Bradley's Non-Conference Schedule Released

[squirrel]

i was surprised to see the red/white and 1st exibition games are scheduled at the FH... is this right?? I thought they were going ot tear it down sooner than that

I believe the women are going to play as many games on next year's schedule as possible at the Fieldhouse, but they are considering front-loading the league sked with home games to accommodate.

 

[smitty]

I'm actually disappointed...

If this team is .500 at the end of non-con, that will be an overwhelming success....
half the home games are losable. Yikes.

That said, even in so doing, at least half the teams games will likely be outside the RPI 100, including at least 3 that will be outside RPI 250.

So are you saying you are disappointed because the schedule is too hard? Or it it too easy?

 

[georgethedog]

I'm actually disappointed...

If this team is .500 at the end of non-con, that will be an overwhelming success....
half the home games are losable. Yikes.

That said, even in so doing, at least half the teams games will likely be outside the RPI 100, including at least 3 that will be outside RPI 250.

So are you saying you are disappointed because the schedule is too hard? Or it it too easy?

I personally think there are too many crap teams on it.

 

[squirrel]

I'm actually disappointed...

If this team is .500 at the end of non-con, that will be an overwhelming success....
half the home games are losable. Yikes.

That said, even in so doing, at least half the teams games will likely be outside the RPI 100, including at least 3 that will be outside RPI 250.

So are you saying you are disappointed because the schedule is too hard? Or it it too easy?

I think mostly just with the filler teams specifically, UIC and SEMO.

I'm not happy about 4 Horizon teams. Especially on the road. I could live with UIC at home and then dropping SEMO and scheduling the best opponent possible. . .whenever and wherever.

I'm not thrilled with our SPI guarantees, and especially not knowing (at least at this point) who the unknown was.

The last time that happened was the Las Vegas Invitational when Lubbock Christian finished 2nd.

 

[MacabreMob]

The last time that happened was the Las Vegas Invitational when Lubbock Christian finished 2nd.

1st Report:

http://www.projo.com/uri/content/projo_20031127_27uri.162b6a.html

"The Rams were off to the airport before the start of the tourney finale between Miami and Bradley, both also seeking their third wins. It did not matter. The tiebreakers were in their favor. Athletic director Ron Petro stayed behind and accepted the championship award."

Then reported:

http://gorhody.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112603aaa.html

"The Rams won the Las Vegas Tournament championship with a 3-1 record, taking the tiebreaker over Miami because of the Rams 54-53 victory against the Hurricanes on Tuesday night."

Finally reported:

http://www.projo.com/uri/content/projo_20031130_30uriadv.29699a.html

"The Rams come in with a championship of their own, having gone 3-1 in the Las Vegas Invitational and won that six-team event in a tiebreaker over Bradley. The decision was based on the fact that URI allowed fewer points, a system that had to be put into use since the two teams did not meet in the tournament."

 

[IheartBU]

PJ Star story, June 10:
http://pjstar.com/stories/061007/BRA_BDF7CBN7.077.php


Also, story on ex-BU assistant-turned-ISU-assistant:
http://pjstar.com/stories/061007/KIR_BDETI3G8.073.php

 

[TheHeemyMonster]

I'm actually disappointed...

If this team is .500 at the end of non-con, that will be an overwhelming success....
half the home games are losable. Yikes.

That said, even in so doing, at least half the teams games will likely be outside the RPI 100, including at least 3 that will be outside RPI 250.

So are you saying you are disappointed because the schedule is too hard? Or it it too easy?

I personally think there are too many crap teams on it.

you HAVE to be joking

IOWA
MICH ST
VANDY
IOWA ST
BUTLER
VCU
WRIGHT ST
all teams that made the big dance last year or come from a major conference that will have a good rpi by seasons end

the others schools thatwe have on there are the types of games that we schedule every year

 

[dogsrus]

I'm actually disappointed...

If this team is .500 at the end of non-con, that will be an overwhelming success....
half the home games are losable. Yikes.

That said, even in so doing, at least half the teams games will likely be outside the RPI 100, including at least 3 that will be outside RPI 250.

So are you saying you are disappointed because the schedule is too hard? Or it it too easy?

I personally think there are too many crap teams on it.

you HAVE to be joking

IOWA
MICH ST
VANDY
IOWA ST
BUTLER
VCU
WRIGHT ST
all teams that made the big dance last year or come from a major conference that will have a good rpi by seasons end

the others schools thatwe have on there are the types of games that we schedule every year

I have to agree. I mean look at the years gone by. Usually nothing BUT cr@p teams. While we'd ALL love to see a few more bigger names at home and maybe a few less tough road games this schedule is brutal enough AND BU deserves props.

The San Padre tourney is great even with the two cupcakes at home. Not to many tourneys where you don't have this scenario.

