Game 17

[LanceShock]

Winning ugly is better than losing pretty.

SIU isn't a terrible defensive team, but yah, the Redbird offense sure seems to have stifled. That's why it's good to have a great defense. They will not be an easy out at all in St. Louis.

We badly need McIntosh 100% and Lee has to run our offense much better. We are definitely regressing!

Have to wonder if the grind of the season wore down the Redbirds. It will be interesting to see if a few more days rest before Arch Madness will rejuvenate them.

[Charles_Martel]

The Bears lose to Bradley. It's incredible how competitive we can be against good teams like ISUr and Valpo and still lose to Bradley. I know Bradley has some good young players but no way we should lose to them even on the road.

Any predictions on the score for the Saturday's game?

[BirdsEyeView]

Winning ugly is better than losing pretty.

SIU isn't a terrible defensive team, but yah, the Redbird offense sure seems to have stifled. That's why it's good to have a great defense. They will not be an easy out at all in St. Louis.

We badly need McIntosh 100% and Lee has to run our offense much better. We are definitely regressing!

Have to wonder if the grind of the season wore down the Redbirds. It will be interesting to see if a few more days rest before Arch Madness will rejuvenate them.

Muller has said this season that he focused a ton of attention in practice on defense as he didn't want them to lose their edge/identity there. However, I think it may be time to focus some serious attention to the offensive side of the ball!

[Majik45]

The Bears lose to Bradley. It's incredible how competitive we can be against good teams like ISUr and Valpo and still lose to Bradley. I know Bradley has some good young players but no way we should lose to them even on the road.

And you lost to Bradley without are leading scorer, Darryl Brown playing. Pretty impressed with Bradley the last couple of games. Maybe we turned a corner. Bradley shot 56% from the field last night, outrebounded MSU by 11, and 20 assists to 10 Turnovers (MSU was 8 assists, 17 turnovers).

Hopefully things are looking up in Peoria for the first time in a LONG time.

[chitown fanatic]

MSU was dominated in every statistical category...we would have beaten anyone not named Wichita last night.....

[tribecalledquest]

MSU was dominated in every statistical category...we would have beaten anyone not named Wichita last night.....

That's a stretch

But it was a very good game for Bradley and a bad one for the Bears. The MSU players (outside of Miller and maybe a few others) appeared as if they wanted to be somewhere else. This is a game MSU should of and had to win really---especially with Darrell Brown not playing.

Probably the best Bradley has played this season. There is some hope of growth in the Bradley team now--although its late in the season. The freshmen guards have all been really good and Jayden Hodgson has become the clear leader of the group.

Winning Saturday at Drake would give BU a 7-11 record in the MVC. That's solid improvement.

[SalukiHoops]

If SIU shot free throws good then they would have won that game