Week 5 Non-Con Games Discussion

[Drakey]

Bulldogs beat North Dakota 88-55.

[saluki bob]

Bulldogs beat North Dakota 88-55.

Dang. I mean the beloved Salukis beat UND pretty handily twice at home last week but by no where near that point spread! Thought you guys would be down losing your big stud but wow, guess not.

[goramblers2011]

Bradley has gotta win that game. I know Loyola blew its two big non-conf opportunities already, but Bradley had the lead the entire 2nd half and just had to hit FTs to close it out. Would have been a great win to cap off non-conf play for the Valley.

[Majik45]

Bradley has now lost 2 games by 1 point where if they make 2 free throws in last 10 seconds they win. Tonight up 2 and miss front end of 1 and 1 with 10 seconds left. And game at Xavier, down one and miss front end of 1 and 1 with 1 second left.

Just heartbreaking.

[chitown fanatic]

thats a very demoralizing loss....even short handed, you'll never get a top 15 team to shoot that poorly at home again...ever

[chitown fanatic]

and now...valpo has covid...no games for BU this weekend...may be a blessing as Nolan would have been out....now he may be back for Loyola..

[SalukiWorld]

Taking Mizzou to the wire without Nolan should be a positive going forward though for Bradley. Mizzou is a bit overrated and it would have been great to get a top 25 win for the Valley though. But I'd be happy if I were a Braves fan going forward.

[Dawgbit]

I watched some of the Drake game last night, this isn’t your father’s Drake Basketball! Should be some epic battles in the Valley.

[usmcsaluki]

Tough loss for Bradley, but it shows how crazy the top of the Valley will be this year. Drake and SIU could be dark horses, and I don't think we can count UNI out - they still have a really solid team without AJ.