Bradley Braves NCAA Basketball News

Bradley junior guard Andrew Warren , who red-shirted the 2009-10 season with a broken foot, hit his first six field goal attempts and all six free throw attempts en route to a team-high 21 points, leading the Braves to a 68-63 exhibition victory versus NCAA Division II Lewis Sunday afternoon at Carver Arena.

Don't write off Bradley's 68-63 victory over Lewis as meaningless. True, the Braves played much like the Chicago Bears did in their unimpressive 30-3 beatdown of the Cleveland Browns a week ago not able to put away a team that they shouldn't struggle with.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Freshmen forwards Jordan Prosser and Milos Knezevic are of immediate interest.

Jeff Sagarin's all-time computer ratings rank Bradley No. 39, by far the best of any Missouri Valley Conference program.

Oklahoma State junior guard James Anderson and Oklahoma sophomore guard Willie Warren were among six players named Thursday to the 2009-10 preseason All-Big 12 basketball team.

Bradley sophomore forward Taylor Brown tipped in Sam Maniscalco's missed runner at the buzzer, leading the Braves to an improbable 84-83 victory verus Lupo Araraquara Thursday night in the second round of the COPA EPTV Basketball Tournament at Gimnasio Milton Olaio Filho.

How many kids have we sent to college? It's the first question Ben Tensay asked when he became the head girls' basketball coach at Farmington two years ago.

Bradley sophomore forward Taylor Brown tipped in Sam Maniscalco's missed runner at the buzzer, leading the Braves to an improbable 84-83 victory verus Lupo Araraquara Thursday night in the second round of the COPA EPTV Basketball Tournament at Gimnasio Milton Olaio Filho.

FINAL RECORD: 21-15, 10-8, 4th in the Missouri Valley. WHAT WENT RIGHT: Senior Theron Wilson was an undersized power forward, but made up for it with a non-stop motor and big heart and turned into a first-team all-Valley performer.

Warren, who averaged 13.2 ppg in the 2007-08 season before being shelved by a broken foot this season, figures to get plenty of space as opponents will have to respect Sam Maniscalco, Dodie Dunson and Chris Roberts from outside the arc.

FINAL RECORD: 21-15, 10-8, 4th in the Missouri Valley. WHAT WENT RIGHT: Senior Theron Wilson was an undersized power forward, but made up for it with a non-stop motor and big heart and turned into a first-team all-Valley performer.

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.

The new Virginia basketball coach sits in arguably the best conference in the country, works at one of the top schools in the nation and is far, far closer to a cluster of talent than he ever was when he won at remote Washington State .

PULLMAN, Wash., April 10 -- Washington State University issued the following news release: Ben Johnson has been retained as an assistant men's basketball coach at Washington State University, Cougar Head Coach Ken Bone announced this week.

When a stranger walked into Tim Floyd's office at USC one summer day and asked if he'd like to have O.J. Mayo, he may as well have opened his jacket and asked Floyd if he'd like to buy a diamond-encrusted Rolex.

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.

Southern Illinois selected Missy Tiber as its new women's basketball coach, bypassing Wisconsin Badgers assistant Kathi Bennett, who had interviewed for the job.

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.