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A few days ago, prior to our game against Bradley, the Peoria Journal Star had an article on 11 memories or the ISU/Bradley series since 1982 when ISU joined the MVC. This season concludes our 40th year in the conference. I fully remember being excited that ISU was joining the league. The PJ Start articles memories were more about BU than ISU which is to be expected from a Peoria paper. A few facts....ISU now leads 46-40 in those 40 years. Both teams have won 3 postseason games. It is remarkable we have only met 6 times in 40 years on the tournament. 4 of those games were in the 80's and NONE since 2004.
There is a lot of ISU history on this board. I started thinking of my #1 memory of the series. I had several but chose this one. It came in Game 3 in Peoria in the MVC tournament in 1982. BU swept ISU in the regular season and won the conference outright. We were serious underdogs that night in Round Two of the MVC Tourney in Peoria in what was supposed to be the last game in Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse. ISU beat Bradley 55-50 in double OT in a tremendous game. I was sitting pretty high up in the old fieldhouse, but it was just a great college bball game. Bradley did not get a NCAA bid (Versace was livid) and was sent to the NIT which they then won in convincing fashion. ISU lost at Tulsa in the finals, but that game was the predecessor of 3 straight NCAA trips for the Birds. That was a great night to be a REDBIRD fan.
What are your memories?
There is a lot of ISU history on this board. I started thinking of my #1 memory of the series. I had several but chose this one. It came in Game 3 in Peoria in the MVC tournament in 1982. BU swept ISU in the regular season and won the conference outright. We were serious underdogs that night in Round Two of the MVC Tourney in Peoria in what was supposed to be the last game in Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse. ISU beat Bradley 55-50 in double OT in a tremendous game. I was sitting pretty high up in the old fieldhouse, but it was just a great college bball game. Bradley did not get a NCAA bid (Versace was livid) and was sent to the NIT which they then won in convincing fashion. ISU lost at Tulsa in the finals, but that game was the predecessor of 3 straight NCAA trips for the Birds. That was a great night to be a REDBIRD fan.
What are your memories?