Its all about the B vs UNI

by **Bradleyfan1** » January 22nd, 2014, 11:50 am

Keys for the Braves.

Double Tuttle hard and take him out of the game.

Get to the shooters.... hopefully they wont make the xtra pass.

Force Turnovers and convert the bunnies!

I say

Gargoyles: 68
Panthers: 62

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by **PantherSigEp** » January 22nd, 2014, 1:14 pm

Please double Tuttle and leave Buss and everyone else wide open on the perimeter, in the lane, at half-court. We don't mind, the Buss goes round-and-round all day long.

UNI's shooting issues on the road are what worry me here. After the beat down in Cedar Falls I'm worried the Panthers might come out tentative and take the Braves too lightly. Panthers need to shut Pickett down again and let Walt try to do everything again.

Probably not going to be as lop sided as last time but I expect the Panthers to win, even if it is a road game. Don't want another let down like SIU.

by **Bradleyfan1** » January 22nd, 2014, 1:31 pm

Do turnovers frustrate you?

by **Haha** » January 22nd, 2014, 1:55 pm

As a non fan of either team who watched the last match up the keys to the game for Bradley are as follows:

Whatever you did at UNI, do the exact opposite. Otherwise I'll go with the panthers on this one.

by **PantherSigEp** » January 22nd, 2014, 2:14 pm

Bradleyfan1 wrote:Do turnovers frustrate you?

Me personally or the Panthers? Turnovers haven't been a big issue this year. UNI averages 11 per game on the season, but in conference play that number has dropped to only 8/gm. UNI's assist-to-turnover ration is a little over 2 in it's 6 Valley games and Wichita is the only game in which we turned the ball over more than 10 times (11) or didn't record more than 10 assists (10).

Here are the Panthers results during MVC play (assists are left, turnovers on the right; includes total, averages and A/TO).
http://i.imgur.com/2nr2FxL.jpg?1

There was a stat the other day which said the Deon and Wes has an A/TO of about 1.1 during non-con play but in the MVC they are combined for a 2.5. Call it the competition or just improvement over time but turnovers aren't a huge concern for the Panthers. Hitting wide open shots and not giving up good looks are what they need to focus on right now. They're young and still learning but right now we're in a critical stretch where we need to win these games against bottom-half teams in order to keep our separation as a top 3 MVC team.

Edit: Sorry, not sure why I can't post the image, so I uploaded it online as a link

by **Bradleyfan1** » January 22nd, 2014, 3:12 pm

Turnovers are delicious lol

Were gonna need more than 12 tonight to win.

I say we force 16+

by **UNIFanSince1983** » January 22nd, 2014, 3:14 pm

Last year we beat Bradley by 30+ in the McLeod and then snuck out a 3 pt victory at Carver. Of course it did take a super human effort from DSE in the second half to get them back in the game.

I would guess this is going to be similar. I would guess Bradley plays us close, but hopefully we can pull out the victory. If we knock down 3s I do think we will win. We seem to really hit them against Bradley so let's hope that continues.

Go Panthers!

by **jackwagon** » January 22nd, 2014, 3:40 pm

This should be a good one. Bradley is not as poor as their record indicates. Tough schedule to start the valley! I think UNI pulls this one out. Or at least I hope so for the valley's sake.

by **uniftw** » January 22nd, 2014, 5:00 pm

UNIFanSince1983 wrote:Last year we beat Bradley by 30+ in the McLeod and then snuck out a 3 pt victory at Carver. Of course it did take a super human effort from DSE in the second half to get them back in the game.

I would guess this is going to be similar. I would guess Bradley plays us close, but hopefully we can pull out the victory. If we knock down 3s I do think we will win. We seem to really hit them against Bradley so let's hope that continues.

Go Panthers!

UNI was up 37-18 at half...Bradley won the second half 47-31

Bradley was only two players that day - DSE had 32 and Walt Jr had 18...no one else had more than 5. DSE scored 26 in the second half and Walt had 11 in the second half.

UNI played Bradley again in the CIT (or CBI, I don't remember which it was last year) and won 90-77

The last 4 meetings of UNI/Bradley have been: UNI wins by the score of 84-53 90-77 68-65 and 80-46...or 81-60. That includes the DSE shooting extravaganza. 85-58 in all other games.

UNI has just 3 losses to Bradley since the start of the 2006-2007 season...including a MVC tourney and post season tourney game...If I counted right it is like 17-3 during that time frame.

Crazy things can happen tonight - see UNI/SIU from a week or two ago - though.

by **spoon** » January 22nd, 2014, 7:53 pm

Bradleyfan1 wrote:Turnovers are delicious lol

Were gonna need more than 12 tonight to win.

I say we force 16+

I've refrained for months, but I can't take it anymore. I have to ask. Are you really a Bradley fan, or are you a fan of another team masquerading to make it seem like Bradley's fans are clueless homers with no sense of reality?