Hopefully if it's repeated 100 times, then it will stick....

OK -- now most of you are just fine and have a really good understanding of reality...
but for the rest, I have become certified in blog-psycho-therapy and will help you through this...
All you have to do is repeat after me....over and over...

1) There are NO regular season games in the on-campus arena - thus there's no reason to panic and have a cow....
There are NO regular season games in the on-campus arena - thus there's no reason to panic and have a cow....
There are NO regular season games in the on-campus arena - thus there's no reason to panic and have a cow....
There are NO regular season games in the on-campus arena - thus there's no reason to panic and have a cow....
There are NO regular season games in the on-campus arena - thus there's no reason to panic and have a cow..

OK...now we have that one out of the way.....but save this page and keep repeating every time you break out in a sweat worrying...

2) There will be plenty of available ticket for any and all events in the new on-campus arena - just wait and see....
There will be plenty of available ticket for any and all events in the new on-campus arena - just wait and see....
There will be plenty of available ticket for any and all events in the new on-campus arena - just wait and see....
There will be plenty of available ticket for any and all events in the new on-campus arena - just wait and see....
There will be plenty of available ticket for any and all events in the new on-campus arena - just wait and see....

There, see how easy that was...so now take a deep breath and keep going, you're almost half way to full recovery...

3) There's no buyout and we still have a head coach -- and there weren't massive player defections as some said would happen....
There's no buyout and we still have a head coach -- and there weren't massive player defections as some said would happen....
There's no buyout and we still have a head coach -- and there weren't massive player defections as some said would happen....

That should be good enough, since most everyone already now knows those stories were total hogwash -- although a few seem to think they hold plenty of truth.

4) Bradley now has the best facilities in the LEAGUE and on par with plenty of BCS schools -- those who support BU should take pride and continue their support....
Bradley now has the best facilities in the LEAGUE and on par with plenty of BCS schools -- those who support BU should take pride and continue their support....

This one is thrown in since some have thought for years that what BU was building was totally inadequate, and that the university should have consulted disgruntled message board posters for their advice first and done this whole thing differently.

5) Bradley still continues to enjoy as good of fan support and ticket sales as any small university in a similar population region...In other words...there's no school similar to BU in size, alumni, and local population that draws any better so maybe we can stop worrying that the whole fan base is gonna get mad about something that's never happened before in all of history and go away....

Yet -- those at BU are not sitting idly by, they are organizing and arranging a multitude of events and opportunities for fans to enjoy great things this fall leading up to the games...

If anyone calling themselves a Bradley fan can't find something among all the events coming up to get excited and optimistic about, then go back to the top and start reading this all over again...

Seriously, if you come up with any talk of being "left out" or "excluded" from what's going on, then you live in one of those parallel universes where everything is 100% opposite from the real truth here.
It's a little disingenuous and seems to look like you're trying way, way too hard to find something to whine about, if you think BU isn't doing everything it can to make all aspects of Bradley basketball easy to see, to get to, and enjoy.
http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16198



One of Creighton's veterans Casey Harriman has a torn labrum in his left shoulder...
...this is a very serious injury and the same thing that happened to Creighton's Nate Funk that caused Funk to sit out a whole year.
That would be a problem however for Harriman, as he already voluntarily redshirted his first year at Creighton, so this is his last year of eligibility and he either has to play or quit. There would be NO chance of a Sam Singh-type of 6th-year waiver, since NCAA never gives such a 6th-year waiver when one of the lost seasons was voluntary or within the control of the student athlete.
Casey is not a big scorer, but he has been a key player...although he has never lived up to the scoring promise many thought he had coming out of high school as the all time leading scorer in his state (Iowa), but some of that was because Casey had a similar shoulder injury in his right shoulder (shooting arm) in the 2008-2009 season.
He started half their games last year and is in among the top 5 or 6 returnees in games played, starts, minutes played, 3-pt attempts, 3-pt made, rebounds, assists, steals, and scoring...
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100921/BLUEJAYS/709219819/-1#shoulder-injury-sidelines-cu-s-harriman




Here's a story from the Illinois Rivals site about a kid ...
Class of 2013 superstar Basil Smotherman - from Indianapolis Heritage Christian was at University of Illinois over the weekend visiting & taking in the football game and says he really likes Illinois...he even describes them as if they are his leader...
but one thing he says is really telling...
He seems to talk about how so many of the best Indiana kids DO NOT seem to have staying in Indiana as one of their priorities...
He says this...
"Smotherman is the third member of the Eric Gordon
All Stars 15 and under team to draw Illini interest,
along with Zak Irvin and Devin Davis. Irvin visited the
campus just last weekend and has also drawn an Illini
offer, and Davis was offered earlier this summer as
well.
"I want an uptempo style, and coach that lets you
play a little bit."
"Although he is an Indiana kid, he says that playing in
his home state is not a priority. Although he has in
state schools such as Indiana, Purdue and Notre
Dame on his early list, he doesn't mind looking out of
state.
"It doesn't really matter," Smotherman said of staying
at home."

