Next game- Bradley at Virginia- Wed. 3/26

[Rusty 54]

I don't understand the "re-seeding" at all. How are we one of the top four seeds out of all 16 teams and then we are the fourth seed of the final four teams?

I think someone sold their soul to Disney and we are paying for it dearly. That, and imo if the CBI has two conference usa teams in the championship, the tournament might lose what credibility it has. If we were not in the CBI and it ended up with a cusa final, I would think it was kind of a joke.

[shaunguth]

I think someone sold their soul to Disney and we are paying for it dearly. That, and imo if the CBI has two conference usa teams in the championship, the tournament might lose what credibility it has. If we were not in the CBI and it ended up with a cusa final, I would think it was kind of a joke.

I don't care what conference the final two teams are from as long as the teams get "re-seeded" appropriately. Doesn't seem to make much sense to have Bradley ranked as one of the top four teams in the tournament and then have them ranked below the #1, #2, AND #3 seeds that are left.

[tornado]

Geez! Look at the beef on this team!!

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebas...eams/roster/VA

They have Louis Farrakhan's grandson, Mustapha Farrakhan, but he doesn'tplay much and averages less than a point a game.

Their 4 point win last night over Old Dominion gives BU decent hope, since ODU hung in there and led much of the way.
Virginia's attendance last night was 6460!!



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I think someone sold their soul to Disney ....

Rusty..how can you possibly expect the Civic Center to turn down Disney and leave those dates open a year ahead of time?
Nobody can be blamed for scheduling Disney, that's really what a Civic Center is for. If it was BU's arena on our campus, then it is different, but they have to be allowed to book events, or they'll never get anyone to want to come to Peoria and use the facility.

[Ogre]

That suks, that BU is going to Virginia, but Tulsa is coming to Peoria to play that night.

http://www.gazellegroup.com/cbi/schedule.htm

*Ok, CBI changed the site to Tulsa*

[Rusty 54]

Rusty..how can you possibly expect the Civic Center to turn down Disney and leave those dates open a year ahead of time?
Nobody can be blamed for scheduling Disney, that's really what a Civic Center is for. If it was BU's arena on our campus, then it is different, but they have to be allowed to book events, or they'll never get anyone to want to come to Peoria and use the facility.

I know the Civic Center has to schedule stuff in advance and it just worked out poorly for us this time. I just would have liked our next game to be at home. But the way the CBI turned out, it looks like we might have had to go on the road anyway, even if Carver was available.

[BradleyBrave]

Does anyone know if we get home court advantage if we happen to pull the miracle in Virginia?

[thefish7]

I wonder that too, BradleyBrave. I really hope so.

[BUBraves06]

Does anyone know if we get home court advantage if we happen to pull the miracle in Virginia?

I would think/hope so as long as the scheduling works out with the arena being avaliable. Neither Tulsa nor Houston are No. 1 seeds so I would think we would get first choice. Also, Houston has shown no desire to host a game at all so I would think if they somehow win in Tulsa that it would become even more likely that we would have the home court advantage.

Edit: That's just my logical reasoning though, who knows with the unique way that this tourney is setup.

[shaunguth]

They've said all along that they would "re-seed" the teams at this point. Virginia being a #1 seed with the home game leads me to believe we are the #4 seed now. Still not quite sure why something like that happens, but it is the first year of a sixteen-team tournament. It would be great to have the advantage in a best of three series and I guess they could always "re-seed" the two teams that make it to the finals to allow for whatever scenario they would like.

[shaunguth]

My prediction:

78 - Bradley

74 - Virginia

[BradleyBrave]

I am afraid that the CBI feels that an ACC team in the final will legitimize their tournament a little bit more. I also think they want kind of an 'east v west' final for maximum viewing potential. I also think that an MVC-CUSA final is probably the scenario they want the least. As much as I would like to spoil their plans, I just don't think that the factors mentioned above give us much of a chance.

Virginia 80
BU 69

Hope I am wrong. I would love a classic 'old MVC' matchup in the final with Tulsa.

[real fan]

All I ask for is a fair chance to win and hopefully we will get Tom O"Neil as the lead official again as he is one of the best referees in the game, he may miss a call but he never seems to be biased toward one team. He is a true professional and a lot of the Valley refs could learn something from watching hin do a game. (I guess that is why he has done several final fours).

[dogsrus]

All I ask for is a fair chance to win and hopefully we will get Tom O"Neil as the lead official again as he is one of the best referees in the game, he may miss a call but he never seems to be biased toward one team. He is a true professional and a lot of the Valley refs could learn something from watching hin do a game. (I guess that is why he has done several final fours).

No No...I want that clueless crew from last nite.....YIKES.

[BradleyBrave]

No No...I want that clueless crew from last nite.....YIKES.

That 'clueless' crew from last night let us maul their big men a few times during our 2nd half run without a whistle blown. I wouldn't complain too much.

[dogsrus]

That 'clueless' crew from last night let us maul their big men a few times during our 2nd half run without a whistle blown. I wouldn't complain too much.

Not complaining...just didn't like the way they called the game.