Bradley University NCAA News

Callington 98, Truro 104-4 Truro are very much in the Jollya s Drinks ECB Cornwall Premier League title race after this fourth successive win.

El Paso residents and soldiers came together on a cool and windy day at Noel Field to show their appreciation for the work of the nation's servicemembers and to feast and have fun as they celebrated Armed Forces Day 2009.

The just-completed Bradley Braves recruiting class for 2009-10 appears to be a turning point in the Jim Les era.

When Dyricus Simms-Edwards was 6 years old, he attended a basketball camp held at Peoria High School.

Four hundred of Bradley's most loyal fans packed the Michel Student Center ballroom Wednesday night for one last farewell to the eventful2008-09 men's basketball season.

Bradley coach Jim Les doesn't like to compare players, but he felt a strong familiarity while recruiting Richmond, Va., native Jake Eastman, who signed with the Braves on Thursday.

Bradley freshman guard Darian Norris has requested and been granted his release and plans to transfer to a school that will allow him more opportunity to play point guard, BU coach Jim Les announced Wednesday night.

This bridesmaid thing is getting a little old for the Bradley Braves. For the 11th time in the last 21 years, the Braves finished second in a tournament Tuesday night , falling to Old Dominion 66-62 in the CollegeInsider.com tournament title game before a crowd of 8,118 at Carver Arena.

Aside from all the national publicity Bradley men's basketball received from beating Oakland on Chris Roberts' 75-foot bank shot 11 days ago, the Braves have collected another fringe benefit.

The Bradley Braves season ended on Tuesday night and so did the Bradley career of one freshman player.

Peoria, Ill. -- Frank Hassell, playing with a stress fracture in his right leg, had 18 points and 15 rebounds to lead Old Dominion to a 66-62 win over Bradley for the title of the inaugural CollegeInsider.com tournament on Tuesday night.

Taken in the context of a mid-level MVC team playing the ninth-place team from the Pac-10, it's disappointing for WSU to lose, and never really challenge, against Stanford.

The smile never goes away. Well, probably the instant Dodie Dunson got chucked into the scorer's table at Loyola and fell on his hand, and it hurt like the dickens, he grimaced.

Three-point specialist Dodie Dunson played through an injury to his shooting hand to pour in 13 points and lead Bradley to a 59-49 win over Pacific in a CollegeInsider.com semifinal game on Wednesday.

Pacific's March of gladness continues. Anthony Brown added another feel-good element to Pacific's postseason run with a fitting finale at Spanos Center on Monday, helping lead the Tigers to a 69-59 victory over Idaho in the quarterfinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament before 2,140 fans.

Theron Wilson, a Highland Park product, had 16 points and 11 rebounds in Bradley's 76-75 victory over Oakland, Mich., on Monday that put the Braves in the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

Once more with feeling. That is the mantra in Peoria where Bradley faces Pacific Wednesday night in the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament at Carver Arena.

Tradition has it that you receive gifts for your birthday. Bradley's Chris Roberts, who turns 21 Tuesday, delivered one a day early instead.

Championship games were played recently in the Dallas Youth Basketball League. SEMI-FINAL GAME Belrick Corp.

APSU to test road skills in CollegeInsiders.com tourney By JAMES D. HORNE * The Leaf-Chronicle * March 18, 2009 Just a chance to play more basketball.