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(10) BRADLEY BRAVES (8-23, 3-15 MVC) vs. (7) DRAKE BULLDOGS (9-21, 6-12 MVC)
2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship - First Round
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2015
Time: 8:35 p.m. CST
Location: St. Louis, Mo. | Scottrade Center (20,948)
GAME 32 TIPOFF NOTES
1) The 25th Arch Madness version of the Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship tips off with a pair of first-round games Thursday night, capped by the Game 2 matchup between No. 10 seed Bradley and No. 7 seed Drake.
2) Thursday's game will be the 143rd all-time meeting in the Bradley-Drake series, which the Braves lead by an 81-61 count.
3) Bradley is facing the Bulldogs in the first round of the MVC Tournament for the fourth time in five years and for the 11th time overall, making Drake its most common postseason opponent.
4) Although Bradley boasts a .570 winning percentage in the all-time series against the Bulldogs, Drake has won 16 of the last 27 meetings since the start of the 2003-04 season, including season sweeps in 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2011-12 (3 games).
5) Bradley forward Josh Cunningham needs 16 rebounds to equal Dick Petersen (251 in 1951-52) for the most rebounds in a single season by a freshman in Bradley Basketball history.
TELEVISION
MVC-TV | Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FOX Sports Midwest Plus
John Rooney (play-by-play)
Mark Adams (analyst)
Tom Ackerman (sideline)
Scott Warmann (host)
Watch Live via WatchESPN
RADIO
Bradley Sports Properties | 1470 WMBD
Dave Snell (play-by-play)
Chad Kleine (analyst)
Dan DiOrio (Braves Plus pregame)
Listen Live | Direct Link
LIVE STATS
Powered by StatBroadcast via the MVC Scoreboard | Direct Link
TICKETS
ArchMadness.com
Session I - Thursday: $24, $30, $35
All-Session: $119, $159, $203
TV CLEARANCES
• The Valley will produce each of the first three rounds of the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship on the MVC-TV Network.
• Due to programming conflicts wtih the St. Louis Blues, Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers, the games may not be available on the traditional MVC-TV Network outlets.
Bradley-Drake Clearances
FOX Sports Midwest Plus (States of Illinois and Missouri, except Kansas City): Live at 8:30 p.m. CST
FOX Sports Midwest (Stats of Illinois and Missouri, except K.C.): Joined in progress after St. Louis Blues postgame
FOX Sports Midwest (States of Iowa and Nebraska): Live at 8:30 p.m. CST
Comcast SportsNet Chicago: Live at 8:30 p.m. CST
ESPN3: Live at 8:30 p.m. CST outside the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri
DirecTV: Live at 8:30 p.m. on 671-1
Dish Network: Live at 8:30 p.m. CST on channels 441, 9579 and 412-29
AT&T U-Verse: Live at 8:30 p.m. CST on channels 747 and 1747
MVC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• Bradley is playing in its 35th Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship and the Braves enter Arch Madness with a 29-33 (.468) all-time record in the MVC Tournament.
• The Braves are 16-20 (.444) all-time in games played at Scottrade Center.
• Bradley is 3-5 (.375) all-time in MVC Tournament first-round games.
• Bradley has not played in the Friday quarterfinal round since 2011 and has not advanced to the Saturday semifinals since 2010.
• Bradley owns two MVC Tournament championships, but both were won in Peoria (1980 and 1988) when the tournament was contested at campus sites.
SERIES BREAKDOWN
143rd Meeting
Overall: Bradley leads 81-61
MVC Tournament: Tied 5-5
First: Drake 31, at Bradley 30 (12/29/1942
Last: at Drake 60, Bradley 54 (2/11/2015)
Current Streak: Drake W3
Geno Ford vs. Drake: 2-8
Ray Giacoletti vs. Bradley: 4-1 (3-1 at Drake)
• Bradley's 10 games versus Drake in the MVC Tournament are the most against any postseason opponent.
• The teams are meeting at Arch Madness for the fourth time in five years and the Bulldogs have won each of the last two postseason matchups.
• Although Bradley owns an 81-61 lead in the all-time series, Drake has had the upper hand of late, winning 16-of-27 meetings since the start of the 2003-04 season.
SEASON SERIES RECAP
Jan. 28: Drake 69, at Bradley 57 | Recap
• Drake made eight of its first 10 field goal attempts and led wire-to-wire in the season's first meeting at Carver Arena.
• Gary Ricks and Reed Timmer shared game-high scoring honors, each with 15 points for the Bulldogs.
• Bradley closed to within 58-51 with 7:37 remaining, but the Braves missed their final six field goal attempts the rest of the way.
Feb. 11: at Drake 60, Bradley 54 | Recap
• Drake managed only one offensive rebound in the game, but the Bulldogs cashed in with a second-chance Reed Timmer 3-pointer to reclaim the lead with 2:11 remaining.
• Bradley missed its final seven field goal attempts after taking a 51-48 lead with 5:19 left.
