Congrats to the Bradley Braves

[Schwahalala]

Bested your Drake Bulldogs last night - in Des Moines no less.

[Burrito Brother]

Looks like the Valley Tourney will be wide open this year with Drake, ISU, Creighton, SIU and Bradley all with legitimate shots at winning.

[Bleacher Creature]

Go Salukis!

[sportschick]

Looks like the Valley Tourney will be wide open this year with Drake, ISU, Creighton, SIU and Bradley all with legitimate shots at winning.

And unfortunately for the MVC, that prolly means that only the Tourney champ goes to the Big Dance...

[kennyboyerfan]

The bubble burst for the Bulldogs last night. They had the game won with two minutes left, then pissed a 10-point lead away. They had a 1-point lead and got the rebound with about 30 seconds left, but point guard immediately jacked up a three that missed. Very stupid play. Bradley scores and holds.

Drake had been a very smart BB team this year. A few lapses cost them dearly last night. And now they've got to go play at Butler....The dream season may have hit a few potholes. Fun while it lasted, though.

[Burrito Brother]

And unfortunately for the MVC, that prolly means that only the Tourney champ goes to the Big Dance...

True enough. I might have to go down and root for my Redbirds this year.

[Schwahalala]

The bubble burst for the Bulldogs last night. They had the game won with two minutes left, then pissed a 10-point lead away. They had a 1-point lead and got the rebound with about 30 seconds left, but point guard immediately jacked up a three that missed. Very stupid play. Bradley scores and holds.

Drake had been a very smart BB team this year. A few lapses cost them dearly last night. And now they've got to go play at Butler....The dream season may have hit a few potholes. Fun while it lasted, though.

In truth - we've played about 20 games like this this year and won all but 3.

All our games our competitive. If we can take Butler at Butler and win the rest - we get a bid even if we don't win the tourney -

Should we lose at Butler it becomes harder.

[kennyboyerfan]

In truth - we've played about 20 games like this this year and won all but 3.

All our games our competitive. If we can take Butler at Butler and win the rest - we get a bid even if we don't win the tourney -

Should we lose at Butler it becomes harder.

I think they'll be OK if they lose at Butler -- IF they make it to at least the MVC championshp game. If they get knocked out early, the tourney folks are really going to punish them for the late-season "slide."

[Jack Daniels]

"We were right all along about the valley...."--Jim Nantz & Billy Packer