Teams You'd Love to See Bradley Play in the Near Future

[BUBraves2006]

For recruiting, alumni and quality purposes, Bradley needs to regionalize it's scheduling:

One game in Texas - Tons of schools, including Baylor, Houston, Texas A&M (Turgeon)...we recruit heavily down there and it would be smart for the program

One game in the Chicago area - Northwestern, DePaul, as well as up to Marquette would be the short list.

Something out on the east coast - I still like VCU, George Mason, Davidson, Winthrop, etc.

Something on the west coast - Arizona State, San Diego, Pepperdine, Gonzaga all come to mind ...

[OrangeandBlack74]

Since the season is in the winter, I got to throw in some Texas / Arizona schools, and I'm currently drawing a blank for a D1 school in/near Tampa..

University of South Florida is located in Tampa. UCF is in Orlando...UF isn't that far away in Gainesville...FSU in Tallahassee.

[peoriaspitfire]

Usa

For recruiting, alumni and quality purposes, Bradley needs to regionalize it's scheduling:

One game in Texas - Tons of schools, including Baylor, Houston, Texas A&M (Turgeon)...we recruit heavily down there and it would be smart for the program

One game in the Chicago area - Northwestern, DePaul, as well as up to Marquette would be the short list.

Something out on the east coast - I still like VCU, George Mason, Davidson, Winthrop, etc.

Something on the west coast - Arizona State, San Diego, Pepperdine, Gonzaga all come to mind ...

I think playing games across the US is a good strategy to increase awareness of the program. This seems to be something Gonzaga does.

Let's just get a football team and move to the Big-10, ACC or Big East confrence!

[mike radigan]

We hosted Florida Gulf Coast this year. Let's go there - Ft Myers. Sanibel Island just off Ft Myers is another of my favs.

[Braves4Life]

I'd love to see Bradley schedule "quality" schools of similar or better academic stature, as well as "quality" b-ball programs. Some schools that come to mind:

Duke
Davidson
Wake Forest
Butler
Gonzaga
Xavier
Note Dame
Marquette
Louisville, Tulsa, New Mex. St. & Cinci (only because of past Valley tradition-- God, I'd love to see these teams back in the Valley)
Carolina (just because they are who the are)

[BUBraves2006]

Vanderbilt is a really good school, too.

[squirrel]

I'd like to see us start playing one high-profile neutral court game a year in either Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, or Des Moines.

[Dallas Brave]

I'd like to see us start playing one high-profile neutral court game a year in either Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, or Des Moines.

Notre Dame and Bradley in Chicago. Both schools have a large number of alumni in the city ... it would sell out perhaps. Does anyone know how well the DePaul / Notre Dame game draws when they play at DePaul?

[BUBraves2006]

Notre Dame and Bradley in Chicago. Both schools have a large number of alumni in the city ... it would sell out perhaps. Does anyone know how well the DePaul / Notre Dame game draws when they play at DePaul?

It always draws well ... even though DePaul has been down of late, it is still a pretty good rivalry. That one goes back to the old days of Digger vs. Ray Meyer.

This year, when DePaul's crowds have been down ... the attendance for the Notre Dame game was 16,934.

[squirrel]

This year, the ND crowd at DePaul was it's largest of the year at 16934.

[BUBraves2006]

There were an exceptional amount of Notre Dame fans at the game this year, which contributed to that number.

[ph]

I'd like to see us start playing one high-profile neutral court game a year in either Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, or Des Moines.

It would be nice to be part of a higher profile event (at least per ESPN standards)

[Dallas Brave]

It would be nice to be part of a higher profile event (at least per ESPN standards)

I still think Elgin should go hard after the A10 to set up an MVC/A10 tournament as an alternative to the bracket buster. Here is an earlier thread on the topic:

http://www.BradleyFans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7170&referrerid=48

I think the A10 and the MVC need to cooperate to support each other as the two best non-BCS basketball conferences.

[rquixano]

teams i'd like to see bradley play include

syracuse
villanova
uic
u of i
iowa st.
loyola chicago
depaul
dayton

[HoopsFan1]

Bradley should stick with the powerful Horizon league non conference schedule. If they played half of those teams everyone "wishes" for...they would lose majority of the time. Just like the Michigan State game. Stick with the Wright States until they consistantly make the NCAA tourney. UCLA, Duke, Louisville? Right.