BigMouthBilliken Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 http://m.slubillikens.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?atclid=211019688&DB_OEM_ID=27200&#.V2GYD-PrHGA.twitter HOME Davidson Dayton* Duquesne* George Mason* La Salle* Massachusetts Rhode Island Saint Joseph’s St. Bonaventure* AWAY Dayton* Duquesne* Fordham George Mason* George Washington La Salle* Richmond St. Bonaventure* VCU *Denotes home-and-home series seems as if we only play the top conference teams once this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChosenOne Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 So our home and home are Dayton, Duquesne, George Mason, La Salle, and St. Bonaventure; it can't get much easier than that, can it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 42 minutes ago, TheChosenOne said: So our home and home are Dayton, Duquesne, George Mason, La Salle, and St. Bonaventure; it can't get much easier than that, can it? Seems like the league knows we are going to suck again and is pairing us up with the other teams that typically suck (except for our "natural" rivals in Dayton). Can't blame the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 You could look at it from the opposite point of view kshoe. The league desires to make its most competitive teams better prepared for the big dance and therefore they will play one another more often. I do not think the league goes out of its way to aid struggling teams, they may rather be sweeping them out of view by making them play one another as much as possible. Same thing, different angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonwich Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 hour ago, TheChosenOne said: So our home and home are Dayton, Duquesne, George Mason, La Salle, and St. Bonaventure; it can't get much easier than that, can it? Cue Brown Indian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 -with our last couple of seasons I don't blame the league for giving us this schedule, wait until the tv schedule is released and then I expect we'll hear some real crying on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 La Salle had 3 transfers sit out last year I believe. So they might not be so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownwolves Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Always nice to have the Billikens playing at the Rielly Center - just hope it's in mid-February ! After all the crying you guys did last season, thought for sure you would have changed Conferences. The Mid-American or the Horizon League just might be a better fit. Yea maybe in five or six years you'll be back to a winning season - - - maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 1 hour ago, brownindians said: Always nice to have the Billikens playing at the Rielly Center - just hope it's in mid-February ! After all the crying you guys did last season, thought for sure you would have changed Conferences. The Mid-American or the Horizon League just might be a better fit. Yea maybe in five or six years you'll be back to a winning season - - - maybe. Weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 We will be above the Mendoza line in 2017-18. A case of Genny Cream Ale can ride on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I think you are correct on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 On 6/18/2016 at 10:44 AM, Taj79 said: We will be above the Mendoza line in 2017-18. A case of Genny Cream Ale can ride on that. Gennesee Cream Ale, I have not heard that brew since my youth days in Up State New York. Just curious TAJ, what is the Mendoza Line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Just Wikipedia it. Named after Mario Mendoza, short stop. Good defense, terrible offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Can't recall exactly but I think he had a career BA of .198. Correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 This has nothing to do with basketball, but happy father's day for all of you that have children or have raised them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownwolves Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Taj79 -- and not only case of Genny Cream but, I'll up that to a case of beer from the Four Mile Brewery -- the Southern Tiers finest Micro Brewery -- and a bottle of the best from Little Chicago Distillery. Olean's nickname was called Lit'l Chicago back in its hay days. Even Cappone had a place here! To the Moderator -- just little good nature ribbing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 The Mendoza Line is generally considered to be a .200 batting average. I surely hope we have a better record than that as our 5-13 conference record this past season comes to .278. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 The way I see it is this, there are 3 sets of factors that will determine how we do this coming season: 1. The team: a) What will be the effective contribution of Moore, Johnson and Welmer to the overall results? 2) Will the injuries that affected Bartley, Crawford and Gillman's play last season recur and affect their play this year as well? c) How well will the team hold up playing a season with basically 10 active players under scholarship? 2. Crews: How bad a coach was Crews in reality? We all know he was not good but was he really worse than we thought, as it may have been indicated by Grandy's performance last season? 3. Ford: We know he can recruit, we know he is a very good spokesman, now, the acid test, we are going to find out how good is he as a coach and how good will his staff be in coaching our players. We all agree, he should do better than Crews did, but how much better? If we have mostly positive outcomes for the issues listed above: the new players are very good and can contribute effectively this season, the prior player injuries do not recur, the team holds better than expected under heavy playing pressure this year, and Ford and his team turn out to be much much better than Crews outfit was, If all of this turns out in our favor we may have a fairly decent season coming up. It may turn out that there was indeed a lot more talent in the team than we have come to believe, and it may turn out that Ford and his team were what was needed to free this talent. Who knows what will happen this coming season? We have to wait and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 22 hours ago, Old guy said: This has nothing to do with basketball, but happy father's day for all of you that have children or have raised them. way O T O M but as long as you brought it up could we have celebrated any better than with U S Open and that unbelievable game 7 in NBA championship. Great reminder how friggin' cool sports are and why so many father's are obsessed with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBilliken Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Are we supposed to get another assistant coach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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