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BRADLEY BRAVES BASKETBALL NOTES BBRADLEYRADLEY SSPORTSPORTS IINFORMATIONNFORMATION Four Consecutive Seasons with at Least 21 Wins 1501 W. Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625 -- Haussler Hall Four Consecutive Postseason Tournament Appearances Men’s Basketball Contact: Bobby Parker Ten Postseason Wins Since 2006 Email: [email protected] Mobile: 309.256.4302 Office: 309.677-2624 FAX: 309.677.2626 2010 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament • Semifinal #1 (5) Bradley (16-14, 9-9 MVC) vs. (1) UNI (26-4, 15-3 MVC) Saturday, March 6, 2010 • 1:35 p.m. (CST) • St. Louis, Mo. • Scottrade Center (21,472) TTOURNAMENTOURNAMENT SSCHEDULECHEDULE SSEMIFINALEMIFINAL SSATURDAYATURDAY 22009-10009-10 BRADLEYBRADLEY RESULTSRESULTS Session I • Thursday, March 4 • For the fourth time in the last five years, Date Opponent (TV) Results Game 1: (9) S. Illinois vs. (8) Drake DU 63-61 Bradley has advanced to the semifinals of O 31 DEPAUL - closed scrimmage Game 2: (10) Evansville vs. (7) Mo. St. MSU 52-46 the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference N 8 LEWIS - exhibition W, 68-63 Tournament. Session II • Friday, March 5 • MVC-TV • Bradley’s reward for an 81-62 victory versus N 13 at BYU (The Mtn.) L, 60-70 Game 3: (8) Drake vs. (1) UNI UNI 55-40 Creighton in the Friday quarterfinals is a matchup Game 4: (5) Bradley vs. (4) Creighton BU 82-61 against the tournmant’s top seed, UNI. N 15 IDAHO STATE W, 74-69 • The teams split their regular-season series, Session III • Friday, March 5 • MVC-TV defending their respective home courts. HoopTV Las Vegas Invitational Game 5: (7) Mo. St. vs. (2) Wichita St. WSU 73-63 • Bradley and UNI are meeting in the MVC N 22 WOFFORD W, 56-54 Game 6: (6) Indiana St. vs. (3) Illinois St. 8:35 p Tournament for the third time in four years and N 24 PRESBYTERIAN W, 71-58 Session IV • Saturday, March 6 • MVC-TV for the fourth time overall -- Bradley owns a 2-1 N 27 vs. Oklahoma State L, 57-68 postseason record against the Panthers. Game 7: (5) Bradley vs. (1) UNI 1:35 p N 28 vs. #20 Illinois W, 72-68 Game 8: G6 Winner vs. (2) Wichita State 4:05 p • Will Franklin’s game-winning 3-pointer versus UNI in the 2007 quarterfinals (51-48) was selected D 2 at N. Illinois (WQRF/WMBD) W, 63-49 Session V • Sunday, March 7 • CBS the No. 11 moment during the first 20 years of D 7 W. CAROLINA (WTVP) L, 67-75 Game 9: G7 winner vs. G8 winner 1:05 p Arch Madness. D 16 LOYOLA-CHICAGO L, 65-68 FFOLLOWOLLOW THETHE ACTIONACTION AAGAINSTGAINST TTHEHE BBESTEST D 20 at Iowa State (Mediacom CR) L, 68-87 • When Bradley meets UNI in Saturday’s first TV: MVC-TV (FS Midwest, Comcast D 29 *at Drake (Comcast) W, 67-59 semifinal game, the Braves will be facing the top SportsNet Chicago, FS Indiana, FS Kansas J 1 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L, 81-86 seed in the State Farm MVC Tournament for the City, Metro Sports) J 3 *at Wichita State (Comcast) L, 69-81 ninth time in 31 tourney appearances. Radio: 1470 AM WMBD -- Dave Snell (play- J 6 *INDIANA STATE - OT W, 91-85 • Bradley is 1-7 all-time against