2024-25 Bradley team

[yoda]

and the last couple days I've seen several billboards advertising Bradley Men's Basketball season tickets,
featuring Duke & Darius - this is the photo they use- hopefully it'll generate more interest & ticket sales.

But I still think that during this slow time from June thru August, when they are trying to sell tickets,
they should have a few events for the fans like a meet & greet or soccer tailgate or open practice.
(anyone remember when the RED-WHITE drew almost 4,000 fans?)
They used to, is there any rule or reason they never do any more?
Plenty of other teams are doing it - IU, Memphis, others, including Marquette and many other midmajors - they all say it helps them generate funds for NIL.
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[LittleBrave]

I'm seeing a lot of photos of Demarion in training - getting some vibes he's gonna be an X factor this year.
One thing I noticed last year, the kid gives his ALLLLL on the court no matter who the opponent is, and his pre-game shootaround I've witnessed is impressive.

Maybe it's a Milwaukee thing - but hard to find guys who play with the level of intensity and effort of The O-Show (Burch) and Sir DunksaLot (Darius).

[LittleBrave]

How often do you think we'll see the All D team on the court at the same time this season?
Davis, Dillon, Duke, Demarion, Darius

Probably a more improbable case: The All C team!
Christian, Corey, Cody, Connor and Connor

Let's not overlook the Trip-dubb trio???
AA, DD, JJ

I think this team's got us covered from Almar to Zek!

[Da Coach]

This college basketball blogger lists Connor Dillon as one of the top D2 to D1 transfers for 2024 - https://x.com/TP4PT/status/1829258727054328200

[Da Coach]

Some new practice pictures just posted by Bradley basketball - https://x.com/BradleyUMBB/status/1833193844457804164

[Da Coach]

Video from Bradley Men's Basketball - https://x.com/BradleyUMBB/status/1833923484504015356

[bradleyfan124]

Video from Bradley Men's Basketball - https://x.com/BradleyUMBB/status/1833923484504015356

Da Coach.Thanks for these. It helps to keep us primed for the season

[BUfan14]

Video from Bradley Men's Basketball - https://x.com/BradleyUMBB/status/1833923484504015356

Great set of highlights to be posted if you’re Darius, not so much for Meta…back to back clips of being stuffed badly and the ball stolen. Going to be fascinating to see where everyone falls on the initial depth chart with all the new guys.

[LittleBrave]

Great set of highlights to be posted if you’re Darius, not so much for Meta…back to back clips of being stuffed badly and the ball stolen. Going to be fascinating to see where everyone falls on the initial depth chart with all the new guys.

LOL BUfan RE Meta...at least he's got spirit!

Very excited about our depth at guard/wing. I haven't seen many highlights from CT, who will be a HUGE factor in our success. He's got to be 2x (or more) as productive as the other Thomas last year, and I think he will be.

Zeko, O-Show (Burch), and Christian are gonna be better and harder to guard, and that's scary for opponents! They all can defend too!!
Then you have DH-Bomb (Darius) KaBOOM and DUKE, who are likely 1st team All-MVC guys.

Atlason, Dillon, and Thomas should be key guys off the bench, but I could see them all in the starting line-up throughout the year. Anyone else who contributes is a bonus!

[LittleBrave]

Can anyone think of 5 guys on the same team in Valley history who would match the athleticism of these 5 on the current BU roster? (just having fun with this)

Zek
Duke
Burch
Hannah
Davis (least athletic among the group, but he's deceptively quick on both ends. I think Hick is an even trade-off for athleticism, though smaller. JaShon would be an upgrade!)

[Da Coach]

Video of BU team volunteering at the Morton Pumpkin Festival this past weekend - https://x.com/BradleyUMBB/status/1835763148336533921

[Da Coach]

New Bradley team video - https://x.com/BrianMWardle/status/1839779123461341590

Pretty impressive!

[Stevezall]

Joe Lunardi with his September Update has Bradkey a projected 13 seed for The NCAA Tournament! He also Projects Bradley as a sweet 16 team pulling the upsets over Purdue and Texas! He even goes so far as to say it will take # 1 Kansas team to play OT to beat BU! Some comments have said Kansas would be abit Torn playing Bradley. Maybe coaches Remember back when BU upset Kansas in the Tournament. In any case, I know these projections mean very little. However, to have Lunardi have such high praise for Bradley can't be Overlooked.

[bradleyfan124]

Joe Lunardi with his September Update has Bradkey a projected 13 seed for The NCAA Tournament! He also Projects Bradley as a sweet 16 team pulling the upsets over Purdue and Texas! He even goes so far as to say it will take # 1 Kansas team to play OT to beat BU! Some comments have said Kansas would be abit Torn playing Bradley. Maybe coaches Remember back when BU upset Kansas in the Tournament. In any case, I know these projections mean very little. However, to have Lunardi have such high praise for Bradley can't be Overlooked.

It shows Bradley getting some respect

[yoda]

.... open practice....

Loyola held an open practice for their season ticket holders -- I think it's a good idea to do something like this
to reward your best fans, and it just might spur someone to sign up for season tickets.

I saw where Evansville, Rutgers, Wisconsin & other schools are doing it, too

https://x.com/RamblersMBB/status/1840416341632635254

Bradley's former Director of Development, J Locklier now works at Butler and he Tweets about their open practice.

https://x.com/JLocklier/status/1840046021876805757