Next game- Bradley at Northern Iowa, Sunday, Feb. 2, 3:00 pm

[Steve Zalutsky]

The Good News....The Regular Season is Meaningless except to be top 4 to get the first round bye! I prefer Bradley stays at 2nd seed because the 7th place team will probably be weaker then the the 5th seed. March really is all that matters so will see then who is the Best team!

[BUfan14]

We beat a lot of better teams on the road than this team and cannot afford another loss.

Have we? I mean they are a top 5 valley team and a top 100 net team. Maybe Belmont? UIC I guess, but really that was close to a loss also.

[CalCriddle]

I’m curious, do you guys think our record would be better if BW coached differently, specifically concerning his substitution patterns? I agree that at times it seems unusual, but in the end, he seems to get results and always seems to have us playing good, usually our best ball as post-season starts.
I don’t think that BW coaches to win every game. I think he coaches to teach and prepare for the post-season. I could be wrong. Would be an interesting question to pose to him if given the chance.

To quote Michael Corleone, “ If you wish, you can have my answer now…”

Absolutely! This team is lost - certainly not improving as the season wears on

[BUBraves2006]

It's going to be tremendous karma if running up the score and leaving your starters in up 30 comes back to bite UNI. You better believe the players and coaching staff will remember this - last game of the season is in Peoria against these guys.

[Bball31]

Other teams have obviously scouted Bradley at both ends of the floor. They could have easily lost two or three more games. It does not appear they are capable of adjusting to what other teams do against them.

[Big Mike]

Wow....shot clock violation....

[Bballjunkie]

Totally agree

[Big Mike]

My players of the game....Bully, Meta and Burch!

[BUfan14]

The Good News....The Regular Season is Meaningless except to be top 4 to get the first round bye! I prefer Bradley stays at 2nd seed because the 7th place team will probably be weaker than the the 5th seed. March really is all that matters so will see then who is the Best team!

The regular season shouldn’t have been meaningless this year. That’s the frustration.

Johnson might be my favorite player now. He is so tough and continues to get better. I hope he sticks around, cause he seems like the kind of tough leader we need (and he shouldn’t have to be that as a freshman).

[LongTimeFan]

My players of the game....Bully, Meta and Burch!

Core of next year's team with the three recruits we have? The conference if showing Wardle the type of recruits he should be looking for. We need athletic big men with some muscle.

It just looks like they are sick or he has just lost the team. Hopefully I am wrong. This should stop talk of Wardle to Iowa.

[tomahawk chop]

My players of the game....Bully, Meta and Burch!

Yes and Bully and Burch would start the next game.

[Da Coach]

Wow....shot clock violation....

Not much to say after that debacle.

Final score- 83-69 - Bradley was clobbered by a team down 2 starters, and playing with D2 (Weisbrod) and D3 transfers (Schmitt). Bradley reserves did whittle the 30 point lead down to a final margin of 14 points.
Stats- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=548518

One notable thing... The shot clock violation called on Bradley was due to an error by the shot clock official at the scorer's table. After UNI made a free throw with 3:28 left in the game, the shot clock was only reset to 20 seconds instead of 30 seconds. That is why it appeared that every player on the court seemed surprised that the shot clock buzzer went off. It made no difference in the game, but it is amazing that all 3 officials blew it, and not a single player or coach noticed it. Embarrassing.
Here is a screen shot of Bradley inbounding the ball, and the shot clock set to 20 seconds instead of 30.

[BUfan14]

My next game lineup would be:

Johnson
Deen
Zek
Davis
Hannah

Burch, Meta with Thomas and Dillon sprinkled in.

We aren’t a good post team so lean into small ball and put Darius back where he is best (in the post). Davis is also one of our better rebounders and has looked fine at the four in limited minutes. Johnson rewarded for being our toughest player lately and another ball handler hopefully helps turnovers. Meta and Burch would play a lot too, with Thomas and Dillon sprinkled in on good nights for them.

[Big Mike]

Wow....not 1 person on the bench noticed only 20 seconds...that's terrible....how does that happen?
I think the whole Bradley team and staff are in a funk....I really don't see them coming out of this very soon!
Something is wrong...and it's deep....we are not talking about 1 player...it's the bulk of the scoring, the so called leaders struggling on BOTH ends of the court....

[Big Mike]

My next game lineup would be:

Johnson
Deen
Zek
Davis
Hannah

Burch, Meta with Thomas and Dillon sprinkled in.

We aren’t a good post team so lean into small ball and put Darius back where he is best (in the post). Davis is also one of our better rebounders and has looked fine at the four in limited minutes. Johnson rewarded for being our toughest player lately and another ball handler hopefully helps turnovers. Meta and Burch would play a lot too, with Thomas and Dillon sprinkled in on good nights for them.

You have to play Atlason...tell him to pump 3's and quit dribbling to be stripped! He is not a center and it has ruined his confidence because of the fouls in the paint!