2007 BU commitment- David Collins

[Murph]

[quote="tornado"]

Thanks Beninator...this site stands alone as dedicated to serving Bradley basketball fans with the best place to find info and the skinny on players and recruits.

And no ISU fan moderators here to control anti Bradley content.

[DU1995]

Bradley had another kid named Collins in 1998, Michael Collins.
Anyone know if there's any relation?

[BradleyBrave]

Bradley had another kid named Collins in 1998, Michael Collins.
Anyone know if there's any relation?

If you've ever seen Michael Collins, I'm guessing no. Mike Collins was a real nice kid and a real smart kid, but probably was in over his head here at BU basketball-wise.

[Da Coach]

I am certain David Collins (from Toronto, Canada) is not related to Michael Collins (from Wheaton, IL).

Michael Collins played 2 seasons (96-97 and 97-98 ) at Bradley under Jim Molinari, then transferred to Wheaton College where he finished his college career. Wheaton, a Div III school, was 20-7 in 1998-99 and 19-6 in 1999-2000 with Collins.

[Big Mike]

I think we can tell by the # of views to this thread that BU basketball is back to an all time high and hopefully this will translate into major ticket sales next season!

[dogsrus]

I think we can tell by the # of views to this thread that BU basketball is back to an all time high and hopefully this will translate into major ticket sales next season!

I hope so Mike.....no more UNI Tuesday nite debacles. I look for a boost in student sales also.

Good non-con also with Iowa State, Michigan State and VCU. The non-con is where we can really boost overall attendance as the regular season usually sells itself.

[matt714gd]

That's great we have Collins, but I have to say I am worried about the inside play more than outside. We have the majority of our outside shooters back (excluding Tauai and Franklin). If Crouch and Ruffin have another great 3pt year, AND we get a VERY solid player in the middle, we may be everything we could hope for.....BUT the question is...are the BIGs as solid as we think they truly are or are we simply having higher expectations than we should...?

[Da Coach]

I hope so Mike.....no more UNI Tuesday nite debacles. I look for a boost in student sales also.

It's a matter of opinion, but I just can't quite agree with terming the home crowd against UNI a "debacle". Let's save those terms for the schools that really deserve them.

def: debacle- a complete collapse or failure.

Now maybe the BU team losing to UNI that Tuesday night, Feb. 20, at home 79-70 is a debacle in some people's mind. But UNI may have played their best game of the year that night and shot 63% overall on the road, and 80% from 3-point range for the game. Most teams are going to win with that kind of great shooting.

But I wouldn't call the crowd a debacle. The attendance was 9,049. Maybe slightly disappointing for a fan base like Bradley's, but there are almost 300 Division 1 teams who would die for a crowd like that for a midweek cold winter night. I think terms like debacle should be reserved for some of our conference members that have pitiful crowds of 3-5,000 and student crowds in the dozens when they have student populations of more than 20,000.

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=802140

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=802120

[Big Mike]

I really think that any BIG that comes to BU and does what the staff says will have a HUGE UPSIDE! This staff has a way of taking player's to the top of their game.....very few have left here not better than players than when they arrived! DC looks like he has the ability to get up and down the court and after looking over his photo thread........a 7 fooer who can jump too ....well that is something you cannot teach so he looks taylor-made for the Braves O' and practicing every day against 6'10 AT will only improve both players skill level! The sky is the limit for these young men in my book!

[dogsrus]

I hope so Mike.....no more UNI Tuesday nite debacles. I look for a boost in student sales also.

It's a matter of opinion, but I just can't quite agree with terming the home crowd against UNI a "debacle". Let's save those terms for the schools that really deserve them.

def: debacle- a complete collapse or failure.

Now maybe the BU team losing to UNI that Tuesday night, Feb. 20, at home 79-70 is a debacle in some people's mind. But UNI may have played their best game of the year that night and shot 63% overall on the road, and 80% from 3-point range for the game. Most teams are going to win with that kind of great shooting.

But I wouldn't call the crowd a debacle. The attendance was 9,049. Maybe slightly disappointing for a fan base like Bradley's, but there are almost 300 Division 1 teams who would die for a crowd like that for a midweek cold winter night. I think terms like debacle should be reserved for some of our conference members that have pitiful crowds of 3-5,000 and student crowds in the dozens when they have student populations of more than 20,000.

