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Here we go again, Rammer and Coach Ford, Feb 18: Numbers showed LaSalle the best D of the season. Points per possession for LaSalle was 0.62 in first half. Second half 0.75. Goal is to keep opponent under 0.9. Coach said he saw the team was focused before the game. They were quite in the locker room, which is what this team does when it is ready. It is not a 'rah-rah' locker room. In LaSalle's winning streak they were hitting 10 to 11 three's per game. They hit the details on guarding three's and stopping dribble penetration in practice. Remarked that during the losing streak, several players got an F grade; they didn't contribute anything. (Players are graded every game for total game effort.) He has gotten back to focusing on us rather than the opponent. It's all mental now. No new plays. Everyone knows what is expected. LaSalle game - Isabell's best game of the season, not only stats but how he influenced the game. Isabell got inside of LaS defense early in the game which opened up the the game for us. Talked about Isabell's big smile when at the FT line late in the game. Coach said his body language is read wrong a lot of time. ? from audience at the Fieldhouse: Who picks out uniform for each game? Day before game players are asked which one they want to wear. Supposed to wear white or gray. But if you want a dark, you notify the visitors and ask them to bring their light unis. On road, we more or less wear blue or black. Sometimes when we win, Coach stays with the same uni. He said no one really cares. Black on Saturday was because the Students were having "Black Out Day". Coach complemented BenFred's article on the student section. (Coach said attendance is down everywhere, including Kentucky where you can now get tickets.) Text on Injured Players: This bye week is unusual. He would rather play with two wins in the book. But we do need this week to get healthy. Jacobs did more today than he has in a month. Practiced 40 minutes at 60%. KC looked better today. Goal is to have both back by Saturday. Bess was held out today, again. (He sneaked back into a drill after being told 'No'- Coach wasn't happy.) Coach wants him to do nothing until Thursday. Players weights are checked daily. Everyone is staying in the range where they need to be. High on putting calories back into their bodies after practice. Every player has a different item to put back what they lost in practice. Welmer still wants to try and play. He was running today. Coach said it will be difficult for him to get back this year, but never say never. Coach had a 45 minute conversation with his doctor a few days ago. "Tough decisions ahead for Welmer, his doctor, his family and the team." Text, Do you have a favorite song that the pep band plays?: Coach spoke to band after the game Saturday at their 'get together'. "I really enjoy you guys. When I come out the first thing I see and hear is the pep band. It gets me fired up." Didn't pin point a favorite song. Rammer said National Anthem singers have been 'off the chart' great. But he enjoys when the band plays it. Game Day presentation is really good. Coach talks to recruits about the Game Day experience and shows video of it. Lot's of schools lack substance here. Text, do you get to pay attention to other local sports team? Cardinals a little bit. Goes to games in the summer when he can. He follows the Blues but doesn't know much about hockey. (Learned about it at UMass.) Timing is bad for him to go to Blue's games. Rammer: What do you like about living in a city larger than Amherst, Stillwater, Richmond KY? Being a small town boy, he didn't know what to expect when moving here, but he and his family enjoys living in STL. This is the biggest town he has lived in. Likes the school options for his kids, culture options, going out to dinner at different restaurants. "STL really doesn't feel that big." Playing at Dayton this weekend. One of the top 5 to 10 places to play in college. Have 100+ sellouts in a row. Even with more bodies, not sure how much Hankton and Jacobs can contribute.

You could have just said they're white

I sound like a broken record but we all need to remember that the coaches show is not for us. It's marketing to casual St. Louis sports fans.

https://www.scoopswithdannymac.com/tuesdays-with-travis-february-19-2019/ Scoops with Danny Mac: New stuff only listed below that was not discussed on Sports on a Sunday Morning or Coach with Rammer Coach is recruiting locally this week. He has later trips scheduled to Georgia, Florida, and Baltimore area. ( @Pistol fill us in on targets.) HS seasons are coming to an end. Recruiting has changed, all about phone calls and personal contacts. No more written letters like he used to do. Tries to get to know the entire family, figuring out who around the player he trusts and will help him with his decision.....HS school, AAU coach, parents, grandparents, etc. Recruits ask two key questions in recruiting, what is your system and how much competition will I have at my position-immediate playing time. Big city v little city isn't large on the list for a decision. Danny Mac asked about having an ex-NBA player contact a recruit. "It isn't allowed by NCAA." But Coach says you use the history of players similar to the recruit that have had success in his program, such as Marcus Smart and Markel Brown. Talks to recruits about how these players became better in his system. Tell recruits what plays he ran for these guys, etc. A10 standings and bye game possibility: Coach talks about it but doesn't put much emphasis on it. At today's 7 AM practice, he told the team we are 1 game out of third, in control of our won destiny. He doesn't want to team to feel a loss puts them out of contention.

