BRADLEY BRAVES (1-2) at GILDAN CHARLESTON CLASSIC Nov. 19, 20, 22, 2015 | Charleston, SC | TD Arena (5,100) | ESPN Networks

SETON HALL Head Coach: Kevin Willard at Seton Hall:  84-82 (6th year) Career:  129-131 (9th year) vs. Bradley:  1st meeting

BRADLEY Head Coach:  Brian Wardle at Bradley:  1-2 (1st year) Career:  96-67 (6th year) vs. Seton Hall:  1st meeting

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 82, BRADLEY 57 (ESPN2)

Friday, Nov. 20 | Second Round | All Times EST
Game 5  1:00 p.m.   George Mason 71, Oklahoma State 68 - OT (ESPNU)
Game 6  3:30 p.m.   Ole Miss 76, Towson 60 (ESPN3)
Game 7  7:00 p.m.   Seton Hall vs. BRADLEY (ESPN3)
Game 8  9:30 p.m.   Long Beach State vs. #6 Virginia (ESPNU)

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

OPENING TIPS
After playing consecutive games against a pair of top 12 ranked teams who each won at least 30 games last season, the youngest team in college basketball will return to action Thursday night when Bradley (1-2) faces Seton Hall (2-1) in the consolation semifinal round of the 2015 Gildan Charleston Classic Friday night at TD Arena … Bradley is coming off consecutive lop-sided decisions - Monday at #12/10 Arizona (90-60) and Thursday versus #6/6 Virginia (82-57) - and the Braves now are playing on less than 24 hours rest against Big East Conference member Seton Hall Friday … The winner of Friday's Bradley-Seton Hall matchup will face the winner of Friday afternoon's Ole Miss-Towson matchup in Sunday's fifth-place game (3:30 p.m.), while the two losers will meet in Sunday's seventh-place game (1:30 p.m.) at TD Arena.

THURSDAY RECAP
#6/6 Virginia 82, Bradley 57
Bradley freshman forward Luuk van Bree hit consecutive 3-pointers to give Bradley a 22-19 lead with 7:38 left in the first half, but No. 6 Virginia closed the half on an 18-3 run en route to an 82-57 win against the Braves in the final game of the opening round of the Gildan Charleston Classic Thursday … Virginia carried over its strong first-half finish to the second period by making 14 of its first 17 field goal attempts of the second half … While Virginia outscored Bradley by just one point from the field in the first half, the Cavaliers made 12-of-13 free throw attempts, compared to 1-of-4 by Bradley, to build its 37-25 halftime lead … Van Bree was Bradley's only double-digit scorer, sharing game-high honors with 16 points

SERIES HISTORY
3rd Meeting | Series Tied 1-1
Home 1-0 | Away 0-1 | Neutral 0-0
Jan. 16, 1943 at Seton Hall, L, 36-40
Feb. 26, 1962 at Bradley, W, 111-81

AGAINST THE BIG EAST
Bradley is 95-99 all-time against the 10 current members of the Big East Conference with 45 percent of those games coming against former Missouri Valley Conference rival Creighton (41-46) … Bradley owns a winning record against four Big East members - Marquette (15-10), Providence (4-0), St. John's (4-3) and Xavier (3-1) - and a .500 record against Butler (11-11), Seton Hall (1-1) and Villanova (2-2) … Friday's game against Seton Hall is Bradley's first against a Big East team since the latest round of conference realignment.

TOURNEY TIME VERSUS BIG EAST
Friday's game will be Bradley's fifth all-time regular-season tournament game against a Big East Conference member at the time of the game … The Braves are 3-1 in their previous four regular-season tourney games against the Big East … Two of those wins came against teams no longer in the Big East: 2003 Las Vegas Tournament versus Miami-FL (83-82) and 2006 Chicago Invitational versus Rutgers (101-72).

JUST GETTING STARTED
Bradley's entire 12-man active roster includes one senior (Ka'Darryl Bell), one sophomore (Donte Thomas) and 10 freshmen … The entire active roster has totaled just 650 career points … Entering Thursday's game against Virginia, 469 individual players from across the country had more career points than Bradley's entire roster … By comparison, Seton Hall senior guard Derrick Gordon boasts 1067 career points and the entire Pirates roster has totaled 2557 career points … A star player at Marquette from 1997-2001, first-year Braves head coach Brian Wardle scored 1690 points for the Golden Eagles.

THREE GAMES, THREE FRESHMAN LEADERS
In each of Bradley's first three games, the Braves have been led in scoring by a different freshman … Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye pumped in 18 points in the season-opening win against Ball State … Ronnie Suggs scored 17 Monday at #12/10 Arizona … Luuk van Bree scored 16 points Thursday against Virginia.

TOURNEY DROUGHT
Bradley is playing in its 11th regular-season tournament in the last 10 years … The Braves are seeking their first neutral-site regular-season tourney win since a 64-63 victory against Southern California Nov. 20, 2010 at the Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff tournament … Bradley has lost 11 consecutive regular-season tournament neutral-site games since that 2010 win against USC.