Bradleyfan1 wrote:Bradley is up big in game 4 of the trip to the Bahamas shooting the lights out up 45 19 at the half! 10 diff scorers! Prolly make some round here
shoxrox wrote:Did this make ESPN?
Where was the thread at a few days ago vs. the Commonwealth Giants?
tribecalledquest wrote:No one should look at any results against foreign competition as any predictor of future success. These trips are good for the extra practices and gives coaches a chance to see their players and get a start on looking at what new guys can do. Nothing wrong with that.
From Bradley's perspective, they played terribly at first and got progressively better over the four games. That's a good sign I guess. I do think the trip told them a few things about the team. Some good, some not-so-good.
The Good:
Walt Lemon is still a very good player. He led the team with 14.8 ppg on the trip
Tyshon Pickett is solid and has improved. Those two are a nice 1-2 punch
Sophomore transfer Omari Grier is a good offensive player. He didn't shoot well from the FIBA 3-pt line but he is a deep threat BU hasn't had. He isn't a complete player and needs to defend better and rebound better.
Freshman guard Stefan Zecevic was easily the biggest surprise. Mostly because people had no idea what to expect. He flies around. Is super aggressive and confident. He is also really athletic. He is NOT, however, a very good shooter. He is kinda the "anti stereotypical European" player. He rebounds well. Is always around the ball and plays with kind of an irrational confidence. Again, he's not like NOY material but he will be in the rotation.
As a team Bradley is a better rebounding team, more athletic, and tougher overall.
The Bad:
Overall Bradley still isn't a very good shooting team. They will be improved some but this will be an issue.
I think the coaching staff was a tad disappointed with the inside play of new guys (Chris Blake-JUCO, and Xzavier Taylor-Freshman). They were hoping to not have to play Jordan Prosser more than 20 minutes a game this year and, so far, no one has separated themselves.
Backup PG. Wake Forest transfer Anthony Fields has struggled. He hasn't been a game changer. Hopefully for Bradley's sake sophomore KaDarryl Bell can recover from injury and pick up where he left off the last 8-10 games last season.
I thought Bradley would finish between 4th and 6th this season and that will still probably be true.
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