Taj79

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.

Geedubya also off the undefeated rolls, losing in the Caymans to McNeese 92 to 86. Mason, Richmond, the Bonnies and us still undefeated. The Bonnies next play North Carolina.

Big Five basketball has taken a hit over the last few years. No one is really any good. Villanova crashed and burned after Jay Wright left and Kyle Neptune was a failure hire. In fact, short of Uconn, I'd argue to whole Big East is on a downward trend. La Salle has never been any good for a few years now. Temple is mediocre at best. No longer the John Chaney days. St. Joe's might be a rung above La Salle but that not saying much. And Penn is hamstrung naturally by being in the Ivy League. No oen has taken the Ivies seriously for a while now. Drexel was actually added to the "Big Five" in 2023-24. Frexel is in the Coastal Athletic Association. Collectively, right now, the Big Six has an overall record of 13 and 10 in 2025. And Philly is a "dangerous" city. My Nova buddy once went to a game on Hawk Hill and came out to find his car vandalized ---- likely because of its Villanova window decal. All of the city schools --- Nova is in the suburbs ---- are best described as being in Soulard-type neighborhoods. Temple, on North Broad Street, is not a nice place to go.

One of the things missed or unreported in this game was the start of the second half. Williams, recognizing that Jones had three fouls, went right after him. Jones played passively. Williams got two free throws, then drove past Jones and missed but then garnered two offensive rebounds. After the third offensive rebound and the kick out for a Stromer three, Schertz called a timeout and replaced the passive Jones with a more aggressive Green. we outscored them ten to 2 in the next five minutes. Huge move by Shertz overlooked by most of us.

According to Stu's latest research and article, the NET margin of victory does matter. My personal opinion is who cares right now just win and see what happens. If you just win, the A10 autobid is there. Otherwise, I expect the committee to screw us ... and all mid-major programs because that's what they do.

Let's be real ....... someone said "same old A-10" in a different thread and this is the same old Rhodey. The Wiz says a 7th to 10th place finish and I concur. Rhodey is 3 and 1 and lost to Tulsa ay the US Naval Academy by 17 points. They have beaten powerhouses Stetson, Stonehill and UAlbany all at home. They go to Yale (one of their two OCC road games tonight) where they are 8.5 point underdogs. Their last road game will be at Providence. The rest of their OOC schedule includes, Towson, Brown, McNeese, Canisius and Northeastern. All are at home except Towson which at Kissimmee, Florida. This will likely lead to an inflated OOC record of 8 and 3 when allis said an done. Same old A-10? You betcha ---- overinflated OCC records likely.

Thames got a chiropractic adjustment there. He's likely fine and fully adjusted.

More stuffs like that from Otieno and he'll shut me up.

As noted, Thames is not a PG. He is too out of control and doesn't seem to be looking to make the right pass or the delicate pass. Everything is rushed at high speed. Jones needs to understand defensive principals. The good news there is if we lose him (to three fouls) we have Brown, Thames, Green, Sharma and McCottry to step in. Still waiting to see what Otieno brings to the lineup. Don't see the rim protection nor the rebounding.

May on at halftime. Let the snipers unite.

Thames is NOT a Point Guard.

@gabriel and @dlarry: two of the funniest back-to-back posts ever. Thanks for the apology and the etiquette throw down.

@gabriel: yes, cut our teeth. You don't get that, you don't get team sports and what three freshmen and six transfers means.