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=802140

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle....&ATCLID=802120

I don't "worry" about others attendance DC...just ours and it was a debacle for what I expect for BU. And if there was 9k at THAT game we had 19k at the DePaul game.

7500 max.....

I agree BU should be proud of their most loyal fans but THAT nite still irks me. I'm one that thinks crowds can influence play and THIS might be a stretch but that was one game that could have put us into the NCAA's.

We, as fans, blew it. I understand that there were some HS games and that hurt us but I still expected more.

JMHO...

[BradleyBrave]

I hope so Mike.....no more UNI Tuesday nite debacles. I look for a boost in student sales also.

It's a matter of opinion, but I just can't quite agree with terming the home crowd against UNI a "debacle". Let's save those terms for the schools that really deserve them.

def: debacle- a complete collapse or failure.

Now maybe the BU team losing to UNI that Tuesday night, Feb. 20, at home 79-70 is a debacle in some people's mind. But UNI may have played their best game of the year that night and shot 63% overall on the road, and 80% from 3-point range for the game. Most teams are going to win with that kind of great shooting.

But I wouldn't call the crowd a debacle. The attendance was 9,049. Maybe slightly disappointing for a fan base like Bradley's, but there are almost 300 Division 1 teams who would die for a crowd like that for a midweek cold winter night. I think terms like debacle should be reserved for some of our conference members that have pitiful crowds of 3-5,000 and student crowds in the dozens when they have student populations of more than 20,000.

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=802140

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle....&ATCLID=802120

I think what made the crowd abnormally small that fateful night v. UNI was the number of local HS games going on. There were big AA games and A regional games going on locally. If you do the math with the number of high schools in action that night, and the number of people attending those games, it's amazing that BU had as many as they did. Poor scheduling is probably more to blame than anything. Had that game been on a Wednesday rather than a Tuesday, I think you would have seen close to 10K welcoming home the Braves after their big win at VCU.

[bravesonly]

all i want from DC is rebounds, a few game changing blocks, and some highlight real dunks off oops from DR, anything else we get from him is a plus in my book....what is everyone else looking for out of this guy?

[shaunguth]

all i want from DC is rebounds, a few game changing blocks, and some highlight real dunks off oops from DR, anything else we get from him is a plus in my book....what is everyone else looking for out of this guy?

I have to agree....rebounds...rebounds...rebounds. Every single rebound is a possible 4-6 point swing.

[Rusty 54]

I hope so Mike.....no more UNI Tuesday nite debacles. I look for a boost in student sales also.

It's a matter of opinion, but I just can't quite agree with terming the home crowd against UNI a "debacle". Let's save those terms for the schools that really deserve them.

def: debacle- a complete collapse or failure.

Now maybe the BU team losing to UNI that Tuesday night, Feb. 20, at home 79-70 is a debacle in some people's mind. But UNI may have played their best game of the year that night and shot 63% overall on the road, and 80% from 3-point range for the game. Most teams are going to win with that kind of great shooting.

But I wouldn't call the crowd a debacle. The attendance was 9,049. Maybe slightly disappointing for a fan base like Bradley's, but there are almost 300 Division 1 teams who would die for a crowd like that for a midweek cold winter night. I think terms like debacle should be reserved for some of our conference members that have pitiful crowds of 3-5,000 and student crowds in the dozens when they have student populations of more than 20,000.

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=802140

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle....&ATCLID=802120

I think what made the crowd abnormally small that fateful night v. UNI was the number of local HS games going on. There were big AA games and A regional games going on locally. If you do the math with the number of high schools in action that night, and the number of people attending those games, it's amazing that BU had as many as they did. Poor scheduling is probably more to blame than anything. Had that game been on a Wednesday rather than a Tuesday, I think you would have seen close to 10K welcoming home the Braves after their big win at VCU.

Another factor for bad tuesday attendance is that night is when frats and sororities meet. If i didn't believe that the crowd could influence games then i would not care NEARLY as much about basketball and the braves as i do. But what is the added value of a some fans who don't care as much and sit on their hands in the back?

[matt714gd]

Rebounds can sometimes be overrated. However, we NEED more rebounding this year. Last year was TERRIBLE.