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NIT Round 2- Bradley at Cincinnati

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Bradley will play Cincinnati in the 2nd round on Saturday, March 21, at 1 pm Central time (2 pm Eastern in Cincinnati).
The game is at Fifth Third Arena on the campus of the University of Cincinnati just north of downtown Cincinnati.
The game will be on ESPN+

Cincinnati beat San Francisco 73-72 in overtime in the NIT first round Wednesday night (3/20/24)
Box score- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401641104
Cincinnati outscored USF 6-5 in a low scoring overtime period. It was tied 67-67 at the end of regulation, and USF had a 72-70 lead in OT until Cincinnati's Simas Lukosius made a 3-point shot with 4 seconds left to win 73-70.

The attendance in the Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati was 3,899.
The capacity is 12,000. Their average attendance this season, prior to last night's NIT game was 10,193

Cincinnati is now 21-14, and they were 7-11 in the Big 12. They finished tied for 11th of the 14 teams in the Big 12
In the Big 12 Tournament, Cincinnati beat West Virginia and Kansas, then lost to Baylor.
Their NET is 37. Bradley's NET is 57.
Big 12 Standings- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/standings/_/group/8
Cincinnati Schedule/results- https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Cincinnati Roster- https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats- ​https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/...gobearcats.com/stats/mbball/2023/pdf/cume.pdf

They are lead in scoring by 6'6" sophomore guard Dan Skillings, Jr. (12.7 ppg) and 6'8" junior G/F Simas Lukosius (11.2 ppg). Point guard Day Day Thomas averages 10.3 ppg and 3.3 assists per game. 7' senior Aziz Banaogo, a transfer from Utah Valley, leads them in rebounding with 7.6 rpg.

The last time Bradley played Cincinnati was in the initial CBI Tournament on 3/19/2008. Bradley beat Cincinnati 70-67 in Carver Arena-
Recap- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2008/3/20/1415772.aspx
Box score- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2008/3/20/1415744.aspx
Prior to that CBI game in 2008, the previous game was the Dec. 21, 1981 seven overtime game that Cincinnati won 75-73. That game still stands as the longest college game in NCAA history.

Bradley is 14-19 all time against Cincinnati, who was an MVC member from 1957 to 1970.
The University of Cincinnati is a public university in Cincinnati founded in 1819. It has over 50,000 students (39,000 undergrads).
 
And Cincinnati has an assistant we will know-Drew Adams an assistant under Brian at Bradley for 7 years. He knows us pretty well.
 
sam hannam said:
Their point guard Day Thomas was injured at the end of the last game. Has anybody heard how he is doing?
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From the Cincy Enquirer:

" Day Day Thomas may have injured his foot


Most didn't see it, but UC's Thomas limped off of the court at the end which has Miller concerned. Thomas finished with seven points, seven turnovers and eight assists.

"He's getting X-rays on his foot," Miller said. "He's as tough as nails. I knew instantly when he was limping off the court, it's serious."

I wish him a full recovery. On Sunday.
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We will need to rebound a lot better , pass the ball more and beat them by making a ton of 3 pointers. Simas needs to be guarded better and not let him shoot open 3 pointers plus I would let the rest of their players shoot the 3 point shot as they are not good shooting them. I think our best chance in beating them is zone by packing in the lane and only matching up on Simas on the perimeter.
 
I watched their last win against USF in overtime. Bradley was within 8 seconds of hosting another home game. Oh well, just have to go shock the world on the road.
 
We've shot 37.7% from 3 and they've shot 32.4% for the year, so I like our chances if we come with our shooting shoes on and play the kind of D we played in the 1st half yesterday.
 
Who’s going to Cincinnati on Saturday? I bought tickets this morning on Cincinnati’s website. The site crashed when I was purchasing tickets it took a bit and I got back in. Somehow I managed to purchase 2 extra seats in a different section. Would sell to a Bradley fan making the trip for what I paid for them.$56 for both. Section 114 row 23 seat 1 and 2. Figured I’d ask here before trying to sell them online.
 
