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NIT Round 1 - Bradley 74 Loyola 62

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Am I glad I was wrong about getting a bid. We will be there Wednesday night! Maybe the NCAA threw the Valley two bones to make up for snubbing us in the big dance.
 
2 Common opponents. They beat Duquesne 72-67 while we lost to them 69-67. UIC beat Loyola 72-67 while we kicked them 3 times. Their 3 best players are 6' 5" guard Desmond Watson who leads them in scoring at 12.9 and rebounding in 4.6, 6' 6" forward Philip Austin who averages 12.8 and 4.6 and 6' 0" point guard Braden Norris who leads them with 5 assists a game. They have 9 guys who average 15+ minutes a game and as a team score 73 points a game, shoot 45% overall, 36% from 3, get about 37 rebounds a game and shoot 68% from the FT line. They had won 10 of their last 11 games until their A10 quarterfinal double OT loss to St. Bonaventure. A very winnable game. Looking forward to watching at least 1 more game!
 
Being a #3 and getting a home game against a former MVC rival. Fantastic!. If we win it’s possibly a match up with another former Valley foe in Cincinnati!
 
 
bigjimmy said:
2 Common opponents. They beat Duquesne 72-67 while we lost to them 69-67. UIC beat Loyola 72-67 while we kicked them 3 times. Their 3 best players are 6' 5" guard Desmond Watson who leads them in scoring at 12.9 and rebounding in 4.6, 6' 6" forward Philip Austin who averages 12.8 and 4.6 and 6' 0" point guard Braden Norris who leads them with 5 assists a game. They have 9 guys who average 15+ minutes a game and as a team score 73 points a game, shoot 45% overall, 36% from 3, get about 37 rebounds a game and shoot 68% from the FT line. They had won 10 of their last 11 games until their A10 quarterfinal double OT loss to St. Bonaventure. A very winnable game. Looking forward to watching at least 1 more game!
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Should be interesting. Loyola had a huge turn around this year compared to last and appear to have some really solid players on their roster. Could be a very competitive game at Carver. However, Loyola is probably a bit better than their record this year, the A10 was down significantly and only ended up being a 2 bid conference because Dayton had a let down in their conference tournament.
 
I just bought my tickets online for Wednesday's game. The price was very reasonable. Lower bowl tickets on the side court are just $20 each.
BTW, I know a number of season ticket holders who will be out of town this week. Some schools have their spring break and families are taking vacations and won't be able to go. So I anticipate there will be a lot of good lower bowl seats available for those who are not season ticket holders when general sales start Tuesday and Wednesday.
 
We bought our seats first thing this morning and are looking forward to the game! Hopefully, there will be a good crowd -- including students (since they just returned from Spring Break).
 
Winning the A 10 Regular season as Co Champions with Richmond is still very Admirable! They only had 3 conference loses! In my eyes, very comparable to Indiana State winning the Regular Season Valley with just 3 loses! I'm going to try to get tickets soon. I hope whoever shows up for Wednesday Evenings Game have great enthusiasm!
 
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