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Next game- Oakland at Bradley- Monday, March 23 7:05 pm

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Just announced- The second round of the CIT includes Oakland at Bradley, Monday, March 23. Time has not yet been announced, but will be 7:05 pm.
http://www.collegeinsider.com/tournament/schedule.html

Matchups are-
Bracket- http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3BaJMgGKAmE/Sb5ZgtGR7fI/AAAAAAAAJe8/bCfqQ3tZVB0/s1600-h/2009

QUARTERFINALS:

Monday March 23
James Madison (20-14) @ Liberty (22-11)
Belmont (20-12) @ Old Dominion (21-10) /The Citadel (20-12)-(to be played 3/19)

Oakland (23-12) @ Bradley (19-14)
Idaho (17-15) @ Pacific (20-11)


Oakland won their first round game Tuesday night (3/17) at home against Kent State.

Box score-
http://www.ougrizzlies.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2008-2009/ksu0317.html

Game recap-
http://www.collegeinsider.com/tournament/game2.html

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are now 23-12, and Bradley is now 19-14.

Oakland University is located in Rochester, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
They finished 13-5 in the Summit League, and were 3rd behind North Dakota State and Oral Roberts. Here is their team page from Rivals-
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/teams/oaa


Main basketball website-
http://www.ougrizzlies.com/sports/m-baskbl/oakl-m-baskbl-body.html

Roster-
http://www.ougrizzlies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/oakl-m-baskbl-mtt.html

Schedule and results-
http://www.ougrizzlies.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/oakl-m-baskbl-sched.html

Stats-
http://www.ougrizzlies.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2008-2009/teamcume.html

Oakland fan message board- it may require you to register to read the board, but it is easy and free.
http://www.goldengrizzlyhoops.proboards80.com/index.cgi?board=general

Bradley stats-
http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19334&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1626619
 
This one will be tough...Oakland is much better than Austin Peay. In my opinion, the winner of the BU/Oakland game should win the CIT.
 
Kangas can light it up from 3, and Benson can kill you inside...DC and SS must come to play Monday. In addition, Johnathon Jones leads the nation in assists.
 
Here is the updated CIT bracket--
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3BaJMgGKAmE/Sb5ZgtGR7fI/AAAAAAAAJe8/bCfqQ3tZVB0/s1600-h/2009


And schedule-
http://www.collegeinsider.com/tournament/schedule.html

One more first round game is tonight-

FIRST ROUND:

Tuesday March 17
Liberty 79, Rider 64 Recap | Box
Oakland 80, Kent State 74 Recap | Box

Wednesday March 18
James Madison 69, Mount St. Mary??™s 58 Recap | Box
Bradley 81, Austin Peay 74 Recap | Box
Belmont 92, Evansville 76 Recap | Box
Pacific 82, Portland 76 Recap | Box
Idaho 69, Drake 67 Recap | Box

Thursday March 19
The Citadel (20-12) @ Old Dominion (21-10) 7:00 EST


QUARTERFINALS:

Monday March 23
James Madison (20-14) @ Liberty (22-11)
Belmont (20-12) @ Old Dominion (21-10) / The Citadel (20-12)

Oakland (23-12) @ Bradley (19-14)
Idaho (17-15) @ Pacific (20-11)


SEMIFINALS:

Wednesday March 25
James Madison (20-14) or Liberty (22-11) vs. Belmont (20-12), Old Dominion (21-10) or The Citadel (20-12)
Bradley (19-14) or Oakland (23-12) vs. Idaho (17-15) or Pacific (20-11)


CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:
Tuesday March 31 (televised on Fox College Sports)

 
Maybe I'm just jaded or naive...... but I could NEVER imagine Bradley losing to a team from Oakland MICHIGAN :o.

It is SO obvious to me that Bradley and ODU are THE class of this CIT!
 
Braves4Life said:
Maybe I'm just jaded or naive...... but I could NEVER imagine Bradley losing to a team from Oakland MICHIGAN :o.

It is SO obvious to me that Bradley and ODU are THE class of this CIT!
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I don't know IF your are jaded but this one will be tough. BU better come ready to play.

Hit some free throws and grab some defensive rebounds.......
 
Da Coach said:
Oakland fan message board- it may require you to register to read the board, but it is easy and free.
http://www.goldengrizzlyhoops.proboards80.com/index.cgi?board=general
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They seem to be a very classy group of fans! Here's a sample of what they're saying.....

