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Emoni Bates the one time #1 recruit left Memphis and jus committed to Eastern Michigan so he heads to Peoria this coming season on Nov 15.
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That’s good news as EMU was 306 in NET last year. Maybe he lifts them 100+ spots on his own. He underwhelmed at Memphis last year but had back problems.BRADLEY BASKETBALL
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The Bradley non-conference schedule is still pending. But Iowa State released their non-conference schedule today in a unique way-
https://twitter.com/CycloneMBB/statu...24992597069824
Pretty funny! I wonder how much rehearsing that took? And did that rehearsal time count toward the NCAA allowable team summer practice time?
Bradley schedule for 2022-23 so far-
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...hedule/2022-23
Nov. 15 (Tues)- home vs. Eastern Michigan
Nov. 22 (Tues)- vs. Auburn in Cancun
Nov. 23 (Wed)- vs. Liberty or Northwestern in Cancun
Nov. 26 (Sat)- home vs. Merrimack
Dates to be determined-
Likely road game- at SIU-E
Home game- StonehillComment
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As both Stonehill and Merrimack are from Massachusetts, I've been wondering if BU will be playing return games in that state in 23-24; cupcake road games, if yes.My first BU hoops game was on 12/30/1963. My dad took me to watch the Braves defeat Arizona 67-59. He helped me get Coach Orsborn's autograph before the game.Comment
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I think both are one-time "buy games". But Bradley has not released any official information about either game yet.Comment
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For reference, here is how the 13-team CAA arranged their conference schedule. Each team will play home-and-home against 6 opponents, home-only against 3 opponents, and road-only against the other 3 opponents.Originally posted by Da Coach View Post
https://twitter.com/CAABasketball/st...42081224564736
And the Ohio Valley Conference is still a 10-team conference after losing Murray State and Belmont to the MVC and Austin Peay to the Atlantic Sun, and adding Lindenwood, Little Rock and Southern Indiana.
They released their conference schedule- a simple double round-robin with each team playing 18 games (home-and-home vs. each of their 9 opponents),
http://ovcsports.com/news/2022/7/7/m...-schedule.aspx
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As Stonehill is on BU's schedule, here's an interview with Stonehill assistant coach Herschel Jenkins on their transition to D-1:
My first BU hoops game was on 12/30/1963. My dad took me to watch the Braves defeat Arizona 67-59. He helped me get Coach Orsborn's autograph before the game.Comment
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Bradley will play a home game against Akron this season (date to be confirmed). It is part of a home and home series. Bradley will play in Akron (Rhodes Arena) in 2024.
Bradley schedule for 2022-23 so far-
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...hedule/2022-23
Nov. 11 (Fri)- at Utah State (Logan, Utah)
Nov. 15 (Tues)- home vs. Eastern Michigan
Nov. 22 (Tues)- vs. Auburn in Cancun
Nov. 23 (Wed)- vs. Liberty or Northwestern in Cancun
Nov. 26 (Sat)- home vs. Merrimack
Dec. 17 (Sat)- at Arkansas (game played in Little Rock)
Dates to be determined-
Likely road game- at SIU-E
Home game- Stonehill, AkronComment
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Bradley has a home and home scheduled with Utah State of the Mountain West Conference.
There is a game at Utah State in Logan, Utah, November 11th with a return game in Peoria in the 2023-24 season.Comment
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This is a quality addition to the schedule as Utah St was a 65 in NET rankings last year.Comment
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Source: Arkansas will face Bradley on December 17th in Little Rock.
Neutral site game (sort of).My first BU hoops game was on 12/30/1963. My dad took me to watch the Braves defeat Arizona 67-59. He helped me get Coach Orsborn's autograph before the game.Comment
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Arkansas finished the 2021-22 season 28-9 overall, and 13-5 in the SEC, good for 4th place out of 14 teams. Their RPI was 16 and their NET was #21.
They advanced to the Elite 8 last March, before losing to #1 seeded Baylor
Most early predictions have them as good or better in 2022-23.
ESPN's early preseason Top 25 has Arkansas at #9-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...nkings-2022-23
Arkansas landed one of the top recruiting classes for 2022. They have 3 recruits ranked in the top 15 nationally, and 5 Top 100 recruits-
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/b...022/order/true
Arkansas is currently playing their 4th and final game of a Summer Tour in Spain-
Reports are that they have a big lead in the first half.
They won their first 3 games in Spain rather easily-
Bradley schedule for 2022-23 so far-
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...hedule/2022-23
Nov. 11 (Fri)- at Utah State (Logan, Utah)
Nov. 15 (Tues)- home vs. Eastern Michigan
Nov. 22 (Tues)- vs. Auburn in Cancun
Nov. 23 (Wed)- vs. Liberty or Northwestern in Cancun
Nov. 26 (Sat)- home vs. Merrimack
Dec. 17 (Sat)- at Arkansas (game played in Little Rock)
Dates to be determined-
Likely road game- at SIU-E
Home games pending- Stonehill, AkronComment
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Does BU have the best non-con schedule in the Valley? Has to be close. Arkansas would be a resume win.Comment
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Has to be. 2 top 15 teams plus 3 potential top 100 or less teams. I always complain about how bad the schedule is but this is easily the best I've seen in years. Be nice to win a few of those games to help out rankings at the end of the yearOriginally posted by Nashville Cat View PostComment
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UNI's 2022-23 non-con schedule is pretty good.Originally posted by Nashville Cat View Post
But now Bradley will play 2 of the top teams in the country- Auburn is #13 in ESPN's preseason Top 25, and Arkansas is #9-
Auburn finished 1st in the SEC last year, and Arkansas finished 4th.
Btw, Auburn just finished a summer tour to Israel, and finished 2-1, with 2 easy wins over an Under-20 National Team, and an All-Star team, and a loss to the Israel National Team-
Last year's end of season NET rank-
Auburn- 11
Arkansas- 20
Utah State- 60
Northwestern- NET 91
Liberty- NET 119
Akron- NET 127
SIUE- NET 290
Merrimack- 291
Eastern Michigan- NET 303
Stonehill- new to Division I in 2022-23
Note: Some of the above presumably scheduled teams have not been officially announced yet
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