MVC Games Week 9

[BEARZ77]

The whole "leaving the Bulldogs playoff on Thursday in March 2023 along with the MSU Bears " was I guess his great attempt at a smack down of the 2 programs for whatever reason only he knows.

[BCPanther]

Let’s not forget, without Covid 3 (Primm, Mosley, Clay) of MSU’s starter’s would not be playing this year, so how good would they be? 5 of top 6 (Hemphill, Murphy, Penn, Wilkins, Brodie, Sturtz) of Drakes players would not be playing this year, so how good would they be? My guess is DeVries will be gone in April along with Drakes top seven players, leaving the Bulldogs playoff on Thursday in March 2023 along with the MSU Bears.

If you're gonna try to make a negative point about another team, you at least need to have done a little research and know of what you speak; talk about a bad take. Mosley and Clay are only juniors and both actually could play 2 more years after this one, though I doubt that. Prim and Minnett are the only 5th yr[ super srs] on MSU. Barring transfers/defections, the Bears will return everyone else next year and have a very solid 2022 class signed already. I'll leave Drake to Drake fans, but you peed down your leg about MSU.

I stand corrected on Mosley, but you are incorrect on Clay. Without the Covid transfer rules Clay would not have been eligible to transfer within conference without sitting two years. So I guess we both peed down our legs.

Yep. That two year rule is hard and fast and never waived. See McDermott, Doug.

[chitown fanatic]

wardle costs us another one.....getting old quickly. You dont sit your best guy after a bad half...I'm so done with Brian

He didn't "sit him." Terry had a bad first half and didn't start the second half. He still played 16 minutes in the second half. Terry averaged 29 minutes per game coming into this one and he played 25. If you want to criticize Wardle for taking him out for an extended period to send a message, then sure, but there are a lot of things Bradley did wrong and a lot of decisions that you could question of Wardle if you wanted to.

"Benching Terry in the second half" is not one of them.

Wardle decided to "sit", "bench" , or whatever term you'd like to call not playing your best player against a top tier valley team on your home floor down 8. He effectively dug us an even bigger hole in doing so. So his best player had a horrible half. so what? Hes still the one guy on the floor who can make an immediate and major impact on the score. There is no defending Wardle....this is year 7 and he coaches games like a grade school coach on too many occasions. He's not the guy(in a ever growing list of "not the guys") to get us to contend for a regular season title. Sans a few lucky weekends in March, his record is still 100-110. Vomit

[Drakey]

Ford takes a lot of heat, deservedly at times, but that serves to overlook some things he does that seem to go unnoticed. Bradley posters focus on Robert's bad start and CBW's reaction, but overlook that it was Ford's decision to start 6'8 Donovan Clay on Roberts and be physical, which led to 5 early turnovers and his uneven play. After Bradley made a surge at the end of the half, Ford scripted the first play out in the second half to go to Prim down low, and the Bears executed perfectly and regained some momentum. Ford is what he is, but he's finished ahead of Wardle 2 of 3 years, beaten him 5 of 8 , twice in Peoria, and won 3 straight. Find it interesting when a team gets beat and it's fans focus on the shortcomings of who beat them.

Is anyone here saying that Bradley/Brian Wardle are better than MSU/Dana Ford? I think you are projecting.

Maybe the rest of us overrate the actual talent on the MSU roster. I don't know - but I would trade that roster for Bradley's any day of the week.

Let’s not forget, without Covid 3 (Primm, Mosley, Clay) of MSU’s starter’s would not be playing this year, so how good would they be? 5 of top 6 (Hemphill, Murphy, Penn, Wilkins, Brodie, Sturtz) of Drakes players would not be playing this year, so how good would they be? My guess is DeVries will be gone in April along with Drakes top seven players, leaving the Bulldogs playoff on Thursday in March 2023 along with the MSU Bears.

Well close. you got two out of five correct for Drake. Murphy and Hemphill wouldn't be here. Everybody else you mentioned would. And will be next year if they want.

[Birdfan2018]

The whole "leaving the Bulldogs playoff on Thursday in March 2023 along with the MSU Bears " was I guess his great attempt at a smack down of the 2 programs for whatever reason only he knows.

Just a little soar spot watching these teams at the top of the MVC using players that in a normal year would be gone (or not eligible). Kinda like watching a game that is going into overtime and one team had zero players foul out, and the other team had three starters foul out, but the refs allow them to re-enter to play in the overtime. Oh well, at least having Prim and Clay didn’t help the Bears @Redbird Arena.

[Birdfan2018]

If you're gonna try to make a negative point about another team, you at least need to have done a little research and know of what you speak; talk about a bad take. Mosley and Clay are only juniors and both actually could play 2 more years after this one, though I doubt that. Prim and Minnett are the only 5th yr[ super srs] on MSU. Barring transfers/defections, the Bears will return everyone else next year and have a very solid 2022 class signed already. I'll leave Drake to Drake fans, but you peed down your leg about MSU.[/quote]
I stand corrected on Mosley, but you are incorrect on Clay. Without the Covid transfer rules Clay would not have been eligible to transfer within conference without sitting two years. So I guess we both peed down our legs.[/quote]

Yep. That two year rule is hard and fast and never waived. See McDermott, Doug.[/quote]

He followed his dad. A little more understandable. Will it happen to Drake come April?

[Blers42]

LUC with a BIG WIN 79-74 over San Francisco! Great job Ramblers! That one should really help their resume!

Amazing win, they should make the AP top 25 list for sure after that.

[jsaluki080]

LUC with a BIG WIN 79-74 over San Francisco! Great job Ramblers! That one should really help their resume!

Amazing win, they should make the AP top 25 list for sure after that.

Good job.
Always glad to see an OOC victory.

[tribecalledquest]

The whole "leaving the Bulldogs playoff on Thursday in March 2023 along with the MSU Bears " was I guess his great attempt at a smack down of the 2 programs for whatever reason only he knows.

Just a little soar spot watching these teams at the top of the MVC using players that in a normal year would be gone (or not eligible). Kinda like watching a game that is going into overtime and one team had zero players foul out, and the other team had three starters foul out, but the refs allow them to re-enter to play in the overtime. Oh well, at least having Prim and Clay didn’t help the Bears @Redbird Arena.

It’s not like that at all. That’s a horrible example you gave.

[Birdfan2018]

The whole "leaving the Bulldogs playoff on Thursday in March 2023 along with the MSU Bears " was I guess his great attempt at a smack down of the 2 programs for whatever reason only he knows.

Just a little soar spot watching these teams at the top of the MVC using players that in a normal year would be gone (or not eligible). Kinda like watching a game that is going into overtime and one team had zero players foul out, and the other team had three starters foul out, but the refs allow them to re-enter to play in the overtime. Oh well, at least having Prim and Clay didn’t help the Bears @Redbird Arena.

It’s not like that at all. That’s a horrible example you gave.

My example was not meant to satisfy you, or anyone else, it was just a way of expressing how I feel when I am watching Missouri State or Drake.