Bradley's 2026-27 schedule

yet another puzzler...

James Nnaji was drafted in the NBA Draft of 2023 - 2 1/2 yrs ago... and altho his signing rights were traded around,
nobody every made an offer he felt was acceptible, so he never signed with any NBA team.
He has already played professionally for almost 3 years (G-League and overseas), and is almost 21 1/2 years old.

The NCAA just ruled him eligible with four full years of eligibility, so he has signed with Baylor and can play the rest of this season,
with three more year of eligibility.

7-foot center and former NBA Draft pick James Nnaji commits to Baylor​

7-foot center James Nnaji, the No. 31 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, has committed to Baylor, a source told On3.
www.on3.com

It's only a matter of time until they let guys who are cut form their NBA team to return to college and be eligible.

lol I see this guy found his way to George Mason....watch him be player of the game against us!...I hope not.
ps..I meant for the above part of the post to be a quote..but apparently I didn't do it right...

yoda said:

More info, including times and team info now available
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Also it appears games should be streamed on YouTube but links aren’t available currently and I do not know if subscription required


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They list Bradley and George Mason as the Marquee match up.. That shows respect for Bradley

Dubl R 1 said:

yet another puzzler...

James Nnaji was drafted in the NBA Draft of 2023 - 2 1/2 yrs ago... and altho his signing rights were traded around,
nobody every made an offer he felt was acceptible, so he never signed with any NBA team.
He has already played professionally for almost 3 years (G-League and overseas), and is almost 21 1/2 years old.

The NCAA just ruled him eligible with four full years of eligibility, so he has signed with Baylor and can play the rest of this season,
with three more year of eligibility.

7-foot center and former NBA Draft pick James Nnaji commits to Baylor​

7-foot center James Nnaji, the No. 31 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, has committed to Baylor, a source told On3.

www.on3.com

It's only a matter of time until they let guys who are cut form their NBA team to return to college and be eligible.

lol I see this guy found his way to George Mason....watch him be player of the game against us!...I hope not.
ps..I meant for the above part of the post to be a quote..but apparently I didn't do it right...

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Yeah - pretty amazing....
James Nnaji declared himself eligible last season and committed & signed with Baylor back in December 2025-
I don't think the NCAA ever ruled officially on his eligibility but he played anyway - but of course it's Baylor so they let it slide.
Can only imagine if Bradley had played a guy that wasn't cleared by NCAA...

He was pretty much a non-factor - played 18 games, was a deep sub and averaged just 1.4 ppg & 2 rpg.
THEN - a month ago he said he was going to play this year with George Mason, the team Bradley will face on November 14

George Mason signed him and put him on their roster for this summer - so I expect we'll see him.

George Mason has 17 guys on their roster - how's that??
but - a couple other names that are familiar-
Makhai Valentine played one season in the MVC with Missouri State then spent last year at NIU. One of the best games of his career came against Bradley Jan 4, 2025 when he came off the bench for just 13 minutes but hit a bunch of shots and scored 13 points, 4 reb & 2 steals to keep the game close. Then last year at NIU he had 10 pts & 6 reb against Bradley on 12/6/25.

Ryan-Preston Mendy is a cousin of former Bradley recruit Noah Mendy

and of course their Head Coach Tony Skinn who we defeated in the NIT in 2025 on their home floor in a game that Corey Thomas went for 21 pts/11 reb!- LINK

THE FIRST officially confirmed piece of Bradley MBB's 2026-27 schedule...
Bradley announces the 2026 Avanti's Spaghetti Supper- as posted here back in July, it's October 7

Great to see prices remain stable but if a fan takes a couple kids, it's still gonna be $60-70.


8/18/2026 2:30:00 PM
Peoria, IL -- Bradley Athletics has announced details for the 2026 Spaghetti Supper at Itoo Hall
The annual Bradley Basketball Spaghetti Supper, presented by Avanti's, will be held on Wednesday, October 7th, at the Itoo Hall (4909 W. Farmington Rd).
The night kicks off with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. before dinner is served at 6 o'clock. The Voice of the Braves, Dave Snell, will lead a short program at 6:45p.m., featuring Brian Wardle and the men's basketball program plus Chaia Meier and the women's basketball program.
Tickets in advance are $25, $20 for Braves Club members and $15 for youth. Tickets can be purchased in advance here, by visiting the Bradley Athletics Ticket Office or via phone at (309) 677-2625 – the ticket office is open Monday-Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dependent upon advance sales, there may be a limited number of tickets available at the door at the Itoo Hall on Oct. 7 for $30 adults, $20 youth.

Another small piece of the 2026-27 schedule has apparently become available...
The Saint Louis ticket site now selling individual tickets lists the Oct. 23 Bradley exhibition game there as a 7:00pm start.
This is not their official schedule but I'd have to think it is accurate.

