Top 10 Bradley Basketball stories of 2018!

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Just my opinion..... Kurt Pegler is doing his Top 10 sports stories - if you are interested -
Kurt has Bradley Golf & VB going to the post-season in his Top 10 - https://www.centralillinoisproud.com...018/1674782030

Here's mine - BU Basketball only:
10- Dr. Chris Reynolds serves on NCAA Basketball Selection Committee
9- Multiple Bradley players among stats leaders in MVC and excel academically - and for the 4th straight year (unlike some schools) not a hint of off-court issues!
8- Ari Boya - 2019 recruit, reclassifies and enrolls as 2018 recruit -
7- Bradley off to a solid start (6-1) in 2018-19 & wins the 2018 Cancun Challenge!!
6- Multiple Bradley players earn post-season honors (Donte Thomas 2nd Team All-MVC, DB, Jr. 3rd Team, Elijah Childs All-Frosh, DLO All-Defense & Brian Wardle among the vote-getters for Coach of the Year)
5- Bradley knocks off ISU (2/14/18 )
4- Bradley lands solid recruiting class for 2018, Ja'Shon Henry, Armon Brummett, Ari Boya
3- Bradley off to a great start for 2019-2020 with a great recruiting class (Stephan Gabriel, Ville Tahvanainen, Ja'Mir Price, Antonio Thomas)
2- Bradley wins their Friday game at Arch Madness and advances to semi's in MVC Tourney
1- Bradley finishes 2017-18 with 20 wins and really hopeful for 2018-19

just missed the list.....stagnant attendance despite some hints that fan enthusiasm is picking up, Bile leaves before ever playing, and Kirk Wessler firing...

feel free to suggest any other stories you think ought to be included...

 

[Go_Braves]

I also think another great story for Bradley for their 2017 - 2018 season is that Bradley was the last team to defeat Loyola-Chicago during Loyola's deep run into the NCAA tournament - being one of the 2018 Final Four and Loyola's next loss was to Michigan in the NCAA tournament semi-final. During Loyola's deep NCAA run - Bradley was mentioned on several occasions on TV during Loyola's run through the NCAA bracket.