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BU women

Gabi Hack moves to 4th on the scoring list and is 27 points from 3rd.
I have missed seeing her play this year.
The best ladies player in the 12 years I've been watching them play.
 
Let's hope the Women can carry on the winning ways of the University by winning the tournament.
 
Bradley senior Gabi Haack is named the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year-
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2021...ck-named-mvc-scholar-athlete-of-the-year.aspx

The other major postseason awards should be announced prior to this weekend's tournament.
Both Gabi Haack and Lasha Petree should get votes for All-MVC,
Here are the final individual stats. Lasha Petree finished as the top scorer in the MVC and Haack was 3rd-
http://www.mvc.org/wbb/stats/2020-21/confldrs.htm#conf.wki

MVC Tournament Central-
http://mvc-sports.com/feature/21Hoops

#5 seed Bradley's first game is at 2 pm Friday vs. #4 seed UNI
All games are on ESPN+
 
In Day 2 of the MVC Women's Tournament, #5 seed Bradley played #4 seed UNI in the 2:00 pm game.
The game stayed close throughout, but Bradley pulled ahead in the final minute of the game by 7 points, their largest margin of the game, and they held on for the 62-59 win.
Bradley 62 UNI 59
http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broad...298&confid=mvc

Neither team shot real well, but Bradley made 17 of 18 free throws, several of them inside the final minute to seal the win. Congratulations to Head Coach Andrea Gorski!

Bradley will play again at 1:00 pm Saturday against #1 seed Missouri State, which won the earlier game today 70-59 over #8 seed SIU.
Bracket & schedule- http://mvc-sports.com/feature/21Hoops
 
BU women have COVID positives. However, bizarre scenario playing out in the Cities. MVC may force MSU to play or forfeit. Waiting for statement from the MVC. 1:00pm game will not be played.
 
The MVC just posted this official announcement-
https://twitter.com/ValleyHoops/status/1370832615914274823

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This is effectively the same plan (reseeding excluded) the MVC was going to use with UNI last week, but the St Louis city officials overruled the MVC. Hard to blame MSU for taking the safe approach of forfeiting the tourney knowing they will be an at-large bid in the NCAA tourney regardless.

Sounds like Bradley and Loyola agreed to the reseeding approach.
 
So, Bradley and Drake both had positive Covid tests, and the contact tracing showed Bradley and Drake both had enough players to compete today. So it sounds like Missouri State (and maybe the MVC) wanted to protect the MSU team (the MVC's top ranked team) from any risk of contracting Covid. So instead of going ahead with the Bradley-Missouri State game today, which the MVC's contact tracing rules would have allowed, Missouri State has chosen to withdraw and will return home and wait for an at-large bid, and the BU-MSU game was declared a "no contest".
Because Drake was the highest seed among the 3 remaining teams (BU, LU, and DU), they will be given a bye and not play today and will advance to the Championship game Sunday. Loyola and Bradley will play at 6:00 pm today to determine the other team to advance to Sunday's championship final vs. Drake.
 
OK, as if this wasn't all confusing enough, check out this tweet from Bradley women's head coach Andrea Gorski-
https://twitter.com/andreagorski/status/1370838508638715908


Coach Gorski
@andreagorski

Hey Bradley fans! We are now playing Loyola tonight at 6pm cst for the semifinal. To set the record straight, as of this time, we have had no players or coaches test positive within our basketball program. Go Braves!!

2:45 PM · Mar 13, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

It might mean that the positive test reported by the MVC was a false positive, or maybe more likely it means the positive test was one of the Tier 1 personnel who is not a player or coach (maybe a manager, trainer, or other support personnel)?
 
Da Coach said:
OK, as if this wasn't all confusing enough, check out this tweet from Bradley women's head coach Andrea Gorski-
https://twitter.com/andreagorski/status/1370838508638715908


Coach Gorski
@andreagorski

Hey Bradley fans! We are now playing Loyola tonight at 6pm cst for the semifinal. To set the record straight, as of this time, we have had no players or coaches test positive within our basketball program. Go Braves!!

2:45 PM · Mar 13, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

It might mean that the positive test reported by the MVC was a false positive, or maybe more likely it means the positive test was one of the Tier 1 personnel who is not a player or coach (maybe a manager, trainer, or other support personnel)?
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I'm actually we haven't seen this more from ranked teams in men's and women's. I figured teams like that wouldn't want to chance it, and conferences wouldn't punish them since it likely opens it up for more teams to get in.
 
I agree. This sets a precedent that we could see other Top 25-30 teams (men's and women's) consider taking.
If it does happen more, will the NCAA adjust how they give out at-large bids? Or will they nullify conference auto-bids if a top seed voluntarily withdraws?
The MVC and Missouri State are literally manipulating the system which guarantees the conference gets an extra bid, which, in turn, deprives some other more-worthy team of a bid.
Regardless.... Go Braves. Grab this opportunity to get an NCAA Tournament bid!
 
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