With just one game remaining in the Missouri Valley Conference regular season, there are still multiple scenarios determining who Bradley’s opponent will be in the 4-5 game of the Valley tournament next Friday afternoon.
First, here are Saturday’s final regular-season matchups:
Southern Illinois at  Wichita State
Missouri State at Indiana State
Bradley at Creighton
Evansville at Drake
Illinois State at UNI
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Bradley recruit John Wilkins, ineligible this season at Southeastern Iowa Community College, made an official visit last weekend to Providence College.
“All I know about it is he asked if he could miss practice last Friday because he was going to Providence to visit,” said SCC coach Terry Carroll. “He didn’t talk to me about it [...]

Bradley will host one of three Mountain West opponents in next season’s Missouri Valley/Mountain West Challenge game at Carver Arena.
The Braves will meet either New Mexico, UNLV or Utah on Saturday, Dec. 4, MVC commissioner Doug Elgin revealed Tuesday at the BU Gameday luncheon at the Michel Student Center.
Elgin, in town for tonight’s Illinois State-Bradley [...]

Bradley’s regular-season finale at Creighton on Feb. 27 has been set for 2:05 p.m. and won’t be televised in the Peoria area.
Game time announcements for Valley contests that final day have been delayed in recent years to establish the best television matchup. Wichita State at Southern Illinois will be aired that day on Fox Sports [...]

Former Bradley standout guard Jeremy Crouch said Friday his injured foot hasn’t gotten much better and that his shortlived professional basketball career is over.
“I’m done,” said Crouch, who became Bradley’s director of basketball operations upon the sudden departure of assistant coach Steve Merfeld last month. “I’ve talked with Dr. (Mark) Phillips and he said it [...]

Only Illinois State student tickets remain for Saturday afternoon’s Interstate 74 4:35 p.m. rivalry game against Bradley, an ISU ticket office employee said Thursday morning.
If those tickets are sold, this will become the first sellout this season in 10,200-seat Redbird Arena. ISU is averaging 6,169 this year with the Northern Iowa crowd of 7,755 the [...]

Bradley reserve guard Eddren McCain injured his right hand in practice Friday and will not dress for Saturday’s Missouri Valley Conference game against Evansville.
McCain, averaging 2.1 points and 2.0 assists this season, hurt himself when his hand became entangled with a teammate during a halfcourt scrimmage.
His status was unknown prior to the game.

I’d like to extend a hearty thank you for all of the congratulatory messages –electronic or in-person – sent me following my selection as the NSSA co-winner of the Illinois Sportswriter of the Year.
I’m truly honored by the recognition and plan to attend the awards banquet with my wife in May. Just as humbling has been the [...]

Bradley is ranked ninth in today’s RPI Strength of Schedule rankings for Division I teams. The rating is based on the 16 teams the 7-9 Braves have played so far. BU is 96th overall, trailing UNI (19), Wichita State (52), Missouri State (59) and Indiana State (90). Illinois State is one spot below Bradley at [...]

Boyhood pals Jake Eastman of Bradley and Ali Farokhmanesh of Northern Iowa had a chance to say hello prior to Tuesday’s Missouri Valley Conference game between the teams at the McLeod Center.
While three years apart in age, the pair spent part of their youth together in the state of Washington. Eastman’s dad, Kevin, was the [...]