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Final score: Loyola 67 Bradley 66

So I guess the rules on technical fouls are fungible. "If we're going by the letter of the law that should be a technical".

Exciting game though. Should've won it. But damn did we play our heart out.
 
The officiating in this conference has to change next season. That travel call was one of the worst calls I have seen in my life. DB gets pingponged all over and no fouls get called, but the other end they make game changing ticky tack calls. Disgusting.

Let's beat their asses next week.
 
Bradley will be the 4 seed playing siu the 5 seed either way. Might be better than winning and playing mo state the first game. Loss might be a blessing in disguise.
 
Da Coach said:
Attendance 8,558!!!
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Awesome attendance and great environment! Too bad we lost, but at least the refs let them play. I didn’t love the traveling call at the end of the game and think a call like that with the game on the line is garbage, but at least they weren’t blowing the whistle every 30 seconds.

In the end, we played with no passion in the first half, so that’s on us. If we played as hard in the 1st as we did in the 2nd, it’s not even close.

See you in St. Louis!
 
Excruciating. Seeing either Darrells 3 or Childs bank shot go in would have been an all time BU highlight. Nice we still have a shot at redemption.
 
Thought the 1st half we allowed Loyola’s overly physical game affect us. A complete 180 in the 2nd half as we held them scoreless for 8:00. Thought it was a mistake to have both Eli and DB to sit at the same time and it seemed to stop our momentum. Loved how we responded to the physical play and how strong we were with the ball. We only had 12 turnovers, only 4 in the 2nd half including Nate’s “alleged “ travel. Can’t ask for a better shot than DB got from 3 or the shot Eli had at the buzzer. Sometimes good shots, like good putts, just don’t go in. Only good news is that we will avoid Missouri State in the 1st round. We match up well with SIU. Just need to play hard the whole game and we’ll be fine. Proud of the effort and the season. Time is now boys to GET ER DONE!
 
What a great game..... Two MVC conference "JUGGERNAUTS" going at it. This time Bradley caught on the short end. A great game reminding Bradley what it is going to take next weekend. This one Bradley could afford to loose and I am sure Bradley realizes that they can play with Loyola anytime and a game like this only assures Bradley's confidence going into next weeks 2020 MVC Tournament.

Wardle was absolutely "livid" on that last non call with like 9 seconds remaining - and who can blame him?

Well "Buckle Up" - I expect a lot more of the same - A "Doozie" of a Tournament.

GO BRAVES !!!
 
In the second half, Bradley found a frenzied, all-out, extreme mode of effort on the defensive end. If we could find that for a few stretches in the first half, we win. It looks to me like we are “saving up” for the second half. That doesn’t work against really good teams. Our offense is there for the most part. I’m disappointed in the officiating in the last minute as I felt they decided the game unfortunately. That shouldn’t happen. I like our chances against SIU. From there yajustneverknow.
 
There was an instance late in the game when Darrell Brown forced a travel out high on Clemons. Porter Moser appeared irate and charged down toward Brian Wardle and started screaming at him. Maybe it was because the travel call came after Wardle yelled at the ref to call something, but then he seemed surprised that Moser shouted at him. Wardle just shrugged it off with a wave of his hand, but Moser stayed mad and then started yelling at the refs.
Did anyone else see this? And did the announcers on TV say anything about it?

For the record, I thought Nate also got fouled when he drove down the lane at the end, was bumped, fell, and was called for a travelling violation.

Box score-
https://bradleybraves.com/documents/2020/2/29//Loyola_67_Bradley_66.pdf
 
bigjimmy said:
Only good news is that we will avoid Missouri State in the 1st round. We match up well with SIU. Just need to play hard the whole game and we’ll be fine. !
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Well I hope so..... Last game Bradley had a 18 point lead and at half time SIU coach stated to his team "

"That's an NCAA Tournament team. They're fully healthy. They were coming in here determined to win, and I challenged the guys to be that type of team," SIU coach Bryan Mullins said. "When we play the right way, we're as good as anybody in this league. With the type of guys and the character that is in the locker room, I knew they would respond."

And luckily Bradley pulled off a 2 point win on SIU's home court. Nothing is going to be easy next weekend and Bradley
don't think otherwise.
 
HUGE gap between UNI and Loyola and the rest of the conference. I’ll eat my hat if one of those teams don’t win the tournament. Braves swept by both.
 
We play the first half the way we did the second and I don’t believe to many teams in the league would have beat us today. A lot of no calls also on Loyola’s guards. Seemed me that there was a lot of grabbing and bumping of Darrel out front.
 
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