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Final score: Bradley 64 Washington State 60

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Washington State (3-5) at Bradley (4-4), Tuesday, Dec. 2, 7:00 -
ESPN+- Direct link- https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/892942c3-7388-4c03-9b9c-7108449ff689
Chat room- https://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Live Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
WMBD radio - https://wmbdradio.com/player/?playerID=2045

This is the return game of the home and home series. Last season (11/8/2024) Washington State beat Bradley in Pullman, Washington, 91-74.
Box score- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25/washington-state/boxscore/22282
The top 5 scorers in that game for Bradley (Davis, Hannah, Montgomery, Dillon, & Deen) are no longer with Bradley.

Washington State was 19-15 last season, and finished 8-10 and tied for 6th place in the West Coast Conference.
This season, they were picked to finish 6th in the 12-team 2025-26 West Coast Conference Preseason Poll-
wccsports.com

Gonzaga Picked To Win 2025-26 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Championship

Gonzaga, ranked No. 21 in the Associated Press preseason national poll, has been selected once again as the preseason favorite to win the 2025-26 West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball regular season title in a vote of the conference’s 12 head coaches as announced by the conference on Thursday...
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Washington State links-
Schedule/results- https://wsucougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2025-26
Roster- https://wsucougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats- https://wsucougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats
Historical record- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/washington-state/men/

Their leading scorer is 6'3" freshman guard Ace Glass, who is averaging 17.6 ppg.
There are 6 other players who average between 9 and 10 points per game.
The Cougars are shooting 47.9% overall and 34.5% from three. They have allowed opponents to shoot 51.8% overall and 38.8% from three. The 51.8% overall FG% defense ranks 5th worst (361st out of 365 teams) in the country. And the 38.8% 3ptFG% defense ranks 25th worst in the country (341st out of 365 teams).

Bradley stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats

MVC stats- https://mvc-sports.com/documents/2025/11/4//2025_26_MVC_MBB_All_Game_Stats.pdf

Notables:
Bradley's FG% is 44.8%, which ranks 8th in the MVC
Bradley's 3-point FG% is 36.0%, which ranks 4th in the MVC
Bradley ranks #1 in team free throw percentage (76.0%)
Bradley also ranks #1 in team steals (9.63 per game)
Bradley is 10th in offensive rebounds/game (9.38) and 11th in defensive rebounds per game (22.13)
And Bradley ranks #1 in home attendance (5,281 per game)
Jaquan Johnson ranks #1 in scoring average- 18.88 ppg
Bradley does not have anyone in the top 20 rebounders (A.J. Smith ranks 24th with 5.1 rpg)
Montana Wheeler ranks 5th in assists/game (3.75), and Jaquan Johnson ranks 8th (3.63)- Bradley is the only team with 2 players in the top 10
And Jaquan leads the MVC in steals per game (3.25) and A.J. Smith ranks 3rd (2.0/game)
 
Hoping we have a big crowd for the game. Snow we are getting should be cleared off on the roads by next Tuesday. Let's get another win.
 
Hopefully we won’t have what NIU is anticipating today

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Men’s Basketball Game vs. Bellarmine Canceled - NIU Athletics

DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men's basketball game scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 29, against Bellarmine has been canceled to due to an impending
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Anyone remember the famous Bradley snowstorm game?
Despite the posted attendance of several thousand, there were really only 200 of us there.
 
yoda said:
Hopefully we won’t have what NIU is anticipating today

niuhuskies.com

Men’s Basketball Game vs. Bellarmine Canceled - NIU Athletics

DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men's basketball game scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 29, against Bellarmine has been canceled to due to an impending
niuhuskies.com niuhuskies.com

Anyone remember the famous Bradley snowstorm game?
Despite the posted attendance of several thousand, there were really only 200 of us there.
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That was the Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 home game against Creighton, who was still a member of the MVC at that time. They were coached by Greg McDermott and were having a disappointing season up to that point and needed a win (they were 14-9, 6-5 up to that point). It was Jim Les' final season as head coach, and with injuries to key players, like Taylor Brown and Sam Maniscalco, Bradley was having a terrible season, and came into the game 0-11 in the MVC. The game was scheduled for 7:00 pm, but because of a massive snowstorm that was moving into the area, it was moved up to 3:00 pm. Coach McDermott was notified and agreed to the time change, as was the MVC. McDermott believed the earlier time would make it more likely his team could fly back to Omaha before the weather got too bad. Unfortunately for them, the airport was closed by the time the game ended, forcing the Creighton team to spend another day in Peoria anyway.
Bradley won the game 69-61. Only about 250 people attended due to fear of the storm. The announced attendance was 8,091 (see box score) because season tickets and pre-sold tickets were counted.-
Box score- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2011/2/2/205088189.aspx
Recap- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2011/2/2/205088062.aspx
After the game, McDermott ripped Bradley and the MVC for moving the game time and seemed to blame his team's loss on the time change which upset their game-day routine.
Here is a reference to this in an article from the Wichita newspaper
* Creighton coach Greg McDermott had his own issues with the game in Peoria. Bradley officials moved the start time up four hours to 3 p.m. to avoid the blizzard. McDermott said Bradley told him of the change at 9 a.m. "There's bad weather all over the Midwest, and there was one game moved forward on game day," he told the Omaha World-Herald. "The communication to us was ridiculous. Game day is all about routine. We were not allowed to have a routine today, and I'm very disappointed in the way that it was handled.''
 
yoda said:
Hopefully we won’t have what NIU is anticipating today

niuhuskies.com

Men’s Basketball Game vs. Bellarmine Canceled - NIU Athletics

DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men's basketball game scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 29, against Bellarmine has been canceled to due to an impending
niuhuskies.com niuhuskies.com

Anyone remember the famous Bradley snowstorm game?
Despite the posted attendance of several thousand, there were really only 200 of us there.
Click to expand...
I was one of the ones there, McDermot was a sore loser. You have to pivot some due to unusual circumstances, he was a big baby about everything.
 
tomahawk chop said:
I was one of the ones there, McDermot was a sore loser. You have to pivot some due to unusual circumstances, he was a big baby about everything.
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Only Maryland’s Gary Williams was a bigger crybaby than Greg & Gregg in my lifetime.