Interesting -- there was once a time even quite recently when staying in-state DID matter to Indiana kids...in fact up to just a couple years ago Purdue, Indiana, Notre Dame had the entire state locked up...and yet some of the recent bad stuff involving the coaches has destroyed long time relationships.

Coincidentally, just yesterday, Indiana's Tom Crean tweeted this...
"Our job is to take back the State of Indiana but today we went into someone elses backyard"
http://twitter.com/TomCrean/status/25056518566

Obviously they are far, far from taking back their state if the top kids are all looking elsewhere and Crean is battling head to head with the top coaches in Michigan like Tom Izzo!
I think it shows that Indiana is wide open and maybe BU can get some of the talent...
Certainly the Indiana schools do not have the state tied up.
http://illinois.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1129004

IU Coach Crean also tweeted this morning as if he really hates Pursue and loves seeing them lose....something that's quite odd and gives the appearance he has absolutely NO LOYALTY to other Big Ten Conference schools!
Here's what Crean said...
"Make University Gym the loudest spot in Indiana tonight. Anytime we win and Purdue loses its like winning twice!"

...I understand he means it in a pro-IU fashion but he clearly says..ANY TIME Purdue loses it's like he has won something which comes over really harsh!!
http://twitter.com/TomCrean/status/25207889872



Speaking of Indiana, this obscure site came out ranking Indiana at #83...
http://www.thesportsbank.net/college-bball/99-in-99-83-indiana-hoosiers/

they obviously really like the Big Ten and actually have every single one of the 11 Big Ten teams ranked in the Top 99...
(Penn State 86, Mich 92, Iowa 99!)

But really - do you think Indiana is going be better than all but 82 other teams?
They were 222th in RPI last year and don't add a whole lot this season.
Time will tell but last year IU was 10th in the Big Ten, and after only 6 wins in their non-conference schedule, even with all their players, they used injuries to relay why they only beat four bottom dweller teams after Dec. 28!
Five of their 10 total wins were over 300+ cupcakes (Bryant, Howard, USC-Upstate, NC-Central, Northwestern State).
Time will tell, but I just don't see all 11 Big Ten teams finishing inside the Top 100 by anyone's reckoning.



Yup -- those self-imposed penalties at Tennessee were a sham -- as Bruce Pearl was again seen flying off campus and out of state to do recruiting. I guess we'll have to wait a bit longer to see if they take any of this seriously or if they are just making a mockery out of all that cheating...
http://www.volnation.com/forum/tennessee-vols-basketball/110110-bruce-pearl-charlotte-morning.html
http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=191686#post191686



Bradley's student booster group is getting well organized...
http://www.bradleyredsea.com

Bradley recruit Michael Ochereobia's juco schedule is online...
maybe some can catch a few of Michael's games...his team plays several that are close by...
http://www.highland.edu/athletics/m_basketball/m_basketball_schedule.asp

Set the record straight -- Bradley did want John Wilkins...BU literally helped the kid in every way -- even helping him and his family fight the battle with NCAA and even the battle with NJCAA. Bradley gave advice and kept the offer open until there were demands......then there was a parting of the ways. Believe what you want - but "recruits" who come up with demands are hardly unheard of.... and as noted elsewhere, just watch as the evidence unfolds of what and how those demands might have gotten satisfied.........
Bradley does not knuckle under to recruits' demands, and the schools that do could end up regretting it...

And Kenyon -- after two years there's no excuse for stiffing the taxpayers on what you owe...
lmk - if you need the links...

Then the question of whether John Wilkins will fit right in with all the other ISU guys...it certainly appears so......
Just check the McLean Co. database....looks like he's hitting the courts a little earlier than the Oct. 15 start of the regular season... ;)



Here's something interesting...Wichita State released their whole schedule and it's pretty weak...except for a game vs. Tulsa..
BUT -- there's talk among the Shocker fans who seem to know something -- that the Tulsa game is NOT going to be played in the Shockers' usual home arena...
Instead, for a reason not yet made clear, it is reportedly going to be played in the "INTRUST Bank Arena" affectionately called "IBA" by Shocker fans...
INTRUST is a 15,000 seat municipal arena in downtown Wichita, only 5-10 minutes away from the Wichita State University campus.
Wichita's usual on-campus home arena, the Charles Koch Arena (once called Levitt Arena and sometimes referred to as the Roundhouse) seats 10,500.


Lastly -- just a few comments from Wichita State shocker fans who have now seen their entire schedule and who obviously do not like it with all the horribly weak and obscure guarantee opponents...

"It took five months to schedule some of the worst basketball teams in Division 1. Why not just do that the first week and get it over with?"

"I am disappointed and gravely concerned."

"Given the schedule, I think it's safe to assume the following:
Not good enough to get to the dance (via at-large bid)"

"Well with that schedule, we have very little room for err for a potential NCAA bid"

"It's a poor schedule which will be considered weak at tournament selection time"

"pretty disapointed to spend so much money for season tickets and have to sit thru that non conference schedule"

"If this was simply the best they could do, somebody sucks."

"I'm not sure I can motivate myself to go watch most of the noncon schedule. Wonder if I can give my ticket away? Doubtful."

"This is a truly disappointing schedule."

Then the best comment.........
"It's almost, dare I say it... Illinois State-like."