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Bradley completes schedule

Future Walk-On said:
rumor was Illinois i thought?
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The closed scrimmage will be against Iowa State this year. It is tentatively planned for the weekend of October 30-31, and the site has yet to be agreed on.

If Iowa State utilizes all their redshirting transfers, they could be a pretty good team to scrimmage against. Only Darion "Jake" Anderson, a post-graduate transfer from Northern Illinois, will be eligible to play this season for Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg. The other transfers, Royce White (from Minnesota), Chris Babb (from Penn State), Chris Allen (from Michigan), Anthony Booker (from SIU), and John Lamb (from Morehead State) all would be allowed to participate in the scrimmage I believe, but will have to sit out the regular season before they are eligible to play next season.
How much would Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg utilize these redshirting transfers? I would think he would want to prepare his team for the season, and thus I doubt the transfers would play much.

Here is Iowa State's roster- quite a few freshman and a new juco transfer-
http://www.cyclones.com/SportSelect.dbml?spid=4252&spsid=46664&db_oem_id=10700
 
dogsrus said:
Good little blurb from Wessler today titled "Relax BU fans" talking about the great decision to play NO games at the Womens arena/mens practice facility. Hmmmm....wonder who that golfer is he refers to.

I think he is dead on...he appreciates Cross's idea's to raise money and generate interest BUT not ALL ideas are good ideas.

Good job Kirk....and BU.
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Agreed...I never weighed in publicly on the matter, but I thought using the new arena for a regular season game was a bad idea. Glad it's a non-issue now.

And I don't think the golfer is who you think it is...he's not been playing much this summer because of back problems. ;)
 
dogsrus said:
Good little blurb from Wessler today titled "Relax BU fans" talking about the great decision to play NO games at the Womens arena/mens practice facility. Hmmmm....wonder who that golfer is he refers to.

I think he is dead on...he appreciates Cross's idea's to raise money and generate interest BUT not ALL ideas are good ideas.

Good job Kirk....and BU.
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Great News:D Now all BU has to do is WIN and if this happens, I cannot see why not the attendances won't climb to 9,500 + for each home game:!: If this happens everyone WINS:D Big time fans for a Mid-Major private school program:!: I will be at the Red & White and the exhibition game. When will the tickets go on sale:doubt:
Also I think Kirk does a great job:!: As for the golfer thing, well speaking for myself, at times it would help my game if I did putt myself around the course:roll::-P:(:x
 
dogsrus said:
Good little blurb from Wessler today titled "Relax BU fans" talking about the great decision to play NO games at the Womens arena/mens practice facility. Hmmmm....wonder who that golfer is he refers to.

I think he is dead on...he appreciates Cross's idea's to raise money and generate interest BUT not ALL ideas are good ideas.

Good job Kirk....and BU.
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I haven't read Kirk's piece yet, but Dave Reynolds has one online that simply indicates that it will not happen this year. The article goes on to say that the contract being negotiated likely will allow BU to play games on campus still.

Whether or not the University will move forward with the PSO plan beyond this year at this point will be interesting to see.

I still think most of the public outrage is mis-placed. And the new AD was probably caught off guard with the backlash. Welcome to the "Land of 10,000 coaches" :lol: But I'm sure the decision to do this was carefully studied and the numbers do back up the feasibility to do this. I would expect the University to do a better job of communicating this moving forward so that fans will feel more comfortable with this.
 
squirrelgotdead said:
... I'm sure the decision to do this was carefully studied and the numbers do back up the feasibility to do this. I would expect the University to do a better job of communicating this moving forward so that fans will feel more comfortable with this.
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You are right here. Bradley would make more profit by utilizing their own arena, even if it only holds 4,200+ than by holding events at the Civic Center for 9-10,000. There would be no rent, and Bradley would keep all the proceeds from parking, concessions, and have the opportunity to sell much more BU merchandise. And there are other benefits that include Bradley having their choice of any dates and times, there would be much greater student interest and participation, probably a much more beneficial "home-court advantage", and more traffic flow to the west bluff which would eventually lead to long-needed improvements to all the blighted areas surrounding Bradley's campus.
 
chitown fanatic said:
about the only positive here is that USC and TCU remain our draws in this awful tourney. Losing New Mex st isnt that big a deal, but man, is our home non-con slate beyond woeful. Tradition says I won't miss the opener, but I couldn't be less excited about this game.
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Our schedule went down a slight notch due to the H.O.F. Classic debacle.
I'd take our chances vs. New Mex. St. over a guaranteed game vs. lowly TCU.
A little disappointed at our schedule, but no cupcake games except vs. NIU.
Duke will be HUGE for us to show everybody that we can compete.
 
