The Bradley men's basketball team opens its defense of its Arch Madness titles, facing Southern Illinois in the MVC Tournament First Round on Thursday. The schools are set for a 5 p.m. tipoff in St. Louis.
ABOUT THE BRAVES
• Bradley is 12-15 during the 2020-21 campaign with a 6-12 Missouri Valley Conference record.
• BU finished the regular season on a high note, defeating 15-2 Drake, 67-61, despite playing with only six scholarship players the final 31 minutes.
• Sophomore Ville Tahvanainen leads all active Bradley players with 8.8 points per game.