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I will be delighted with an over 100 win against NH. Go Bills!

As per TR's data, SLU is expected to win this game with 5 stars of cerrtainty and with a spread of 31.6 in favor of the Bills. Their stats show the Bills are ahead of NH by 7 out of eight categories in offense and by all categories in defense. So far this season NH has a record of 7 wins and 4 losses. I think we could go over the spread. Go Bills!!

For those of you that still read the Post Dispatch. It is a waste of time and money as far as I am concerned.

Amazing victory for Liberty over Dayton by 3 pts at the Dayton Arena As per Team Rankings the spread was 10.5 in favor of Dayton ( D 76.5 to L 66 ) with 4 stars of confidence in a Dayton win. As per the Team Ranking the pre-game stats favored Dayton (5 in favor of D to 3 in favor of L in offense, and 6 out of 7 in favor of D in defense). The final score 64 Liberty, 61 Dayton was below the spread. The amazing thing here is that Liberty beat Dayton at the Dayton Arena! Good for Liberty, bad for Dayton.

Taking all the points you guys make, and assuming the same is true for SLU's own games, I have never seen a similar percentage of SLU's student body in attendance at the Chaifetz. Principia kids and their families are our guests at the Chaifetz for this basketball game. It is very poor form for SLU alums, students. etc. to humiliate them. Just beating them soundly should be enough.

You can check the numbers out for yourself. Principia has a student body count of 345 students. To have an attendance of 115 is about 1/3 of their student body. I do not recall any SLU games with 1/3 of SLU's students in attendance. Principia is a tiny school.

OK guys, I do not know how your life's experiences have developed over time. As far as my long life has gone, some of the best opportunities I ever had developed after chance encounters with people I did not know. People that I just met by chance knew other people who were looking for someone like me. Huge crowds watching a basketball game may not be needed to reach our goals. If someone that knows someone watches this game in ESPN+ the effect might be significant for the Bills. I have learned that minor things like a chance meeting or a comment made during a meeting may significantly impact important events. The mob does not rule, people that are connected without your knowledge of their connections may have a very important impact where you least expect it.

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Let me say this about the Principia game: it will be carried by ESPN+. Do you want to hold off all of our best players and come out with a so so win in a broadcast that will reach everywhere in the US? If we need a win over 100 to keep whatever image we have of being a great team, then play everybody and do not let them score a single point. Forget the NET, look for image and buzz.

Let's talk about Beth-C for a bit. The fact is that they are in a bottom level conference. However, if they win their conference's tournament they will go to the NCAAT. Therefore they try to schedule a very tough OOC schedule, not to win games but to get to play (and lose) to a whole load of good teams. This results in an OOC that makes the Beth-C teams play better than the other teams in their conference. Of course, the aim is to get the Beth-C team that is likely to beat the other teams in their league, getting them to go to the NCAAT. Now, once they are invited to the NCAAT they are not likely to win many games there, but every game they win wins $1,000,000 (With inflation and all that the amount paid per game played in the NCAAT may have gone up, I just do not know what they are paying per game played nowadays).. As far as SLU's point of view, we are doing as well as we could this year. If we win the A10 tournament we will go to the NCAAT, if not we have to do what it takes to get an at large spot. From my point of view we basically need to beat VCU, Dayton, and GM, and beat them (when we beat them) by a good amount over the spread. If or when we lose to these teams we should do what we can to lose below the spread, and not by many points. Easier said than done.

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Anyone knows what kind of sickness Thames has developed? Flu?

I know the rankings do not mean much in terms of probability to get an at large slot for NCAAT but they engender talk and increase visibility for a team such as SLU. So, here it goes, before and after the game overall TR rankings for SLU and Beth-C. SLU before the game 39, after the game 31. Beth-C before the game 244, after the game 262. This was an exciting game well played by SLU which is what I believe the TV people are looking to have at the NCAAT. If we can do something similar when we play NH, we may improve our visibility even more. Go Bills!

@billikentakes You mentioned in your post overhearing one of the Beeth-C people saying that SLU was the best team they had played this season. This is GREAT praise for SLU considering that Beth-C has played significant teams this season. The list of teams they have played and lost to this season includes: Auburn, Miami, Dayton,, Indiana, and Mizzou. If there is truth in what this person from Beth-C was saying, we are in very good shape and could make it to the NACT this season. To emphasize this Beth-C lost to Auburn by 5 and to Dayton by 9. SLU just crunched them tonight