Preseason Bradley Basketball Events in Full Swing

With the Itoo Supper and Auction so incredibly successful, it stands to reason that the Bradley Fan-Appreciation Receptions would also be successful.
These events to host season ticket holders and give them an inside look and briefing of the program & new players & staff are a great idea.
These events were first started a couple years ago - and I have to say they were one of the ideas by Dr. Cross (which, of course, he based on a few suggestions given to him like this..... LINK)
that was actually a very good idea to get fan interest ramped up leading into the season.
but - unfortunately for many reasons, the events in 2013 were very sparsely attended as detailed in the links below.

The one I went to in 2013 had tables set for 60 people but only a little over half that were actually in attendance.

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=283840#post283840

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=283896&postcount=6

However - the current AD and staff did a great job promoting these current events and they are off & running with tremendous success so far.

Here's what the Braves Club Room at Ren-Col looked like yesterday...

Here's a larger view


Many if not MOST of the best Bradley fans feel a lot like Cubs fans...
Both fan bases are incredibly loyal & faithful but I do admit the Cubs have faced futility a whole lot longer than Bradley fans have but it feels about the same for the Braves fans since the depth of futility and the lack of any real response from or effort by the people in charge was astronomical.
In case anyone even tries to interrupt at that point and claim Bradley had down years like that before - be it known that the tanking of the attendance and of fan interest in just the last couple years was totally unprecedented.  NEVER in the worst of the Stowell years, the Albeck years, or Mo-years - NEVER did attendance fall anywhere close to the crowds were were seeing on a regular basis under Joanne Glasser & Michael Cross.  Seriously - they drove fans away not just with putting poor product on the floor but with the attitude & atmosphere of neglecting and ignoring the fans and treating them like dirt - as if the fans' opinions and sentiments did not ever matter.

Anyway - the Cubs fans aren't just excited for being in the Playoffs - there's an extra degree of excitement and satisfaction that's simply due to the absence of such post-season success for so many years - as if they've been released from a LONG incarceration in a deep, dark dungeon - and then immediately are welcomed as they exit the living hell - and are presented with the rewards of great success.
Bradley fans haven't actually gotten to the success level yet, but we knew we NEVER would until massive changes took place and now we see those changes!

I predict we'll see more and more success at these preseason events, more and more excitement in a fan base that had all but died or given up, and then hopefully more success on the court and in the entire program.
The hope is restored.....Go Bradley!