the tourney’s by-play), Chuck Buescher (analyst) and Dan top seed and has dropped two straight to the J 9 *at Missouri State (Comcast) L, 69-88 DiOrio (pregame host) No. 1 seed since upsetting regular-season champ J 12 *at UNI (ESPNU) L, 50-52 Audio On The ‘Net: BradleyBraves.com Wichita State, 60-52, in the 2006 semifinals.. Tickets: Available ($32) J 16 *MISSOURI ST. (Comcast) W, 74-56 TicketMaster: 800-745-3000 J 20 *at Southern Illinois (Comcast) W, 57-55 J 23 *EVANSVILLE W, 74-64 BBRADLEY’SRADLEY’S SSTARTINGTARTING LLINEUPINEUP IINN TTHEHE LLASTAST GGAMEAME J 27 *CREIGHTON (Comcast) L, 68-73 J 30 *at Illinois State (MVC-TV) L, 47-66 F 2 *DRAKE (WTVP 47.2) W, 67-65 F 6 *at Evansville (MVC-TV) W, 83-63 F 9 *ILLINOIS STATE (Comcast) L 61-62 F 13 *#18/19 UNI (MVC-TV) W 68-59 5 21 23 24 32 F 16 *at Indiana State (Comcast) - OT L 69-75 Sam Will Chris Andrew Dyricus F 20 DREXEL W 76-60 Maniscalco Egolf Roberts Warren Simms-Edwards F 24 *WICHITA STATE (Cox) W 75-73 G • Jr. • 6-0 • 176 C • So.. • 6-9 • 232 G • Sr.. • 6-4 • 205 G • Jr. • 6-5 • 208 G • Fr. • 6-2 • 200 F 27 *at Creighton (KMTV) L 71-82 Chicago, Ill. Juneau, Alaska Fort Worth, Texas Indianapolis, Ind. Peoria, Ill. M 5 vs. Creighton (MVC-TV) W, 81-62 St. Patrick HS Douglas HS Dunbar HS Brebeuf Jesuit Prep Washington HS PPG RPG APG PPG RPG BPG PPG RPG SPG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG Home games in BOLD CAPS at Carver Arena 13.2 2.7 3.4 7.2 4.5 0.9 9.3 4.7 1.5 14.4 4.6 1.6 5.5 2.4 1.7 *MVC games ONE TRADITION: WIN. BRADLEY BRAVES BASKETBALL 1 BBRADLEYRADLEY TEAMTEAM NOTESNOTES 22009-10009-10 BRADLEYBRADLEY NUMERICALNUMERICAL ROSTERROSTER BBRADLEYRADLEY QUICKQUICK FACTSFACTS No. Name Pos. Yr. Exp. Ht. Wt. Hometown, High School Location Peoria, Ill. (61625) 0 Ned Goertzen G So. 1L 6-1 183 Henderson (Neb.) Heartland H.S. Founded 1898 1 Eddren McCain G So. 1L 5-11 175 Laplace (La.) Reserve Christian H.S. Enrollment 5,873 2 Dodie Dunson G Sr. 1L 6-3 205 Bloomington (Ill.) H.S. Nickname Braves School Colors Red (PMS 200) and White 3 Taylor Brown F So. 1L 6-6 208 Atlanta (Ga.) Dunwoody H.S. Arena Name Carver Arena 4 Jake Eastman G Fr. HS 6-4 208 Richmond (Va.) Douglas Freeman H.S. Capacity 11,164 5 Sam Maniscalco G Jr. 2L 6-0 176 Chicago (Ill.) St. Patrick H.S. Press Row (309) 673-8381 21 Will Egolf C/F R-So. 1L 6-9 232 Juneau (Alaska) Douglas H.S. Conference Missouri Valley Conference 23 Chris Roberts G Sr. 1L 6-4 205 Fort Worth (Texas) Dunbar H.S. President Joanne K. Glasser, Esq. 24 Andrew Warren G R-Jr. 2L 6-5 208 Indianapolis (Ind.) Brebeuf Jesuit Prep Director of Athletics Michael Cross, PhD 25 Ryan Phillips G Sr. 3L 6-3 210 Peoria (Ill.) Richwoods H.S. Ticket Office Phone (309) 677-2625 30 Charonn Woods G R-Fr. HS 5-10 170 St. Louis (Mo.) M.A.C. H.S. CCOACHINGOACHING STAFFSTAFF 32 Dyricus Simms-Edwards G Fr. HS 6-2 200 Washington (Ill.) H.S. Head Coach Jim Les 34 Milos Knezevic F Fr. HS 6-8 206 Las Vegas (Nev.) Liberty H.S. Alma Mater Bradley ‘86 41 Anthony Thompson C R-So. 1L 6-10 215 Houston (Texas) Klein Forest H.S. Record at Bradley 142-119 (8th year) 44 Jordan Prosser F Fr. HS 6-8 220 Goodfield (Ill.) Eureka