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  1. If we could somehow dig up the original sheet music of the fight song for the pep band to play in the Chaf next year, it would be epic.
  2. I remember SLU conducted a competition to write a new school fight song about 6 years ago. The result was less than mediocre. You can actually find the "new fight song" in song books assigned for U101 classes. It's absolutely terrible. We need to get the music for the original fight song. If anyone has any old year books please try to locate the sheet music. And if we can't find the original music, we need a contest to write a tune to go along with it. It should be too hard, it's just a short little fight song, but I like it. It's about time we play our own fight song again.
  3. Collegesportsinfo.com We are mentioned in this article under Big East realignment.
  4. I understand your reasoning, but this lack of respect is shocking to me. Even though Xavier and Temple just edged us out this season, I certainly don't hate them. I respect them. I felt as if that was the general consensus in AC amongst other teams. For seemingly no reason, we are the black sheep of the league. It's utterly ridiculous.
  5. Not four connections. Four separate flights. (i.e. they split up some of the players and coaches).
  6. I don't want to discuss the game with this post. As we all know the Billikens got smothered by the Rams. Therefore, I won't talk about it, but rather use this thread to talk about my experience attending the Atlantic 10 Tournament this Friday. For all the naysayers that think SLU should never join the Missouri Valley for fear of downgrading our level of competition, I say this: Attend a game at the conference tournament in Atlantic City. Before attending the Billiken-Ram game, I generally agreed with SLU's current conference affiliation with the Atlantic 10. However, now I'm convinced that SLU is not in the right conference. I will pinpoint three points I found most relevant: 1) The Crowd. I counted 11 Billiken supporters (not including the contingent of parents sitting behind the bench) as I walked through Boardwalk Hall. For the 4th seed in the tournament with an outside chance of an NCAA berth, this indicates that the distance is just too far. When the average student doesn't have a realistic opportunity to attend the conference tournament (keep in mind SLU is on Spring Break), that is a problem and enforces the idea that our university is playing in the wrong conference. Not surprisingly, it was basically a home game for the Rams. Unless SLU can send a couple bus loads of students to Atlantic City next year, our Billikens are fighting a losing battle. Teams like Temple, Rhode Island, Dayton, and even St. Bonaventure had sizable cheering sections. We will never have a chance to win the A-10 conference tournament by playing against three hostile crowds in as many days. It's simply not realistic, no matter the quality of our team. 2) Animosity directed at SLU. I overheard numerous conversations (more than six) belittling and mocking SLU. Whether it's Majerus' large personality or geographic location, it became obvious not many opposing fans like or respected the Billikens. As I recall, SLU joined the A-10 because Father Biondi wanted to establish a presence in the Northeast. However, my experience indicates that these snobby East Coast types want nothing to do with SLU. Whether the fans were cheering for Xavier, Dayton, Charlotte, or Rhode Island, they seemed weary of SLU's affiliation with the Atlantic 10. Hell, I even overheard a couple of Bonnie fans making fun of SLU. 3) Officiating. I know it's the easiest excuse following a loss and I'm not saying we should have won the game, because in all honesty we should have lost. We played absolutely terrible basketball. With that said, the officiating at SLU games this year has been atrocious and sadly continued with the game this Friday. For some reason, there is an anti-SLU bias in the A-10, which includes the fans and the referees. Did anyone watch the game on television? Did you see some of the calls? Questionable call after questionable call was made against SLU. A few Temple fans I was sitting next to were originally casually pulling for Rhode Island, but quickly switched to our side after witnessing the horrendous officiating against SLU began cheering if they had attended our university. They were (and myself included) along with several obnoxious Ram fans (they couldn't even complain when a Billiken drew a foul) were suspended in disbelief at the nature of the calls being made (Kwamain's 'charge', Ellis getting hacked on a 3-point attempt, etc.). After speaking to an assistant coach in the airport, my thoughts about the tournement were reinforced. He described the A-10 Tournament as 'brutal' for SLU. Furthermore, he explained the nature of the tournament experience as this: "SLU is essentially playing a road game, every game in this tournament. Expecting to win three straight road games in this league is too much to simply expect. This conference is too good." In addition, he stated the team needed four commercial flights to get back to campus. If someone who was watching or attending the game would please comment and add their experiences upon my reflections that would be much appreciated. Please keep in mind that this thread is not simply senseless rants following a tough loss. I have stewed these thoughts for over a day and would like to hear from others.
  7. I'll be there for the games on March 12th. Let's hope I get to watch the Billikens!
  8. They have a 7-5 conference record with 2 losses in their last three games. One of those losses is against a mediocre A-10 team in Duquesne.
  9. Apology accepted. Now let's kick some Musketeer ass!
  10. Scheduling Rockhurst would be fine for the Billikens under Soderberg. But we are no longer happy with NIT berths.
  11. Let me repeat myself, playing a non-NCAA team during our non-conference schedule is a laughing stock. There are almost 350 D-1 teams, assuming we didn't want to play the worst half, we still have a plethora of teams to schedule. There is no benefit to playing that game. Hopefully RM will fill the schedule with a few quality opponents next year.
  12. Did I specifically say the game against Rockhurst hurt our RPI? No I most certainly did not. But playing Rockhurst during the middle of the season is a joke. Would you agree?
  13. This is definately the way to go about the scheduling. One thing that kills your RPI is playing terrible teams. It's better to lose to a decent team then too beat an awful team. Therefore, we have to stick to major-conference opponents. I know RM explained why we played Rockhurst during the middle of our season, but that is inexcusable.
  14. Sure, we have won six straight games, which is great playing in a very good conference. However, those wins aren't too convincing upon further examination. We barely beat mediocre teams such as the Bonnies, SJU, and LaSalle. And our marquee wins of the streak are against URI and Dayton, however, both of those teams are on the downswing. We've been playing well, but let's not blow things too far out of proportion. The games against against Temple and Xavier will truly be a measuring stick for our program. As for right now, the jury's still out.
  15. Well said my friend. However, this will never be a possibility if the student section is dominated by Blue Crew's elementary and unoriginal cheers. We aren't in grade school anymore. The 'Go Team!' chants aren't satisfying enough for me or my fellow fans in the student section. We need to get a little rowdy and have some fun.
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