• Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Night
• Free UIC replica basketball jersey to first 100 UIC students
• Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night (up to nine complimentary tickets available for purchase with University ID through the UIC athletics ticket office or the arena box office)
• Alumni Appreciation Night ($1 tickets for all UIC alumni presenting a valid ID through the UIC athletics ticket office or the arena box office)
• Flames Force Pre-Game Tailgate Party in Student Center East Bowling Alley (5-6:30 p.m. CT)
• UIC students also encouraged to ride a free shuttle to the game. Free game shuttles will pick up at all East Campus dorms and outside Student Center East starting one hour before tipoff.

• Tuesday will mark the 17th meeting on the hardwood between UIC and Bradley. The Braves hold a 13-3 edge all-time against the Flames, including a 4-2 margin when playing in Chicago.
• UIC has won the past two games in the series, both in Peoria, by scores of 93-70 (Jan. 29, 2025) and 85-70 (Jan. 24, 2026). It's the first time the Flames have won back-to-back games against the Braves in series history (and the first two times UIC has defeated Bradley since the Flames joined the MVC in 2022-23).
• Conversely, Bradley has won the last three times it has played UIC at Credit Union 1 Arena, including a last-second 61-60 victory in its most recent visit on Jan. 11, 2025.
• Nearly half (9) of the 16 previous meetings between UIC and Bradley have been decided by 10 points or fewer.

• Bradley is ranked 24th in the latest College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 poll, making the Braves the 14th UIC opponent this season to appear in that survey.
• BU has won five of its last seven games, including a 95-84 overtime victory at home over since-crowned MVC champion Belmont on Feb. 9.
• In the Braves' most recent outing this past Saturday, they dispatched their I-74 rival, Illinois State, 74-60, rebounding from a seven-point loss at Valparaiso three nights earlier.
• Jaquan Johnson ranks second in the MVC in scoring (17.1 ppg.) and fourth in assists (3.6 apg.) and assist/turnover ratio (2.58), while placing among the top five in the nation in steals (league-leading 2.66 spg.). Alex Huibregtse is second in the Valley with a .430 three-point percentage and 2.97 treys/game.
• Brian Wardle is in his 11th season as head coach at Bradley (205-157 record) and 16th overall (300-22 career mark). He is 17-5 all-time vs. UIC, including his prior stop at Green Bay.

• Entering the final week of the regular season, UIC can finish anywhere from second to seventh in the MVC standings. The top five teams on the final conference table will earn a bye into the quarterfinals of the 50th annual MVC Tournament (aka "Arch Madness") which will be played March 5-8 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis.
• With its Feb. 18 win at Evansville, UIC earned its 11th victory in MVC play this year, its most conference wins in a single season since 2017-18 (12-6 in the Horizon League). It also secured the first winning conference season for the Flames since 2019-20 (10-8/.556 in the Horizon League).
• UIC's 84-46 win at Evansville on Feb. 18 was its largest margin of victory in a road game in 73 years, dating back to a 116-60 win at George Williams College on Feb. 13, 1953 (well before UIC's program elevated to NCAA Division I status in 1981-82).
• The Evansville win was UIC's largest conference victory, topping a 77-44 Horizon League win at Detroit Mercy on Jan. 18, 2003.
• The Flames welcomed one of their largest home crowds in the past decade for the Feb. 6 Belmont game, with 3,599 fans (including 1,400 UIC students) coming through the turnstiles at Credit Union 1 Arena.
• UIC's eight-game winning streak earlier this season (all against MVC opponents) was its longest since Nov. 17-Dec. 15, 2012, a run that included one non-Division I victory. It was also the Flames' longest conference (and entirely Division I) winning streak since Jan. 24-Feb. 28, 2004, when UIC won its final 10 Horizon League games of the season — it then won both conference tournament games, capped by a 65-62 victory at Milwaukee in the Horizon League final to earn UIC's most recent NCAA Tournament berth.
• Eight different UIC players have led the team in scoring at least once, tying for the fifth-most unique game-high scorers in the nation this year (George Washington, Illinois State, Tarleton State and VCU have nine, while UIC is one of 10 schools who have eight).
• Of the 12 players on UIC's roster who have seen playing time this year, 10 have scored in double figures at least once this season, led by junior guard Ahmad Henderson II (21 games) and freshman guard Andy Johnson (16). The 10 different double-digit scorers ties for second-most in the MVC behind Illinois State (11).
• UIC has gone very young with its lineup during the past 18 games, starting three freshmen in guards Andy Johnson and Rashund Washington Jr., along with redshirt forward Jayce Nathaniel in 13 of those games (and all three averaging more than 20 minutes per night). The Flames are one of four schools in the nation (Arizona, Fairfield, UT Martin) to have three freshmen start at least 13 times this year, with only one other school (New Mexico) having fielded a three-freshman lineup even once this year.
• To say UIC's schedule has been challenging this year is putting it mildly. Nearly half (13) of the Flames' 27 Division I opponents have been ranked or receiving votes in the College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 poll at tipoff, including a stretch of three in a row from Dec. 7-17 (No. 3 Yale, No. 5 Belmont, No. 10 UNI).
• With last month's wins at No. 7 Illinois State and No. 10 UNI, UIC has five victories over ranked mid-major squads (four vs. top-10 programs) in head coach Rob Ehsan's two seasons. Last year, the Flames defeated No. 1 Drake, No. 4 Bradley and No. 13 Yale.
• UIC has come oh-so-close to victory on several occasions this year, with 11 of their 13 losses by 10 points or fewer and/or in OT, including all seven MVC losses to date (average of 5.3 ppg. vs. Belmont (2x), UNI, Murray State (2x) and Valparaiso (2x)).
• UIC has led at halftime in 13 of its 18 conference games this year and has been tied or up at the break in 19 of its 29 games overall.
• Six of UIC's close losses have come against teams either ranked or receiving votes in the College Insider Mid-Major poll (OSU, HPU, BEL-2x, UNI, MSU-2x), and four close losses have come by three points or fewer and/or in overtime (OSU, UAPB, BEL, CHA). In those latter four "one-possession" games, UIC had the ball each time with a chance to tie or win the game in the closing seconds, but despite clean looks each time, the shots did not fall.
• UIC men's basketball has been hitting the books at a record-setting level this year. The Flames posted a 3.26 team GPA during the Fall 2025 semester, the program's highest semester GPA since at least 2010-11.
• On Nov. 13, UIC announced the signing of Dikembe Shaw, a 6-7 forward from Crown Point, Ind. for 2026-27. Shaw was an all-state and Indiana Junior All-Star pick last year at Crown Point High School, posting 16.2 ppg., 6.7 rpg. and 3.4 apg., while helping the Bulldogs go 24-2 and make the Indiana Class 4A semistate final. He also had 12.9 ppg. and 5.9 rpg. in the summer 2025 club season with Indiana Elite 3SSB (3Stripes Select Basketball).
• Earlier this year, head coach Rob Ehsan was selected as a "Chicagoan You Should Know" by Ankin Law, one of the premier firms in the Chicagoland area.

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