 

[daPAWW1]

Squirrel you've got it covered!

Squirrel you've got it covered!

Squirrel you obviously have all the bases covered - and based on all the possible unknowns that are ahead of this team you may well be correct in your assessment! However I certainly hope and think you are wrong, although the 2nd thru 7th spots in this league should certainly be a dog fight! If it is a fight I certainly hope we all don't turn tail on Les if we end up 5th or worse!

 

[MacabreMob]

Every game is losable.

Bottom line... we BETTER win the obvious games, we BETTER defend our home court, and we NEED to win some BIG GAMES.

So... no bad losses, minimize losses (if any) at home, win some games against good opponents to boost a resume for NCAA bid.

 

[BradleyBrave]

Non-conference schedules in the JL era -

02-03

Pepperdine (W)
@Loyola-CHI (L)
UT-Chattanooga (L)
Ark-Monticello (W)
@ Butler (L)
UNLV (L)
Central Michigan (L)
@ IUPUI (L)
Rainbow Classic - @Hawaii (L)
Rainbow Classic - Alcorn St (W)
Rainbow Classic - Chicago St (W)

03-04

Vegas Tourney - LA-Monroe (W)
Vegas Tourney - Northeastern (W)
Vegas Tourney - Lubbock Christian (L)
Vegas Tourney - Miami-FL (W)
Bowling Green (W)
@ Central Michigan (W)
@ DePaul (L)
Butler (W)
Loyola-CHI (W)
@ Pepperdine (L)
@ UNLV (L)
BracketBuster - Northern Illinois (W)

04-05

SEMO (W)
Loyola-CHI (W)
@ Bowling Green (L)
@ NIU (W)
DePaul (W)
Butler (W)
Pepperdine (W)
Samford (W)
BracketBuster - @ WKY (L)

05-06

@ DePaul (W)
Chicago St (W)
@ Loyola-CHI (L)
Bowling Green (W)
@ Butler (L)
Western Kentucky (W)
Delaware St (W)
@ Southern Miss (W)
BracketBuster - Tennessee Tech (W)

06-07

DePaul (W)
SIU-E (W)
Chicago Invitational - UIC (W)
Chicago Invitational - FAMU (W)
Chicago Invitational - Rutgers (W)
Chicago Invitational - Illinois (L)
@ Tennessee Tech (L)
@ Michigan St (L)
Wright St (W)
@Iowa St (W)
Loyola-CHI (W)
Southern Miss (W)
BracketBuster - VCU (W)

07-08

@ UIC
Iowa St
South Padre Invite - Maryland-Eastern Shore
South Padre Invite - Florida-Gulf Coast
South Padre Invite - Iowa
South Padre Invite - TBD (Vanderbilt/TBD)
@ Loyola-CHI
SEMO
Michigan St
@ Wright St
@ Butler
VCU
BracketBuster (HOME)

I don't think there's any question that this is the best (and toughest) non-conference schedule we have played in the Jim Les era, and arguably since 99-00 (Illinois, George Washington, Auburn, Hawaii, Villanova).

 

[BUBraves06]

I'm really excited because there will be a good number of oppurtunities to get quality wins for our tourney resume. Plus there are quite a few games that will be easy for road trips.

 

[BU1999]

PJ Star story, June 10:
http://pjstar.com/stories/061007/BRA_BDF7CBN7.077.php


Also, story on ex-BU assistant-turned-ISU-assistant:
http://pjstar.com/stories/061007/KIR_BDETI3G8.073.php

I have a couple questions, can someone answer.
How come none of the other MVC teams have released their schedules, are they having trouble again this year getting teams to play them?
How come people are complaining when more than half of BU's nonconference opponents are from the NCAA field?
And how come you had the entire BU nonconference schedule posted here Friday afternoon, but nobody else had it anywhere until Sunday morning's Journal Star? Did they not get the memo?
(Even the Bradley web page didn't have it until late Saturday.)

 

[MacabreMob]

(Even the Bradley web page didn't have it until late Saturday.)

Bobby Parker helped put the memo together but played golf Friday afternoon then had a picnic most of Saturday before he could update the web page in his spare time over the weekend.

:wink:

 

[Da Coach]

Re: Bradley's Non-Conference Schedule Released

2007-2008 Bradley Men's Basketball Schedule

October 20 Saturday Red-White Scrimmage at Robertson FH 6:30PM

November 1 Thursday St. Ambrose (Exh.) at Robertson FH 7:05PM

November 4 Sunday Quincy Univ. (Exh.) at Carver Arena 2:05PM

Bradley has played Quincy before. They are one of three NCAA Div II schools in Illinois (along with Lewis and SIU-E).

