Wichita St. @ Bradley (4:30pm)

by **ptownbraves** » January 6th, 2013, 9:51 am

Both teams with perfect conference records going into this game. Wichita St. 13-1, Bradley 10-4. WSU without three starters including Carl Hall, Bradley without starting forward Will Egolf. WSU owned BU last year. In their two matchups, WSU won by 35+ each game. The line has WSU winning by 5.

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by **UNIFanSince1983** » January 6th, 2013, 10:15 am

At 5 I will take that action all day long. Even though Bradley is much improved and a very pleasant surprise I think Wichita has too much for them.

I do think Bradley has a couple of athletes that can keep up, but Wichita has an entire team of them. Plus without Egolf Wichita will dominate inside. I say WSU wins by about 10+

by **CBB_Fan** » January 6th, 2013, 10:58 am

I believe Bradley will see this as a revenge game, and come out swinging. Even though Wichita State dominated them last year, I wouldn't be incredibly surprised to see them tied or down at half-time (though I easily see a 10 point deficit by then as well).

However, I have to feel that the Shockers win this one. The key will be how well Wichita State can exploit Bradley's weakness inside without Egolf. If Orukpe can give us another performance like he did at Drake, Wichita State should have NO reason to lose this game. It should be noted that he notched his season high last year against them.

by **musiccitybulldog** » January 6th, 2013, 11:02 am

Bradley doesn't seem to be the Bradley of the last several years.
Something has changed...I wouldn't discount them at all.

by **Shockerfan13** » January 6th, 2013, 11:34 am

I don't know how I feel about this one. WSU has an incredible road record the past couple of years. I definately think they will have a chance to win this one regardless. Bradley seems to be playing with alot of confidence. They have a few better athletes than UNI or Drake. Once again it probably depends on how tightly this one is called as WSU plays their best when they are allowed to be physical. That is their strength as a team. They can push alot of teams around and use their athleticism to exploit other teams' weaknesses. I don't see it being a blow out like last year's games.

WSU - 63
Bradley - 58

by **bradley_brave1989** » January 6th, 2013, 11:38 am

As much as I would love to see the braves win. I don't see it happening. Even when BU wins, they win by playing an erratic, high tempo, ugly shot, and pesky defense kind of ball. Wichita st has made a living of this, they play it much better and win by fifteen, while BU struggles to score fifty. Hopefully im wrong. GO BRAVES!

by **iSASO** » January 6th, 2013, 12:16 pm

I'll say that WSU wins at the buzzer in overtime on an alley-oop lob from Fred VanVleet to Tekele Cotton. Rebounding will be huge for the Braves. If WSU settles for 3-pt. shots, the Braves could hang in quite nicely to the end.

by **isumvc1** » January 6th, 2013, 12:23 pm

I see WSU getting the win by more than 10 points in this one today for some reason.

by **iSASO** » January 6th, 2013, 1:02 pm

Pre-game notes:

http://www.kansas.com/2013/01/04/262489 ... ckers.html

by **Jays26** » January 6th, 2013, 1:11 pm

Points are down to 3. What am I missing? :huh:

suppose to be the deepest most talented team of all time.

Vegas really doesn't respect the hicks do they.