Please, this is not the first team to play poorly on the road against a good team. I would have liked to see a win, but SIUs defense had something to do with the turnovers and poor shooting in the first half. Give them some credit. Bradley did not quit, and played hard until the end.
You had me until the SIU is a "good" team line...because they aren't!
And also, BU had most to do with the turnovers because most were unforced...
Yes they played hard at the end, however, if they'd played hard at the beginning, it may have ended differently...
Also, I once again keep hearing an echo of "they weren't ready to play"...it seems to me that this lies on the coach...and then once its out of his hands to prepare them, its up to each player to find a way to get motivated to play 40 and play 40 hard...
Unfortunately, I'm just not seeing that in some players as some just flat out show up only when they want to...and thats sad for the players like Theron, Darian, and Dodie who seem to bust their butts every single game...and no, I'm not mentioning any names as we all can figure out by watching who these players are...
Its just something that should be said, but hopefully will not be repeated the rest of the season...
A tough loss considering 2 teams have already won in Carbondale...possibly more later on, and those two will more than likely finish in front of Bradley...
We now need to go out and get 2-3 more road wins somewhere else and not lose anymore at home...
A tough task indeed.
We start again on Wednesday.