Final score- Chattanooga 67 Bradley 65

[Da Coach]

Here is the full price if you choose to buy on Ticketmaster.

[Canton BU fan]

Here is the full price if you choose to buy on Ticketmaster.

That order processing fee is per order and not per ticket. But yes the prices are absurd.

[Go_Braves]

Where were you (where was everyone) - the evening of Tuesday March 18th, 1982 ? This was the last time that Bradley played in the NIT quarterfinals and Bradley hosted Tulane (Green Wave) University. It was to be the finale - the last Bradley home game played at Robertson Memorial Stadium - the 500th Bradley game to be played at the Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse - and before the game Bradley had won 399 of those games. I was in front of my TV set - going crazy during the game. Incredible memories - incredible season - just like this year. GO BRADLEY BRAVES.!!!

[Big Mike]

Watching it in the Poison Apple Disco big screen....

[BRAVE82]

Where were you (where was everyone) - the evening of Tuesday March 18th, 1982 ? This was the last time that Bradley played in the NIT quarterfinals and Bradley hosted Tulane (Green Wave) University. It was to be the finale - the last Bradley home game played at Robertson Memorial Stadium - the 500th Bradley game to be played at the Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse - and before the game Bradley had won 399 of those games. I was in front of my TV set - going crazy during the game. Incredible memories - incredible season - just like this year. GO BRADLEY BRAVES.!!!

I was at that game! And the place was so intimidatingly loud! A Tulane fan sitting next to me said that he didn't see how any visiting team had a chance in that building. Robertson was such a great environment. They blasted the Theme from New York by Frank Sinatra at the end of the game over the PA system.

[PattonMD]

I was at the Tulane game as a 8th grader sitting/standing in the about the 10th row! It was probably my 3rd or 4th game that year. That run to the NIT championship really cemented my lifelong fandom. I even got out of school and went with my friends to see the team arrive at the airport after they won it all. Such fun!

[bubake]

I was there with a date, now celebrating our 40th anniversary. I signed up for classes at BU so I could tell her I was a student, and she would go out with me.

Have not missed many games since the move to PCC. Go Braves

[Da Coach]

I was there with a date, now celebrating our 40th anniversary. I signed up for classes at BU so I could tell her I was a student, and she would go out with me.

Have not missed many games since the move to PCC. Go Braves

So you got your wife through a bit of deception, Bake? Just kidding... I was there for the Tulane game, too, The last official game at the Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse.
I also was able to go to NYC and attended the games in Madison Square Garden, the semifinal win over Oklahoma and the Championship over Purdue. I also got to see the other team in the Final Four play, Georgia. Their star was the amazingly athletic Dominique Wilkins, who put on a show.
They allowed Bradley fans to storm the court after the championship win, so, of course, I did.
Below are photos of the celebration, and a couple photos as the team was leaving the hotel lobby the next morning after the championship. Joe Dalfonso, the Sports Information Director at the time, asked me to hold the NIT trophy while he went to the bathroom.

[tomahawk chop]

Where were you (where was everyone) - the evening of Tuesday March 18th, 1982 ? This was the last time that Bradley played in the NIT quarterfinals and Bradley hosted Tulane (Green Wave) University. It was to be the finale - the last Bradley home game played at Robertson Memorial Stadium - the 500th Bradley game to be played at the Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse - and before the game Bradley had won 399 of those games. I was in front of my TV set - going crazy during the game. Incredible memories - incredible season - just like this year. GO BRADLEY BRAVES.!!!

I was at the game sitting on the floor , it was crazy celebrating with the team after on the raised floor. That was one special team that would have won a lot of games in the big tour.

[Nashville Cat]

ESPN match-up predictor has BU at 78.6% chance to win. Line is BU -4.5. O/U 149.5.

[Tommy]

ESPN match-up predictor has BU at 78.6% chance to win. Line is BU -4.5. O/U 149.5.

And if we win, a likely match-up against Loyola again in the final four! Man, if only we had Zek and Hannah I think we'd have a real shot at winning this thing. I suppose we still do, but not as likely now.

[Da Coach]

Chattanooga has one thing in common with Bradley. They got into the mix with the NCAA over Native American Imagery in their nickname and logo back in the late 1990's.
They are officially the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, but for the last several years, their athletic teams only use the name Chattanooga.
Their nickname now is the "Mocs". For many decades, since the 1920's, their nickname was The Moccasins. In the 1920's it originally referred to a moccasin snake. But before too long, since Indian reference became common back then, it switched to refer to the shoes worn by Indians, and their logos and mascots all included Indians and other Native American imagery.
But in 1996, when the NCAA began cracking down on schools with Native American names and imagery, Chattanooga adopted the state bird of Tennessee as their new mascot, which happened to be the Mockingbird. That allowed them to shorten the nickname to The Mocs, which in turn, allowed them to eliminate all of the Native American references. The womens' teams are the "Lady Mocs" (still a little bit of sexism there).
The mascot now is a giant blue and gold (the school colors) Mockingbird named "Scrappy". There is a story behind the name Scrappy, too.
Read about it here - https://gomocs.com/sports/2019/10/1/whats-amoc



Bradley has played Chattanooga 3 times in their history, and Bradley is 1-2 against them

[Da Coach]

Bradley is now 29-20 all time in the NIT. They have won 4 championships (1957, 1960, 1964, and 1982). Only St. John's has won more (6).
And Bradley has finished 2nd twice (1950 and 1959), one 3rd place, and one 4th place finish.

[️ Fanatic]

DC - Does NIT still play the 3rd-4th place game? I believe that ended after Covid? I couldn't find that game the last year (since they left the Garden for Championship games)...

[LittleBrave]

Bradley is now 29-20 all time in the NIT. They have won 4 championships (1957, 1960, 1964, and 1982). Only St. John's has won more (6).
And Bradley has finished 2nd twice (1950 and 1959), one 3rd place, and one 4th place finish.

So has St. John's won more NIT games overall than BU? Couldn't find that in searching online.
Also, in 1982, the NCAA tourney was likely more prestigious than the NIT, correct? (Still learning about NCAA hoops before my time!)