2024-25 Bradley schedule

[Da Coach]

Bradley's first opponent in the Myrtle Beach Invitational, the Texas State University Bobcats, finished last season 17-18 and 15-18 against Division I opponents. The game will be November 21 at 4:30 PM CST.
They were 7-11, and tied for 10th place (out of 14) in the Sun Belt Conference. They did win their first 3 games in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament last March, before losing a close game in the championship to James Madison.
Their final NET rank was 206. Bradley has never played Texas State (of Southwest Texas State).
Historical record - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...xas-state/men/

Their roster for 2024-25 includes 6 junior college transfers, 6 transfers from other 4-year colleges via the transfer portal, and only 2 players recruited from high schools.

Schedule-
November 21, 2024 (Thursday)
Game 1 - Ohio vs Middle Tennessee (11:00am CST)
Game 2 - South Florida vs Portland (12:30pm CST)
Game 3 - Bradley vs Texas State (4:30pm CST)
Game 4 - Princeton vs Wight State (7:00pm CST)

November 22, 2024 (Friday)
Game 5 - 1st Consolation (Ohio/Middle Tennessee vs. South Florida/Portland)
Game 6 - 1st Semi-final (Ohio/Middle Tennessee vs. South Florida/Portland)
Game 7 - 2nd Semi-final (Bradley/Texas State vs. Princeton/Wright State)
Game 8 - 2nd Consolation (Bradley/Texas State vs. Princeton/Wright State)

November 24, 2024 (Sunday)
Game 8 - Seventh Place Game
Game 9 - Third Place Game
Game 10 - Championship Game
Game 11 - Fifth Place Game

Bracket-


Trivia- Texas State is a large public university in San Marcos, Texas (midway between Austin and San Antonio), founded in 1899. Enrollment last year (2023) was 38,873. It was formerly known as Southwest Texas State University until 2003, then changed its name to Texas State-San Marcos. Then in 2013 it changed again to Texas State University. Famous alumni include former US President Lyndon Johnson, country music star George Strait, and St. Louis Cardinals 1st baseman Paul Goldschmidt.

[yoda]

coulda been worse- there's prob three teams in this tourney that look to be considerably worse and could have NET's in the 250-300 range

[Tommy]

If we get past Texas State, like most of us think and hope we will, that next round game is probably against Princeton who finished 1st in the Ivy League with a 24-5 record with a win against Rutgers, close losses to UNLV and St. Joe's and they beat Duquesne (who beat us last year). Looks like they lost in their tournament to Brown, which kept them out of the NCAA.

Not sure what they're bringing back this year or if they lost any players, but based on last year they would seem to be a tough 2nd round matchup for us.

[Da Coach]

If we get past Texas State, like most of us think and hope we will, that next round game is probably against Princeton who finished 1st in the Ivy League with a 24-5 record with a win against Rutgers, close losses to UNLV and St. Joe's and they beat Duquesne (who beat us last year). Looks like they lost in their tournament to Brown, which kept them out of the NCAA.

Not sure what they're bringing back this year or if they lost any players, but based on last year they would seem to be a tough 2nd round matchup for us.

Princeton, maybe more than any other D1 team, seems to always have good teams regardless of their personnel. They win with their "system", with which they are very good at breaking down defenses and getting easy, or wide open, shots, and rebounding against bigger teams. So they will be tough again in 2024-25.
They started the same 5 players in all 29 games last season, and nearly all their scoring and rebounding came from those 5 starters plus one bench player.
Princeton 2023-24 stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...stats/_/id/163

Their 2024-25 roster is not posted yet, but, they appear to return their top 2 scorers-
> Leading scorer from last season, Xaivian Lee, a 6'3" sophomore guard (17.1 ppg), who will now be a junior.
> Second-leading scorer, Caden Pierce, a 6'7" sophomore forward (16.6 ppg) from Glenbard West HS in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He will also be a junior.

They also return their 5th and 6th highest scorers (7.8 ppg & 6.6 ppg), but they lost a total of 6 players to the transfer portal, including 2 starters who combined for over 21 ppg..
Their 3rd and 4th leading scorers- juniors 6'4" G Matt Allocco (12.7 ppg) and 6'7" F Zach Martini (8.4 ppg)- transferred to Notre Dame and Rutgers respectively. Those two were also the team's top 3-point percentage shooters (42.7% and 38.5%).
They also lost 4 reserves - sophomores Jack Scott and Vernon Collins, and freshmen Ryan Duncan and Derek Sangster, none of whom averaged more than 2.3 ppg.
They have 5 incoming freshmen, including 6'2" sharpshooting point guard Jack Stanton from Downer's Grove North HS, who Bradley and several other MVC schools offered. - https://verbalcommits.com/schools/princeton

[Tommy]

Nice breakdown. Thanks Coach!

