PEORIA — The news conference following Bradley’s 62-54 Saturday loss to Loyola in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament was underway for a while when BU coach Brian Wardle described his third-year program in an analogy.
“We went to the grocery store, bought some steaks and cut them up,” he said. “We’re seasoning them right now and they’re not on the grill yet.”
After the Braves’ first MVC semifinal appearance in eight years and first 20-win season in nine years, by that measure, next year’s team should really start cooking.
Wardle laughed when told that by this reporter.