The 2018–19 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented
Bradley University
Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,400 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in five colleges. The ...
during the
2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2018. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded with the Final Four in Minneapolis on April 8, 2019. Practices officially began on Septembe ...
. The Braves, led by fourth-year head coach
Brian Wardle, played their home games at
Carver Arena
Peoria Civic Center is an entertainment complex located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson and John Burgee, it has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms. It opened in 1982 and ...
in
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria ...
as members of the
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the midwest.
History
The MVC was established ...
. They finished the season 20–15, 9–9 in
MVC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the
MVC tournament, they defeated
Missouri State
Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...
,
Loyola, and
Northern Iowa
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to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament as the No. 15 seed in the East region. There they lost to No. 2-seeded
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
in the first round.
Previous season
The
Braves
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finished the
2017–18 season 20–13, 9–9 in
MVC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated
Drake
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in the first round of the
MVC tournament before losing to
Loyola–Chicago in the semifinals.
Offseason
Departures
2018 recruiting class
2019 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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Missouri Valley Conference regular season
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Missouri Valley tournament
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NCAA tournament
Source
References
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Bradley
Bradley is an English surname derived from a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English.
Like many English surnames Bradley can also be used as a given name and as such has become popular.
It is also an Anglicisation of t ...