CBI Championship Series Deciding Game 3 Friday Night

PRINCETON, N.J. - The Bradley Braves defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, 83-74, on Wednesday in Game #2 of the CBI Championship Series to tie the"Best of Three" series at two games a piece. The Championship Series will be decided Friday night in Tulsa with Game 3.

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Television: Fox College Sports and DirecTV (Channel 669)

By The Numbers

79,000: Fans who have attended CBI games through Game #2 of the Championship Series.
9,014: Bradley fans in attendance for Game #2 of the CBI Championship Series, the CBI's largest crowd to date. 7,337: Tulsa fans in attendance for Game #1 of the CBI Championship Series, the second largest crowd of the season for the Golden Hurricane (Memphis was first).
308: Total victories by the CBI teams throughout the 2007-08 season- an average of 19.3 per team.
98: Total points scored in the CBI by Bradley's Jeremy Crouch , the tournament's active scoring leader and second among all NCAA post-season players behind only Stephen Curry.
55: Rebounds so far in the CBI for Tulsa's Jerome Jordan, which is tops among all NCAA post-season players this year.
14.1: Average margin of victory in the NCAA Tournament.
12.7: Average margin of victory in the NIT.
7.1: Average margin of victory in the CBI. 2: Conference USA teams remaining in post-season play (Tulsa & Memphis)- the only conference with more than one.
1: Game left to decide the inaugural CBI Championship.

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