SI basketball preview gives props to BU and Ruff

[bstall]

SI's newest mag has there Basketball preview and it lists Bradley as a Cinderella that will dance late into march. The also state that Ruffin is the BEST player in the MVC. Good pub for the Braves.

[bert notorius]

Hey! I recognize the big guy in O&B.

COVERBOY

[Big Mike]

Nice to see the Braves hit the national scene with SI.........for it gets into a lot of homes! Also very good to get DR some national press which is due IMO! Congrats DAnny!

[Da Coach]

Here is one more article citing Daniel Ruffin--

Fran Fraschilla of ESPN writes in his blog about the best point guards in the US. You have to scroll through the lists of major guards, but then he lists:

Best mid-major point guards:
Eric Maynor, VCU
Daniel Ruffin, Bradley
Bryan Mullins, Southern Illinois
Jason Richards, Davidson

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3110017&name=ncbexperts&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fespn%2fblog%2findex%3fentryID%3d3110017%26name%3dncbexperts

Also, note at the bottom of the article a bit about a kid that Jim Les almost landed at Bradley. James Johnson committed to Wake Forest over Bradley. He is a freshman at Wake this year, and Fraschilla says this about him:

??? I had NBA friends raving about Wake Forest freshman James Johnson this past weekend. The 6-foot-8 forward is built to play inside but is equally adept on the perimeter. A relatively unheralded player from Cheyenne, Wyo., until the summer before his senior year, Johnson is one of the building blocks for Dino Gaudio's young Demon Deacons.

[flipper]

SI's newest mag has there Basketball preview and it lists Bradley as a Cinderella that will dance late into march. The also state that Ruffin is the BEST player in the MVC. Good pub for the Braves.

i must be stupid because i just picked up si and don't see that. what i see is bradley ranked #37 and this comment-the braves have the active career assists leader(daniel ruffin) and last year's fifth-most accurate three-point shooterjeremy crouch).

[BradleyBrave]

i must be stupid because i just picked up si and don't see that. what i see is bradley ranked #37 and this comment-the braves have the active career assists leader(daniel ruffin) and last year's fifth-most accurate three-point shooterjeremy crouch).

The item that raved about Ruffin was online. It was Seth Davis's 5-minute look at Cinderella's, etc.

[sam hannam]

Look at page 76. It shows Bradley as a Cinderella and a picture of Ruffin.

[Rusty 54]

Did anyone else notice that the Louisville logo on pg. 88 is not Louisville's, but ISU's?

[Guinness]

Hmmm. So no one who think the sky is falling after the UIC game is going to ask if it was written pre or post opener?

[flipper]

Look at page 76. It shows Bradley as a Cinderella and a picture of Ruffin.

cool. my bad. daniel ruffin best player in the valley. the truth shall set us free.

[Braves4Life]

Also, note at the bottom of the article a bit about a kid that Jim Les almost landed at Bradley. James Johnson committed to Wake Forest over Bradley. He is a freshman at Wake this year, and Fraschilla says this about him:

??? I had NBA friends raving about Wake Forest freshman James Johnson this past weekend. The 6-foot-8 forward is built to play inside but is equally adept on the perimeter. A relatively unheralded player from Cheyenne, Wyo., until the summer before his senior year, Johnson is one of the building blocks for Dino Gaudio's young Demon Deacons.

This kid Johnson is a true stud. He will be the ACC's top freshman and is a future Pro!

Too bad we missed out on him