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    Other Valley teams' schedules

    Indiana State becomes the first MVC school to release their non-conference schedule for 2026-27 They have announced two exhibitions Pretty bold scheduling AT Butler (exhib), AT Oregon and AT Kansas... but the down side is THREE cupcake non-DI's and a newly transitioned Southern Indiana - (D3...
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    Missouri Valley Conference is proposing to change the Arch Madness format

    Reports say the tournament format and matchups will change if this proposal is adopted (per March to the Arch Podcast) Only the top TEN teams make the tournament. The 11th place team gets left out. Then the top two teams get 1st round AND 2nd round byes, while the 3-seed thru 10-seed play...
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    New NCAA rules on exhibition games

    In May, NCAA changed the rules for DI exhibition games. Now, any DI can schedule any other DI, DII or other for an exhibition game, and they can hold it openly and not need a waiver, as before. And, get this, now any DI school can schedule up to THREE preseason exhibition games and charge...
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    Former Brave Eddie Mathews

    Eddie Mathew will be named the new head basketball coach at Limestone High School, replacing Willie Coleman. He was formerly the head coach there from 2011-2020, and was Peoria Notre Dame head coach before that. Eddie and his father Don both starred at Bradley - with Eddie playing a key role on...
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    Another Bradley assistant coach leaving?

    so- Bradley just replaced assistant coach Allan Hanson (who was hired away by Iowa State), by elevating Kamrein Street into an assistant position... Then they hired Malik Garner as Coordinator of Player Development & Scouting. however, it appears Austin Cox, Director of Basketball Operations is...
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    Bradley announces Tom Hammerton as the new General Manager of Basketball

    Hmmm...Bradley has hired a new GM (General Manager) of Basketball for men's and women's basketball programs. and it's quite possibly the very best guy for the job... announcement coming... Someone well known who will elevate BU NIL by hundreds of thousands of $$ per year... This will help...
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    Really good interview and video report by Kurt Pegler with Bradley Head Coach Brian Wardle

    The entire video is 27 minutes long but if you only want to see the part with Coach Wardle, scroll to 4:00 where it starts It included some older clips but also some new cuts from interviews recently with Coach Wardle...
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    Good news - Bradley University's incoming Freshman Enrollment

    As we've seen and discussed, incoming enrollment took a sharp decline under Glasser, then fully recovered under President Gary Roberts. BUT - the past few cycles were disastrous under Standifird - Getting enrollment numbers back up was and is new President James Shadid's #1 priority. Now I am...
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    Bradley Softball

    Nobody talked much about BU Softball this year, but there is news.... Way back in early January, the Bradley head softball coach Sarah Willis abruptly "stepped down" after 3 seasons. (record 69-97) The reason given was "due to family needs that require my attention and presence at home."...
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    G-League Combine

    NBA is hosting this opportunity for guys who figure not to be drafted to show their stuff and improve their stock. The game box scores are being posted and so far not many players stand out. One guy who stands out somewhat negatively is former Drake Bulldog Tucker DeVries. A couple years ago he...
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    Anyone recall Bradley great Donald Powell

    Bradlley power forward from 1984-1988 - played on a team during one of Bradley's greatest successful eras - along with Hersey Hawkins, Jim Les etc... and won a total of 92 games, helped carry Bradley to the NCAA Tourney in 1986 & 1988 and two MVC Championships. Career totals - 1,055 points, 599...
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    First team already eliminated from the 2027 NCAA Tournament

    Detroit Mercy is banned due to poor APR https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/more-colleges/2026/05/04/detroit-mercy-mens-basketball-hit-with-postseason-ban-from-ncaa/89917708007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z115047p119850c119850u003144e1163xxv115047&gca-ft=8&gca-ds=sophi
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    Bradley assistant leaving?

    I am hearing that one of Bradley's assistant coaches may be leaving to take a spot on the staff at Iowa State (replacing JR Blount who just left to take the head coaching spot at San Diego) I do not believe this is confirmed nor offical at this time.
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    Flashback - a little over 50 years ago

    How many BU players came from East Peoria in the past 60-70 years?
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    Bradley's 2026-27 Roster page is now updated with all the new guys

    Jersey numbers, photos & some bio info included... #0 Noah Williams #1 Dietrich Richardson #2 Kyle Grill #4 Ben Thornbrue #9 Jackson Seastrunk #10 Timoty van der Knaap #17 Gustavo Guimaraes #20 Trevon Payton #23 Gus Rugaard #24 Race Kowalczyk #77 Georgi Gerganov...
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    NEW- Audio Interview with Head Coach Brian Wardle

    Coach Wardle was on the Greg & Dan Show - here's the link to listen to it.... Talks about all the new guys who have signed.... Assistant coach Mike Black played in the same Bulgarian League and knew Georgi's coach, and Wardle has known Georgi's agent for over a decade BW described Payton as the...
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    Offers for 2027

    Of course we're all excited about 2026-27, but time to look forward. Here's the early list of our offers for 2027 Lyris Robinson - LINK Johnny Lackaff Cooper Zachary Brandon Hunter Deuce McDuffie
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    Bradley lands another portal transfer- Kyle Grill- 6'6' junior wing

    Very athletic, 6-6, solid DI-caliber physique- is a junior at DII (a very good DII team that went 19-10 Has 1 year remaining, averaged 33 min per game, 45% shooting, 34% 3-pt shooting, 13.3ppg, 5-5 rpg, and brother of Caleb Grill, who was an outstanding college player and now in the G-League...
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    Quotes from Coach Wardle on rebuilding the 2026-27 roster

    per Dave Eminian's article (Paywall) Some of this explains why Wheeler and Zobrist are leaving. Looks like he's shifting away from primarily using undersized guys at PG. "In Arch Madness we've been beaten by some bigger point guards, it has troubled us," Wardle said then. "We've seen it, and...
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    Bradley's 2026-27 schedule

    Most years we have some idea of a few games, return games or plans for a tournament but.... This year, we really know almost nothing..... but as soon as anyone hears or sees anything about our 2026-27 schedule, post it here. Da Coach just posted this...
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