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Final score: Bradley 67 SIU 48

Da Coach

Da Coach

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Bradley is now 11-5, and 2-1 in the MVC after winning at Evansville 72-52. Their next game is at home Saturday night, Jan. 11, at 7:00 pm against Southern Illinois. The Salukis are 8-8 overall, and 2-1 in the MVC after beating Valparaiso 63-50 in Carbondale. They are 0-5 in road games this season, in Bryan Mullins' first season as head coach.
MVC Standings- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ngs/_/group/18

The game is on ESPN+ : https://www.espn.com/watch?id=3ace6b..._Bradley-US-EN
Live Stats: https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat Room: http://www.chatzy.com/524398219675

SIU website: https://siusalukis.com/sports/mens-basketball
Schedule/results: https://siusalukis.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster: https://siusalukis.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats: https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...Statistics.pdf

SIU has played without Aaron Cook (15.0 ppg in just 6 games), their leader in scoring, assists, and steals since he broke a bone in his hand Nov. 19 in a game at Murray State. He was projected to be out 4 to 6 weeks, but it has now been 7+ weeks and he has not played again yet. He is said to be close to returning, but there is no official word if he will be ready to play Saturday against Bradley.
In his absence, their starters for most games have been 6'2" senior guard Eric McGill (9.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg), 6'10" senior center Senior Barrett Benson (10.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg), 6'1" freshman guard Lance Jones (6.0 ppg, 3.0 assists/game), 6'6" grad-transfer guard Ronnie Suggs (5.9 ppg), and the leading candidate for Freshman of the Year 6'6" forward Marcus Domask (15.0 ppg).

Bradley stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats
MVC stats- http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFLDRS.HTM
MVC conference only stats- http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFONLY.HTM
MVC NET ranking- http://warrennolan.com/basketball/20...issouri-Valley
 
It would be nice to get a big crowd for this next game at home. This team really deserves it. They have played pretty well considering a lot of adversity in the last few weeks!
 
My friend and I are making annual trip to Peoria for this one, from Chicago!

Looking forward to making it 14-straight at home! I really want it to get to 20...haven't seen that as Braves fans in 25+ years at least!
 
Does anyone know the last season we started 3-1 in Valley play?
I am thinking you have to go all the way back to like 1997, but there could have been a season I forgot about between now and then.

Go BU!!!
 
I have a feeling we'll be looking at the standings with excitement during league play this season...kinda feels like 1996 again! (Well, maybe we're not as good as that great team, but we're not too shabby if we get Childs back!)
 
LittleBrave said:
Does anyone know the last season we started 3-1 in Valley play?
I am thinking you have to go all the way back to like 1997, but there could have been a season I forgot about between now and then.

Go BU!!!
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I just took a look and it appears that it was 2008-2009 when we started 4-0 with wins vs. SIU, @Wichita St., @Missouri State, and vs. Illinois St.
 
Thanks to the couple fans who notified me that I made an error in my initial post regarding the date of this next game against SIU.
It is this coming Saturday, January 11, at 7:00 pm. I was in a bit too much of a hurry when I posted the message last night, plus I might be getting senile. :)
 
Bradley3342 said:
It would be nice to get a big crowd for this next game at home. This team really deserves it. They have played pretty well considering a lot of adversity in the last few weeks!
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Whereas I will be in attendance with bells and whistles on, it looks as though the weather may put a damper on any type of bonus attendance figure on Sat night. But who knows... maybe people will suck it up and cone on out. People: SUCK IT UP for BRADLEY!
 
Don’t think you’re getting senile Da Coach. If nothing else this forum is keeping you sharp! Thanks for all the info you give to us each day!
 