Anyone have any info on how to get t

ickets?
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Braves79 said:
Who’s going to Cincinnati on Saturday? I bought tickets this morning on Cincinnati’s website. The site crashed when I was purchasing tickets it took a bit and I got back in. Somehow I managed to purchase 2 extra seats in a different section. Would sell to a Bradley fan making the trip for what I paid for them.$56 for both. Section 114 row 23 seat 1 and 2. Figured I’d ask here before trying to sell them online.
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Here is the website that appears to have tickets available for the Bradley-Cincinnati NIT 2nd round game Saturday, March 23 - https://gobearcats.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=NIT&linkID=ucinn&shopperC ontext=&caller=&appCode=

Maybe they are only selling end-zone tickets. No tickets are available on the sides of the court.
Their attendance for the game Wednesday was only 3,799, which is less that 1/3 of capacity.

Maybe they are reserving the better seats for the season ticket holders?​

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There were seats available in all sections of the lower bowl earlier when they first went on sale at 11:00. The tickets I will be using for the game are in section 117. But as I mentioned above I do have 2 extra tickets in Section 114 that I bought accidentally. Will sell to a Braves fan for what I paid for them $28 each. If there’s anyone interested let me know. 309-258-9281
 
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Are we afraid to bring it up? InState and Bradley are just one win each away from a Quarterfinal NIT MVC battle! Teams must take it a game at a time, but fans can fan however they like :)
 
bubraves82 said:
Are we afraid to bring it up? InState and Bradley are just one win each away from a Quarterfinal NIT MVC battle! Teams must take it a game at a time, but fans can fan however they like :)
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I'd rather focus on booting all of the former MVC members out of this tournament rather than a possible matchup with a current one. I have never been to Hinkle though, and would love for my first trip to be while supporting the Braves.
 
bubraves82 said:
Are we afraid to bring it up? InState and Bradley are just one win each away from a Quarterfinal NIT MVC battle! Teams must take it a game at a time, but fans can fan however they like :)
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With a Braves win Saturday I’ll be rooting for Minnesota on Sunday. Would mean another home game for us next week
 
Yes was pulling for San Francisco, almost pulled it off. Hope to get a large group of fans making it to Cincinnati. Have seen them play a few times this year. They are good, but I believe Bradley can win. Will make the drive there to cheer on the Braves. " Go Braves"!!!!!:mad:of
 
Da Coach said:
Here is the website that appears to have tickets available for the Bradley-Cincinnati NIT 2nd round game Saturday, March 23 - https://gobearcats.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=NIT&linkID=ucinn&shopperC ontext=&caller=&appCode=

Maybe they are only selling end-zone tickets. No tickets are available on the sides of the court.
Their attendance for the game Wednesday was only 3,799, which is less that 1/3 of capacity.

Maybe they are reserving the better seats for the season ticket holders?

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Hi, Bearcat fan here. I'm not here to talk about the game, just let anyone coming down to know that, while the arena seats 12,012, the upper deck was (and will be) curtained off. UC is selling only lower bowl tickets. It seats about 4,000.

Also, there are parking lots on campus, with game day pricing of $10 to $15. UC's ticketing service presells them. No cash is accepted anywhere on campus. You probably can pay with a card at the gate, but I recommend getting it beforehand.

There are eateries/bars a block east of campus on Short Vine, and restaurants at the south edge on Calhoun Street.

Welcome to Cincy!

Steve
 
[email protected] said:
Hi, Bearcat fan here. I'm not here to talk about the game, just let anyone coming down to know that, while the arena seats 12,012, the upper deck was (and will be) curtained off. UC is selling only lower bowl tickets. It seats about 4,000.

Also, there are parking lots on campus, with game day pricing of $10 to $15. UC's ticketing service presells them. No cash is accepted anywhere on campus. You probably can pay with a card at the gate, but I recommend getting it beforehand.

There are eateries/bars a block east of campus on Short Vine, and restaurants at the south edge on Calhoun Street.

Welcome to Cincy!

Steve
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Thank you Steve
 
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