Feb 20/21 games

[Redbird Recon]

Evansville now has the inside track for 2nd.

An ISUr win over SIU would guarantee ISUr no lower than 3rd.

I'd love to see a Shox/Cats Saturday game.

[Redbirdgrad]

Yep, nice game UNI. We dug ourselves too deep of a hole, but this is where the 1-2 stretch would come in with 3 tough games in a row. Saturday is huge for conference tourney seeding now.

[UNIFanSince1983]

Any ISUr fans know why DAP only played 9 minutes?

[hot nuts]

I read on the Redbird board that he's had migraines this week...had to leave practices early.

[hot nuts]

Per Jim Benson tweet:

"Dan Muller said DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell has been dealing with migraines for a while and didn't look right today."

Benson covers Redbird basketball for the local paper.

[Championz]

Ouch.

[tribecalledquest]

I know, no one cares--but Bradley will not finish last this season. Something I didnt think was possible to start the MVC season. Yeah, alot has to do with Drake being awful but three wins is more than I thought BU would get.

Fun game in Carver Arena. Bradley was down eight with six minutes to go and wins on a 25 foot prayer by Donte Thomas with about 16 seconds left. Drake made two FTs to get to one and Ronnie Suggs hit two for Bradley to win it.

Antoine Pittman had his best game at Bradley. Career high 20 points and did a great job defending Reed Timmer in the second half. The Bulldogs have some nice offensive pieces but the defense is B R U T A L.

Van Bree was back from injury and had 13 points in 38 minutes. If he gets over 30 minutes a game and stays out of foul trouble BU is a totally different team.

Drake fans...am I the only one who thinks Oregunde isn't utilized properly or enough?

[ptownbraves]

I know, no one cares--but Bradley will not finish last this season. Something I didnt think was possible to start the MVC season. Yeah, alot has to do with Drake being awful but three wins is more than I thought BU would get.

Agreed. While this season certainly hasn't been memorable, three wins is better than I thought they'd do based on their non-con play. They are inconsistent but have gotten better over the year. That's all you can really ask for when you're playing basically all freshmen, most of whom were recruited pretty late in the process due to the coaching turnover.

Even with all the mistakes this team makes, they are still an entertaining group to watch. Wardle has them hustling all over the floor, and when they're down big, you'll rarely see them hang their heads. Down 10 to Drake with 7 minutes left it's pretty amazing this offensively-challenged team was able to pull off the W. Pittman has really been a bright spot lately.

[Redbird Recon]

Did Bradley just pass Drake in the rebuilding race?

[Rollbird5]

Yikes, rough week for INSU