Bradley3342 said:
Don’t think you’re getting senile Da Coach. If nothing else this forum is keeping you sharp! Thanks for all the info you give to us each day!
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BUfan39 said:
I just took a look and it appears that it was 2008-2009 when we started 4-0 with wins vs. SIU, @Wichita St., @Missouri State, and vs. Illinois St.
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Having a tough time remembering that start, but thanks for looking it up!
Was that the season we played in the CIT and lost to ODU in the Finals? (with Theron, CR, and Sammy Man)
 
2009 was when CR hit the 74-foot desperation heave at the buzzer I think!
Last "fun" season until recently in the Wardle era.
 
LittleBrave said:
Having a tough time remembering that start, but thanks for looking it up!
Was that the season we played in the CIT and lost to ODU in the Finals? (with Theron, CR, and Sammy Man)
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Yes, that was the 4th in a string of 4 straight seasons with 20 or 21 wins. The season ended with a close loss at home to Old Dominion in the championship game of the CIT. A week earlier, Bradley's season was extended by Chris Roberts' miracle 75-foot basket to beat Oakland in the 2nd round of the CIT.
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2008-09
 
Chris Roberts - miss that guy. How many times did we see alley oop dunks to him right after a time-out?
 
Chris Roberts is still a successful and highly productive player in Europe. This is his 10th pro season, and he continues to put up great numbers. He is playing this season for Novipiu Casale Monferrato, an Italian pro team in the city of Casale Monferrato which is in northern Italy near the foothills of the Italian Apls.
Chris is a starter and averages 13.4 ppg (2nd on his team), and he is shooting 37.2% from the international 3-point line and he is their 3-point specialist. He is also their top defensive player.
https://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Italy/Novipiu-Casale-Monferrato/4159?Page=3

Novipiu is in 1st place in their division-
https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-League-Serie-A2.asp
 
Good info Coach.

AND he was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters, though I don’t know what that really means!
 
Tommy said:
Good info Coach.

AND he was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters, though I don’t know what that really means!
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Good memory, Tommy! Yes, Chris was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters in 2010 and was invited to a tryout camp, but he chose to sign a pro contract to play overseas.
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2010/6/23/204963252.aspx

They have a draft each year, and they invite them to a summer camp for tryouts. They reportedly scouted Chris at the State Farm Slam Dunk Championships at the NCAA Final Four in April, 2010 and were probably impressed with his athleticism. The Globetrotters drafted 6 players that year. They add only one or two new players each year. The pay is pretty good, about $70-75,000 per year, but it is a 12-month a year job. Most players can make more money playing in Europe, and that is only a 6-7 month job. But the Globetrotters do offer other perks such as endless world travel and notoriety, and they cover all travel costs, meals, transportation, and other expenses.

That link above cites 2 other former Bradley players have played with the Globetrotters- Bobby Joe Mason played from 1962-1976, and Lawrence Wright played for them 2006-2007.
However, there were several more-
Jermaine Brown, who played one season at Bradley under Jim Molinari (1999-2000) before transferring to Minnesota State University- Mankato. He played 6 or 7 years for the Globetrotters. Here is an article about Jermaine "Hi Rise" Brown-
https://www.mankatofreepress.com/new...8033ed50b.html
Here is a unique photo of Jermaine Brown-
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/n...photo/97252883

And Tyshon Pickett, who played at Bradley from 2012-14 under Geno Ford. He was invited to the Globetrotters' tryout camp, but never made the Globetrotters. But he did play for the Washington Generals for a year or two!-
https://www.washingtongenerals.com/r...tyshon-pickett

Here are several more former Braves who played for the Globetrotters-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...ters#post27205

In recent years, many of the people drafted are just to get publicity. Below is a link to the names of the people they drafted in past years.
Notice that in 2017, they drafted Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, Gal Gadot, the female actress who played the role of Wonder Woman, and Tim Tebow, who had retired from the NFL and was playing minor league baseball by then. In 2016 they drafted actor Kevin Hart, Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Misty Franklin, pro soccer player Neymar, PGA golf pro Jordan Spieth, and ESPN/ABC NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager, who was dying of cancer at that time..
https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/en/Team/Draft
 
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