Please relay the hard hitting text question you sent in that they didn't answer. (You know you can just make something up right now, if you like, no one will know. It will save you embarrassment.)

Put as many losses on them as you can, then beat them saturday. I have the immense pleasure of traveling to VCu and watching the game with my son. He grew up watching the Billikens since he was three. He has been in the US Navy for the last 15 years and is often deployed so we have not attended a game together in many years. So after the win on saturday we will be in richmond wearing our hard hats and cheering the boys on to a victory.

Considering our need for bigs, my best guess for the Georgia recruiting target is explosive 6'7 forward Tay Watson: https://hoopseen.com/news/player/201901/look-some-available-forwards-georgias-2019-class A great motor and a ready made frame makes him a legitimate option when looking for back line help. Our staff covered 12 major events spread out across the east coast during the month of December and yet Watson remains as one of the best options for non high major programs as we head into the late signing period. Those that wait could find themselves intrenched in a recruiting battle that they could've avoided during the winter months.

This isn't going well.

Not what I intended. I had a Rob Loe in mind. I would prefer to see us land a Willie Reed clone. I was just commenting that Euro bigs can contribute. Had nothing to with race. And there are Africa American Euros as well. GW's Larsen from Denmark comes to mind.

You're a MBM. Not a casual fan, by definition.

Hell, they could do it through Periscope and Facebook Live. You could do it from the locker room in Chaifetz and even have players take part once in a while. That kind of stuff has a much greater reach than the current set up with 101 and potential greater influence with recruits.

Jordyn bumped Jenny Vliet (199 treys) to 3rd place. She will not reach Lynette Pestel (1992-96) who had 278.

Harbison imo just glides around the floor what seems effortlessly yet still beats everyone up and down the floor. Stylewise she reminds me of David Burns

Don’t profess to be a women’s expert but I think Harbison will be better than Kemp.

They voted to reinstate their football program in 08 and started it in 11 in FCS. They have been FBS in CUSA for 5 years. They are terrible and don't draw 20k a game. Meanwhile their strong basketball program as gutted for a joke of a football program in a 3rd rate conference. Demarco Johnson, Sean Colson, Rodney White, Eddie Basden, they had some scary teams.

6 of 9 from 3 http://njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2018-19/div1/boxscores/20190216_4hb9.xml?view=boxscore

Death taxes and the Bens taking about their tigers in a Billiken article

I’m trying to understand how someone looked at that number and said yeah that seems right.

whatever they pay him, double it.... and lock him down for 3 years

IIRC, he started with a hard hat, then upgraded to an army helmet for the conference tourney.

I believe that was a stainless steel military parade helmet.....but it was a great look......

FIFY

Another great marketing opportunity for Athletics Dept. First 2500 at next game gets a hard hat!

This AM, on Sports on a Sunday Morning, Coach explained the hard hats. He gave them out Thursday. We had gotten away from what we do best - physical, aggressive, defensive play. He wanted to change the mood, change the mind set of the team. Hence the hard hats. They give out stickers for the hats for positive plays, effort, etc. He called the defense v LaSalle the best of the season. They were the hottest team coming into the game, winning 5 of 6, scoring 75+ ppg in those 5. He made no changes on defense during the game - something quite unique. This week the staff will be off recruiting early, both locally and nationally. They want the team to get healthier and get academics back on track. They will begin prep for Dayton on Thursday. He complimented Bonner (and Hines) for helping out twice. Bonner gets to practice early, warms up, stretches, and takes this very seriously. His mentoring of the team has been very valuable. Coach says Tommy Liddell and Larry Hughes may come and help out later this week.

Props to the kid in the student section with the "What's Wrong, Little Pookie?" sign. I probably read that book to my kids somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 times.

Javonte Perkins with 35 points today vs the 8th ranked John A Logan.

Another good night for Hargrove last night. He got 23 points and 12 rebounds against OFallon.

Still prefer the taking a s*hit with no door on the stall at humps

This show is all fluff. Only take twitter questions which they control. Who cares about what song he likes. Let's talk real basketball.