Does anyone know anything about St. Ambrose? I assume this is the St. Ambrose in Davenport, Iowa. They are NAIA Division II, and play in the Midwest Classic Conference which includes:
Grand View College (Iowa)
Iowa Wesleyan College
Marycrest International University (Iowa)
Mount Mercy College (Iowa)
Mount Saint Clare College (Iowa)
Saint Ambrose University (Iowa)
Viterbo College (Wis.)
William Penn (Iowa)

The fighting Bees of St. Ambrose

Their roster last season did not include any kids with local ties--
http://web.sau.edu/mbasketball/mbb_2006_2007_roster.htm

However, one of their assistant coaches, Kevin Walden, is a 1997 graduate of Peoria Notre Dame High School in Peoria--
http://web.sau.edu/mbasketball/mbb_coach_index.htm

Here is their stat page- They were 19-12 last season, and 11-3 in their conference. One thing that stands out- their total cumulative home attendance for the entire season- 13 home games- was 500- FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON!
That averages about 38 fans per game! Obviously basketball is not big on the St. Ambrose campus.--
http://web.sau.edu/mbasketball/2006_stats/teamcume.htm

Incidentally, the last time I can recall Bradley playing an NAIA team was Lubbock Christian (they are Div I NAIA), a game in the Las Vegas Tournament in November, 2003. That game was not scheduled by Bradley, and I don't recall when Bradley actually scheduled an NAIA team during the regular season.
Exhibition games are not listed in the official Bradley record book or the past media guides, so I also can't find if Bradley has ever played NAIA teams as exhibitions. I suspect they have, but I don't know if they have ever played a Div II NAIA school.

 

[Chico]

I don't know if we played any NAIA schools, but we sure played teams at the fieldhouse in the 70's that should have been, if they weren't. We sure played some non big name schools back then.

 

[squirrel]

PJ Star story, June 10:
http://pjstar.com/stories/061007/BRA_BDF7CBN7.077.php


Also, story on ex-BU assistant-turned-ISU-assistant:
http://pjstar.com/stories/061007/KIR_BDETI3G8.073.php

I have a couple questions, can someone answer.
How come none of the other MVC teams have released their schedules, are they having trouble again this year getting teams to play them?
How come people are complaining when more than half of BU's nonconference opponents are from the NCAA field?
And how come you had the entire BU nonconference schedule posted here Friday afternoon, but nobody else had it anywhere until Sunday morning's Journal Star? Did they not get the memo?
(Even the Bradley web page didn't have it until late Saturday.)

Most schedules generally aren't released until late summer (some even after the fall term has already begun). I don't ever remember having it out before mid-July. Usually BU releases early August.

I am thrilled about having VCU, Iowa State, and Michigan State at home. Those are real coups. However, Les had nothing to do with VCU (That is the ESPN BB return game), and the Iowa State and Michigan St games were set up last year. So I do applaud Les for those two and getting them to Peoria.

I also look forward to the SPI.

My disappointment however stems from the fact that the Wright St, Butler, and Loyola series were all part of previous commitments, and by chance, it just happened that they all became road games this year. Knowing that, we went and scheduled a 4th road game against a Horizon team at UIC. That limits your RPI (they all can't be good Horizon teams). I personally feel playing 4 road games against the same inferior league is unacceptable. I don't see how anyone could feel otherwise.

There was also a chance with Valpo moving to the Horizon and being in the SPI as well that we could have potentially seen a 5th. But we won't apparently.

I also think we are getting hosed in the SPI with offshore and Gulf Coast as our home games. One of those should be switched with either Austin Peay (preferably due to the Horizon factor) or Valpo.

So I'm disappointed for staying in knowing that. But, they should also be guaranteed wins, and I always enjoy new series' being established.

 

[squirrel]

Within the last 5 years, St. Ambrose has defeated WIU, but I don't recall if that was in a regular season game or exhibition.

 

[Fetz86]

All I know about St. Ambrose is that a guy (Reggie Shipp) who started for my high school this last season is playing there this year. I hope to see him get in the game against us.

 

[tornado]

Re: Bradley's Non-Conference Schedule Released

2007-2008 Bradley Men's Basketball Schedule

South Padre Island Tournament
November 18 Sunday Maryland-Eastern Shore at Carver Arena 2:05PM
November 20 Tuesday Florida Gulf Coast at Carver Arena 7:05PM
November 23 Friday vs. Iowa at South Padre Island, TX Time TBA
November 24 Saturday vs. Vanderbilt or TBA at South Padre Island, TX Time TBA

Interesting....Bradley announced MORE than a month ago that they would face Iowa
in the South Padre Island Tournament but Iowa only TODAY made that announcement....wonder why the one month delay??
Either way, they seem to regard playing Bradley as a significant highlight of their non-conference schedule.
http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/071207aaa.html
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070712/SPORTS020504/70712049/1003