Maryland got relegated in 2006 to the NIT & Williams went ballistic on Bradley claiming he & his team deserved that bid - not Bradley.
In the end, Bradley walloped two highly ranked teams & made a run to the Sweet 16 -
While Maryland was gifted with TOP overall seed in the NIT, and nothing but cushy home games.
BUT - Williams & Maryland musta forgot to show up & play as they got whupped in their nationally televised opening game by the lowest seed in the tourney, Manhattan.


Btw -was just watching the Valpo game in NW Indiana, snowing there…
Prob 100-150 people there
 
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I also attended that game. It was announced that it was too hazardous to travel, but my wife and I took our all wheel drive Toyota Highlander and easily made it to the game. That was a great game to attend.
 
Da Coach said:
That was the Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 home game against Creighton, who was still a member of the MVC at that time. They were coached by Greg McDermott and were having a disappointing season up to that point and needed a win (they were 14-9, 6-5 up to that point). It was Jim Les' final season as head coach, and with injuries to key players, like Taylor Brown and Sam Maniscalco, Bradley was having a terrible season, and came into the game 0-11 in the MVC. The game was scheduled for 7:00 pm, but because of a massive snowstorm that was moving into the area, it was moved up to 3:00 pm. Coach McDermott was notified and agreed to the time change, as was the MVC. McDermott believed the earlier time would make it more likely his team could fly back to Omaha before the weather got too bad. Unfortunately for them, the airport was closed by the time the game ended, forcing the Creighton team to spend another day in Peoria anyway.
Bradley won the game 69-61. Only about 250 people attended due to fear of the storm. The announced attendance was 8,091 (see box score) because season tickets and pre-sold tickets were counted.-
Box score- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2011/2/2/205088189.aspx
Recap- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2011/2/2/205088062.aspx
After the game, McDermott ripped Bradley and the MVC for moving the game time and seemed to blame his team's loss on the time change which upset their game-day routine.
Here is a reference to this in an article from the Wichita newspaper
* Creighton coach Greg McDermott had his own issues with the game in Peoria. Bradley officials moved the start time up four hours to 3 p.m. to avoid the blizzard. McDermott said Bradley told him of the change at 9 a.m. "There's bad weather all over the Midwest, and there was one game moved forward on game day," he told the Omaha World-Herald. "The communication to us was ridiculous. Game day is all about routine. We were not allowed to have a routine today, and I'm very disappointed in the way that it was handled.''
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I remember that game also and was there.The PA announcer invited people who were sitting in the upper bowl to sit in the lower bowl
 
carter said:
I remember that game also and was there.The PA announcer invited people who were sitting in the upper bowl to sit in the lower bowl
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I remember that game as well....mainly because during my romp back to my car thru the snow I dropped my Iphone out of my pocket, never to be found again. I had only had it for 3 days before I lost it which made it even more frustrating. lol
 
Dubl R 1 said:
I remember that game as well....mainly because during my romp back to my car thru the snow I dropped my Iphone out of my pocket, never to be found again. I had only had it for 3 days before I lost it which made it even more frustrating. lol
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Bummer!
 
yoda said:
Hopefully we won’t have what NIU is anticipating today

niuhuskies.com

Men’s Basketball Game vs. Bellarmine Canceled - NIU Athletics

DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men's basketball game scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 29, against Bellarmine has been canceled to due to an impending
niuhuskies.com niuhuskies.com

Anyone remember the famous Bradley snowstorm game?
Despite the posted attendance of several thousand, there were really only 200 of us there.
Click to expand...
Yes I do! I wasn't there, but it was really bad in Chicago. My boss called off work an hour earlier than I normally stopped and I got home just in time to watch the last 10 minutes of the Braves win vs CU.
 
Dubl R 1 said:
I remember that game as well....mainly because during my romp back to my car thru the snow I dropped my Iphone out of my pocket, never to be found again. I had only had it for 3 days before I lost it which made it even more frustrating. lol
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Oh my!!! Sorry man!
 
In the preview to the WSU game that's on bubraves.com, the series is shown as Wazzu leading 3-0. Whoever compiled this missed a BU victory in the 49-50 season, so the correct series has Wazzu leading 3-1. This includes last year's WSU victory in Pullman.
 
We are going to have to make a fair amount of 3 pointers tonight in order to win plus our rebounding needs to be a hell of a lot better.
 
Dubl R 1 said:
I remember that game as well....mainly because during my romp back to my car thru the snow I dropped my Iphone out of my pocket, never to be found again. I had only had it for 3 days before I lost it which made it even more frustrating. lol
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Was that your phone! Man, still using that bad boy! Thanks bro! :)
 
3 pt shooting and FTs must improve in the 2nd half for Bradley to win this game.😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫
Thanks for Smith getting rebounds to keep this from getting out of hand !🎯
 
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