Some fans prefer to overstate things to make them far worse than they are. Bradley's non-conference schedule may not be a Top 25 schedule, but I think it is decent and will be in the Top 50-100, and will be one of the better Strength of Schedules in the MVC. NIU is the only team on the schedule who had an RPI over 200 last year. Contrast that to Illinois State's schedules the past 3 years with as many as 7 teams with RPIs over 200!
Kirk Wessler seems to like the BU schedule, and says this-

The best thing that can be said about the BU schedule is it’s finally finished. The second-best thing is that it’s tailored for the Braves to win a lot of games without destroying their RPI.

Only one nonconference opponent, Northern Illinois, finished last season with an RPI rank of 200 or worse. (Texas A&M-Kingsville, the opening opponent, is not a Division I team and doesn’t count in the formula on which the rankings are built.)

On the other hand, only one nonconference opponent finished last season in the top 100. So, other than defending national champion Duke, there’s no apparent resume-enhancer on the schedule.
 
Da Coach said:
Some fans prefer to overstate things to make them far worse than they are.
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I don't think anyone is destroying BU for the schedule. I think more people are just disappointed that on a purely "viewing enjoyment level" the home games are not really "sexy"
 
Da Coach said:
Kirk Wessler seems to like the BU schedule, and says this-

The best thing that can be said about the BU schedule is it??™s finally finished. The second-best thing is that it??™s tailored for the Braves to win a lot of games without destroying their RPI.

Only one nonconference opponent, Northern Illinois, finished last season with an RPI rank of 200 or worse. (Texas A&M-Kingsville, the opening opponent, is not a Division I team and doesn??™t count in the formula on which the rankings are built.)

On the other hand, only one nonconference opponent finished last season in the top 100. So, other than defending national champion Duke, there??™s no apparent resume-enhancer on the schedule.
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I'm not sure he "likes" it.
Only time will tell what our SOS will be.
A few teams like Western Carolina, Detroit, and Utah could boost our RPI with wins. There are other teams like USC, LMU, Eastern IL who could hurt us or help us - not sure if they're better or worse than last year.

The bottom line - if we go 8-2 before the Valley season begins, we'll be alright. The good thing is we have 10 games to gel before the conference begins.
 
BradleyJD said:
I don't think anyone is destroying BU for the schedule. I think more people are just disappointed that on a purely "viewing enjoyment level" the home games are not really "sexy"
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One poster said- "our home non-con slate beyond woeful."

I interpreted that as pretty strong criticism, which is everyone's right, but IMO the schedule is not that woeful. ISU's schedule is woeful.
 
BradleyJD said:
I thought we were talking about BU?
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Yes, we are. That is what this thread is about. The comment about the BU schedule being "woeful" was directed at Bradley's home schedule, and that is what I am responding to.

I personally do not consider BU's schedule to be so woeful. IMO, that is an exaggeration, though others may have that opinion. I would reserve such strong condemnation for schedules like ISU's. You said "I don't think anyone is destroying BU for the schedule", but I think there has been some strong criticism as I have shown.
 
Bravesfan said:
Actually Loyola-Marymount and especially Detroit could be very good this year.
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I think Detroit could be like the 2009 version of the Catamounts from Western Carolina. Better not take them lightly.

We should be a little deeper this season that last (provided everyone is healthy), which we need for 2 different back-to-back games in the non-conf. portion of the season.
 
Da Coach said:
You said "I don't think anyone is destroying BU for the schedule", but I think there has been some strong criticism as I have shown.
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I stand by what I said. I think people were hoping for home games with a little NAME or STAR-QUALITY to them. I do not believe that is wrong to wish for. To be honest, the home slate is not super. I certainly think you would agree with that.

All that said, with the home slate as it is, BU should be able to easily go undefeated.

That, along with the non-con roadies, should set BU up for a great season record IF they have a strong Valley campaign.
 
I agree with you in general that we would all like to see high-ranking home opponents. I understand the difficulties of scheduling (ask the Hall of Fame tournament people about it), and realize how difficult it is to get top 100 RPI schools to play here. I do think some of the teams on our home schedule have the potential to be better than they appear now.

But, I also stand by my original point that the home schedule is not anywhere near as bad as some schools have. I would agree that it is not super, and could be better, but IMO it's not dreadful or woeful. And it is not bad by design or by fault of the folks at Bradley. I believe they did as good a job as can be done considering the circumstances they were stuck with. It was not comprised solely for the sake of piling up easy wins, like some schools do.
 
Da Coach said:
I agree with you in general that we would all like to see high-ranking home opponents. I understand the difficulties of scheduling (ask the Hall of Fame tournament people about it), and realize how difficult it is to get top 100 RPI schools to play here. I do think some of the teams on our home schedule have the potential to be better than they appear now.

But, I also stand by my original point that the home schedule is not anywhere near as bad as some schools have. I would agree that it is not super, and could be better, but IMO it's not dreadful or woeful. And it is not bad by design or by fault of the folks at Bradley. I believe they did as good a job as can be done considering the circumstances they were stuck with. It was not comprised solely for the sake of piling up easy wins, like some schools do.
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I agree that BU tried for a better schedule. I know they wish the tournament was better in the end too.

It is what it is....now we just have to win.
 
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