BU v. Iowa Postgame

[jasonpeoria911]

I thought the announcers were fairly good. They gave great props to the Valley and how well Ruffin plays. Mentioning that it's rare for BCS schools to schedule games with Bradley and mid majors in general. That's the most i've ever heard announcers on a "national" broadcast per say, speak so much of the valley and Bradley during the game. Need more of this on the ESPN broadcasts.

Jason

[SFP]

I thought the announcers were fairly good. They gave great props to the Valley and how well Ruffin plays. Mentioning that it's rare for BCS schools to schedule games with Bradley and mid majors in general. That's the most i've ever heard announcers on a "national" broadcast per say, speak so much of the valley and Bradley during the game. Need more of this on the ESPN broadcasts.

Jason

I concure..Pete Gillian can join our board any day he likes. He was well prepared and did a great job.

[tornado]

OVER 110 fans online right now....great response by BU fans......
come on everyone...post your thoughts!!

[MacabreMob]

I just wanna add... don't anybody tip off my wife about hiding the scissors when UIUC plays Iowa. I'd much rather stab my eyes out than watch those two puke at each other - that will be one ugly hoops game (and I am sure ESPN will be covering it).

[Big Mike]

I agree about the announcers......there was NO big 11 bias for this game by them and they gave a lot of props to the Valley IMO! Good Job!

[Big Mike]

By the way.........does anyone else thinks this just helps out the Braves in recruiting the state of Texas? I DO! Now let's go out in style and win the tourney!

[jasonpeoria911]

I'm with ya SFPete on Collins, Salley is great on the D but Ruff and gang just can't get it down low without Collins in there. I havn't seen the minutes for this game yet but Salley played most of the game and only had 2 points, Collins played maybe 10 minutes max and had 6 points on 3 of 5 shooting. I also thought the rebounding was rather porous at times, playing both Collins and Salley would of cured that. Other than that, It was definitely the best game played this season. Turnovers were where they should be, excellent defense and the FG percentage was about the norm. BU's getting better with every game they play. Play like this against MSU or any other good team and we'll do just fine.

Jason

[Bravesfan]

And the Missouri Valley's RPI jumped to #3 among all conferences!!!!

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_conf_Men.html

Of course! When the Valley beats the Big Ten AND the SEC in the same day, I would expect nothing less!

Onto another matter, at the end of the SIU/Miss St game today, the ESPN College Gameday crew was discussing this game. Tom Brennan said that SIU should not be called mid-major anymore after complementing SIU on all aspects of their game. Unfortunately, the same could not be said from fellow analyst Doug Gottlieb. While he agreed with Brennan on everything else, he said that SIU would always be considered a mid-major! Huh?!

I would expect that after five consecutive NCAA appearances, a Sweet 16 and near Elite 8 appearance last year and an undefeated record this year, SIU has more than earned the right to shed the mid-major label. What are you going to do? Gottlieb, who does praise the mid-majors from time to time, still though falls into that trap that the non-BCS teams don't seem to play on the same level as their BCS counterparts do, which of course is bogus. Maybe a Final Four showdown between SIU and Bradley will change his mind!

Oh, breaking news: South Dakota St beats Northern Iowa 61-55, thereby offsetting the gains we made earlier tonight! The Valley now falls back to fifth in the latest realtimerpi rankings. Oh well, that was fun while it lasted!

[Da Coach]

Bradley had a small but loud continent at the game. There were several hundred more Iowa fans, but they couldn't compare to the noise that the Bradley fans made.

What a nice win. After falling behind 15-8, Bradley ran off 19 of the next 21 points and never trailed again. Fantastic game by Ruffin, and a great game by Theron Wilson. Crouch's shot was off a little, but he and all the guards played great defense!

I am headed back to watch the Vanderbilt-Utah State game.

[Da Coach]

By the way, Iowa stayed in that tight zone most of the game, and I though Bradley might have tried to overpass the ball a few times trying to get it inside, when they were able to get wide open looks from 3.

But Iowa was frustrated all night by Bradley's great defense.

[Da Coach]

Stats from BUBraves.com

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1325737

Theron Wilson with 11 rebounds!

[tornado]

Theron Wilson with 11 rebounds!

I know...I already said that above...

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=49724#post49724

[Da Coach]

And Bradley outrebounded their opponent for the 5th time in 5 games.

[BTID]

We didn't shoot as well from the floor as I'd have hoped, but if you play good defense, that can compensate for a bad shooting night. My computer is practically on life support, and I can't get updates as quickly as in the past, and my audio capacity is extremely limited, so I appreciate everyone's updates and thoughts on this year's team--just wish I could hear some play-by-play!!!

[Big Mike]

Braves now up to 108!

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html