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Final score: Bradley 83 Drake 71

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Next game: Bradley (8-10, 2-4) at Drake (13-5, 4-1), Wednesday, Jan. 19, 7 pm.
Drake was the #1 pick in the MVC preseason poll-
https://mvc-sports.com/news/2021/10/...-favorite.aspx

And after their win at SIU on Monday, Drake is now 4-1 in the MVC, one half game behind UNI and Loyola-
Standings- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ngs/_/group/18

Drake is 10-0 at home this season. (corrected)

TV: ESPN+ - Link- https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/...meId=401367363
Live Stats- https://godrakebulldogs.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

Drake website- https://godrakebulldogs.com/sports/mens-basketball
Stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...n_Stats_2_.pdf

Bradley stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...1/pdf/cume.pdf

MVC team stats- http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/confldrs.htm
Individual stats- http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/confldrs.htm#conf.wki
 
If we keep with the plan of playing with 1 center we will keep the slide of losing...does not work at all. How can every center but Mast be in the dog house?:-o That's on coaching, period. When isu put in their 2 bigs they tore the Braves up yet we stayed with our plan of 1 center....embarrassing!
 
Big Mike said:
If we keep with the plan of playing with 1 center we will keep the slide of losing...does not work at all. How can every center but Mast be in the dog house?:-o That's on coaching, period. When isu put in their 2 bigs they tore the Braves up yet we stayed with our plan of 1 center....embarrassing!
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Mike, I couldn't agree more. I understand that Ari is typically an offensive liability, but he does change the offense of the opponent when he's in there. Not sure why he's not playing at all, but I feel it's a mistake.
 
One more coaching problem.......never have Ville and Hickman on the court at same time. When they are on court together you have 2 defensive liabilities, 2 bad ball handlers when pressured, and 2 bad passers when pressured.
 
Well last season our season completely fell off the rails with the 2nd half of the ISU-red game.
Very, very similar 2nd halves this past one to last year's, though this last one was a head-banger rather than head-shaker.

I'm just hoping the direction of our team goes opposite to last year. I am hopeful we win 2 road game and 8 home games to stay out of Thursday, but that may be tough to even win on the road the way we're stumbling.

Very frustrating as well to see Ari and Hannah get almost no PT.

Leons had his worst game last game - could barely hit the rim on his 3s. I think he'll be back to form tonight.
Let's not fall in love with the 3-ball. 34 attempts is WAY too many unless you're hitting above 40%, which we weren't even close to.
That early 3-point success proved to be our worst enemy.
 
Big Mike said:
One more coaching problem.......never have Ville and Hickman on the court at same time. When they are on court together you have 2 defensive liabilities, 2 bad ball handlers when pressured, and 2 bad passers when pressured.
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Are there any defensive stats to see what the actual numbers are?
 
Big Mike said:
One more coaching problem.......never have Ville and Hickman on the court at same time. When they are on court together you have 2 defensive liabilities, 2 bad ball handlers when pressured, and 2 bad passers when pressured.
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I personally don’t understand why Ville is getting as much playing time as he is right now. Only shooting 33% from the field and not adding much else…
 
Tommy said:
I think BW was listening to you, LB. Ari and Hannah both with playing time today.
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That unnecessary foul on a 3 by Hannah might be an example of why he hasn't been playing much...

Side note: It feels like's been awhile since we've gotten the Higgins show. That guy really likes to make himself visible, doesn't he?
 
Thank you for proving me wrong, boys! This team is an enigma, as tonight they showed heart, made their free throws, played solid defense, killed Drake on the boards, and just redeemed themselves. I needed this!

BUBrave2006, nice call! You called the bounce back win! Well done!
 
Good win....biggest difference tonight....no 5 minute stretch going scoreless. Bradley had an answer for every run by Drake.

Also Kudos to the Drake announcers who had knowledge of the players and were not complete Homer's. Found them enjoyable to listen to.:D
 
Tommy said:
Thank you for proving me wrong, boys! This team is an enigma, as tonight they showed heart, made their free throws, played solid defense, killed Drake on the boards, and just redeemed themselves. I needed this!

BUBrave2006, nice call! You called the bounce back win! Well done!
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Thanks! I had a good feeling about this one. I still believe in this team. It's never a straight line, but there's a lot of season left.
 
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