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Post season event?

tornado

tornado

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With the exception of the Tradition Banquet in 2015 (which drew over 1,200 but wasn't really a basketball post-season event but was actually celebrating far more than Bradley basketball), we have not had a post-season event since before Mike Cross...(April of 2009 to be exact - held upstairs in the Bradley Student Center - there were about 200-250 people there.)
That season was a GOOD year with the 4th consecutive 20 win season and we made it to the finals of yet another post-season tournament (CIT)
(But then a few months later - Mike Cross came in and ended just about everything as we know it)

How about one this year to celebrate success and THE ARRIVAL!!

The Arrival Banquet!!
 
There was a post season “Voice of the Braves” show last year in late April at the Bullpen. At the very least, I expect they’ll do that again this year.
 
yeah - that was a good event - it allowed a lot of the fans to catch up on who was signed and what was happening
 
It would be nice to have it at another venue besides the Bullpen which would accommodate more fans to celebrate this great season..The Bullpen is a great place to watch games but how about something like the Renaissance and fill the place.
 
veryt good idea - just repeat the same game plan as they did for the Selection Party
..but have BWW, Avanti's or Outback cater and people can go thru a buffet line for say - $15 but make it kid friendly...

(Anyone remember when they held the substitute even for the Itoo at the Ren-Col but they charged $15 & $20 a head even for kids - so that a family
with 3 kids would have had to cough up $100!! No wonder that time there was nobody there.)
 
Post Season Banquet--- Bradley should absolutely hold a Post Season Banquet. This should be a very nice event preceded by a cocktail party with a nice dinner---Probably held at the Ren-Col.
Wizard
 
Use it as a fund raiser - silent bids for the players' jerseys and other souveniers

also do the sales pitch and get the talk started to sign up new season ticket holders in the lower bowl!!
 
tornado said:
With the exception of the Tradition Banquet in 2015 (which drew over 1,200 but wasn't really a basketball post-season event but was actually celebrating far more than Bradley basketball), we have not had a post-season event since before Mike Cross...(April of 2009 to be exact - held upstairs in the Bradley Student Center - there were about 200-250 people there.)
That season was a GOOD year with the 4th consecutive 20 win season and we made it to the finals of yet another post-season tournament (CIT)
(But then a few months later - Mike Cross came in and ended just about everything as we know it)

How about one this year to celebrate success and THE ARRIVAL!!

The Arrival Banquet!!
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Any news about a "The Arrival Banquet"? I hope the Voice of the Braves @ the Bullpin in May is not the last post-season event.
 
The Bradley women's basketball team held their postseason banquet today-
https://twitter.com/BradleyWBB/statu...84736166215680
https://twitter.com/BradleyWBB/statu...52176965914624

That second link is a tweet from a couple weeks ago that appears to be the only notice I can find about this event.

I wonder why this event was not more widely publicized? Did anyone here know about it? Why weren't Bradley donors, and season ticket buyers not sent an email or other advance notice? I attended a bunch of women's games this season and have been to the women's postseason banquets in the past. And I would have gone if I had known about it today.

But more baffling to me, if the women's program can honor their team and fans by hosting a post-season event like this, I cannot understand why the men's team, and their thousands of fans don't deserve a similar post-season event?
 
"But more baffling to me, if the women's program can honor their team and fans by hosting a post-season event like this, I cannot understand why the men's team, and their thousands of fans don't deserve a similar post-season event?"
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Who at Bradley would be the appropriate person/people for us to contact to ask this question?
 
Jim said:
"But more baffling to me, if the women's program can honor their team and fans by hosting a post-season event like this, I cannot understand why the men's team, and their thousands of fans don't deserve a similar post-season event?"

Who at Bradley would be the appropriate person/people for us to contact to ask this question?
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Jim- I was just showing da coach - that SIUE held their post-season banquet Saturday night...
they actually kinda billed it as an all-sports Athletic Banquet and tickets were fairly expensive so they'd raise some money for the sports programs.

And this event was not really that broadly publicized - here's their Athletic website and see if you can even find a reference to it! - LINK

The reference is in there and the tickets were $150 each or $1500 for a full table but it was a sellout

Remember - this is SIUE - they barely get any press coverage - worse even than what we get...
but there was a writeup after their banquet in 2017 - over 300 people were at that one and the picture below looks like maybe they did better this year. In 2017 they raised almost $150K
...just sayin' - maybe it would cut into recruiting to apportion some time for such a banquet - but I'd say give Ken Goldin a call -
remember what he did? He got over 1,200 people at a hastily arranged banquet back in 2015 - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/s...d-chris-reynolds-brian-wardle-and-new-coaches


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Ask Wardle at the radio coach's show. Maybe the players didn't want it or couldn't all make it or the assistants/staff all couldn't find a date that works with their recruiting schedules.
 
I can't believe the players wouldn't want it, but maybe. But since when do the players run the program? There are probably a lot of things the players don't want, but the coaches and administrators make the decisions of what is best for the program. And so far, they are doing a great job.
Bradley just had their most successful season in the last 12 years, and they would benefit greatly from things like this to generate enthusiasm and boost season tickets sales, which just started. Note that despite the improvement in the program, ticket sales have not increased in the last 5 years. In fact they continue to drop. Average attendance for 2018-19 was down 5% from 2017-18, and season ticket sales are dropping.

I can believe that the excuse that the coaches had recruiting trips planned. They definitely do. But recruiting drops way off after April and the months of May and June are almost entirely recruiting "quiet periods" or "dead periods"-
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/eli...ngCalendar.pdf

Numerous other programs hold postseason events for their fans. Such an event could still be set up and happen at Bradley.
Bradley always had preseason and postseason banquets from the 1980's through the Ken Kavanagh years as AD. They were well attended and were loved by fans. And they functioned as fundraisers, since the fans paid to attend. I recall banquets held at the Pere Marquette for many years, at the Par-A-Dice, and on the Bradley campus at the Michel Student Center Ballroom and in the Renaissance Coliseum.
Another possibility is that it could have been combined with the women's team event, and IMO would have benefitted and boosted interest for both programs.
 
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