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2024-25 Bradley schedule

yoda said:
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Washington State this year is in the West Coast Conference, the Pac-12 no longer exists....
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With Washington State on the schedule, that makes 3 opponents from the West Coast Conference- San Francisco and Santa Clara are the other 2.
San Francisco finished the 2023-24 season 23-11 and 11-5 in the WCC, in 3rd place behind perennial powerhouse teams Gonzaga and St. Mary's. Their final NET was 66.
Santa Clara finished 2023-24 20-13, 10-6, in 4th place, just 1 game behind San Francisco. Their final NET was 105.
Washington State was 25-10 in 2023-24, and 14-6 and in 2nd place in the Pac 12, just 1 game behind the conference champs Arizona. Their NET was 44.

This non-conference schedule is looking really solid.
 
Wazzu is a great game and series. Good program and both they and Oregon State suddenly need to pay more attention to their nonconference strength of schedule with the loss of their Pac 12 rivals. Maybe give OSU a call too?
 
Washington state lost 12 players from last year a team, have one returner, 68 ppg of the 73 ppg lost. Have 7 incoming transfers and 5 freshman. Probably won't be near that 44 NET of last year but we can hope.
 
Didn't BU demolish Judson a couple years ago by 70+ points? I'm surprised they're on the schedule, again; must be receiving a nice guarantee.
 
This is a decent schedule, I like the Myrtle Beach tour. as I could care less about playing the P-5 schools since they will not play us a home and home . I see a few weak teams yet I also see more good teams to play on it like last season. I think we could have a great season ahead of us as long as we stay healthy. Looking forward to it.
 
The last 2 non-conference opponents added-
UT-San Antonio (home game Nov. 12)- UTSA was a member of CUSA until last season, now a member of the American Athletic Conference.
They were 11-21 last year, and 5-13 in the AAC. They were coached by Steve Henson for the last 8 seasons, but he was fired after their 3rd straight 20+ loss season (he's now an assistant at Baylor). Their new head coach is 34 year old Austin Claunch, and their roster has undergone a major re-build. Their 2024-25 roster has 11 transfers from other D1 schools.
Roster- https://goutsa.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Bradley played UTSA once before, on November 18, 2017 in the Islands of the Bahamas Classic. Bradley won 71-69 thanks to 3 free throws with 0.4 seconds left by Jojo McGlaston.
Recap- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2017...last-minute-rally-leads-braves-past-utsa.aspx
Box score- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2017-18/utsa/boxscore/14034

Judson University (home game Nov. 29)- A small (970 students, 800 undergrads), private Baptist school located in Elgin, Illinois. The are NAIA and compete in the CCAC (Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference​). They were 12-17 last season, and 9-11 in the CCAC.
Bradley has played Judson only once before, on December 1, 2020 in the Covid season. Bradley won with a record-setting margin of 73 points, 105-32.
Recap - https://bradleybraves.com/news/2020...aves-post-record-setting-win-over-judson.aspx
Box score - https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2020-21/judson/boxscore/19677

There are 11 non-conference games-
6 home games- SEMO, UTSA, NIU, Judson, San Francisco, and Canisius
4 neutral-site games- three in the Myrtle Beach Invitational and one other vs. Santa Clara in the Jack Jones Classic at Lee's Family Forum, Henderson, NV
Only 1 true road game (at Washington State)

2024-25 non-conference schedule - https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Monday, Nov. 4, 2024- Home game vs. SEMO
Friday, Nov. 8, 2024- Road game at Washington State
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024- Home game vs. UTSA
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024- Home game vs. Northern Illinois
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024-Sunday, Nov. 24- Myrtle Beach Invitational -8 teams/3 games-
...........Teams- Bradley, Middle Tennessee, Ohio U., Portland, Princeton, South Florida, Louisiana-Monroe, and Wright State
Friday, Nov. 29, 2024- Home game vs. Judson University (NAIA)
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024- vs. Santa Clara in the Jack Jones Classic at Lee's Family Forum, Henderson, NV -
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024- home game vs. University of San Francisco (Bradley to play return game at USF in 2025-26 season)​
Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024- home game vs. Canisius College​​​
 
64NIT said:
Didn't BU demolish Judson a couple years ago by 70+ points? I'm surprised they're on the schedule, again; must be receiving a nice guarantee.
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Yes they did. Judson is my parents' alma mater (where they also got married when my dad was a senior) and my best friend's brother and wife met there and got married. Went to a Judson game last year with my dad and they got hammered - down by 25 pts at home at halftime.

Not really sure why BU would even start their starters. Hopefully a chance for Timo, Gus, JaQuan can get some good experience, and really a game these guys should thrive in.
 
LittleBrave said:
Yes they did. Judson is my parents' alma mater (where they also got married when my dad was a senior) and my best friend's brother and wife met there and got married. Went to a Judson game last year with my dad and they got hammered - down by 25 pts at home at halftime.

