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1st round NIT- Final score: Dayton 80 Bradley 66

abouttime said:
Just sayin, Wichita was 13-5 in league play, won 23 games and AVERAGED 5,900 home attendance and drew 3,700 for NIT win over Wyoming. Shocker attendance ain’t what it used to be.
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Back in the day there wasn’t any ESPNU ESPN+ streaming etc to take away attendance.
 
yoda said:
it is being reported that "he is a scratch with an injury for tonight's game"
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Pregame show coach said Burch took an elbow to the face during practice and required stitches.He will not play.Just back luck for him over and over.
 
Sitting in the 3rd row I'm guessing it's not evident on TV...but dayton is playing very very physical defense. Any Bradley player on offense without the ball, cannot move an inch without their arms and shoulders being raked and held. Some might call that defense but I call it a foul. Unfortunate but Dayton players fully believe they're better than us, are joking around, and are being proven right.
Would like to see Bradley decide they can do the same. Surprisingly Montana appears to be the most experienced with this style of "basketball" and isn't being 'rooked. He is up for the challenge and has thrown a couple body checks back.
 
Good Game from Alex and Montana!👍👍👍 Everyone else played lifeless and subpar including the coach!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
This is a post season game... the NIT plus your playing at home on nationalTV...you should be up for this chance to extend playing again period...a lot of work needs to get done before next season to be successful!🎯🎯🎯🎯
 
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I got nothing to say... subpar game against a good opponent. Lucky to lose by only 14. Nice to see the guys play better in the 2nd half and not totally give up.
Dayton shoots 52.1% overall and 50% from three. Bradley shoots 45.1% overall and 45.5% from three.
Turnovers- Bradley 10 Dayton 4
Steals- Dayton 5 Bradley 0 - can't remember a game where Bradley had 0 steals

Official box score- https://daytonflyers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/bradley/boxscore/17692
Official attendance- 2,436 -
Something doesn't seem right about that number. The lower bowl was pretty full. It definitely appeared more than 2,436 to me.

Bradley ends the season 21-13; Dayton improves to 24-11, and they advance to play UNC-Wilmington in the 2nd round.
 
Yes. I thought by eye test that the attendance was 3,200- 3,500. Listening to Wardle talk on the post game show was interesting. He talked about how his generation had to work harder and this generation feels entitled. He talked about some of the challenges of being a coach. I know that he’s right, but if he can’t adapt to the current culture, he’s not going to enjoy coaching or be successful.
 
Disappointing to end the season on this one. This looked like an early season game with all those mistakes. Maybe the long time from Arch Madness to now hurt us? Dayton is a good team, but not a great team. We should have been at least competitive in this one.

Oh well, I don't think many of us even expected to make the NIT. Onwards to next season.
 
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