Every year when February turns into March, college basketball moves to the forefront of my attention span. Conference tournaments heat up, automatic bids are won and the rest of the field of 68 is filled in on Selection Sunday. Although the games themselves are great,…
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The Bradley baseball team hasn’t had it easy in its first month and a half. The Braves have played the 13th toughest schedule in the country to date, according to various college baseball sources, and the difficult competition has contributed to the team’s 6-12 record.…
The men’s and women’s golf teams both found success over spring break in their respective tournaments, with the men taking first place in the Bradley Spring Break Invitational in Dallas over spring break and the women earning a second place finish. The men controlled the…
After compiling a 14-11 record in its non-conference season, the Bradley women’s softball team began its Missouri Valley Conference season this past weekend by dropping two of three games at Southern Illinois. Saturday’s doubleheader saw the Braves struggle to get much going at the plate.…
The Bradley tennis team traveled to Las Vegas over spring break to take on Rutgers, Southern Utah and nationally ranked University of Nevada Las Vegas. On the first day of play, the Braves took on No. 45 ranked UNLV. The Runnin’ Rebels downed Bradley in…
The Bradley men’s basketball team was manhandled in every aspect of the game by No. 21 Wichita State, resulting in a 82-56 route in the second round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis Friday night. Bradley was able to hang in for…
The men’s basketball team didn’t trail for a single second all season against the Drake Bulldogs. The Braves dominated from wire-to-wire in each of their 79-72 and 82-74 regular season wins. Drake managed to take a lead early in the first round of the Missouri…
The Bradley women’s softball team didn’t have time to attend any Mardi Gras festivities in Lafayette, Louisiana, this weekend, but they did get to celebrate an undefeated tournament as it went 5-0 in the Mardi Gras Classic. The Braves picked up wins over Bowling…
After a strong stretch of games by the Bradley women’s basketball team, the Braves now find themselves in the midst of a three-game losing streak. Bradley fell to Southern Illinois on Sunday afternoon, 69-63, a game in which the team shot 48 percent from the…