PEORIA – A Bradley Braves are getting closer to finalizing their schedule for the 2024-25 basketball season.
“We need two more games to get it done, but so do a lot of teams,” Bradley coach Brian Wardle said. “It’s a complicated process.”
The Missouri Valley Conference requires teams to schedule a minimum of four Quad 1 and Quad 2 non-conference games. This is part of the Valley’s effort to position itself for a second bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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Northern Illinois will be among Bradley’s non-conference opponents, arriving for a game on Nov. 16 at Carver Arena. BU last saw Northern Illinois with a 66-63 victory in Peoria in 2010.
The Huskies were 11-20 overall last season and 5-20 in the MAC. They faced teams like Northern Iowa, Indiana State, Northwestern, Marquette and beat Georgia State and DePaul.
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Bradley also made the field for the 2024 Myrtle Beach Invitational, according to Rocco Miller from bracketeer.org. It takes place on the 21st, 22nd and 24th of November.
Bradley will be on the roster for Middle Tennessee, Ohio, Portland, Princeton and South Florida. The final two teams — believed to be Wright State and Louisiana-Monroe — are finalizing their commitment to the tournament.
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Dave Eminian is a sports columnist for the Journal Star and covers Bradley, Rivermen and Chiefs men’s basketball. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for pjstar.com. He can be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com. Follow him on X.com @icetimecleve.
This article originally appeared in the Journal Star: Bradley Basketball: Myrtle Beach Invitational Schedule, November
