Quickdraw

I’d question that distinction. We all know that after a made basket the rules allow the inbounding player to “run along the sideline” in his attempt to inbound the ball. If the situation is not after a made basket, do the rules say the inbounding player must be stationary or flat-footed on the floor? Perhaps they do. If not, I would think running perpendicular to the sideline stripe does not constitute moving “along the sideline.”

So let’s take the meaning of the inbounding rules to which we have collectively agreed. And let’s create an extreme example and see if we agree. What we have come to believe is that inbounding player can fancy himself a long jumper. He could start far away, run toward the court, launch himself with his take-off foot having the toe just a hair outside of the courtside edge of the sideline stripe, his body arching upward into fair territory, his feet coming to land on the court perhaps 8 or 10 feet from the sideline. As long as the ball leaves his hand a split second prior to one foot making contact with the floor, this can be a legal inbound pass?

4 minutes into 2nd half, 29-20.

It’s halftime at Mason’s game at GW. Amazing midway score of 19-13, Mason in front. (A 20 point total unlikely, but still in play.)

I’m with you, Taj. The bio provided on Rashad when he was on our team states he had played one year at Cleveland State and two at Oakland. Then he had the year with us. Now he is in his 2nd year at UAPB. That makes 6 years. On 4 teams. ????

The day after the first 80+ point game we went to Ladue Crossing Shake Shack. The manager(?) there told us the rule is you must spend $1 on an item to qualify to get a free Shake Shack Burger. That seemed fair enough. We ordered one Burger and one fries, got the additional 2 free burgers.

Happened last night. Final was 71-68.

Except for graduate transfers, the portal closed a while back. So is Noland now entering again? Or is it a case of once entered you can come and go as you please? I’m really feeling like there are no rules anymore. It’s the NFL Relocation Guidelines!

KMOX will have Troy Robertson on the air at 9:45 to discuss.

Just saw that Will Bailey has been hired to be an assistant coach to Frank Martin at South Carolina.

I guess that makes us reigning champions for another year!

I had sent a similar recognition to Joe's daughter earlier today. I will let her know the MBMs are thinking of him as well.

During each sports segment by Maurice Drummond I’ve heard on KMOX this week he has reported that the Bills are “hosting Pitt at Chaifetz.”

The family of Joe Bonwich wanted any members of our message board community to consider themselves welcome to participate in celebrating Joe's life. Below are the details of his memorial service, luncheon to follow, and a scholarship being created and named in his honor. "Dear Friends and Family, A celebration to honor the life of longtime food writer Joe Bonwich will be held this Friday, November 24, at Grbic Restaurant (4071 Keokuk) from 12:30–3:30 p.m. It will follow a public service at 11 a.m. at Christ the King Catholic Church (7316 Balson) in University City. Bonwich had the longest tenure of any local restaurant writer or critic, and his contributions to the food scene are immeasurable. All of St. Louis—foodies, citizens, scribes—owe a debt of gratitude to the man who worked diligently and often in anonymity. The Bonwich family welcomes all who wish to honor his memory. Anyone wishing to contribute in his name may do so to The St. Louis Press Club Joe Bonwich Scholarship JoeBonwichDonation.html" http://stlpressclub.org/JoeBonwichDonation.html

Unfortunately, this post is legitimate. Our fellow MBM, bonwich, is no longer with us. He passed away today while vacationing in Florida. It was entirely unexpected--he suffered a brain aneurism. I ask all of you who enjoyed exchanging banter with him, and learning from his insights into the newspaper business, to pray for him and his family at this difficult time. He was the son of a SLU business school professor and a fellow alum, with a long history of loyalty to our Billikens. My ongoing Billiken experience will never be the same as I have lost a lifelong friend.