[Da Coach]

2024-25 schedule (MVC schedule pending)- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...tball/schedule
Monday, Sept. 23- Official Team Practices can begin
Tuesday, Oct. 8- Spaghetti Supper Presented by Avanti's, Itoo Hall, Doors open 5:30 pm, Dinner at 6:00 pm-
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Saturday, Oct. 12- Red-White Showcase, 11:00 am at Renaissance Coliseum
Saturday, Oct. 26- Bid for the Braves, 5:00 pm at Renaissance Coliseum- Special guest Hersey Hawkins
Wednesday, Oct. 30- Home exhibition game vs. Milliken University (D3)
Monday, Nov. 4, 2024- Home game vs. SEMO
Friday, Nov. 8, 2024- Road game at Washington State
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024- Home game vs. UTSA
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024- Home game vs. Northern Illinois
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024- Bradley vs. Texas State, 4:30 pm Central- Myrtle Beach Invitational
Friday, Nov. 22, 2024- Bradley vs. Princeton or Wright State, 4:30 pm or 7:00 pm Central- Myrtle Beach Invitational
Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024- Bradley vs. Ohio, Middle Tennessee, South Florida, or Portland- Myrtle Beach Invitational
Friday, Nov. 29, 2024- Home game vs. Judson University (NAIA)
Early MVC games
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024- vs. Santa Clara in the Jack Jones Classic at Lee's Family Forum, Henderson, NV -
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024- home game vs. University of San Francisco (Bradley to play return game at USF in 2025-26 season)
Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024- home game vs. Canisius College

Remainder of MVC schedule pending

[64NIT]

Full schedule including MVC games: https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...59ZN6_gQp6egeQ

[houstonbrave]

We never have to go to Springfield, Mo again.

[yoda]

[yoda]

well, after what they did to sabotage our 2020-21 season, I kinda feel the same about never seeing them again,
and I hope they meet their comeuppance in CUSA - I hope they fully enjoy their trips to illustrious Kennesaw, GA,
Newark, Delaware, Jacksonville Alabama, Ruston Louisiana, Murfreesboro & Huntsville Texas.

...but in all fairness, Springfield, MO is a whole lot nicer city than some places and certainly on par with most of the MVC cities...

[Da Coach]

Story from BradleyBraves.com - https://bradleybraves.com/news/2024/...-schedule.aspx

16 home games (10 MVC and 6 non-con), plus the exhibition game against Millikin.
8 games in November, 5 in December, 9 in January, and 8 in February.
Only one early MVC game this season, a Tuesday, Dec. 3 game at SIU
Bradley does not travel to Missouri State, and the only team that does not play in Peoria is Evansville.
Bradley plays rival Illinois State on Saturday, January 25, and play in Normal on Wednesday, February 19.

Oct. 30, 2024 (Wed.)		Home	Millikin	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			2024 Exhibition
Nov. 4, 2024 (Mon.)		Home	SEMO	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena
Nov. 8, 2024 (Fri.)		Away	Washington State	Pullman, WA / Beasley Coliseum
Nov. 12, 2024 (Tues.)		Home	UTSA	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena
Nov. 16, 2024 (Sat.)		Home	Northern Illinois	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena
Nov. 21, 2024 (Thur.)		Neutral	Texas State	Conway, SC / HTC Center			2024 Myrtle Beach Invitational
Nov. 22, 2024 (Fri.)		Neutral	Princeton/Wright St.	Conway, SC / HTC Center			2024 Myrtle Beach Invitational
Nov. 24, 2024 (Sun.)		Neutral	TBA	Conway, SC / HTC Center			2024 Myrtle Beach Invitational
Nov. 29, 2024 (Fri.)		Home	Judson	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena
Dec. 3, 2024 (Tues.)		Away	Southern Illinois	Carbondale, IL / Banterra Center			MVC
Dec. 14, 2024 (Sat.)		Neutral	Santa Clara	Henderson, NV / Dollar Loan Center			2024 Jack Jones Classic
Dec. 18, 2024 (Wed,)		Home	U. of San Francisco	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena
Dec. 21, 2024 (Sat.)		Home	Canisius	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena
Dec. 29, 2024 (Sun.)		Home	Valparaiso	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			MVC
Jan. 1, 2025 (Wed.)		Away	Indiana State	Terre Haute, IN / Hulman Center			MVC
Jan. 4, 2025 (Sat.)		Home	Missouri State	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			MVC
Jan. 8, 2025 (Wed.)		Home	Drake	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			MVC
Jan. 11, 2025 (Sat.)		Away	UIC	Chicago, IL / Credit Union 1 Arena			MVC
Jan.15, 2025 (Wed.)		Home	Indiana State	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			MVC
Jan. 18, 2025 (Sat.)		Away	Murray State	Murray, KY / Racer Arena			MVC
Jan. 21, 2025 (Tues.)		Away	Belmont	Nashville, TN / Curb Event Center			MVC
Jan. 25, 2025 (Sat.)		Home	Illinois State	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			MVC
Jan. 29, 2025 (Wed.)		Home	UIC	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			MVC
Feb. 2, 2025 (Sun.)		Away	Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, IA / McLeod Center			MVC
Feb. 5, 2025 (Wed.)		Home	Belmont	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			MVC
Feb. 8, 2025 (Sat.)		Away	Evansville	Evansville, IN / Ford Center			MVC
Feb. 12, 2025 (Wed.)		Home	Southern Illinois	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			MVC
Feb. 16, 2025 (Sun.)		Away	Drake	Des Moines, IA / Knapp Center			MVC
Feb. 19, 2025 (Wed.)		Away	Illinois State	Normal, IL / CEFCU Arena			MVC
Feb. 22, 2025 (Sat.)		Home	Murray State	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			MVC
Feb. 26, 2025 (Wed.)		Away	Valparaiso Univ.	Valparaiso, IN / Athletics-Recreation Center			MVC
Mar. 2, 2025 (Sun.)		Home	Northern Iowa	Peoria, IL / Carver Arena			MVC
Mar. 6, 2025 (Thur.)		Neutral	MVC Tournament	St. Louis, MO / Enterprise Center			2025 MVCT