The Jackets dropped the middle game of the 2018 Atlanta Challenge to the Bradley Braves in perfect baseball weather on Saturday afternoon. The two teams, in their first ever matchup, played much different baseball than they had the previous afternoon, as Tech had beaten Minnesota 3-2 at Russ Chandler and Bradley, of Peoria, Illinois, fell to Georgia State 3-1 in their game.
Bradley returns eight starters and has seen much prior success playing on the road and in neutral site games, as any reasonably successful team from the northern tier of the country must do. If you’ve never heard of Bradley University, they have seen their biggest success on the hardwood, with four NIT titles from the tournament’s heyday and two NCAA Tournament championship game appearances.