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Indiana State 80-BU 66

SFP said:
1st Valley game on the road with a young team! What did you guys expect? I went shopping/exchanging gifts with my GF while listening to Snell on my Droid. I thought I'd take care of 2 painful things at the same time. I expect our guys to play much better at home.
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We outplayed them in the second half. I was glad to see our guys not give up and battle until the end. Hopefully, they learned a lesson that you'd better come ready to play from the opening tipoff. Otherwise, you'll get buried early like they did tonight.
 
Braves4Life said:
We outplayed them in the second half. I was glad to see our guys not give up and battle until the end. Hopefully, they learned a lesson that you'd better come ready to play from the opening tipoff. Otherwise, you'll get buried early like they did tonight.
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That's all we can ask of this team this year. To play all out and to their potential...for 40 minutes...

Can not see how this team can ever imagine they are better than any other MVC team and can take anyone lightly or not come out on fire. Hate to say this, but this is on the coaching staff to instill....and.....what ever upperclass leadership is left on this team. WE, DD, AT, AW, know better....step it up boys....I'm also assuming SM and TB have not exactly disappeared either from their team mates......note to these players....let your team mates know you expect more from them....
 
Braves4Life said:
We outplayed them in the second half. I was glad to see our guys not give up and battle until the end. Hopefully, they learned a lesson that you'd better come ready to play from the opening tipoff. Otherwise, you'll get buried early like they did tonight.
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there it is! I was waiting for that post! The we "didnt quit" post. the top 5 teams will win at terrible haute this year. we're not even close. only drake, evansville, and SIU are possible at this point for BU to win at. And i stress POSSIBLE. Jake eastman was our leading rebounder. Jake eastman
 
AZ BU Fan said:
Hate to say this, but this is on the coaching staff to instill....and.....what ever upperclass leadership is left on this team. WE, DD, AT, AW, know better....step it up boys....I'm also assuming SM and TB have not exactly disappeared either from their team mates......note to these players....let your team mates know you expect more from them....
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I couldn't agree with you more AZ BU Fan. :(
 
The culmination of 9 years and a Sweet 16 Bradley fans. All we needed were facilities! Excitement is at an all-time high!

At least Jim is the 'Best Dressed'...but we have more important things to worry about than what people are wearing!
 
BradleyBrave said:
The culmination of 9 years and a Sweet 16 Bradley fans. All we needed were facilities! Excitement is at an all-time high!

At least Jim is the 'Best Dressed'...but we have more important things to worry about than what people are wearing!
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I cannot give this comment enough kudos.
 
SFP said:
1st Valley game on the road with a young team! What did you guys expect? I went shopping/exchanging gifts with my GF while listening to Snell on my Droid. I thought I'd take care of 2 painful things at the same time. I expect our guys to play much better at home.
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Well, BU showed some signs of life in the second half, so hopefully that bodes well for the future. We need to win at least two or three road games to have a chance at .500, but I don't know where they will come from. The good thing is there are enough mediocre teams in the Valley this year to still maybe steal a couple. But knowing this team, while we are just bad enough to lose to teams like Indiana St. on the road, we are also potentially just good enough to beat teams like Wichita St. at home. I'm not saying that will definitely happen, but the possibility is there. If we can hit that 9 or 10 win mark, I think many people will at least be encouraged about next year.

SFP, I finally moved into the 21st century and bought a new HP laptop! I actually watched some of the game on Channelsurfing.net tonight, though it looks like I picked the wrong night (and maybe wrong season) to do it! Anyway, it's finally good to half a computer that works since there are always other Valley games or games from other conferences to watch. Now at least I can see how good or bad our team looks instead of just listening to the game! :D
 
BU_EMT128 said:
I cannot give this comment enough kudos.
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Neither can I.

And after watching tonight, I don't think I've seen a BU team more offensively challenged. SM and TB would help, but it's counter productive to keep thinking about what we would be like with them.

My question is, are we really this thin talent wise, or is it just an issue of poor preparation, mental toughness, poor coaching, ect?

One thing I am sure of- 80 points to IN St...........unacceptable.
 
BradleyBrave said:
The culmination of 9 years and a Sweet 16 Bradley fans. All we needed were facilities! Excitement is at an all-time high!

At least Jim is the 'Best Dressed'...but we have more important things to worry about than what people are wearing!
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Wait....what?



You mean you're not "buying in"? :lol:
 
ancona flash said:
Neither can I.

And after watching tonight, I don't think I've seen a BU team more offensively challenged. SM and TB would help, but it's counter productive to keep thinking about what we would be like with them.

My question is, are we really this thin talent wise, or is it just an issue of poor preparation, mental toughness, poor coaching, ect?

One thing I am sure of- 80 points to IN St...........unacceptable.
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Well it's been proven that we had and have no one to step in and do even remotely close to what Taylor did...

Also, look up and down the roster and notice 2 guys that can spot up and hit a 3 with regularity...sadly, 1 is the walkon from Geneseo...

Then look at a team that can consistently recruit drive and dish players, but guess what, no one inside or outside to dish to because Drew is covered up and Will is on the bench always in foul trouble.

This team may get lucky a few times here and there but we aren't gonna win many road games if any and it's not looking too great for us at home either.

It proves to me that if we don't come ready to play from the opening tip, we're waist deep in it, simply because we cannot score well enough to climb out of early holes...

Or as our Berra-esque coach put it, we simply can not outscore the opposition...
 
I think we can blame this loss on Kirk Wessler. He does not like the black uniforms and somehow he has put a curse on the team when they wear them. :razz:
 
Braves4Life said:
We outplayed them in the second half. I was glad to see our guys not give up and battle until the end. Hopefully, they learned a lesson that you'd better come ready to play from the opening tipoff. Otherwise, you'll get buried early like they did tonight.
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I guess if outplaying a team in a half is allowing them to score 41 points then yep Bradley outplayed'em.

They are not learning any lessons about playing hard for 40 minutes, well I should say I dont see that having happened because not playing a full 40 minutes is a trend in this program and its been a trend for a long time.

Aaron freaking Carter 19 points, coming in averaging just over 4.5 a game? Then again he had 19 against us last year. Freaking incredible. Turning a below average player into All Conference. Only the revamped BU defense could pull that one off.
 
SFP said:
1st Valley game on the road with a young team! What did you guys expect? I went shopping/exchanging gifts with my GF while listening to Snell on my Droid. I thought I'd take care of 2 painful things at the same time. I expect our guys to play much better at home.
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Um this team has two 5th year senior guards and a power forward in his 4th year.

Under talented, yes. Young....

How can a team be young every year?
 
TheAsianSensation said:
We shouldn't be giving up 80 points to anything, let alone to Indiana St.
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You're right - however, without the foul-fest in the last 5 min., we probably hold Indy St. under 70, which isn't bad considering we gave them 40 in the 1st half. They scored 10 in the last minute of the game.

Frustrating to see us out of the game before the 1st half. Flat-out embarrassing. Much better play in the 2nd half - let's hope that carries over to Sat. - that's all I can say.
 
Was this game on TV? I went to the Lariat for my free steak dinner last night (from the last home game against Detroit) and every TV in the bar was tuned to the Illinois-Baylor football game. At least that game was worth watching.
 
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