H.S. Career Record Same 54 Sam Singh C 6-Sr. 4L 6-9 240 Ozark (Mo.) H.S. Assoc. Head Coach Eric Buescher (8th year) Alma Mater Illinois State ‘94 4 STRAIGHTSTRAIGHT PPOSTSEASONSOSTSEASONS Assistant Coach Alvin Brooks III (3rd year) • As Bradley continues through the 2009- PPRONUNCIATIONRONUNCIATION GGUIDEUIDE Alma Mater Idaho State ‘02 10 season, the Braves are trying to reach the Name Pronunciation Interim Assistant Coach Kyle Vogt (5th year) Brebeuf Breh • BUFF Alma Mater Lakeland College ‘02 postseason for a fifth consecutive year for the first Buescher BISH • er Interim Dir. of Ops Jeremy Crouch (1st year) time in program history. Charonn sha • RON Alma Mater Bradley ‘08 • Bradley has played in a Missouri Valley Conference-best 34 postseason tournaments in Dodie DOE • dee TTEAMEAM IINFORMATIONNFORMATION its history, including four different postseason Dyricus dye • REE • kiss 2008-09 Record 21-15 (.583) tournaments the last four years. Egolf EE • golf MVC Record 10-8 (.556)/4th of 10 • Bradley owns a 48-32 (.600) all-time Goertzen GERT • zen Postseason CIT Runner-Up (3-1) postseason record, including a 10-5 record since Knezevic kuh • KNEH • zuh • VICH Lettermen Returning/Lost 9/4 2006. Milos MEE • losh Starters Returning/Lost 4/2 • Bradley’s 10 postseason wins since 2006 are Maniscalco MAN • ih • SCAL • coe BBUU BASKETBALLBASKETBALL HISTORYHISTORY tied for the nation’s seventh-best total the last four Prosser PRAH • sir First Season 1902-03 years. All-Time Record 1,553-1,020 (.604) Postseason Wins Since 2006 Consecutive 21-Win Seasons in MVC History All-Time MVC Record 510-384 (.570) 1. Florida 17 6 -- Southern Illinois (2002-07); Cincinnati (1958- MVC Regular-Season Titles Seven 2. North Carolina 15 63) and Oklahoma State (1944-49) 1950, 1962 (shared), 1980, 1982, 1986, 3. UCLA 14 5 -- Creighton (1999-03), Bradley (1947-51)* 1988, 1996 4. Memphis 13 4 -- Bradley (2006-09); Southern Illinois (1992- MVC Tournament Titles Two 5. Kansas 11 1980, 1988 95); Tulsa (1984-87); Louisville (1972-75); and Other League Titles Eight Ohio State 11 Bradley (1959-62) 1926, 1930, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 7. BRADLEY 10 * Not an MVC member in 1946-47, 1947-48 1941, 1942 Louisville 10 NCAA Tournaments Eight 9. West Virginia 9 PPRESEASONRESEASON TTRIPRIP BBRAZILRAZIL 1950, 1954, 1955, 1980, 1986, 1988, 10. Michigan State 8 • Bradley got an early start this year by making a 1996, 2006 Old Dominion 8 12-day trip to Brazil in August. NIT Appearances 21 Texas 8 • Following an 84-59 win against the lower- 1938, 1939, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1957, 1958, division Fluminese club in Rio de Janeiro, the Braves 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1982, SSTREAKINGTREAKING BBRAVESRAVES went 3-1 against a quartet of Brazil National League 1985, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007 • Bradley has won at least 21 games in four pro teams for a third-place finish in the ninth annual Other Postseason Tournaments Five consecutive seasons, the longest active streak of 1930 National AAU Tournament (0-1) COPA EPTV Tournament in São Carlos.