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Bradley vs. SEMO, Monday, Nov. 4, 7 pm

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First game of the 2024-25 season- Bradley vs. Southeast Missouri State University- Monday, Nov. 4, 7:00 pm at Carver Arena.

The game should be streamed on ESPN+, however, it is not listed on the ESPN+ schedule for Monday, Nov. 4 - https://www.espn.com/espnplus/schedule/_/type/upcoming/channel/ESPN_PLUS/startDate/20241104

Fan Links-
Live Stats-​ https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat Room- https://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
WMBD radio- https://wmbdradio.com/player/?playerID=2045
Tickets- https://www.ticketmaster.com/bradle...ia-illinois-11-04-2024/event/070061309A4A1F1C

SEMO links-
Schedule- https://semoredhawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster- https://semoredhawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats from 2023-24- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/...m/documents/2023/11/20/202324SEMOMBKStats.pdf

Preview article from SEMO website - https://semoredhawks.com/news/2024/...alley-conference-favorite-bradley-monday.aspx

SEMO is coached by former SIU player and assistant coach Brad Korn who will be starting his 5th season as head coach.
They were 9-22 last season, 4-14 in the Ohio Valley Conference (10th place).
The previous season (2022-23) they were 19-17 overall and 10-8 in the OVC (tied for 3rd), and they won the OVC Tournament and played in the NCAA Tournament for the 2nd time in program history. They lost in the First Four round to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 71-75.

SEMO Historical record - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/southeast-missouri-state/men/
They return their top scorer, Rob Martin (11.9 ppg) but lost 4 of their top 6 players to graduation and transfers.
They were picked 7th in the 11-team OVC 2024-25 Preseason poll - https://ovcsports.com/news/2024/10/9/little-rock-picked-as-2024-25-ovc-mens-basketball-favorite.aspx

Bradley leads the all-time series with SEMO 10-2.
They last played 11/19/2022 in Peoria with Bradley winning 73-60. - https://bradleybraves.com/sports/me...22-23/southeast-missouri-state/boxscore/21482

Bradley played Millikin in an exhibition game last Wednesday, Oct. 30. Bradley won 80-63. Attendance was 4,448.
Box score and play-by-play - https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.ne...ts/mbball/2024/pdf/20241031092954-2529071.pdf

Probable starters for SEMO-
Rob Martin, G - 5'10" junior guard who was SEMO's top scorer last season with 11.9 ppg average. He was 39.2% from three.
Troy Cole, Jr., G - 6'5" junior guard who averaged 16.5 ppg and was 39.5% from three as a sophomore at Highland Community College last season
TJ Biel, G - 6'7" senior guard who averaged 4.9 ppg last season for SEMO after transferring from Triton junior college.
Teddy Washington, Jr., G - 6'2" senior guard who played at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi last season where he averaged 6.6 ppg and shot 36.8% from three
Brendan Terry, F - 6'7" junior forward who played the last 2 seasons at Pensacola State College, a junior college in Florida. He averaged 8 ppg and 7 rpg.
Possible starter/Top reserve- Braxton Stacker, 6'5" junior guard who was SEMO's 4th leading scorer last season (7.4 ppg), and is their 2nd highest returning scorer. He started 26 games last season​
 
Da Coach said:
I can only give my guess...
Hannah, Thomas, Montgomery, Deen, and Davis

Does anyone else wan to guess a different starting 5?
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If Hannah is playing, Hannah, Atlason Montgomery, Deen and Burch.
Without Hannah Thomas, Atlason Montgomery, Deen and Burch.
Davis, Johnson , Jonovic and Dillon to get minutes. I think Davis and Burch will get starter minutes most of the season. We have 7 players on this team that should get starter minutes.
 
Da Coach said:
I can only give my guess...
Hannah, Thomas, Montgomery, Deen, and Davis

Does anyone else want to guess a different starting 5?
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You thinking Thomas at the 5 and Hannah at the 4? I like that lineup! You might be right!
 
So looking forward to this season and I love the new scoreboard and the new food options but if there’s one thing I’d like to ask the Civic Center can you please TURN UP THE AIR CONDTIONER! My god I about froze my ass off and I wasn’t the only one.
 
