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Final score: Northwestern 78 Bradley 51

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Bradley is now 4-1 after winning their last 4 games. They head to Fort Myers, Florida and play Northwestern (2-2) on Monday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 pm in the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off. The game will be televised on FS1 (FoxSports 1) Network.
Here is where you can find FS1-
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Chat Room- https://us21.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

There are 2 games Monday, Nov. 25, and Bradley is playing in the later game (7:30 pm Central). The first game features Kansas State vs. Pitt at 5:00 pm Central-
https://www.fortmyerstipoff.com/abou...event/Schedule
The two winners on Monday will play Wednesday at 7:30 pm Central, and the two losers Monday play at 5:00 pm Wednesday. The games are played at the Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the campus of Florida Southwestern State College.

Here are all the scheduled games and results (links to box score)-
November 13: Monmouth 54 at Kansas State 73
November 18: Monmouth 50 at Pitt 63
November 19: Radford 67 at Northwestern 56; Arkansas-Pine Bluff 51 at Kansas State 62; Norfolk State 57 at Bradley 69
November 21: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 41 at Pitt 66
November 22: Norfolk State 59 at Northwestern 70; Radford 61 at Bradley 70
November 25: Pitt 63-59 Kansas State; Northwestern 78-51 Bradley
November 26: Caldwell vs. Norfolk State; Radford at Monmouth
November 27: Norfolk State at Monmouth; Pitt/K-State loser vs. Northwestern/Bradley loser; Pitt/K-State winner vs. Northwestern/Bradley winner

Northwestern has played 4 games, all 4 have been home games. They lost to Merrimack and Radford, and beat Providence and Norfolk State-
Schedule/results- https://nusports.com/sports/mens-bas...hedule/2019-20

Northwestern has had the same starting 5 in all four of their games. Their best player and leading scorer is 6'10" sophomore forward Pete Nance, who is the son of former NBA star Larry Nance, and the younger brother of current Cleveland Cavaliers player Larry Nance, Jr., who was once a Bradley recruit, and visited Bradley when Geno Ford was head coach. He averages 15.3 ppg and 9.0 rpg. Their other 4 starters are 6'7" sophomore Miller Kopp (11.8 ppg), 6'10", 235 pound redshirt center Ryan Young (11.5 ppg), 6'3" grad student guard who was a scholarship LaCrosse player (4-time All-American!) who did not play basketball at Loyola-Maryland Pat Spencer (7.5 ppg), and 6'4" junior guard Anthony Gaines (6.5 ppg). They get very little production from their bench. Northwestern is about the worst 3-point shooting team in the country. As a team, they shoot only 22.7% from three. That ranks 349th out of 353 teams in Division I. They don't take many threes. They are 17-75 on the season (through 4 games)-

Stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...tats_11_22.pdf

Their top 3 scorers are their 3 forwards/big men. Nance, Kopp, and Young all average double figures. They do not get much scoring from their guards. Guard Pat Spencer averages 7.5 ppg and he shoots 11% from three. Guard Anthony Gaines averages 6.5 ppg and shoots 16.7% from three. That might be the worst perimeter shooting pair of starting guards in the country. Their top 2 reserves (6'9" forward Robbie Beran- 4.8 ppg and 6'2" guard Boo Buie- 4.0 ppg) are both freshmen.

Roster- https://nusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Northwestern has been picked by virtually everyone to finish last in the 14-team Big Ten. They lost their top 2 scorers and much of their production from last year's team which finished 13-19 overall and 4-16 and dead last in the Big Ten last season (2018-19).
This is Head Coach Chris Collins' 7th season at Northwestern. He has had only 1 winning Big Ten season so far.

Northwestern's Historical record-
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb.../northwestern/

Northwestern 2019-20 Media Guide-
https://nusports.com/documents/2019/...920_Season.pdf

Bradley is only 1-8 all-time against Northwestern, but the Braves do have a 1-game winning streak. The last time they played was 11/30/1985, and Bradley won 76-72. Maybe that is why Northwestern hasn't played Bradley since then.
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Bradley stats-
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...dley_stats.pdf

Go Braves!
 
