Final score: Bradley 73 ISU 60

[Da Coach]

Highlight video from Bradley basketball - https://twitter.com/BradleyUMBB/stat...25835282747735

[LongTimeFan]

I dont care how much they win by.. 1point...as long as they win because at the end of the year it is still a " W " in the win columun

DC, may correct me. However, due to the NCAA point system for selecting end-of-year teams, the spread affects the NET, I think. I believe that was mentioned in an earlier thread about ISU Blue leaving starters in so long in a lopsided game.

Also a 1 point win is so much harder on us senior fans with health conditions.

I knew my comment would stir up critical responses. However it is a board that should foster fan discussion. We just agree to disagree.

[bradleyfan124]

DC, may correct me. However, due to the NCAA point system for selecting end-of-year teams, the spread affects the NET, I think. I believe that was mentioned in an earlier thread about ISU Blue leaving starters in so long in a lopsided game.

Also a 1 point win is so much harder on us senior fans with health conditions.

I knew my comment would stir up critical responses. However it is a board that should foster fan discussion. We just agree to disagree.

Lol I agree with the heart condition. My blood pressure medicine gets a workout. Where i am coming from on the point margin i remember when Dick Versace in his first season lost I think around10 games by 3points or less. However at the end of the season it was still 10 losses so conversely the reverse of that is if they only win by 1 or 3 it is still a win...But you are probably right about the point margin when Biase Sunday comes along to pick teams

[LongTimeFan]

I really don't remember the record that year. I just remember Sylvester, 5'4", having to go by Versace every trip down the floor on offense.

[Big Mike]

I really don't remember the record that year. I just remember Sylvester, 5'4", having to go by Versace every trip down the floor on offense.

I thought Sylvester played for Stowell?

[Da Coach]

Frank Sylvester played 3 seasons for the Bradley varsity from 1968-1971, for Joe Stowell. He wasn't a great scorer, but he was the best dribbler/ball handler I've ever seen at Bradley. At 5'4", nobody could steal the ball from him, even with double-teams and full court pressing.
Stats- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...lvester-1.html

[Tommy]

Make no mistake, boys. Duke is not the 5'8" they claim him to be. I was on the court last year after we beat Drake and got to talk to him face to face and looked him straight in the eyes and I'm 5'4". I was wearing boots, so he might have me by an inch or 2, but he's no taller than 5'6"at best if I'm a betting man!

Sylvester was before my time. Was he a better ball handler than Duke?

[Da Coach]

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Sylvester was before my time. Was he a better ball handler than Duke?

Frank didn't have the through-the-legs and behind-the-back dribbling skills that many players like Duke have today. So in that sense, Duke is extraordinary, and has skills that no player had back in the 1960's and '70's.
Frankie Sylvester was 5'4" and was a different type of point guard from a different era. He was just about as quick as Duke and kept his dribble very close to the floor, maybe just 6-12 inches whenever defenders got close, making it easy for him to change direction, escape double-teams and presses, and to make it near-impossible for any defender to steal the ball.

[Tommy]

Frank didn't have the through-the-legs and behind-the-back dribbling skills that many players like Duke have today. So in that sense, Duke is extraordinary, and has skills that no player had back in the 1960's and '70's.
Frankie Sylvester was 5'4" and was a different type of point guard from a different era. He was just about as quick as Duke and kept his dribble very close to the floor, maybe just 6-12 inches whenever defenders got close, making it easy for him to change direction, escape double-teams and presses, and to make it near-impossible for any defender to steal the ball.

Well I love me the short guys! Duke might be my favorite player right now, but so hard to pick with this team. Duke's attitude and ability to score over the giants is really unbelievable, and his folks are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet, so you can tell where he gets the personality from.

[bradleyfan124]

Well I love me the short guys! Duke might be my favorite player right now, but so hard to pick with this team. Duke's attitude and ability to score over the giants is really unbelievable, and his folks are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet, so you can tell where he gets the personality from.

Was Frankie the player that would chase an opponent up court and when he got close to him dive on the court and slide under the path of the ball so the opponent would lose control of his dribble. I think it was either him or Tom Les

[Da Coach]

Sounds more like Tom Les. He was sometimes known as the human floor burn.

[bradleyfan124]

Sounds more like Tom Les. He was sometimes known as the human floor burn.

Lol I think you are right

[LongTimeFan]

Frank Sylvester played 3 seasons for the Bradley varsity from 1968-1971, for Joe Stowell. He wasn't a great scorer, but he was the best dribbler/ball handler I've ever seen at Bradley. At 5'4", nobody could steal the ball from him, even with double-teams and full court pressing.
Stats- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...lvester-1.html

My bad. Who was the point guard in Versace's first year? He was not able to bring his JC players with him and had a rough season. OR am I wrong again?

[LongTimeFan]

Was Frankie the player that would chase an opponent up court and when he got close to him dive on the court and slide under the path of the ball so the opponent would lose control of his dribble. I think it was either him or Tom Les

It was Les.

[bradleyfan124]

My bad. Who was the point guard in Versace's first year? He was not able to bring his JC players with him and had a rough season. OR am I wrong again?

Carl Maniscalco