Josh Schertz wanted a public road exhibition game but will it be a hostile environment?

'It's a tough environment. Their fans come out.'

More than once, Josh Schertz has referred to the experience SLU will face at Bradley in Thursday night’s exhibition game as a hostile environment.

Skeptical of that expectation, I asked him if that’s really what he anticipated. After all, he has taken teams to Peoria for games in Carver Arena and should know. While at Indiana State he split a pair of games at the venue. But then, it is an exhibition game on a week night.