2018 MVC - Week 5

[BradleyFan71]

I'm just glad our non-conference schedule had nothing to do with preparing us for the preseason favorites last night!
Then again, just imagine the beatdown had we played a much tougher NC schedule!

[Valleyball]

I don't follow it closely. Is the consensus at MSU that Lusk is a bad coach? The Bradley board seems to have agreement that he is a terrible coach.

[pafan]

“If the fans want to drop out next year, they can....we will welcome them back the next year when we are going to the NCAA.”
— Cliff Smart, 3/4/17

This quip may become as dreaded as the old "vote of confidence".
So Lusk is contracted through 2019. I assume he's not getting fired?

[BirdsEyeView]

I'm just glad our non-conference schedule had nothing to do with preparing us for the preseason favorites last night!
Then again, just imagine the beatdown had we played a much tougher NC schedule!

Irrelevant.
You played a HOME game (I believe the noncon schedules prep teams better for tough road games for which you are winless). You also played against the most incompetent coach in the Valley AND Alize was sidelined a huge chunk of the game with fouls.


This argument is a joke and you keep adding it to your agenda.

Enjoy your win, but the ultimate goal is to make the NCAAs...it was all about Arch Madness for Bradley (and everyone else at this point) due to your noncon schedule.

[Blers]

Is there any thought as to why Bradley is so bad on the road? I get that most teams don't play as strong but the difference is pretty crazy from what i've seen.

[chitown fanatic]

The problem is we turtle when the shots aren't falling on the road and that leads to road blowouts. we had 15 assists to only 5 turnovers last night, by far our best effort of the season. We would have beaten them at full strength last night by double digits. Ive never understood why a team we tied in the standings with and everyone back was picked 1st and we were picked 7th. just a ridiculous ranking by almost all prognosticators. MSU is a good team but nowhere near as good as Loyola, who I expect to win the league going away. Until BU learns to take a road punch and respond, we will be in the middle of the standings. Hopefully that starts at the trees on Sunday.

[Majik45]

Chitown hit it on the head. We have a hard time making shots on the road, and when that happens, our defense let's down, which leads to the blowouts. Our defense gets ramped up even more when we are making shots which is what happens at home.

Are Bradley and Missouri State that different other than MSU having a legit NBA Prospect on their roster? We tied for 6th last year in the conference. We both are undefeated at home in conference, and have not been able to win on the road in conference. I know MSU won at Valpo, but that was without Valpo at full strength. We are now both 5-4 in conference.

[Bear4Life]

I don't follow it closely. Is the consensus at MSU that Lusk is a bad coach? The Bradley board seems to have agreement that he is a terrible coach.

Yes, you can check out our board anytime, but the short answer is yes...

https://247sports.com/college/missouri- ... orum-59468

[Blers]

The problem is we turtle when the shots aren't falling on the road and that leads to road blowouts. we had 15 assists to only 5 turnovers last night, by far our best effort of the season. We would have beaten them at full strength last night by double digits. Ive never understood why a team we tied in the standings with and everyone back was picked 1st and we were picked 7th. just a ridiculous ranking by almost all prognosticators. MSU is a good team but nowhere near as good as Loyola, who I expect to win the league going away. Until BU learns to take a road punch and respond, we will be in the middle of the standings. Hopefully that starts at the trees on Sunday.

Interesting. So a mental toughness issue? I remember when they played in Gentile we just let them take open threes because nothing was falling for them for most of the game.

I think a big part of MSU as the favorite was that they're junior/senior heavy, athletic across the board, and Alize Johnson. While Bradley is still pretty young across the board, and from what I've seen of Bradley fans they aren't nearly as athletic as fans would want. MSU should be better but they're not. I'd expect Bradley to be higher in the standings next season assuming the wheels don't fall off.

From what I can tell with MSU, Lusk sounds like the ideal assistant coach in terms of his ability to identify talent but maaaaaan...

[BradleyFan71]

Ive never understood why a team we tied in the standings with and everyone back was picked 1st and we were picked 7th. just a ridiculous ranking by almost all prognosticators.

I don't understand that either, but we'll see where both teams finish at the end of the season.