Next Bradley game-- Saturday Nov. 10, 7 pm at UIC

[Da Coach]

Bradley's first game of the season is Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7:05 pm at the UIC Pavillion on the campus of University of Illinois-Chicago.

This is also the first game for UIC, coached by Jimmy Collins. UIC tied for fourth in the Horizon League last year. They have yet to play any exhibition games, yet. UIC plays their only preseason exhibition Tuesday night against Lewis University.

http://uicflames.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110507aab.html

UIC basketball prospectus--

http://uicflames.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ilch/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0708prospectus

BU Basketball notebook 11/5/07--

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1304395

UIC website--

http://uicflames.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/ilch-m-baskbl-body.html

UIC roster--

http://uicflames.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ilch-m-baskbl-mtt.html

UIC schedule--

http://uicflames.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ilch-m-baskbl-sched.html

[jasonpeoria911]

Why only 1 pre-season game? If I was serious about contending for the tournament I would want my team to play at least 2 or 3 games to get the flow and some chemistry going. Playing in practice can only go so far. Looks like they better work on some 3's in there only pre-season game in order to keep up with us Saturday LOL.

Jason

[Da Coach]

Some fans like to see what the opponents' fans are saying. Here is a link to the UIC fan message board. Not much talk yet about Bradley, since they still have to play Lewis tomorrow before the Bradley game on Saturday.--

http://uicflames.proboards28.com/index.cgi

Basketball Forum--

http://uicflames.proboards28.com/index.cgi?board=general

[tornado]

Although not directly related to UIC, here are a couple comments about BU basketball & the board.
Interest is building, as seen in the stats on our board and elsewhere.
First, someone "in the know" Sunday at the game told me that BU is at a season ticket sales level that's well more than 600 above last season.
The crowd at Sunday's game was actually quite remarkable, since Sunday attendance is notoriously low...
There aren't many Sunday games to compare, but last season's early game against UIC was on a Sunday and the attendance was little more than this past Sunday's and the UIC game was against a D-I opponent & NOT an exhibition!
One early season game a couple years ago vs. Northeastern on a Sunday didn't even draw 8200, and it was also a regular season game against a real D-I opponent.

Then, as a reflection of interest in BU basketball.... our "board stats" show that "thread activity" and "posting activity" (24 hour stats) both hit all time highs over the past two days. And if you go to the front page of BradleyFans, you'll see the number of people viewing online even at odd hours is between 50-100, and they are from up on campus as well as from as far away as Alaska!

I hope we have a "record crowd" of BU fans on hand in Chicago for the UIC game.
Everyone be sure to wear RED!!

[bradley09jdubs]

...One early season game a couple years ago vs. Northeastern on a Sunday didn't even draw 8200, and it was also a regular season game against a real D-I opponent...

well good thing it wasn't against those FAKE D-I schools!!! Those always throw me off!
haha i kid kid

but yea I am reallying looking for this year to be very close to a sell-out every game!

[houstontxbrave]

Looks like per their message board Robert Bush 6'4 sr guard is out for our game.

Collins announced at their luncheon that his starting line up

Mayo 5'11 JR
Stewart 6'4 So
Butell 6'7 SO Texas Tech transfer
White 6'2 SR
Vandermeer 7'0 SR

[Da Coach]

Bradley did play against 7 footer Vandermeer 3 years ago when he was a freshman at Bowling Green. This will be his first season at UIC--

11/27/04 Bradley at Bowling Green- Vandermeer played 7 minutes and scored 1 point.--

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=129698

I saw Mayo play last year a couple times, and he is a very good player. He was not highly recruited out of Indiana, but he can play.

[Murph]

Any TV...?

[Da Coach]

Yes, Saturday's game will be the first game broadcast by Insight. It will be on channel 44 in Peoria and most of East Peoria. Frank Bussone and Chuck Buescher are doing the game, and it should be available on BUBraves.tv.

[Big D From UIC]

Bradley did play against 7 footer Vandermeer 3 years ago when he was a freshman at Bowling Green. This will be his first season at UIC--

11/27/04 Bradley at Bowling Green- Vandermeer played 7 minutes and scored 1 point.--

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=129698

I saw Mayo play last year a couple times, and he is a very good player. He was not highly recruited out of Indiana, but he can play.

This will be Vandermeer's 2nd season at UIC. He is much improved from his year at Bowling Green. Last year, he shattered the Horizon League record for blocks and was 4th in the nation, I believe. He had more blocks by himself than 6 or 7 Horizon teams did altogether. I'm not trying to be a homer, but he will definitely cause problems in the middle. He's one of those guys that has a knack for finding that ball....and he takes major pride in his defense.

Mayo is a great player...he nailed six 3 pointers tonight in a close win over Lewis. He is also a 90% Ft shooter. Definitely the leader on this team.

Unfortunately, we don't have much else. Buttell is somewhat of an unknown as it's his 1st year in uniform for UIC. he had 9 points and 9 boards tonight.

Karl White is a great defender, but wild and inconsistent on offense.

Spencer Stewart is a solid PG, but a little slow and sometimes he tries to get too flashy with his passes.

We're all looking forward to seeing Robo Kreps and Tori Boyd mature. Unfortunately, they won't mature in time for the game against you guys...

[Da Coach]

UIC beat Lewis University last night 59-57. Josh Mayo was 6-8 from 3-point.--

http://uicflames.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/110707aaa.html

Box score--

http://uicflames.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/110707aac.html

Attendance was 722 !
Didn't they have the Melafusic promotion going yet?

[tornado]

Three starters (2 freshmen, 1 soph) from their exhibition game last night, Robert Kreps, Stewart Spencer, and Tori Boyd, have played a lot of games in Peoria at the Pekin Tournament and during March Madness, so perhaps some of you are familiar with them.

Between the three of them, they played a combined 60 minutes for UIC and were a combined:
1-11, 1-6 from 3pt, 3pts, 2 rebs, 4 turnovers in the game.

For Lewis University--
Bloomington HS's Lonnie Lawrence played 8 minutes, scored 2 pt, and ex-Central teammate of Shaun Livingston, Dustin Warfield, played 24 minutes and scored 3.

[houstontxbrave]

Chicago Tribunes preview of the Flames.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-07bkc-uic,1,2906333.story

[patrick_o'brian]

Yes, Saturday's game will be the first game broadcast by Insight. It will be on channel 44 in Peoria and most of East Peoria. Frank Bussone and Chuck Buescher are doing the game, and it should be available on BUBraves.tv.

So I am guessing the final answer for those of us who have DISH is that we are S.O.L! Is that what I am getting?

[wingrider81]

Thanks Big D

Hey thanks Big D From UIC for your post. We all know how
tough it is to post on what is thought to be a down year....
You gave us an overly honest assessment perhaps so we
Brave fans have some idea of what to look for on Sunday.
Thanks again, friend and may UIC have exceptional luck
starting on November 12th. LOL

The Wing