"This is a good school with proven success in the past (didn't they win an NCAA tourney game at the Palace a few years back???) and they play in a good league. They play good at home as well."

"Really exciting to play a MVC team, because I've always secretly wondered how we'd match up against them, considering we could be a great fit in that conference one day. on a side not, they lost to UMKC this year
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"the ONE thing I do like about the CIT is that fact that we are able to play some other quality mid-majors. Mid-majors that we have not played before and playing teams from leagues that I wondered how we would fare against."
 
Season-ticket holders may begin claiming their regular-season seats for Monday night??™s game at the Shea Stadium Box Office until 6 p.m. today and again from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. All open seats will go on sale to the general public beginning Saturday morning at the Carver Arena Box Office or online at www.BradleyBraves.com. The Shea Stadium box office will re-open to the general public Monday morning at 8 o??™clock.

Ticket prices once again will range from $9-30, based on location. Fans purchasing tickets in person at the Shea Stadium Box Office may receive a 2-for-1 offer on the $9 tickets.
 
Oakland

RPI 122
SOS 258

Top100RPI Wins:
@ #71 UW-GB 79-76 OT
#87 N Dakota St 77-76

200+RPI Losses:
@ #266 S Utah 82-66
@ #283 S Dakota St 74-68 OT
@ #293 Centenary 80-60

Bradley

RPI 98
SOS 99

Top 100 RPI Wins:
#47 ISU 56-52
#96 Evansville 86-79

200+RPI Losses:
vs #309 UMKC 73-61
 
Oakland University is very close to the Palace at Auburn Hills in the northern suburbs of Detroit. The team hotel that the Bradley team, and I stayed at 3 years ago was actually right across the street from the Oakland University campus.
And the basketball floor that was installed at the Palace was Oakland's regular basketball floor that was moved there for the NCAA regional.

One other interesting connection-
Erik Kangas, Oakland's leading scorer at 18.7 ppg and best 3-point shooter (42%), is a senior from Dewitt, Michigan.-
http://www.ougrizzlies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kangas_erik00.html

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Kangas has already been invited to participate in the NCAA three-point competetion at the Palace at Auburn Hills on Thurs., April 2 at 7:30 p.m.:


Just to show that Jim Les has an eye for shooters and for talent, Coach Les recruited Kangas out of high school 4 years ago, before he committed to Oakland.--
http://hsmichigan.scout.com/a.z?s=207&p=8&c=1&nid=1353918
 
If BU wins by less than 10 I will be disappointed. This should be a 20+ point victory at home.

(Glad to see ya back MacabreMob;) )
 
Braves4Life said:
If BU wins by less than 10 I will be disappointed. This should be a 20+ point victory at home.

(Glad to see ya back MacabreMob;) )
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I can't agree w/ this....Oakland is a good team, shoots the 3 plenty, rebounds well, and moves the ball well....all of which tend to give us problems at times...

The only positive is that it looks as though Kent State would have won if they had made their free throws....


I myself am just simply excited to see another higher scoring game and possibly another group of decent officials...

I don't know if this has been mentioned much as of late but the officials in our conference really s*ck!
 
Braves4Life said:
If BU wins by less than 10 I will be disappointed. This should be a 20+ point victory at home.

(Glad to see ya back MacabreMob;) )
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Sam's sore knee worries me a little.
Dodie's hand doesn't seem to be much better.

I think a key game plan for Bradley would be to establish the penetration to get fouled and get to the line early and often... and MAKE FREE THROWS.

(btw - tks, was a rough start to the week)
 
All the games will be tough to win as most of the teams in this tour. are above ave. teams that are trying to keep their season from ending. We need to play like it is our last game of the year as it will be if we don"t win.
 
Tulsa Brave said:
You must be devastated then that we only beat Austin Peay by 7 at home, because Oakland is a far superior team to Austin Peay.
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I was VERY disappointed; you've not heard me say one good word about last night's game. It was obvious to me that we outclassed that APU team in every way. To me, they looked like an inferior team from an inferior conference playing a low-major level of ball. If not for our "out of the ordinary" outside shooting we would have lost. We looked flat, rusty, out-of-sync, and played terrible defense with questionable lineups at times.

I still hold to my statement that we will outclass Oakland as well and SHOULD win easily at home. I think now that we've knocked the rust off we will win by 20+! Time will tell if I'm right..... or if I have an over-inflated opinion of our boys.
 
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