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    Best all-time BU basketball recruiting classes

    A bit of a continuation of a couple of posts down the page-re best BU recruiting class....and yes I realize Reynolds was talking about ON PAPER BEFORE they've played a game and my list is in hindsight after their careers NOTE: I put this together rather quickly-maybe a few mistakes...thanks in...
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    Chet Walker and the 'Great Orange Juice Mystery'

    Well, I still have my 1961 Dell Basketball Magazine out and am looking through it-remembering Bradley 'glory days' Dell had Bradley ranked #2 in the Nation in their preseason predictions that season-behind Ohio St w Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek and Bobby Knight...Bradley had finished 27-2 the...
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    Caterpillar Diesels-1951-52 AAU National Champs

    for the few that like Historical basketball posts from the '1953 Sport's Review Basketball' issue: "Hail to the Champions" 'Last season the Caterpillar Diesels from Peoria embarked upon a four-point program that carried them to the National AAU title and the right to place five players on...
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    Frosty Anderson, son of Forddy

    a post for a slow Friday afternoon in July: As a very young child growing up in Peoria, I had a playmate named Frosty. No, he wasn't imaginary-he was a real person. Forrest 'Frosty' Anderson Jr. was the son of Bradley basketball coach Forrest 'Forddy' Anderson Sr. Frosty and I were the exact...
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    Best of Times/worse of times-BU BB in the 1960s

    Bradley Basketball in the 1960s was the very best of times and the very worst of times. There were great seasons-two NIT Championships & one MVC title(shared with Cincy). But it could have been much better. Lots of bad (unlucky) stuff happened too. 59/1960: The best of times-Bradley wins the...
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    Best BU players by local schools/towns-a list

    Best ever BU player (one selection per school or town) Feel free to disagree make corrections add your own ignore me Peoria High Schools (I'm an old MS-9 guy, so Pekin is on this list) Central: Marcellus Sommerville 03-06 Manual: Eddie Jackson 63-66 (over Al Smith-it's my list) E. Peoria...
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    Another SI article on BU BB-Joe Stowell's first season

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1078090/index.htm The link above is to an Sports Illustrated article 'The Hex Wrecks 'em in Peoria' It is a mid-season piece on the 1965-66 Braves. The Braves started 10-0 and were ranked #3 in the country at one point. This article...
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    OT-this Boston Marathon news remains too close to home

    Today the news is that three more suspects have been arrested in the Boston bombing. Two of the three arrested (per early reports) are students at UMASS-Dartmouth and roommates of the younger brother who is still alive. My son is a junior at UMASS-Dartmouth. In additon, luckily my daughter who...
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    Who were the best college transfers in BU BB history?

    With the addition of Anthony Fields (Wake Forest) and Omari Grier(FIU) next season and Mike Shaw (Illinois) in the following season, BU has 3 great candidates for a future top 10 list of transfers from Universities (non-JC). NOTE: Junior College transfers to BU are listed in a different thread...
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    Who were the best JC transfers in BU BB history?

    With all the talk of JC player Deshawn Delaney potentially joining (even if the potential may be fading) JC transfers Chris Blake and Auston Barnes with the Braves next season, I started to think back on the best JC transfers in Bradley Basketball history. Here is the list that I came up with...
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    I won a bet about BU BB w/ a Cincinnati fan yesterday

    A few days ago I sat on a flight out of Cincinnati next to a longtime Cincinnati Bearcat fan. He seemed quite pleased that I remembered the great Cincy teams of the early 60s & their great success. However when I mentioned that Bradley was a thorn in the Bearcats side throughout those years...
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    3rd Illinois player transfering-Langford

    http://www.illinihq.com/sports/illini-sports/mens-basketball/2013-03-29/shaw-langford-djimde-leaving-illini.html
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    RIP-Bulls Tom Boerwinkle

    For those who remember, big Tom Boerwinkle set many a pick to free up Chet 'the Jet' Walker during Chet's days as a Bull. The whole Bulls offense per Coach Dick Motta involved Boerwinkle setting picks for forwards Bob Love and Chet to 'run around'-usually leaving a defending forward the 'worse...
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    Love to see a Cards-Yankees World Series

    Long time Cardinal fan. My favorite World Series of all time was the 1964 St.Louis-Yankees series. I would love to see another one (albeit a Cards-Tigers series would also be OK). There have been a few of those through the years too-'34, '68 & '06 (although I wasn't around for the one in...
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    OT-Rich Lavin retires at Caterpillar

    I read in the Wall Street Journal this morning that Rich Lavin will retire as 'Group' President at Caterpillar at the end of the year. Lavin is on the Bradley Board of Trustees. His son Brian, was a member of the Bradley BB team that went to the Sweet 16 a few years ago. I wonder if Lavin will...
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    very off topic-best steak in Peoria?

    Heading to Peoria for a week starting Monday from Cape Cod to visit relatives. I don't get to Peoria more than once or twice a year and have not lived in Peoria since 1975. Does anyone have any recommendations for the best steak restaurant(s) in Peoria? thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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    OT-Demetrius Jackson, ND or Illinois??

    Since there are numerous fans here that follow Illlinois basketball I thought that I'd venture this question here. Demetrius Jackson is a highly ranked HS point guard who will announce tomorrow between Illinois and Notre Dame. I have read 'free boards' from both ND (NDNation) and...
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    The 61-62 BU BB season-could have changed everything

    Apologies in advance for posting this very old stuff and cluttering this board. I'll stop, I promise. But I do have one more post in me. I'm afraid it's kind of long. The Bradley basketball season of 1961-62 changed everything (in my opinion). The Braves were a power in college basketball up to...
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    Does anyone remember the days of Freshmen Basketball at BU?

    Hello from Cape Cod I am a longtime reader of this site-first time poster. I am not sure whether this old trivia stuff will play well on this site, but here goes: I was wondering if anyone remembers the days of Freshmen basketball teams at Bradley? The Braves played a schedule of freshmen...
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