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Next game- Bradley at Virginia- Wed. 3/26

BradleyBrave said:
Does anyone know if we get home court advantage if we happen to pull the miracle in Virginia?
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I would think/hope so as long as the scheduling works out with the arena being avaliable. Neither Tulsa nor Houston are No. 1 seeds so I would think we would get first choice. Also, Houston has shown no desire to host a game at all so I would think if they somehow win in Tulsa that it would become even more likely that we would have the home court advantage.

Edit: That's just my logical reasoning though, who knows with the unique way that this tourney is setup.
 
They've said all along that they would "re-seed" the teams at this point. Virginia being a #1 seed with the home game leads me to believe we are the #4 seed now. Still not quite sure why something like that happens, but it is the first year of a sixteen-team tournament. It would be great to have the advantage in a best of three series and I guess they could always "re-seed" the two teams that make it to the finals to allow for whatever scenario they would like.
 
My prediction:

78 - Bradley

74 - Virginia

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I am afraid that the CBI feels that an ACC team in the final will legitimize their tournament a little bit more. I also think they want kind of an 'east v west' final for maximum viewing potential. I also think that an MVC-CUSA final is probably the scenario they want the least. As much as I would like to spoil their plans, I just don't think that the factors mentioned above give us much of a chance.

Virginia 80
BU 69

Hope I am wrong. I would love a classic 'old MVC' matchup in the final with Tulsa.
 
All I ask for is a fair chance to win and hopefully we will get Tom O"Neil as the lead official again as he is one of the best referees in the game, he may miss a call but he never seems to be biased toward one team. He is a true professional and a lot of the Valley refs could learn something from watching hin do a game. (I guess that is why he has done several final fours).
 
real fan said:
All I ask for is a fair chance to win and hopefully we will get Tom O"Neil as the lead official again as he is one of the best referees in the game, he may miss a call but he never seems to be biased toward one team. He is a true professional and a lot of the Valley refs could learn something from watching hin do a game. (I guess that is why he has done several final fours).
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No No...I want that clueless crew from last nite.....YIKES.
 
real fan said:
All I ask for is a fair chance to win and hopefully we will get Tom O"Neil as the lead official again as he is one of the best referees in the game, he may miss a call but he never seems to be biased toward one team. He is a true professional and a lot of the Valley refs could learn something from watching hin do a game. (I guess that is why he has done several final fours).
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I hadn't seen Tom O'Neill do a game in a LONG TIME. I was surprised to see him and didn't know he was still officiating.
 
tornado said:
Their 4 point win last night over Old Dominion gives BU decent hope, since ODU hung in there and led much of the way.
Virginia's attendance last night was 6460!!
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it was probably 9500......they never get those right we seat about 6500 in our lower bowl..... and about 9000 in the upper and the lower deck was 100% full while the upper deck was about half full, maybe a little less.....it's still louder than usual b/c the dedicated fans can get lower seating instead of some rich old farts....not to mention the entire purpose of the structural design of jpj was for crowd noise
 
I Feel Good About This

I Feel Good About This

Friends,
I won't soon forget the V over Cincinnati and a
tough comeback against Ohio. Now an ACC school.
Just bring it on. It's our 35th game of the year and
the challenge of good mid-league BCS schools against
a good mid-league MVC school is just a bonus with
the new coaches and players.
Lastly thanks to MS and JC who have defined tough-
ness and leadership in this mini-run.
Wing
 
The CBI website finally has the seedings listed. It looks like BU is headed to either Tulsa or Houston Monday if they win tomorrow. I guarantee the CBI does not want a Bradley/Houston final. A near empty arena for potentially 2 games next week would not look good.

I don't particularly care for the fact that BU is not leaving until the morning.
 
Da Coach said:
Lee Hall's report tonight (Tuesday) included a brief mention of Bradley and their game at Virginia tomorrow. He reported that Bradley is flying out of Peoria Wednesday morning at 7 am.
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Dave Reynolds reports that Bradley traveled Tuesday night by charter.
Dave's article for today (Wed 3/26) is not on the PJ Star website yet.
 
Some articles from Virginia papers--

UVa, Bradley recording fantastic finishes in CBI--
http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/spor...ley_recording_fantastic_finishes_in_cbi/3299/

Happy to be in the "Final Four"--
http://www.dailypress.com/sports/college/uva/dp-spt_cbisemispreview_0326mar26,0,3861255.story

CBI wins following at UVa--
http://www.dailyprogress.com/servle...le&c=MGArticle&cid=1173355094144&path=!sports

Note that Virginia has never beaten Bradley, they are 0-1 all-time against Bradley (the lone meeting occured in the 1946-47 season).
 
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