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ISU-Bradley game Wednesday 1/23 7:05 pm

Da Coach

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ISU at Bradley- Wed. 1/23 at 7:05 pm. This game is telecast on Comcast (formerly Insight) on cable channel 44 in Peoria. It will also be available on BUBraves.tv. There are still tickets left. Call the ticket office 309-677-2625.

BU pregame notes--
http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1372261

ISU is 14-4 overall, and 6-1 in the MVC with an RPI of 34, Bradley is 9-10, 2-5 with an RPI of 131.
http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_mvc_Men.html

Standings--
http://www.mvc-sports.com/standings...7600&SPID=2901&DEF_FY=2007&DB_OEM_ID=7600&KEY=

ISU basketball website--
http://goredbirds.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/ilsu-m-baskbl-body.html

Roster--
http://goredbirds.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ilsu-m-baskbl-mtt.html

Schedule and results--
http://goredbirds.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ilsu-m-baskbl-sched.html

ISU stats--
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ilsu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/cumulative-stats.pdf

BU stats--
http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19334&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1309880

Redbird message board--
http://www.redbirdfan.com/msgforum/viewforum.php?f=2
 
Last Year's reaction by Porter Moser when told before the game about Bradley's Intro (video, music, coming in thru the Student Section, etc)...

"You're F***'* kidding."
 
Ahhh heck, he was probably just jealous LOL. Personally, I liked the last games video a lot better than the previous ones. I think Hersey gets the biggest crowd reaction than any of the players .

Jason
 
I hope Dick Versace does the intro Wednesday night. I thought his "War on 74" intro last year did a great job getting the crowd hyped up from the very beginning.
 
BU should hire Bob Donewald (IF HE'D DO IT!) to come back and do the intro WITH Dick Versace,
BOTH urging the BU fans to support their team like days of old!!
 
tornado said:
BU should hire Bob Donewald (IF HE'D DO IT!) to come back and do the intro WITH Dick Versace,
BOTH urging the BU fans to support their team like days of old!!
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There's a better chance of Jessica Simpson winning a Best Actress Oscar than of this scenario unfolding.
 
I think somebody is going to have to come out of the woodwork like Kevin Clancy to help win this game.

Jim Les is going to earn his salary if BU can win this.
 
By the way, I saw Kevin Clancy at the BU-Evansville game. It was Alumni Weekend, but Clancy is not a graduate of Bradley. He played for Molinari, but transferred to Loyola where he played his last couple years.

Then I saw Clancy on the bench for Niles Notre Dame in the Sunday game at the Fieldhouse against Peoria Central.
Does anyone know if he is an assistant coach under Tom Les at Niles ND? Kevin is a grad of Notre Dame (class of 1998 ).
The Notre Dame website lists Tom Les as the varsity coach, but there is no mention of any assistants.

http://www.ndhsdons.org/students/athletics/coaches.htm
 
Da Coach said:
By the way, I saw Kevin Clancy at the BU-Evansville game. It was Alumni Weekend, but Clancy is not a graduate of Bradley. He played for Molinari, but transferred to Loyola where he played his last couple years.

Then I saw Clancy on the bench for Niles Notre Dame in the Sunday game at the Fieldhouse against Peoria Central.
Does anyone know if he is an assistant coach under Tom Les at Niles ND? Kevin is a grad of Notre Dame (class of 1998 ).
The Notre Dame website lists Tom Les as the varsity coach, but there is no mention of any assistants.

http://www.ndhsdons.org/students/athletics/coaches.htm
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Believe it or not, Mike North is a volunteer assitant coach at Notre Dame. yes that Mike North of The Score 670 AM in Chicago. He agreed to do it in hopes of him igniting some fund-raising to keep the school afloat. There are rumors of it closing.

They should seek the deep pockets of Blackhawks Pres John McDonough as well as Bears Chairman Michael McCaskey. they both have the deep pockets to keep the school running and are Notre Dame alums.
 
I knew about North being assistant coach.
He has done a lot of on-air "recruiting" on his radio show on WSCR.
He has encouraged parents or anyone who knows of a good basketball player looking for a private high school to call him or Tom Les at Niles ND.
It may sound shady, but there is actually nothing wrong with private schools recruiting kids, and awarding scholarships based on non-academic reasons. It happens all the time, and it's been done since I was in high school (a lot of years).
 
Everyone in attendance at the BU-ISU game will receive a free item.....

"As part of the Behr Recycling Can Koozy Night promotion Wednesday night, everyone in attendance will receive a “Can the ‘Birds” aluminum can koozy."
http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1372889

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Less than 500 tickets remain as of Tuesday morning, and this game may be a sellout!
 
Da Coach said:
I knew about North being assistant coach.
He has done a lot of on-air "recruiting" on his radio show on WSCR.
He has encouraged parents or anyone who knows of a good basketball player looking for a private high school to call him or Tom Les at Niles ND.
It may sound shady, but there is actually nothing wrong with private schools recruiting kids, and awarding scholarships based on non-academic reasons. It happens all the time, and it's been done since I was in high school (a lot of years).
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See rule 3.070.
 
I guess I do recall such IHSA regulations. But how does Joliet Catholic, and some of the other football and basketball powerhouse private schools get kids from far outside their districts?
I recall they have had kids from Indiana on their roster.
 
Da Coach said:
I guess I do recall such IHSA regulations. But how does Joliet Catholic, and some of the other football and basketball powerhouse private schools get kids from far outside their districts?
I recall they have had kids from Indiana on their roster.
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Having attended one of these so-called "powerhouse private schools," I can speak for a fact that NO non-academic scholarships get rewarded at the school I attended. That's not to say coaches didn't have the right to go and try to convince kids to come to the school to play a certain sport. Public school coaches do the exact same thing, but aren't ridiculed like the private schools are. Public and private schools also recruit the best students by showing how good the academics are at their particular school.
If you had a way of checking the actual households of where the kids that attend these schools are from, you'd find that nearly every student will lie within these conventional "boundary" lines.

I'd love to see any proof that a child attended Joliet Catholic while living in Indiana...that'd be quite the drive to school on a daily basis. ;) And if you mean, kids previously who lived in Indiana ... how can you possibly know what the reason was for their family to move to IL? Do you really think parents would quit their jobs and move to another state just so their kid can play at a "powerhouse" school?

I could go on and on with this topic, but I'll let it not stray too far off base.
 
All right boys, one of the biggest games of the year, every year. Get your stuff together and make the Redbirds DEAD BIRDS!!!!

GO BU!!!!!!

.....and if anybody procures and extra coozy, I'll buy it off ya......lemme know
 
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