- October 7, 2026, Wednesday - Itoo Spaghetti Supper - doors open 5:30pm, dinner 6pm
- October 23, 2026, Friday 7pm - Preseason Exhibition game at Saint Louis
- November 12, 2026, Thursday - vs Coppin State in the Showdown in St. Pete- 6pm Eastern, 5pm Central
- November 14, 2026, Saturday - vs George Mason in the Showdown in St. Pete- 11am Eastern, 10am Central
- Home non-conference game vs Green Bay
- @ NIU
- @ Washington State ?
- November 28, 2026, Saturday - Home Game vs Chicago State
- December 4, 2026, Friday - @ North Texas
- 20-game MVC home-and-home schedule
- March 4-7, 2027 - 2027 MVC Tourney

Y'all sleeping??? Schedule released yesterday afternoon:

64NIT said:

Y'all sleeping??? Schedule released yesterday afternoon:

Bradley Men's Basketball announces 2026-27 Non-Con Schedule - Bradley University Athletics

Peoria, IL - Bradley Men's Basketball has released their non-conference schedule for the 2026-27 season.

bradleybraves.com

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nawww...
there's a whole 'nuther thread about the schedule... pinned up at the top of the board
We never sleep...

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I thought we were going to NIU this year.

braves16 said:

I thought we were going to NIU this year.

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Maybe never was, maybe was put off to 2027-28, maybe we bought out? Who knows, but it's not this year.

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Chicago State begins it's first season of FCS level football this year......

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Non-basketball, but - future Bradley basketball opponent Chicago State played their very first
Collegiate Football game today- hosting Roosevelt University (DII), who also just started recently playing football in 2020.
The game was played at Chicago State's home field, SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, IL, which is the former home field for
Roosevelt University as well.

Chicago State led 7-3 after the First Quarter, they scored in every quarter, scored 28 points on four TD's but were weak defensively
and lost 44-28. Three CSU TD's were passing TD's, one rushing. Attendance was listed as 1000.
They travel to play Tennessee-Martin next week. I'm surprised they don't have any MVC teams on their schedule.

Saint Louis adds a closed scrimmage vs Iowa the week before Bradley goes there for an exhibition game.
That gives them three exhibition games (Nebraska, Iowa, Bradley), while we have just two mentioned so far.
Wonder if Bradley will add another exhibition game or a closed scrimmage as well - they tend to never mention them publicly.

btw- SeatGeek is already listing tickets in Chaifetz Arena for Bradley's exhibition in St. Louis, and the cheapest tickets are going for $180+

add one more thing to the schedule

Bradley BratFest!
Thursday, September 24
5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Jimmy's Bar on Farmington Rd
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- September 24, 2026 Thursday 5-7:30pm, BratFest at Jimmy's Bar
- October 7, 2026, Wednesday - Itoo Spaghetti Supper - doors open 5:30pm, dinner 6pm
- October 17, 2026, Saturday - Red-White Scrimmage at Ren-Col (probable)
- October 23, 2026, Friday 7pm - Preseason Exhibition game at Saint Louis
- October 28, 2026, Wednesday - HOME Preseason Exhibition game vs SIUE
- November 2, 2026, Monday 7pm - HOME vs Monmouth College
- November 7, 2026, Saturday - HOME vs Pacific
- November 10, 2026, Tuesday - at Davidson
- November 12, 2026, Thursday - vs Coppin State in the Showdown in St. Pete- 6pm Eastern, 5pm Central
- November 14, 2026, Saturday - vs George Mason in the Showdown in St. Pete- 11am Eastern, 10am Central
- November 18, 2026, Wednesday - HOME vs Purdue Fort Wayne
- November 21, 2026, Saturday - at Pacific
- November 28, 2026, Saturday - HOME vs Chicago State
- December 1, 2026, Tuesday 7pm - HOME vs Loras College
- December 4, 2026, Friday - at North Texas
- December 8, 2026, Tuesday - HOME vs Green Bay
- 20-game MVC home-and-home schedule
- March 4-7, 2027 - 2027 MVC Tourney

The Bratfest event is a Bradley alumni event. It is not related to the Athletic Department.
Link- https://alumnievents.bradley.edu/e/bratfest-2026

Just for reference, and I know scheduling is hard...

Last year, in 2025-26, the non-conference schedule was revealed on July 28, 2005
This year, it was August 27, 2026

Last year, in 2025-26, the holiday tournament Bradley was playing in was revealed May 28, 2025
This year, it wasn't officially revealed that Bradley was playing in the Showdown in St. Pete until August 27, 2026.

Last year, in 2025-26, the full schedule including conference games was revealed on Sept. 26, 2025
This year- not revealed yet....

Just a little update on the schedule:

- as noted, the exhibition at Saint Louis is at 7pm
- the Nov. 2 home game vs Monmouth is 7pm & on Monmouth's schedule it's listed as "EXHIBITION GAME", but is a reg season game for BU
- Davidson's schedule has THREE MVC teams so far (and they have not completed their non-conference part)- Drake, UNI & BU
- Chicago State has SIX MVC teams on their schedule, UIC, BU, Evansville, Murray State, Valpo & ISU
- The Dec, 1 game vs Loras is 7pm (BU schedule still lists as TBA), Some may recall- Loras' head coach Chris Martin starred as a multi-sport athlete at Eureka High School and was a D3 Basketball All American at Elmhurst College.
Martin (a 2001 graduate of Eureka HS) played on some of the same teams as Cubs star Ben Zobrist (Eureka HS Class of 1999).