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1st round NIT- Final score: Dayton 80 Bradley 66

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1st round NIT- Unseeded Bradley (21-12, 14-2 at home) vs. #2 seed Dayton (23-11, 6-5 away) , Wednesday, March 18, 8:00 pm
Bradley finished 2nd in the MVC (13-7) and was eliminated from the MVC Tournament in the semifinal round by eventual winner UNI.
Dayton finished 4th in the Atlantic-10 (12-6) and upset the favored St. Louis 70-69 in the semifinal, then lost in the final to VCU 70-62.

Despite Dayton being the higher seeded team, the game is at Carver Arena due to Dayton's home arena being used to host the First Four of the NCAA Tournament this week.
The game is on ESPNU - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/_/type/upcoming/startDate/20260318#:~:text=Mexico (First Round) (NIT)-,8:00 PM,Dayton vs. Bradley (First Round) (NIT),-9:00 PM

Tickets- https://www.ticketmaster.com/bradle...ia-illinois-03-18-2026/event/0700646F305CA3E4
Live Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Bradleyfans Chat Room- https://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio- https://wmbdradio.com/player/?playerID=2045

Dayton links-
Schedule/results- https://daytonflyers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster- https://daytonflyers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/2168

Dayton is lead by 5'10" senior guard Javon Bennett - 16.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 34.7% from three
Other starters-
6'4" junior guard DeShayne Montgomery- 13.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.2 spg, 33.3% from three
7'1" sophomore forward Amaël L'Etang- 12.1 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 36.0% from three
6'5" senior guard Jordan Derkack- 9.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.5 apg, 28.3% from three
6'6" post-grad guard Keyonte Jones- 7.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.3 apg, 35.1% from three

Bradley stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/71
 
Da Coach said:
1st round NIT- Unseeded Bradley (21-12, 14-2 at home) vs. #2 seed Dayton (23-11, 6-5 away) , Wednesday, March 18, 8:00 pm
Bradley finished 2nd in the MVC (13-7) and was eliminated from the MVC Tournament in the semifinal round by eventual winner UNI.
Dayton finished 4th in the Atlantic-10 (12-6) and upset the favored St. Louis 70-69 in the semifinal, then lost in the final to VCU 70-62.

Despite Dayton being the higher seeded team, the game is at Carver Arena due to Dayton's home arena being used to host the First Four of the NCAA Tournament this week.
The game is on ESPNU - https://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/_/type/upcoming/startDate/20260318#:~:text=Mexico (First Round) (NIT)-,8:00 PM,Dayton vs. Bradley (First Round) (NIT),-9:00 PM

Tickets- https://www.ticketmaster.com/bradle...ia-illinois-03-18-2026/event/0700646F305CA3E4
Live Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Bradleyfans Chat Room- https://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio- https://wmbdradio.com/player/?playerID=2045

Dayton links-
Schedule/results- https://daytonflyers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster- https://daytonflyers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/2168

Dayton is lead by 5'10" senior guard Javon Bennett - 16.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 34.7% from three
Other starters-
6'4" junior guard DeShayne Montgomery- 13.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.2 spg, 33.3% from three
7'1" sophomore forward Amaël L'Etang- 12.1 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 36.0% from three
6'5" senior guard Jordan Derkack- 9.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.5 apg, 28.3% from three
6'6" post-grad guard Keyonte Jones- 7.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.3 apg, 35.1% from three

Bradley stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/71
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It looks like their team mirrors ours.
 
Ticket office seems overwhelmed with number of ticket requests from STH. They still have not released lower bowl tickets from STH who aren’t going. Hopefully they release them before too long - we don’t want any empty lower bowl seats tomorrow night.
 
BradleyBiz said:
Ticket office seems overwhelmed with number of ticket requests from STH. They still have not released lower bowl tickets from STH who aren’t going. Hopefully they release them before too long - we don’t want any empty lower bowl seats tomorrow night.
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I was told by the Director of Ticket Sales that they would not be available until tomorrow morning some time.
 
Da Coach said:
I was told by the Director of Ticket Sales that they would not be available until tomorrow morning some time.
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Why, they had a deadline and it passed so I would think the ones that wanted to go ordered them like the rest of us did on time. It is really easy to purchase them on your phone or your computer. That ticket office has not been good for a long time. They seem to forget they are in the business of selling tickets.
 
Those seats that are season tickets were held back and never loaded into the Ticketmaster system. So they can't just flip a switch and make them all appear. They have people working into tonight to get them into the Ticketmaster system.
 
braves16 said:
Is anyone able to tell what pre sales are like for tonight?
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This is what Ticketmaster currently shows available. That's a lot of seats, so sales must be a little slow so far. But from what I am hearing, many non-season ticket holders are waiting for the unclaimed seats to be made available, since they are all the same $27 price.
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I have to think they may have been caught off guard with not only the NIT bid but hosting the first game. Maybe weren’t thinking they’d have to assemble all of this in a couple days. Heck most of us were surprised.
 
BradleyBiz said:
I have to think they may have been caught off guard with not only the NIT bid but hosting the first game. Maybe weren’t thinking they’d have to assemble all of this in a couple days. Heck most of us were surprised.
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Yes, but that is the case every year when an NIT bid comes. There is no way to prepare, since they never know if they are hosting or not, or which day it will be on.
 
If Bradley wins Wednesday, they will play UNC-Wilmington in the 2nd round.
UNC-Wilmington defeated #3 seed Yale tonight (Tues. 3/17) -
Final score: UNCW 68 Yale 67 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401858340
Neither team shot very well (UNCW 36%, Yale 37%)
Rebounds: Yale 49, UNCW 48 - lot of missed shots
Both teams had 8 turnovers.
UNCW was 8-14 on free throws, Yale was just 9-22 from the free throw line.

Full bracket- https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/files/2026-03/2026_Official_NIT Bracket.png
Winston-Salem Region bracket-
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Just sayin, Wichita was 13-5 in league play, won 23 games and AVERAGED 5,900 home attendance and drew 3,700 for NIT win over Wyoming. Shocker attendance ain’t what it used to be.
 
Da Coach said:
Yes, but that is the case every year when an NIT bid comes. There is no way to prepare, since they never know if they are hosting or not, or which day it will be on.
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It's never been this disorganized. They've generally stuck to the deadlines over the past two years (give or take a couple hours). Tickets are still not available as of this post. And they had an extra day over some of the other schools.
 
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