NCAA

[Redbird82]

Drake a tough draw against regular season ACC champ Miami

 

[cubird]

Miami has an injured player that may not be available in the tournament.

 

[Buffett1]

Once upon a time recruit / BHS. Chris’s Payton And Kent State in the Tournament.

 

[CB2K]

Anyone watching the Liberty University/Villanova game - Liberty is a fun team to watch. Constant movement of the ball. Lots of motion. Passing inside/outside. Villanova is the complete opposite where they like to pound it inside. I am thinking coach P wants to work more of the motion that Liberty runs where their bigs are very good passers and adept at keeping the ball moving side to side. Very enjoyable game.

 

[Buffett1]

Anyone watching the Liberty University/Villanova game - Liberty is a fun team to watch. Constant movement of the ball. Lots of motion. Passing inside/outside. Villanova is the complete opposite where they like to pound it inside. I am thinking coach P wants to work more of the motion that Liberty runs where their bigs are very good passers and adept at keeping the ball moving side to side. Very enjoyable game.

With NCHS grad Zach Cleveland. 6pts. 12 rebounds 5 assist in game , so far.

 

[cubird]

Bradley got rocked at Wisconsin. Know it was a road game, but really underwhelming performance.

 

[Baltimore Bird]

I wanted to root for the MVC but in the end I couldn’t root for Bradley. What an embarrassment…. MVC regular season champs lose by 19 to the 10th place team in the B10
I hope Drake represents us better

 

[Redbird28]

I wanted to root for the MVC but in the end I couldn’t root for Bradley. What an embarrassment…. MVC regular season champs lose by 19 to the 10th place team in the B10
I hope Drake represents us better

It definitely doesn't strengthen the case that the MVC should get multiple teams in the dance any time soon, but there was no way I was rooting for Bradley last night. So, seeing the Badgers lay the smack down didn't bug me at all.

 

[redbirds2000]

It definitely doesn't strengthen the case that the MVC should get multiple teams in the dance any time soon, but there was no way I was rooting for Bradley last night. So, seeing the Badgers lay the smack down didn't bug me at all.

Does give us an idea where the top team in the Valley might land in the Big Ten. And the Big Ten isn't very good.

 

[cpacmel]

Does give us an idea where the top team in the Valley might land in the Big Ten. And the Big Ten isn't very good.

So we are doing the 1 game sample for the NIT for this?

So Central Florida winning at Florida and Morehead State winning at Clemson tonight.

Hofstra winning at Rutgers and Eastern Washington winning at Wash State last night.

Liberty winning at home over Villanova too.

🎯

 

[redbirds2000]

So we are doing the 1 game sample for the NIT for this?

So Central Florida winning at Florida and Morehead State winning at Clemson tonight.

Hofstra winning at Rutgers and Eastern Washington winning at Wash State last night.

Liberty winning at home over Villanova too.

🎯

How many games do you think Bradley wins in the Big 10 this year? O/U 8.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

Leave it to Bradley to embarrass the conference. Losers.

 

[cpacmel]

How many games do you think Bradley wins in the Big 10 this year? O/U 8.

I mean, it's impossible to say. Also with unbalanced schedule, are they playing Purdue twice? Minnesota twice?

Bradley's NET is around 70. Michigan (11-9) was 61. Nebraska (9-11) was 92.

I feel comfortable saying if Wisconsin plays in Peoria 10 times, they would be lucky to win 5 of them.

 

[Redbirdfan06]

I mean, it's impossible to say. Also with unbalanced schedule, are they playing Purdue twice? Minnesota twice?

Bradley's NET is around 70. Michigan (11-9) was 61. Nebraska (9-11) was 92.

I feel comfortable saying if Wisconsin plays in Peoria 10 times, they would be lucky to win 5 of them.

Agree with your post. Also, do people think Crowl from Wisconsin scores 36 points again? Guy averaging 12 points a game had a career game against Bradley.

 

[redbirds2000]

I mean, it's impossible to say. Also with unbalanced schedule, are they playing Purdue twice? Minnesota twice?

Bradley's NET is around 70. Michigan (11-9) was 61. Nebraska (9-11) was 92.

I feel comfortable saying if Wisconsin plays in Peoria 10 times, they would be lucky to win 5 of them.

Let's say they play Illinois' schedule. 6 wins. Maybe.

 

[Redbirdfan06]

Let's say they play Illinois' schedule. 6 wins. Maybe.

You are basing this off of one game where Bradley lost at Wisconsin and a guy had a career game.

So based off your logic, Eastern Illinois probably wins 12 games in the big ten since they won at Iowa.

 

[Buffett1]

Let's say they play Illinois' schedule. 6 wins. Maybe.

I got 9

 

[Chicagobirdfan]

You are basing this off of one game where Bradley lost at Wisconsin and a guy had a career game.

So based off your logic, Eastern Illinois probably wins 12 games in the big ten since they won at Iowa.

They didn’t look like they belonged on the same court. It was a large talent disparity. Crowl scored 36 bc he was left wide open behind the arc and for easy dunks all game. Bradley had a big advantage in MVC with their big guys, that was clearly not there last night where Rienk and Henry got owned.

 

[Redbird222]

Bradley's guards are not that great in my opinion, even by MVC standards. They have a front line that can be dominant at times in the MVC; however, when that is neutralized they are very average. Wisconsin and other Big Ten teams would take away their front line more often than not.

BTW - Crowl had a very good game against us last year. Maybe our recruiting pitch can be come dominate the MVC

 

[Redbirdfan06]

Bradley's guards are not that great in my opinion, even by MVC standards. They have a front line that can be dominant at times in the MVC; however, when that is neutralized they are very average. Wisconsin and other Big Ten teams would take away their front line more often than not.

BTW - Crowl had a very good game against us last year. Maybe our recruiting pitch can be come dominate the MVC

Bradley just isn’t a team that plays well from behind. I didn’t see a drop in talent from Wisconsins guards to Bradleys, even though I agree that guard play is Bradley’s weakness.

A 32 percent three point shooter went 5-7 against Bradley. Illinois beat Wisconsin twice this year and left Crowl open to fire 3’s. He went 2-11 in those games. Not sure if Illinois wins those games if Crowl is shooting like he did Tuesday night.