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Early lines for tomorrow:

Loyola
Missouri State -1 2:30 CBSSN

Drake -1.5
ISU. 3:30 ESPN3

Bradley
Valparaiso -1 7p ESPN+


ALL games could have ramifications of some sort for Bradley.

I get it...but hoping to finish as the 3 in order to arrange the "right matchup" for our first tourney game is really tricky. Personally, I'd just rather try to find a way to the 2 seed...I think playing a 7 seed that already played a full game 18 hours earlier is the absolute best matchup we can g...

Biggest game of the year!!! Win at Valpo coupled with a Loyola loss in Springfield and we control our own destiny to get the 2 seed. yes, but those two outcomes put the Bears much more likely as our opponent in the 2-7 game...I want the Drake Actually, not necessarily true. It would still depend on...

As for Thomas, he was not going to start as a freshman. The only reason he did see action was because of DB injury. I think if he bails now, it would be a mistake. Stay and compete with Nolan to become the point guard that we will need. Nolan is not a point guard. Neither Nolan nor McAdoo are PGs w...

We have a huge opportunity Sat. night at Valpo , keep winning and have a chance still of finishing first after UNI lost again last night. We have the talent to win another road game, will not be easy but winning championships is never easy. Hoping for decent unbiased refs. We have the talent to win...

Don’t know if we’ve talked about this enough, but he is going to be unstoppable next season. Would be nice to have a solid 1-2 shooting punch of Tahvanainen and Mast to go along with Eli and JaShon. Another shooter, a slasher that can get to the rim and the line, someone who has a solid IQ and A/TO...

Malham is the worst referee I've seen at Carver all year long...by a pretty significant margin...and that's saying something....because there's been a lot of bad refereeing in that building this year. For this year: 1) Malham by a wide margin 2) Zelton Steed 3) Randy Heimerman HM) Gerry Pollard, Ro...

This is helpful to provide odds for PIG:

Bump. Is this quest actually still alive? Not quite. A 3-way tie at 13 wins still exists as a possibility, but SIU would be out as they have no more games to flip to get there (1 game @ UNI) A 4-way tie could exist at 12-6 but that would take: - UNI losing 2 of their final 3 including needing to lo...

Eli needs more votes.

Well as evidenced by this thread, the smart folks at the Enterprise Center must know their fanbases well enough to avoid selling the good beer by the Bradley section. I'm sure this is a joke, but they don't rotate the offerings based on who is in what section... If that were the case, they would on...

Yes. Give me a season where games matter in February. They matter this year. It has been a fun season as a Bradley fan and an MVC follower. 100% The only nice thing about getting multiples teams in the NCAA is more $$ to BU via the MVC tournament units. Personally - I don't watch many college games...

I recall a Schlafly kiosk last year as well as a concession stand that exclusively had craft beers. Ya’ll just need to branch out of your section and walk the concourse. :D Oh, I do just fine knowing where things are :D I just would prefer more locations for that type of thing besides every other s...

I suppose we all look alike to you, huh? :lol: (j/k!) Yeah, you're confusing Bret Smith with Jeff Malham who is also terrible and has done multiple Bradley games. He officiated the SIU-Evansville game last night and hilariously enough was overruled on not one but two calls. Easy differentiator. Bre...

I agree with you on this. Was starting to waver and reconsider a couple losses ago, but it was an uneven non con overall. Maybe that changes next year. Some good young players in the league. As it stands now, for this season, we have a very interesting conference race. That won’t lead directly to a...

Unpopular take --- Northern Iowa isn't an at-large quality team this season. They honestly aren't that good. The league is quite a bit better than last season overall, but the at large quality team isn't there. The lack of a bench is really starting to catch up to them --- and at the worst time. Re...

Looking at it, I am thinking the best possible outcome for Bradley this weekend would actually be for both Loyola and UNI to win, as well as Drake. Drake has to get to 9 wins and I don't anticipate them winning their final 2 games. Missouri State can't get to 9 or they end up as the 6-seed. Again, i...

Chance of PIG appearance: Evansville - 100% (locked into 10) ISU - 100% (locked into 9) Valparaiso - 66% MO State - 65% Drake - 40% Indiana State - 30% SIU - 0.004% Top seed is down to 4 teams, but its over 70% likely the top 2 are filled by UNI and Loyola in some order, while Bradley is the overwhe...

https://twitter.com/mjhackman/status/1230863150528040960?s=21 I would love to see Missouri State win out because they are lurking near the 6 seed... If we aren't going to pass Loyola, we would be better off for them to lose out or go 1-2. If they only get to 8 wins, they most likely are a Thu team ...

Baldy has been pointed out as markedly awful in the past. He (or another bald, terrible ref) have had 3 or more bad BU games this season. Drake and InSU come to mind for some reason. I suppose we all look alike to you, huh? :lol: (j/k!) Yeah, you're confusing Bret Smith with Jeff Malham who is also...

I am not sure how to say this without sounding more negative than I feel. I really like Kent and would be happy to have him. But as far as what we need in player profile I would much rather have a s Gabriel type player. I get that LC, we'd all love to get a player with Gabriel's athleticism but the...

Been saying for years,.500 or above in conference no matter what conference you're in. That would never pass as a criteria though because it would completely *** the P5. There was a guy last night talking about Georgetown being an inside bubble team. 15-11 overall but more importantly 5-8 in league ...

I'm not even sure who i am wanting to win this game?! I feel like Indiana State is a 4/5 either way, but it does keep our eye on the potential prize of a shared title, even if we dont get the 1 seed in STL I know this comment was intended this way, but there are those that would somehow find a way ...

I'm not even sure who i am wanting to win this game?!

I feel like Indiana State is a 4/5 either way, but it does keep our eye on the potential prize of a shared title, even if we dont get the 1 seed in STL

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Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:53 pm

It isn't Chuck Weaver. Or Ray Lahood. Or any of the local guys floated out there that have no experience running a University.

Is it BUGrad? Asking for a friend...