut Bradley's 20-point lead to single digits.
Ironically, Matt Veretto, the other Vermont player who made 4 three pointers in the final 4 minutes and was 6-10 from three against Bradley, was 0-7 from three against Yale.

Utah State won yesterday beating UC Irvine 79-69. Utah State is now 7-1- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401597413

Tarleton State (6-2) beat UT-Rio Grande 77-75- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401574050

Cleveland State (6-3), who play at Bradley on Dec. 15, beat Detroit Mercy (0- 69-58-