Final score: Cleveland State 76 Bradley 69

[BraveBird]

I think the biggest concern in shooting at the Civic Center is the background behind the basket is much different than the RenCon practice facility. You need to adjust your depth perception with the cavernous opening of the Civic Center as opposed to the wall behind the basket at the practice facility.
If they only get one practice at the Civic Center, it should be the day before a game .

Agree, lack of practice there should not be the reason you lose a game.
Too many other aspects of the teams play need to be better in addition to shooting woes.

[yoda]

Game recap- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2023/...and-state.aspx
Official box score- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...boxscore/21873
Attendance: 4,842
Season average: 5,085 - Bradley leads the MVC in average attendance

the MVC is off to a good start & almost half the league is drawing over 4,000 per game attendance.
But as usual, BRADLEY leads all teams, averaging over 5,000, with only one other team within 450 of their pace. ( Murray State buoyed by a big crowd when hosting Western Ky)

[Da Coach]

Some of the sentiment recently reminds me of a discussion a couple months ago when Bradley had lost 5 games in a row. Bradley didn't play well during that stretch, and with Connor Hickman's injury, it was apparent the team was not as deep as it needed to be, especially at guard. There were questions about the recruiting as well, which was caused by a couple malcontent players leaving. But then the team snapped out of it and won their next 9 games, and 11 of their next 12. The only loss in that stretch was the overtime loss at Indiana State.
Now they have hit another rough stretch, losing 3 of their last 4 games. But, I believe this team is capable of another run like before. History has shown that Coach Wardle and the staff have been able to get teams to play their best down the stretch. Let's hope we'll see that again in the next couple weeks.

[LongTimeFan]

I thought we were already in the stretch drive for the tournament positioning. Speaking of the two malcontents, I read a comment that none of the last year 5 recruits appeared in the second half at NIU.

My main worry is how much playing time the starters have put in. However, they seem to be playing better in the second half of the games so I must not be a good judge ... just a dedicated fan.