When Dick Versace became coach in 1978, he wanted more exposure in the Chicago market (recruiting) but only Loyola was willing to play the Braves. DePaul (especially) and Northwestern didn't want anything to do with us (and nobody wanted to go to Robertson Fieldhouse). Versace still managed to recruit well in Chicago (his/ and Tony B's old stomping ground). The only way we got headlines in Chicago was to play a Chicago team. I went to that game at Northwestern in 1984 and there was almost as many Bradley fans as Wildcat fans. Unfortunately we laid an egg that night. :cry:
 
Can anyone name the area player who was recruited by and played at Northwestern, but then transferred and played a season at Bradley before injuries cut his career short?
He was a terrific player in high school, and averaged 11.6 ppg as a freshman at Northwestern and was a starter from day one. But he suffered an injury part way through his first season, transferred, and was never able to stay healthy after that.
 
Da Coach said:
Can anyone name the area player who was recruited by and played at Northwestern, but then transferred and played a season at Bradley before injuries cut his career short?
He was a terrific player in high school, and averaged 11.6 ppg as a freshman at Northwestern and was a starter from day one. But he suffered an injury part way through his first season, transferred, and was never able to stay healthy after that.
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Was it Matt Moran
 
Yes, You got it Wily. Matt Moran was a terrific player at Pekin HS, and was off to a great start at Northwestern his freshman year (1995-96) when he got injured (I think it was a broken foot). He played in only 11 games his freshman year at Northwestern and averaged 11.6 ppg and shot 51% overall and 46% from three.
Then they fired their coach (Ricky Byrdsong) after that season and Matt transferred to Bradley. After sitting out the 1996-97 season, he played in the first 16 games of the 1997-98 season for Bradley. But he was hampered by persistent pain in the foot and then re-injured the broken bone and missed the rest of the season. As I recall, he could never quite get it to heal and eventually decided to give up basketball.
Below are his stats-
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/matt-moran-1.html
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/matt-moran/6809
 
Cousins Cuts podcast said:
I'm going to be in Florida. So does anyone know where the rest of the BU fans are going to be
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Bradley fans will be spread around the area.
Most Bradley fans probably booked their accommodations through the the Fort Myers Tip-Off Travel Packages that were available on the tournament website.

This post from July lists the 3 hotel options that were available for Bradley fans- Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort and Spa and Westin Cape Coral Resort and Spa, serving as the primary host hotels, plus the Pink Shell Beach Resort and Marina as a more expensive on-the-beach option-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/s...tournament-nov-25-27-2019?p=487620#post487620

From what I have heard, the most popular choice of those who booked through the organizers of the tournament seems to be the Westin, which is also the Bradley team hotel.
However, there are quite a few Bradley fans living down in south Florida, as well as many who have winter condos and residences there.
And I know of a number of fans who are going down on their own who booked their accomodations and bought tickets separately, which was a much less expensive option. I know some fans who are staying in Air B&B rentals on Fort Myers Beach. This is not quite yet the busiest time for rentals, so accomodations right on the beach were very reasonable.
Nice to hear so many fans are going!
 
Horrible half of basketball. Probably won’t watch the 2nd half. Can’t put myself through it. Hopefully, we don’t lose by 30. Ridiculous!
 
Bradley is not used to playing someone with this much size. We can’t just go rebound our own misses to salvage possessions, and we definitely aren’t an efficient offense. On the other end, they’ve hit threes above their season percentage Take away 2 makes puts them at 25% and we’d only be down 12. Okay, so that’s not the only reason northwestern is beating us on offense, but it explains some. That la cross player is cutting us up.
 
Welp no way around it that was a horrid game. Worst execution since the home game against Drake last year. Response tomorrow will tell me a lot.
 
Horrible and pathetic.

I put this on the coach. To NOT have team prepared to play a Big10 team when it means so much for us "little schools" getting a chance to play and beat a "big school".

Northwestern is not good and will not win many games in the Big10.

To go and flop on this stage? Takes me back to our stale 0-5 MVC start last season.

Pathetic.

Horrible.
 
Clock struck midnight....Agreed with the 0-5 Valley start last year. Again I shake my head trying to understand. How can this happen? Our offensive motion seems helter skelter at best! Such an embarrassment!
 
This was BAD!!! The team didn't look prepared. They looked intimidated by the Big Ten team. I would say that is probably the worst game I remember seeing Henry play. Just all around they looked scared and unsure of themselves. NW seemed to shoot way better than I think they even expected, but we definitely need to work on boxing out (among other things).
 
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