Not really sure why BU would even start their starters. Hopefully a chance for Timo, Gus, JaQuan can get some good experience, and really a game these guys should thrive in.
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I was born in Elgin. Is that where you're from, LB?
 
Bradley's first opponent in the Myrtle Beach Invitational, the Texas State University Bobcats, finished last season 17-18 and 15-18 against Division I opponents. The game will be November 21 at 4:30 PM CST.
They were 7-11, and tied for 10th place (out of 14) in the Sun Belt Conference. They did win their first 3 games in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament last March, before losing a close game in the championship to James Madison.
Their final NET rank was 206. Bradley has never played Texas State (of Southwest Texas State).
Historical record - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/texas-state/men/

Their roster for 2024-25 includes 6 junior college transfers, 6 transfers from other 4-year colleges via the transfer portal, and only 2 players recruited from high schools.

Schedule-
November 21, 2024 (Thursday)
Game 1 - Ohio vs Middle Tennessee (11:00am CST)
Game 2 - South Florida vs Portland (12:30pm CST)
Game 3 - Bradley vs Texas State (4:30pm CST)
Game 4 - Princeton vs Wight State (7:00pm CST)

November 22, 2024 (Friday)
Game 5 - 1st Consolation (Ohio/Middle Tennessee vs. South Florida/Portland)
Game 6 - 1st Semi-final (Ohio/Middle Tennessee vs. South Florida/Portland)
Game 7 - 2nd Semi-final (Bradley/Texas State vs. Princeton/Wright State)
Game 8 - 2nd Consolation (Bradley/Texas State vs. Princeton/Wright State)

November 24, 2024 (Sunday)
Game 8 - Seventh Place Game
Game 9 - Third Place Game
Game 10 - Championship Game
Game 11 - Fifth Place Game

Bracket-
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Trivia- Texas State is a large public university in San Marcos, Texas (midway between Austin and San Antonio), founded in 1899. Enrollment last year (2023) was 38,873. It was formerly known as Southwest Texas State University until 2003, then changed its name to Texas State-San Marcos. Then in 2013 it changed again to Texas State University. Famous alumni include former US President Lyndon Johnson, country music star George Strait, and St. Louis Cardinals 1st baseman Paul Goldschmidt.
 
coulda been worse- there's prob three teams in this tourney that look to be considerably worse and could have NET's in the 250-300 range
 
If we get past Texas State, like most of us think and hope we will, that next round game is probably against Princeton who finished 1st in the Ivy League with a 24-5 record with a win against Rutgers, close losses to UNLV and St. Joe's and they beat Duquesne (who beat us last year). Looks like they lost in their tournament to Brown, which kept them out of the NCAA.

Not sure what they're bringing back this year or if they lost any players, but based on last year they would seem to be a tough 2nd round matchup for us.
 
Tommy said:
If we get past Texas State, like most of us think and hope we will, that next round game is probably against Princeton who finished 1st in the Ivy League with a 24-5 record with a win against Rutgers, close losses to UNLV and St. Joe's and they beat Duquesne (who beat us last year). Looks like they lost in their tournament to Brown, which kept them out of the NCAA.

Not sure what they're bringing back this year or if they lost any players, but based on last year they would seem to be a tough 2nd round matchup for us.
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Princeton, maybe more than any other D1 team, seems to always have good teams regardless of their personnel. They win with their "system", with which they are very good at breaking down defenses and getting easy, or wide open, shots, and rebounding against bigger teams. So they will be tough again in 2024-25.
They started the same 5 players in all 29 games last season, and nearly all their scoring and rebounding came from those 5 starters plus one bench player.
Princeton 2023-24 stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/163

Their 2024-25 roster is not posted yet, but, they appear to return their top 2 scorers-
> Leading scorer from last season, Xaivian Lee, a 6'3" sophomore guard (17.1 ppg), who will now be a junior.
> Second-leading scorer, Caden Pierce, a 6'7" sophomore forward (16.6 ppg) from Glenbard West HS in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He will also be a junior.

They also return their 5th and 6th highest scorers (7.8 ppg & 6.6 ppg), but they lost a total of 6 players to the transfer portal, including 2 starters who combined for over 21 ppg..
Their 3rd and 4th leading scorers- juniors 6'4" G Matt Allocco (12.7 ppg) and 6'7" F Zach Martini (8.4 ppg)- transferred to Notre Dame and Rutgers respectively. Those two were also the team's top 3-point percentage shooters (42.7% and 38.5%).
They also lost 4 reserves - sophomores Jack Scott and Vernon Collins, and freshmen Ryan Duncan and Derek Sangster, none of whom averaged more than 2.3 ppg.
They have 5 incoming freshmen, including 6'2" sharpshooting point guard Jack Stanton from Downer's Grove North HS, who Bradley and several other MVC schools offered. - https://verbalcommits.com/schools/princeton
 
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