BRADLEY BRAVES (1-1) at GILDAN CHARLESTON CLASSIC Nov. 19, 20, 22, 2015 | Charleston, SC | TD Arena (5,100) | ESPN Networks

#6/6 VIRGINIA Head Coach: Tony Bennett at Virginia:  137-65 (7th year) Career:  206-98 (10th year) vs. Bradley:  1st meeting

BRADLEY Head Coach:  Brian Wardle at Bradley:  1-1 (1st year) Career:  96-66 (6th year) vs. Virginia:  1-2

2015 GILDAN CHARLESTON CLASSIC
Thursday, Nov. 19 | First Round | All Times EST
Game 1  12:00 p.m.  George Mason 68, Ole Miss 62 (ESPN3)
Game 2  2:00 p.m.   Oklahoma State 69, Towson 52 (ESPN3)
Game 3  7:00 p.m.   Long Beach State 80, Seton Hall 77 (ESPNU)
Game 4  9:30 p.m.   #6 Virginia vs. BRADLEY (ESPN2)

Friday, Nov. 20 | Second Round | All Times EST
Game 5  1:00 p.m.   George Mason vs. Oklahoma State (ESPNU)
Game 6  3:30 p.m.   Ole Miss vs. Towson (ESPN3)
Game 7  7:00 p.m.   Seton Hall vs. Game 4 loser (ESPN3)
Game 8  9:30 p.m.   Long Beach State vs. Game 4 winner (ESPNU)

Sunday, Nov. 22 | Final Round | All Times EST
7th Place     1:30 p.m.  Game 6 loser vs. Game 7 loser (ESPN3)
5th Place     3:30 p.m.  Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner (ESPN3)
3rd Place     7:00 p.m.  Game 5 loser vs. Game 8 loser (ESPNU)
Championship  9:30 p.m.  Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 winner (ESPN2)

OPENING TIPS
•  The youngest team in college basketball will face the two-time, defending ACC champion Thursday night when Bradley takes on No. 6 Virginia in the final game of the opening round of the 2015 Gildan Charleston Classic.
•  Both Bradley and Virginia will be looking to rebound from their first losses of the season: Bradley is coming off a 90-60 loss at #12/10 Arizona, while Virginia stumbled at George Washington, 73-68, Monday night.
•  Thursday's nationally-televised (ESPN2) game will be the third all-time meeting between the Braves and Cavaliers and Bradley will be looking to improve to 3-0 in the series.
•  Coming off Monday's 90-60 loss at #12/10 Arizona, Bradley is playing consecutive games against top 12 ranked opponents that each won at least 30 games last season.
•  The Braves are facing opponents ranked among the top 12 nationally in consecutive games for the first time since taking on #1 UCLA Dec. 22, 1967 and #2 Ohio State Dec. 27, 1967.
•  As Bradley prepares for three games in the Gildan Charleston Classic, the Braves will be trying to snap a 9-game losing streak in regular-season tournament games since knocking off Southern California, 64-63, in the 2010 Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament in Springfield, MA.

SERIES HISTORY
3rd Meeting • Bradley leads 2-0
Home 1-0 | Away 1-0 | Neutral 0-0
2-13-1947   Peoria Armory                W  77-58
3-26-2008   at Virginia (CBI 3rd Round)  W  96-85
11-19-2015  Charleston, SC
•  Thursday's first-round matchup in the Gildan Charleston Classic will be the third all-time meeting between the Braves and Cavaliers
•  Each of the first two matchups have taken place on home courts, making Thursday's game the first neutral-site meeting.
•  Bradley holds a 2-0 series edge, most-recently earning a 96-85 victory at Virginia in the third round of the inaugural CBI.

ACC SUCCESS
•  Bradley is 40-40 all-time against the current ACC membership.
•  North Carolina State is the only ACC member Bradley has never faced and the only other two ACC members Bradley has never beaten are Clemson (0-1) and Virginia Tech (0-1).
•  Bradley's most-frequent ACC opponent is its former Missouri Valley Conference rival, Louisville, which is 27-9 against the Braves.
•  Bradley is 31-13 all-time against the rest of the ACC membership.
•  The Braves are 16-5 all-time in neutral-site meetings against the ACC membership, most-recently dropping a 66-65 overtime decision to Virginia Tech in the 2012 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic.

WARDLE VS. THE ACC
•  First-year Bradley head coach Brian Wardle played four games against the ACC during his Green Bay years.
•  Wardle is 2-2 against the ACC, 1-0 against Miami and 1-2 versus Virginia.