2008-2009 Prospectus

[IheartBU]

I was nosing around on the bubraves.com site and look what I found ...

http://www.bubraves.com/pdf5/133171.pdf?ATCLID=1515273&SPSID=25964&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400

[Da Coach]

Great job, as always, by Bobby Parker and the staff!

[shaunguth]

Just curious....why hasn't James Robertson been listed on the roster yet? It was reported more than two months ago that he would be on the team.

[Da Coach]

Just curious....why hasn't James Robertson been listed on the roster yet? It was reported more than two months ago that he would be on the team.

I just found out the real reason--
James Robertson is a bit unique compared to the rest of the players. He has not signed a LOI, and because he is a walkon, he will not sign a standard scholarship agreement with Bradley. In cases like this where there is nothing officially binding him to Bradley until he actually enrolls and begins classes, the NCAA considers that he is still a recruitable athlete by any other college. The NCAA does not allow anyone who holds an official position at Bradley to comment on him other than to acknowledge that he has verbally committed. Therefore, they removed his name from the roster and the prospectus.
I am not sure that any decision will be officially made about a redshirt until he is at Bradley.

[shaunguth]

Thanks again DC! The grid has been updated.

[Out of Bounce]

I was nosing around on the bubraves.com site and look what I found ...

http://www.bubraves.com/pdf5/133171....DB_OEM_ID=3400

Man, was that fun! Thanks

[New Guy]

Great job, as always, by Bobby Parker and the staff!

concur!

[BUBrave28]

I just found out the real reason--
James Robertson is a bit unique compared to the rest of the players. He has not signed a LOI, and because he is a walkon, he will not sign a standard scholarship agreement with Bradley. In cases like this where there is nothing officially binding him to Bradley until he actually enrolls and begins classes, the NCAA considers that he is still a recruitable athlete by any other college. The NCAA does not allow anyone who holds an official position at Bradley to comment on him other than to acknowledge that he has verbally committed. Therefore, they removed his name from the roster and the prospectus.
I am not sure that any decision will be officially made about a redshirt until he is at Bradley.

Wouldn't Taylor Brown be under the same restrictions given his situation? I would think so since he has not signed anything and only enrolling in classes binds him to BU. However, he is listed in the prospectus.

[Da Coach]

Wouldn't Taylor Brown be under the same restrictions given his situation? I would think so since he has not signed anything and only enrolling in classes binds him to BU. However, he is listed in the prospectus.

Taylor Brown will be a scholarship athlete, unlike James Robertson. The NCAA recognizes the standard Scholarship Agreement that all NCAA schools have their scholarship athletes sign as a binding agreement along with the LOI, and therefore, those athletes can be discussed and listed publically.

[abesimpson]

I found something interesting......

If you look at the 3rd page, you can see where there is a black box on the left where it says TBA for the schedule. However, if you look at the very bottom you can see the tail of a letter sticking out. Obviously, something was in place but not complete and they just drew a box over it. BUT you can highlight the text behind and copy and paste....so here it is....

2008-09 SCHEDULE
as of May 15, 2008
EXHIBITIONS
TBA RED-WHITE
N 3 Monday UW-Platteville 7:05 pm
N 8 Saturday LEWIS 2:05 pm
REGULAR SEASON
N 15 Saturday UIC 7:05 pm
Top of the World Classic (Fairbanks, Alaska)
N 20-23 Tue.-Fri. 3-game exempt tournament
Alaska-Fairbanks, Central Florida,
Chattnaooga, Stanford and TBA
N 26 Wednesday at Iowa State TBA
D 7 Sunday at Michigan State
D 10 Wednesday BUTLER 7:05 pm
D 14 Sunday TEXAS-PAN AM 2:05 pm
D 20 Saturday at Milwaukee TBA
D 23 Tuesday SIU-E??™VILLE 7:05 pm
F 14 Saturday at BracketBusters

Looks like this was as of May 15 and I think most of these non-conference games were known about. The SIU-E, Texas Pan-Am, and Milwaukee games are news to me though. Did anyone else know about those?

[it's boogie time]

The SIU-E, Texas Pan-Am, and Milwaukee games are news to me though. Did anyone else know about those?

UW-Milwaukee is a bracketbuster return game. Is SIU-E a D1 school now or are they still going through the transition?

Thanks for the heads up on the prospectus. Good stuff.

[Da Coach]

That information has to be several weeks old, since it still shows the Top of the World classic. So other games and dates might have changed, too.

[brocks]

Does that have our founding date right? It says 1898 . . . could swear it was 1897.

[Bradleyguy10]

SIUE is officially a DI school now in the Ohio Valley Conference

[BUBraves06]

SIUE is officially a DI school now in the Ohio Valley Conference

It's nice that Lennox can come back for a game in Peoria, I'm sure it won't be an entirely pleasent trip though.

Does anyone know if Sahiou is still on the team down there, last time I talked to him he was basically riding the pine.