Bradley @ Mississippi State - 11am Sat ESPN

[Majik45]

Just to get everyone warmed up for the NCAA games tomorrow, you can turn on ESPN early on Saturday morning and watch Bradley play instead of the stupid CBS pre-game. It should be a good game, hopefully Bradley can continue their march to New York.

[shocker3]

Good Luck Braves!!!:braves: :valley: :salukis:

[azbirdfan]

Can't wait to watch the game out here in Arizona!!
:braves:

[iSASO]

Please, Please, Please win :braves:

[Mc Bulldog]

Come on Bradley!!! Des Moines and Drake are pulling for you! :braves:

[XSaluki]

Thanks for the reminder. :braves:

[DUBulldog]

I'm stuck here at work. :cursing:

I'll be checking VT for updates!

[Keita44]

Lets go BU!! Glad I woke up early enough to watch it.


Go :braves:

[shocker3]

Unlike most NIT games, the crowd at Starkville looks loud and enthusiastic.

GO BRAVES!!:braves: :valley:

[shocker3]

BU leads 11-10 with 16 minutes left in the first half.:braves:

[XSaluki]

Miss State hot from the threes. 22 13 MS

[XSaluki]

Crouch getting open looks and missing. He needs to get hot.

[shocker3]

...and BU is cold from the 3 point line, having made only one so far. Mississippi St seems to beating BU at their own game right now.:braves: :valley:

The score is now 24-18 in favor of Miss St with 11:14 left in the first half.

[Mikovio]

We're giving them too many open shots by double-teaming the post and they're hitting those open shots. Crouch needs to heat up....

26-18 MSU....

[shocker3]

Jeremy Crouch is even missing Free Throws. Not a good sign. BU please warm up. BU still trails 26-19.:braves: :valley:

[XSaluki]

Bradley is hanging in there. If Crouch does heat up I think they can take this...

[XSaluki]

If anyone on Bradley starts hitting the three consistently they can take this... come on.

[XSaluki]

Crouch hits a three and it is now 2 pts.

[shocker3]

Crouch hits his first three, BU coming back 31-33. 5 minutes left.:braves:

[XSaluki]

Tauai completely undercut on a layup. Ouch

[shocker3]

BU continues to miss FTs, Tauai had a chance to tie it at the line, he made one, BU now trails by 1, 33-32,

[azbirdfan]

Wow! No worries about either team having a shot clock violation. My guess is the average possession time is 10 seconds. Great follow up dunk by Ruffin off of Tauai's missed shot even though it didn't count.


Not a lot of defense being played but it's a fun game to watch!!

35-32 MSU at the under 4:00 timeout.

[HollywoodBrave]

Mississippi State is killing us on the glass. I had a feeling this would happen. This has been our achilles heel all year. Need more bigs.

[Mikovio]

MSU leads 44-38 at the half.

Ruffin's played well, but we're going to need a lot more out of Andrews if we're going to win this....

All in all, it wasn't a bad half. We survived the Bulldogs early barrage and are still within easy striking distance....

:braves:

[HollywoodBrave]

I had a feeling this was going to happen. This team is playing for next year (Miss. State) when they should be a ranked team.

[tgcshock]

It's never fun to lose but I just want to congratulate the Braves on a fine season overall. I know that I, like many others, did not anticipate this kind of showing from a team that lost both POB and Sommerville. Given that you have a good recruiting class coming in, the Braves look to be in fine shape for next season. Again, congrats on a good showing all year. You guys were fun to watch.

:shockers:

[Mc Bulldog]

Off day for the Braves IMO. Les and Co. tried their hardest to figure something out but nothing got the players to put the ball in the bucket today. I will 2nd what tcgshock posted.

:braves:

[Mikovio]

Rough ending to the season, but I am proud of these guys. Nobody expected this team to match last year's win total (22).

:braves: :salukis: :valley:

[Majik45]

Just when it looked like Bradley was making a run in this game to cut the lead to 7 with about 7 to play, Mississippi State goes nuts. Bradley definitely didn't have a great shooting day. It's too bad the final score was so lopsided because this game was a lot closer than this deep into the 2nd half.

Thanks for the congrats. It was a fine season for the Braves considering where we thought we were going to be.