Arch Madness quarterfinals - Friday

by **MVCfans** » March 3rd, 2023, 6:14 am

Absolutely one of my favorite days on the college hoops calendar.

UNI vs Bradley
12:00
Bradley -10.5, O/U 135.5

Indiana St vs Belmont
2:30pm
ISU -2.5, O/U 152.5

Murray St vs Drake
6:00pm
Drake -10.5, O/U 143

Missouri St vs SIU
8:30pm
SIU -1.5, O/U 121.5

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by **Red** » March 3rd, 2023, 1:10 pm

Bradley up 34-28 at half. Normally I would root for anyone who might be able to steal a bid, but since we are a one bid league anyway, I guess it's best to put our best foot forward and have Bradley win ArchMadness.

I just threw up in my mouth a little typing that. Screw it. Go Panthers! :Yea!:

by **sivert** » March 3rd, 2023, 1:37 pm

Panthers up by 1. 11:39 to go!

by **Mikovio** » March 3rd, 2023, 2:21 pm

Bowen Born has to be Larry Bird’s bastard kid.

by **MissouriValleyUnite** » March 3rd, 2023, 2:23 pm

That was the best Friday crowd in years. Bradley Sea of Red on 123/124/125/126/101/102 and strong UNI showing. Every bit of blue, maroon, & gold helped too. Rienk Mast and Bowen Born put on an absolute show.

Basketball Gods reward the retro jerseys over black jerseys.

by **Khan4Cats** » March 3rd, 2023, 2:24 pm

Just knew Higgins was on to make sure the preferred team went through.

Good luck to Bradley moving forward but they need to fix their free throws if they want to make some noise beyond STL. They have the pieces to otherwise.

by **TylerDurden** » March 3rd, 2023, 2:36 pm

Khan4Cats wrote:Just knew Higgins was on to make sure the preferred team went through.

Good luck to Bradley moving forward but they need to fix their free throws if they want to make some noise beyond STL. They have the pieces to otherwise.

Stop it. That was about as well-officiated college game as you'll see. Perfect? No. But UNI did not get screwed in any way.

by **Mikovio** » March 3rd, 2023, 2:42 pm

Higgins called a pretty weak bump against Hickman on Born with like 2 min left.

by **sivert** » March 3rd, 2023, 2:48 pm

Mikovio wrote:Higgins called a pretty weak bump against Hickman on Born with like 2 min left.

I had a good view of this and I actually agree. Bowen got one with a good act. But overall, I thought the refs were terrible for UNI. Half a dozen. Can we just advance the refs to the next round instead of BU?

by **sivert** » March 3rd, 2023, 2:51 pm

I suppose I shouldn’t have posted that. Regardless, we put up a good fight against a very good team. Have to be happy about that. UNI will return a lot and the future is bright.