Game 31 - March 2 - At Bradley

[sivert]

Did that ref just hacky-sack the ball to the Bradley kid?

[Username]

Bradley has to cool down from 3, right? We have to protect the ball better, already a handful of turnovers.

No to all of the above

[asihe_1991]

This is pretty awesome that Bond is getting minutes prior to the conference tournament.

['70 Grad]

Bradley is 8-14 from 3. Wow, but that is their game.

That is 24 points on 14 possessions.

[BobCat]

..to those who said earlier you can't win at this level with players under 6' on your roster...

[kochrab]

Welp. All one can hope for is that they get this out of their system going into arch madness. Kinda had the feeling this one would get out of hand.

[BCPanther]

This isn't much different than what we did to them up here.

Flush it, next weekend is what matters.

[MVCBeat]

Jake has shown how much importance he has put on this game with his lineup choices.

FWIW, this does not clinch the NIT autobid/home game for them l. But it does put them in good position. It is chosen by computer rankings, not conference standings.

[UNIAlum95]

Combination of really crappy play by us and really elevated performance from then on senior day.

[Username]

On the bright side Illinois state looks like they’re gonna win which I’m assuming gives them the 5 and Murray state looks like they’re going to lose so UIC would get the 6 which has been our best matchup this year

['70 Grad]

At least two of our patented scoring lulls during the game. My goodness that ended ugly.

[MVCBeat]

Looks like it is likely going to be UIC vs. Valpo leading into our game.

[orangetennis]

Jake has shown how much importance he has put on this game with his lineup choices.

FWIW, this does not clinch the NIT autobid/home game for them l. But it does put them in good position. It is chosen by computer rankings, not conference standings.

Tytan played about 15 minutes less than normal. Hutty with a significant reduction in PT today too. Saving legs.

[MVCBeat]

Tytan played about 15 minutes less than normal. Hutty with a significant reduction in PT today too. Saving legs.

Yeah. Bradley was on a run early in the second half and extending the lead and we had three bench guys out there. Jake was not particularly worried about the outcome of this game.

[Username]

Tytan played about 15 minutes less than normal. Hutty with a significant reduction in PT today too. Saving legs.

Bond with a good amount of first half minutes but not second half, I think this was a glorified exhibition

Honestly I’m totally ok with it. I don’t think it was throwing the game, but a calculated risk that this isn’t worth pushing for when it became rather non competitive . The team has what it needs to going forward and that was the most important thing coming out of this game.