We can't overlook any team this year in which Bradley is favored! I think Coach Wardle will have his team very motivated against SEMO! I expect a victory and a fairly competitive game! Living in Chicago, I can't be in person for most games. I hope the city of Peoria shows up for this opening night game in very good numbers! GO BRAVES!
 
Stevezall said:
We can't overlook any team this year in which Bradley is favored! I think Coach Wardle will have his team very motivated against SEMO! I expect a victory and a fairly competitive game! Living in Chicago, I can't be in person for most games. I hope the city of Peoria shows up for this opening night game in very good numbers! GO BRAVES!
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I hope so, too. The attendance for the exhibition against a D3 team on a Wednesday night was good news - 4,448.
By comparison-
The exhibition game last year (11/1/23) against St. Ambrose drew 3,841.
The exhibition 2 years ago (11/2/22) against Illinois Wesleyan drew 3,528.
And, the exhibition 3 years ago (11/4/21) against UI-Springfield drew just 1,735.
Those numbers likely included season tickets and other pre-sold tickets whether those fans showed up or not. But the comparison still suggests significantly increased interest by fans.
And, I met several new season ticket people in my section last Wednesday,
So, barring a bunch of injuries, or an unlikely streak of losing, I expect attendance will be up throughout the season.
 
bigjimmy said:
So looking forward to this season and I love the new scoreboard and the new food options but if there’s one thing I’d like to ask the Civic Center can you please TURN UP THE AIR CONDTIONER! My god I about froze my ass off and I wasn’t the only one.
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Totally agree,no need to be freezing in the arena.
 
Da Coach said:
First game of the 2024-25 season- Bradley vs. Southeast Missouri State University- Monday, Nov. 4, 7:00 pm at Carver Arena.

The game should be streamed on ESPN+, however, it is not listed on the ESPN+ schedule for Monday, Nov. 4 - https://www.espn.com/espnplus/schedule/_/type/upcoming/channel/ESPN_PLUS/startDate/20241104....
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The game still does not show up on the ESPN+ schedule for Monday night, Nov. 4.

However, this is strange... The Bradley-SEMO game is listed on the ESPN+ upcoming schedule for Friday, Nov. 8, at 7 pm - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/_/type/upcoming/startDate/20241108

So looks like if anyone is planning on watching the game, you might have to wait until Friday. :roll:

There is now a working link for the ESPN+ video stream in this pregame preview article - https://bradleybraves.com/news/2024/11/3/mens-basketball-mbb-game-preview-bradley-vs-semo.aspx

It leads here - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_...ang=en&om-navmethod=espn:globalsearch:results

But note when it says the game will be played-

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Has Hannah been practicing because I thought all along he would not come back until Friday at the soonest and more then likely the following week. Anyone actually know if he is good to go or we just guessing?
 
Game Day!
Any fan who isn't sure they wanted to go to tonight's opening game, there are plenty of good tickets available.
Tickets - https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/070061309A4A1F1C

As the season progresses, there may not be as good a selection of seats, and other than possible showers through the day, the weather will be in the mid-60's. So it's a great day to go to a game!

Here is a college basketball blogger from twitter.com with over 25,000 followers (Ryan Hammer - https://x.com/ryanhammer09) who likes to post predictions.
One of today's predictions is that Bradley will lose "< 5 games all season"! - https://x.com/ryanhammer09/status/1853230553077789156
Wow, that would mean a record of 30-4 after Bradley wins the MVC Tournament! :)
I'm not sure I am that optimistic, but I hope he's right!
 
Da Coach said:
Game Day!
Any fan who isn't sure they wanted to go to tonight's opening game, there are plenty of good tickets available.
Tickets - https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/070061309A4A1F1C

As the season progresses, there may not be as good a selection of seats, and other than possible showers through the day, the weather will be in the mid-60's. So it's a great day to go to a game!

Here is a college basketball blogger from twitter.com with over 25,000 followers (Ryan Hammer - https://x.com/ryanhammer09) who likes to post predictions.
One of today's predictions is that Bradley will lose "< 5 games all season"! - https://x.com/ryanhammer09/status/1853230553077789156
Wow, that would mean a record of 30-4 after Bradley wins the MVC Tournament! :)
I'm not sure I am that optimistic, but I hope he's right!
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I'd be happy with 8 total losses DC...that puts us over 25 Ws and chance at an At-Large bid, but we can't rely on the committee to give any respect to the MVC.
 
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