Taj79

As to forming this new conference ..... a few have made this duplicate suggestion. But who are the targets? No one seems to be willing to identify just who one would like to see. In the A10, you have us and Dayton and VCU. The rest are one-hit wonders (even SLU might be considered as such). Wichita State and Belmont seem to get the most ink on this realignment. High Point has been mentioned before. Maybe Bradley and Drake? In my mind, there are not enough candidates to fill such a bill.

Just not for the BIG Principia game, I hope.

I thought St. Joes was in disarray long before they fired Martelli. I've been to Hawk Hill many times over the last few years, supporting our Bills on the A10 road. Hawk Hill is Philly fans. Long seen as the scourge of fans everywhere. They threw snowballs at Santa. But all have been cordial to me when I show up in Billiken blue. Many, mostly in short asides walking the concourses or heading to the parked car, bemoaned the state of the program back then, many claiming the game had passed Martelli by. Many claimed he was desperately seeking the next Nelson and West but could never find them. I thought his failure was his inability to go six or seven deep. He had the starting five and one sub it seemed. All of the Philly schools bring back fond memories of watching the Big Five growing up in NE PA. Penn had tradition. La Salle had tradition. Temple was a b#tch to play. Then it all became Villanova which is a suburb school, not a city school. They have now added another city school in Drexel but they bring little to the table. If all these schools are mid-majors, the league exemplifies what is happening to mid-majors all across the landscape.

There were two Andre Craigs on the Billikens .... one from 1981 to 1984 and the other from SLUH in 2008-09. The older Craig was like 6'11" and teamed with Abdur Rahiim Al-Matiin to give Grawer's early teams a tandem of two guys over 6'10". Problem was Grawer never played them together. Both were limited to dunks and rebounds.

How many years did we supposedly work on French's free throw mechanics?

I don't comment during games .... too busy watching. I read the GDT after the fact. The doom and gloom posted in the firsdt half weas somewhat comical but the realization to me is that this team will have nights where takeoffs are delayed and the high-speed game runs afoul of itself. I like running but run with purpose, intent and good decision-making. We got there. McCottry led in scoring but he should never shoot beyond the lane. That is not his strength. And his free throws gave me cause to harken back to Hasahn, It's amplified because even though he shot 50%, the other guys are much better. So it's more glaring. USF played a smart game ----- they went at Robbie, late they fouled Amari, and they dared Kellen and Amari to shoot from distance. The good news is we are so deep, Brady, Ishan Trey and others made enough threes to open up the middle for Kellan and Amari. Dion, Quentin and Trey make this team go, especially Dion. Sadly disappointed in the attendance again. Don't hand me finals studying ---- it's Saturday. You got all day tomorrow to cram the brain. Attendance listed at 5814,

As most know, I hate soccer. But when the option was to watch the soccer Bills or the Dayton Sweatervests, I went with the hometown team. First half was all kickball but from the own goal on, quite a game. Proud of the guys and really happy for Kalish and company. Abonnel's save was key. Seemed to stop the bleeding. From the red card on, it was nice to see concentrated offense on our part. The PK was the right call. And Anderson's goal was of course killer. The announcers did little to infuse enthusiasm into the game. Nice that the SLU cheerleaders were brought in. Cary is a suburb of Raleigh so it's practically a home game for NC State. NC State only claims six players rostered from NC. The rest are foreign legionnaires.

My buddy in Cleveland said he got an emila for a pregame party in Akron today. Starts at 1100 EST. He is enroute.

My buddy in Cleveland said he received an email this morning from SLU announcing a pregame party in Akron staring at 1100 EST today. He's on his way there.Some local bar.

Georgia seeks $390K from DE Damon Wilson for transfer damages - ESPN I know it's a football story but basketball won't be far behind. This seems fair ...... kid signed on for half a million and apparently didn't read the fine print. Can't wait for the first story on when the IRS comes calling for the taxes on these NIL deals.

Answer me this: How does Mason get a 43 NET playing the likes of Wofford, Winthrop, Catawba, New Hampshire, Jacksonville, Ohio, (neutral), Florida Atlantic (neutral), James Madison and Cornell with every game at home except the two neutral court sites? I guess I could sub in Saint Louis for Mason given our schedule which means none of it make sense.

That was a bad basketball team. If this is, as someone said, a Q1 win, then the Q system is a lie and needs to be blown up. Observations: Avila is as earthbound as a center can be but he boxed out well on this go around. McCottry is a walking turnover. He doesn’t handle the ball well but needs to because his game is all drive-and-shoot. Green is the best of the bombers; maybe Dunlap will get better but right now he and Sharma are inconsistent. Brown and Jones allow us to win rebounding battles; Thames might be a highlight reel but his offensive game needs work. If LMU finishes above .500 in the WCC I’ll be stunned. Maybe that 6’6” PG will do the trick but that team was not good yesterday. Damn! One rebound away from 8 and 0.

ooops .... wrong USF .... South Florida not San Francisco.

... Wednesday on ESPN2 from the Bahamas at 2:30 EST/1:30 CST. As expected, Bonnies no longer undefeated 85 to 70 vs. UNC.

I can't imagine SLU selling 500 premium-based seats to these games given our fan base.