PEORIA, Ill. - The 2006-07 season of The Jim Les Show will debut Sunday at 10 a.m. on WEEK-TV. After taking next week off due to the team's travel schedule, the half-hour Bradley Basketball coach's show will air each Sunday throughout the remainder of the season.
Hosted by WEEK sports director Lee Hall, this week's show begins with a look back at Bradley's 2006 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 run and continues with highlights from this season's first two games, a 78-58 victory versus DePaul and a 74-58 triumph vesus Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. This week's show also features a feature on fifth-year Braves guard Danny Adams, as well as a preview of the Chicago Invitational Challenge.
Bradley will begin play in the exempted tournament Sunday by hosting Illinois-Chicago in a 2:05 p.m. contest at Carver Arena. The Braves also will host Florida A&M Tuesday night, before heading to the new Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill. for a Friday tip against Rutgers and a Saturday evening meeting versus either Miami-Ohio or Illinois.