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Final score UNI 59 BU 46

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In my 15 years as a fan, I haven't seen such an awful team performance as the 1st half of this game. I thought the 16 we put up homecoming against e-ville when Mo was coach was bad....we are so incredibly bad...words can't put into context. 4-24 in the 1st half....we might not win a GAME without Ruffin...this team has NO STONES!!!!!! NONE!!! MATT SALLEY!!! WHY IS HE ON THE TEAM????? WHY IS HE STARTING?????
 
The "team" is really, really bad. It's pretty evident how horrible we are without Ruff (and how good he really is). This year is done and next year is going to be garbage. See you all in 2 or 3 seasons!
 
TRIMAN said:
The "team" is really, really bad. It's pretty evident how horrible we are without Ruff (and how good he really is). This year is done and next year is going to be garbage. See you all in 2 or 3 seasons!
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Not having DR did not affect the outcome of this game. SM filled in well. Horrendous shooting was the primary shortcoming.
 
I think that no inside game to rely on was the biggest shortcoming.. When the three's dont fall we are toast.

Rashad Austin needs more playing time.
 
Unless Rashad can knock down threes, there is nothing he could do to help. Virtually all the missed shots were open shots, but Bradley was just 6-29 from three (1-12 in the first half). The game was still a 6-7 point game with a couple minutes to go brfore BU had to start fouling. If just a couple more of those thress went down, the game could have been different.
I know UNI is a good rebounding team, but Bradley was outrebounded 49-27 which is ridiculous. UNI scoerd on a bunch of those 12 offensive rebounds.

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http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1356888

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mrcoachdude said:
Ruff back for the tourney...we will need to win it....
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We are going to be playing in the tourney if this keeps up.

Teams can win when the lose their starting PG and leading scorer. Wisconsin won on the road today against a ranked team under those circumstances. I guess it was to much to ask for Bradley to win at home.
 
we have no strength to rebound nor do we have outside shooting (Crouch is looking like a repeat of his poor Sophomore year). we will be lucky to finish 8th or 9th in the MVC this year
 
Sam played well. He had no assists, but that was hardly his fault. If the other players would have made a few shots, the assists would have been there. Also, because of DR's absence, they played a lot more of the weave, which isn't going to lead to as many assist opportunities for the point guard.

We just really needed someone off the bench to step up and give us something, but it didn't happen. The entire bench production was 2 points and 5 rebounds.
 
Da Coach said:
Unless Rashad can knock down threes, there is nothing he could do to help.
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DC you know and I know RA isnt in the game to hit threes... RA at least gave us some inside presence today... Not saying RA would have been the diffrence today at all... but from what I saw today, RA needs much more playing time.
 
I said this before that if we do not change our offense that we are in trouble as the weave is terrible to run when you are behind and all we do is pretty much shoot 3 point shots ; unles we make some changes it appears we are headed for the thurs. night playin games and even with a healthy Ruffin by then our chances our bad as it is very hard to win 4 games in a row, I cannot remember being this disgusted about Bradley basketball for a long time .
 
I don't care what anyone says, if Ruff was playing, we would of had way more than 9 points in the 1st half. At least Ruff has the quickness to get inside and draw the foul, SM is SLOOWWWWWW and can't drive worth a darn. He kind of reminds me of Philly's Andre Miller for a PG. Just kind of a good ball mover but can't make his own shot. Gets maybe 5-8 shots a game and the rest is just ball moving. This offense needs someone to move the ball inside and dish out for some better perimeter shots. NIU hounded us on the perimeter all game. That doesn't totally explain the 17% FG in the 1st half. Absolutely horrible, probably a record or close to it. I was looking forward to a good Valley season but i'll be happy with whatever wins we get as it'll likely be over before Ruff gets back in about a month. 3 straight losses at home, probably won't even bother watching the road games. Be lucky to shoot 20%.

Jason
 
jasonpeoria911 said:
I don't care what anyone says, if Ruff was playing, we would of had way more than 9 points in the 1st half. At least Ruff has the quickness to get inside and draw the foul, SM is SLOOWWWWWW and can't drive worth a darn. He kind of reminds me of Philly's Andre Miller for a PG. Just kind of a good ball mover but can't make his own shot. Gets maybe 5-8 shots a game and the rest is just ball moving. This offense needs someone to move the ball inside and dish out for some better perimeter shots. NIU hounded us on the perimeter all game. That doesn't totally explain the 17% FG in the 1st half. Absolutely horrible, probably a record or close to it. I was looking forward to a good Valley season but i'll be happy with whatever wins we get as it'll likely be over before Ruff gets back in about a month. 3 straight losses at home, probably won't even bother watching the road games. Be lucky to shoot 20%.

Jason
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Andre Miller is one of the NBA all time leaders in average assists per game so i dont get the comparison, also we played UNI today not NIU.
 
Just my thoughts after comin back from the worst bradley gae of all time

I agree on the part that Sam M did a good job filling in for ruffin bu I still think this is a different game with Ruffin in. Sam cant create and is a little slower than Ruffin and I think if Ruffin was healthy and played today could of helped the 9 point first half. Sam didnt do much the first half... nobody did. If we score 20 points in the first half we win the game.. pathetic

Austin needs to play more. He played some good D on Coleman today. He also rebounded quite well.

Will Egolf is worthless right now. Stands behind the 3-point line on offense here he hasnt made one all season I dont think, and on D he just fouls and gets pushed around.

Where is Sam Singh?? I know he isnt our most talented player, but what has he done wrong when he has played this year? He played great vs Mich St and I am not sure if he has played since. Austin gets PT, everyone else gets PT and Sam Singh doesnt?? Surprising to me.

Collins- Weak Weak Weak.... if I see that baby hook again I am going to puke

Sam M- played fantastic... will be an all conference player by junior or senior season

Cole-Scott - can get to the basket whenever he wants.... i wish we could run some plays for him because he can seem to get off a shot whenever he wants...

Warren- the most inconsistent player i have seen at bradley..... 20 points one night.. 2 points another.... i know hes a sophmore but give me something every night please

Jim Les- i am sorry but can we please run an offense... i saw multiple times tonight where people were running into each other and other times where everyone was outside the 3-point line.... this is not an offense.... the weave is not an offense....i dont know what to think.... i thought we had enough weapons on offense with warren crouch wilson and sam to get by without ruff but i guess not

if we dont get ruff back sooner than later than we are looking to play on thursday... uni is bad and we just lost to them at home
 
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