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I despise this sentence and sentences like it. And it has nothing to do with MO State, a school and program I think about with near-0 frequency.

I thought I heard that gigantic THUD coming from the east. Why go through all of that, firing a coach and interviewing REAL coaches, just to hire Lavin??

True.

I personally always admired Brad from afar but, Lord have mercy, how much time with his dad can Kramer stand? Of course, I must be projecting my own filial issues on Kramer

Well, the good times crack WAS funny. I do remember that story; this was in the past 4 or 5 years, right? Yes, definitely.

Yeah. You, me, and about 49% of Rams fans out there. They'll draft Bradford, because they don't have the guts to go with their every instinct. Also, Burwell strikes me as a friendly guy. Why he gets so much flak in St. Louis is odd.

I know, I know, but I feel this way about that: Bob contributed much more to Lindenwood that vice-versa. Karraker went there too. Bright people end up at third tier places all the time. Not that I'm comparing Ramsey, who is very bright, to Randy K, who is not so much. Lindenwood's the type of school who figures out how to get a scholarship lozenge-sucking team via federal grant dollars. And, not to be racially supercharged here, but St. Charles is horrible.

Agree on the relative insanity of leaving hoops in the MAC for Lindenwood. I was always a Brad supporter but Lindenwood is super meh. And, I apologize in advance for this- I truly do- but Lindenwood is not a quality institution whatsoever. It is a federal student loan recycling/laundering operation.

After having season tickets for three years, I decided not to re-up this year for a few reasons, so I wasn't there. That being said, I took my two young kids to the Rams game yesterday- my first trip to the dome since about a month after 9/11/01. What a bore. Billiken basketball is MUCH more exciting, much more fun for a sports fan and much better to entertain children. I am mystified at the popularity of the ponderous sport of the NFL vs. the excellent value of NCAA hoops. GO Bills.

Beating a Big12 or Big 10 team is always good, no matter who, when, where or how.

Very impressive win by the Billikens. Just very impressive.

Ah, the former Vashon player: almost always WAAAYY less than the sum of his props.....

First of all, WHO CARES how good the bottom feeders are or aren't. It has absolutely nothing to do with SLU's success. Michigan State wasn't apologizing for how bad Northwestern was when they won the NCAA tournament, UCLA/Oregon St, etc. etc., let it go. Secondly, since I'm in a particularly anti-Majerus mood right now, I'll comment that the money for marketing went out the window when we had to pay this coach his oversized contract. SLU is too limited an athletic dept. to have it both ways. It's either/or and RM's contract won out.

Your suggestions and observations are right-on. In fact, the conference tournament- if you are going to have one- should be a major showcase for a league and in almost all respects MORE important than an additional possible NCAA bid. Having the tourney Fri-Sunday is esentially acknowledging the seriousness of the effort, and Atlantic City is the best venue I can think of for a league named the Atlantic 10.

I dislike Hansbrough as much as the next guy- which obviously means alot as he is probably the least popular player of the last decade. But I always thought likely-future-NBA-success-or-lack is the most bizarre way to think about a player, since what TH has done at, and for, UNC is simply humongous. Who REALLY cares what he does as a Washington Wizard or Western Australia Fire????