Open message to Bradley president Joanne Glasser, athletics director Michael Cross and men’s basketball coach Jim Les, who are meeting Monday to discuss whether there is to be a future for the 2009-10 Braves:
Please, please, please … do not accept any invitation to prolong the Braves’ basketball season by playing in [...]

It’s a little over 90 minutes till tipoff. Reporters have been arriving at the media workroom for the past hour, prepping for the semifinals.
A note: Chris Roberts‘ dunk-stickback against Creighton yesterday made the No. 2 play of the day on ESPN. It’s the fourth time Roberts has made the ESPN top 10 in his two [...]

They’re getting ready to tip off the MVC quarterfinals, with top-seeded UNI and Drake. Bradley and Creighton go in the 4-5 game at roughly 2:30. My colleague Dave Reynolds and I just got down from the hockey pressbox, where a lunch of tuna sandwiches, fruit and veggie soup was served. We are now ready to [...]

Sorry, folks. No live blog today. I didn’t make the trip to Omaha, and Dave Reynolds is on his own (pray that he finds the Qwest Center). No live TV in P-City, either. Besides, Bradley already is locked into the 4-5 game at the Valley tournament next week, so the biggest things at stake today [...]

Courtside at Carver Arena, for Bradley Braves Senior Night and the departure of six-year man Sam Singh.
Or, as they allegedly call Singh in Wichita: “Chief.” Kinda like the gentle giant in “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.” Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall revealed that nickname for Singh today when he spoke at the BU luncheon. [...]

Courtside tonight at the Hulman Center, for Bradley vs. ISU Blue. And this is A BIG ONE!
Might call it the game to avoid riding the PIG (Play-In Game) at the MVC tournament. Bradley did itself loads of good by defeating first-place Northern Iowa on Saturday. My colleague Dave Reynolds wrote this piece to explain the [...]

Oh, joy! The No. 19 team in the nation comes to town to play the Braves on regional television, and the Peoria Civic Center can’t get its act together. The scoreboard is out. Doesn’t look like it’ll be back. The only working clocks are the shot clocks, which fortunately have the game time visible on [...]

Courtside at Carver Arena on Blackout Night in Peoria. The “word” is the Braves will wear black tonight.
Funereal.
OK, it’s for real. Black unis. The Braves are warming up in their long red pants and long-sleeved red-and-white shirts, but Andrew Warren, Sam Maniscalco and Anthony Thompson have their jerseys hanging out, and they’re black, with wide [...]

I trust my colleague Dave Reynolds found his way to Evansville and Roberts Stadium today. He has been there only about 15 times, so I’m concerned. I decided to skip this trip and be the stereotype blogger: Sitting in my basement, grunged out, snacks on the table, a drink within reach (but no alcohol till [...]

Courtside at Carver Arena. Will be really interesting tonight to see what kind of crowd shows up, and how enthused the hometowners will be.
Pregame notes
The refs tonight are Scott Thornley, John “Baywatch” Higgins and Steve Olson. That’s a terrific crew. Higgins is a Final Four vet. He has been doing Valley games for a long [...]