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Fun atmosphere in Des Moines. Not what I expected.

isumvc1 wrote:Sycamores with an 84-54 win over Illinois State in Terre Haute today, was surprised by the difference, at one point it was a 40 point lead for the Sycamores.

Yeah ISU totally crushed ILST today. It's a great day to be a Sycamore fan! I loved how we had three fast break dunks in a row. Couldn't have happened against a better team.

Drake wins 61-58 over Mo State. Drake out rebounds MSU 43-40. Bulldogs holding onto title run. Big Defensive game by the Bulldogs holding Alize Johnson to 2 points. Reed Timmer with 24 points for Drake. Mo State led by Dixon and Rhodes with 15.

If you had told me Drake would go 3-26 from 3 and still win, I would have bet a lot of money against you. Unbelievable gut check for the Bulldogs.

AndShock wrote:Fun atmosphere in Des Moines. Not what I expected.

Were you there, or just going by what you saw on TV? I was real impressed with how "into" the game the crowd was.

Aces trying their best to lay an L in Peoria. Bradley has had scoring runs of 16-0 and 11-2. But Aces somehow are only down by 8.

Bradley takes down Evansville fairly easily tonight. That is 12 straight home wins for the Braves if you include last season. Much different outcome the the game at Evansville. Bradley quickly built a 10 point lead. Evansville made it close and then Bradley went on 10-0 run to finish the half. Also scored 1st 6 points of 2nd half. Evansville got it to 5 points twice but never really threatened too bad.
Hell of a game by DLO. HeHelpd Taylor scoreless till about 5 minutes into the 2nd half. He added 12 points 9 boards and 4 assists as well.

I was able to watch portions of Indy St.’s road win in Evansville and blowout of Ill. St. Indy St. is playing like they’ve figured things out! Don’t know if they can sustain it for the entire remainder of the season, but, at this moment, they are the best team in the conference. Hitting on ALL cylinders! Glad DU isn’t playing them this week.

DU with a big victory! (but didn’t play their best.)

Went to 3 games yesterday:

ISUr @ ISUb - These alien abduction replacements for the Sycamores are pretty good! Surprised how many people attended this game (strong red contingent as well). Fans are so dispersed throughout the upper bowl that I wonder if the big crowd translated through tv. Hopefully the Hulman reno demo’s all those old seats in the upper bowl and fills the ends and corners with suites/clubs/patios.

SEMO @ EIU - Spoonhour...will not replace Lusk at MSU. That said anyone who can take EIU for an Illini ass whooping can coach. EIU curtaining off one end of the upper deck and turning the other into a patio has greatly improved its atmosphere from years ago.

UE @ BU - Carver was rocking. Braves are 2 different worlds home and away. Bradley and Drake now 18-0 at home.

Excited for Loyola/Valpo. Loyola brought a few hundred scarves to Milwaukee so hopefully they can replicate it in Valpo. ARC usually delivers a good environment for national tv games.

Petty complaint: seeing Evansville’s rep be Blake Simmons in every Arch Madness promo or pamphlet.

DUBulldog wrote:If you had told me Drake would go 3-26 from 3 and still win, I would have bet a lot of money against you. Unbelievable gut check for the Bulldogs.

Congrats on the win Bulldog fans. Neither team played well but you were the tougher team yesterday. Your new coach sure has made all the difference.