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Cincinnatti's Simas Lukosius made a 3 pointer with 2 seconds left to give the Bearcats the win. He was a sizzling 8-10 from 3, hopefully he shot his wad in this game. By the way the rest of the team was 3-20 from 3. The Bearcats have a lot of height as they have 4 guys about 7' 0", Lukosius is 6' 8" and 2 other starters at 6' 5" and 6' 6". They are about as physical as Loyola so we better bring it. They have 3 guys who average over 6 rebounds a game (the team averages almost 40). They also take care of the ball as they average just 12 turnovers a game. They shoot 44% overall, 32% from 3 and 69% from 1 and average 75 points a game. If we bring the effort that we brought to the Loyola game there's no reason to expect us not to win. Speaking of the Loyola game my goodness was that 1st half about as good of half of basketball that we've seen from this team this season. Passing was crisp, defense was on point, just a fantastic half of basketball. But you somehow just knew that the Ramblers would make in interesting and sure enough with 6:30 left they had cut it to 2Duke hit a huge 3 on the next possession that seemed to take to win out of Loyola's sail. Malevy had some spectacular moves and finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks and was a perfect 8-8 from the FT line. Looks we play Cincy at 2:00 on Saturday. Go Braves!
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6pm games are never great attendance, and the short notice on buying tickets didn't help either, I'm sure. At least the lower bowl was packed in and the crowd was as engaged as any I've seen at Carver in some time. The MVC chant was glorious and was more than could have been hoped for in welcoming Loyola back.Originally posted by tomahawk chop View Post
No Moser
No Krutwig
No problem
FYI - Barring any copyright issues, the game should be available to watch in an hour or so on Youtube (will have it up on Rumble this evening or tomorrow morning if you prefer that platform). If nothing else, look for the alley-oop to Hannah near the end of the game. Probably the longest alley-oop of the year. Man that guy can get up!Larry Bird
I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.Comment
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Bradley will play Cincinnati in the 2nd round on Saturday, March 23, at 1 pm Central time (2 pm Eastern in Cincinnati).
The game is at Fifth Third Arena on the campus of the University of Cincinnati just north of downtown Cincinnati.
The game will be on ESPN+
Cincinnati beat San Francisco 73-72 in overtime
Box score- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401641104
Cincinnati outscored USF 6-5 in a low scoring overtime period. It was tied 67-67 at the end of regulation, and USF had a 72-70 lead in OT until Cincinnati's Simas Lukosius made a 3-point shot with 4 seconds left to win 73-70.
The attendance in the Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati was 3,899.
The capacity is 12,000. Their average attendance this season, prior to last night's NIT game was 10,193Comment
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Those "M-V-C M-V-C" chants as Valentine was exiting were a thing of beauty. Couldn't have happened to a nicer asshat.Comment
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I hope there were some recruits watching the game. They saw the players having fun and heard the crowd cheering them on. What a great scene that was. The players running thru the crowd and the people embracing them. That's how we support our team. It would be a great recruiting videoComment
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This is an excerpt from a post on the Loyola Ramblers forum. Thought it was really complimentary of our team, so thought I'd share it here:
But give Bradley some credit. They are a good team and did some things well.
1. They played 3 bigs almost the whole game and made us look small..and they were super long....7 blocks..
2. Early on they seemed to allow our guards the lane and then had two bigs waiting at the rim.
3. They spaced well on offense and ran the pick and roll from the wing which screwed with our regular help patterns.
4. They kept their composure as we made our run and they MADE their free throws.
5. Only 5 fast break points. they really got back on D....and only 9 points off turnovers...
6. They played good defense and made us earn everything...seldom gave us a clean look at the basket.Larry Bird
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Anyone need a laugh today? This is the thinking of Loyola fans after Bradley beat them in the 1st round of the NIT - https://twitter.com/BleredV/status/1773423985360785824
Note that last year, they finished dead last (15th place) in the A-10, and this year they tied for the regular season title in a weak, one bid year. Then they got bumped from the A-10 tournament and ended up barely making the NIT as an unseeded team.
Now they think they are too good even for the Big East.Comment
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One word. Hubris.Originally posted by Da Coach View PostLarry Bird
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