Drake at Bradley

This is not the same Bradley team we saw win 22 and 24 games in each of the last two seasons. They lost over half their scoring, and over two-thirds of their rebounding. To make matters worse, they have now lost Daniel Ruffin. Ruffin was their leading scorer and had accumulated more assists than any returning player in the country (475). The teams from the last two years never lost a home game by more than 11 points but this season, they have dropped two by more than that already. Drake still does not catch the odds-makers eyes, because they are the new kids on the block. All they have done is run off 13 straight, including four on the road. They are out-scoring teams by nearly 20 per game, and holding opponents to 39% shooting. A Bradley team that shoots just 43% is going to struggle, as Drake has allowed just just two of it's last 13 opponents to reach 60, while they have reached 60 in 12 of 13! Sooner or later they will catch up with Drake, but for now they haven't, and we will ride them here.