Next game- Bradley at Tulsa, Monday 3/31 at 7 pm

[Da Coach]

First game of the CBI finals- Bradley at Tulsa, Monday 3/31 at 7:00 pm.

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

Bradley is 20-15 (5th place in the MVC), and Tulsa is 22-13 (6th place in the CUSA).

This game will be televised by FoxCollegeSports, channel 533 on Comcast cable in Peoria.

Tulsa website--

http://tulsahurricane.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/tuls-m-baskbl-body.html

Roster--

http://tulsahurricane.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tuls-m-baskbl-mtt.html

Schedule and results--

http://tulsahurricane.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/tuls-m-baskbl-sched.html

Fan message board--

http://tulsa.rivals.com/forum.asp?sid=1115&fid=1773

Reynolds Center seating chart--

http://tulsahurricane.cstv.com/tickets/tickets-reynoldschart.html

[it's boogie time]

Da Coach, thanks for providing these links all year. You've certainly saved me a lot of time looking for opposing team message boards and stats. I appreciate the effort.

[mike radigan]

Back to back posts on the Tulsa message board:

Shades of David Moss, Hersey Hawkings, Jim Les, and Steve Harris. It's good to be playing Bradley again.

I agree with Sepp I want Nolan and Versace back in the Reynolds Center. Break out the white wigs folks.

[dogsrus]

Looks like its Bus vs drive....so far flights 300-400, Peoria to Tulsa.

[OrangeandBlack74]

Looks like its Bus vs drive....so far flights 300-400, Peoria to Tulsa.

DRU...there's a flight on Saturday out of Peoria for $187 RT, but it obviously requires an extra night's stay in a hotel.

[Tulsa Brave]

Got my 4 tickets in section 105. My daughter says she's rooting for Tulsa, but the boys and me will be there in our BU red!

[Gold]

Got my 4 tickets in section 105. My daughter says she's rooting for Tulsa, but the boys and me will be there in our BU red!

Where did you get your seats? 105 is my turf. I got 12 there first thing this AM.

[Tulsa Brave]

Where did you get your seats? 105 is my turf. I got 12 there first thing this AM.

I got them online right at 8:30.

[VeveJones007]

Hey Tulsa Brave, I take it you've seen both teams play a number of times this season. How do you think the two teams matchup?

[Gold]

I got them online right at 8:30.

I meant what row. You pretty much have to get them online if you want good seats. I was sixth in line on Tuesday morning and got really weird seats. 105 was totally full in the five minutes it took to get to the front.

[Tulsa Brave]

BU is going to have a tough time inside. Jordan is a 7 footer who could do little when he first arrived last season, but has turned into a likely future NBA player. He's one of the best shot blockers around and is an excellent defender and rebounder. He's also picked up his scoring lately. Walls will also be tough for BU to keep off the boards.

However, BU has a big advantage I think outside. Uzoh is going to be a great player the next couple seasons, and McDade is OK, but Tulsa has no true point guard so they often have difficulty holding onto the ball. I think the BU guards can really cause them havoc and force a bunch of turnovers. TU also doesn't force many turnovers...Houston had just 4 last night...so BU should get many extra possessions in the game.

Personally I think the overall advantage goes to the Braves. Tulsa is not a great shooting team. They hold opponents to a very low percentage as well, but much of that is because of the inside presence of Jordan and Walls. If BU is hitting from outside, I think they will win. The homecourt advantage will be huge for TU, but I think the Braves can win 1 out of 2 here, and win in Peoria.

[Tulsa Brave]

I meant what row. You pretty much have to get them online if you want good seats. I was sixth in line on Tuesday morning and got really weird seats. 105 was totally full in the five minutes it took to get to the front.

Row M...where are yours?

[mexicobufan]

Will this game be on Fox Sports Midwest?

[Gold]

Row M...where are yours?

B. Someone got 4 of my 6 usual seats. We got the next 12 after that. Just making sure you didn't get my seats.

There's been some drama with the seating. For our first game, the online ticket sales worked fine. For the second, I got in line and got my usual seats because I wasn't happy where the online got me (that game the online thing didn't work). For yesterday's game, I got in line at 7:45 am and got goofy seats because they fixed the online sales. For today, I had someone waiting in line and I got on right at 8:30.

We've had such an up and down season, there's a bit of a sense of entitlement for the fans who stuck it out and cheered the team on when things were really bleak early on. So now, everyone is showing up and they weren't there for all the drama. I suppose it's a good problem to have.

[Gold]

BU is going to have a tough time inside. Jordan is a 7 footer who could do little when he first arrived last season, but has turned into a likely future NBA player. He's one of the best shot blockers around and is an excellent defender and rebounder. He's also picked up his scoring lately. Walls will also be tough for BU to keep off the boards.

However, BU has a big advantage I think outside. Uzoh is going to be a great player the next couple seasons, and McDade is OK, but Tulsa has no true point guard so they often have difficulty holding onto the ball. I think the BU guards can really cause them havoc and force a bunch of turnovers. TU also doesn't force many turnovers...Houston had just 4 last night...so BU should get many extra possessions in the game.

Personally I think the overall advantage goes to the Braves. Tulsa is not a great shooting team. They hold opponents to a very low percentage as well, but much of that is because of the inside presence of Jordan and Walls. If BU is hitting from outside, I think they will win. The homecourt advantage will be huge for TU, but I think the Braves can win 1 out of 2 here, and win in Peoria.

Pretty good analysis, though I disagree with the conclusion, of course.

I would add that Ray Reese really came on late in the year. He was a bench guy and a bit of an anomaly until Wojcik put him in the starting lineup. Granted, Houston's star put 30 on him, but Reese held him to the 30% range. He's a good defensive player.

Totally agree about McDade. He's really hit or miss. I've been critical most of the year, but he has had his moments.

Uzoh plays good D.

The problem is that we just don't have much depth. We have eight scholarship players. We had twelve at the beginning. One is redshirted. Another guy -- who started the year at point guard -- quit the team because of family problems. Two guys are out with injuries. We've played a walk-on at times, and he's not even really able to practice at all because he's hurt. (The walk-on just gets garbage minutes, but still.)

Of the eight we have, only seven really play. Andrews, a freshman, was great early in the year but hit a wall and isn't playing D our way.

Teams with shooters give us fits, if you saw what Memphis did to us. They do have bigs, too, but after watching them a lot this year, I think they are really a perimeter team. Of the teams we played in the CBI, I think Bradley is the first that will have more than two legitimate scorers. Miami's leading scorer was out, Utah really only had two good players, and Houston runs this goofy system and has basically one one or two guys.

It should be a good one.