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Well, of course I had to Google this and now I find myself wanting the aliens to just end us.

https://slubillikens.com/news/2021/5/17/billiken-athletics-department-of-athletics-honors-billiken-graduates.aspx The link is for the full list of Billiken Student-Athletes receiving their diploma. Copied below is the list from Team Blue. Yes, Mr. Thatch reached the finish line in 3 years. Men's Basketball Hasahn French, B.A. Sociology Jordan Goodwin, B.A. Sociology Josh Hightower, B.S. Accounting Christian Nunez, M.A. Student Personnel Administration Fred Thatch, B.S. Marketing

Austin McBroom - YouTube Got in a fight yesterday with TikToker Bryce Hall at a weigh in for their upcoming boxing match

A message from Coach Ford. https://slubillikens.com/sports/2021/5/18/a-message-from-travis-ford.aspx

Any comparison to Pistol is extremely humbling to me. Just thinking about doing all the work Pistol does on recruiting makes me tired.

As much as I would like to have him come back, I am very happy to hear this news. I want to own a Jordan Goodwin NBA jersey so badly.

Former Billikens Pro Updates Dwayne Evans - Ryukyu Golden Kings - Japan B1 League Japanese basketball was able to use the pandemic to upgrade the talent in their league. Japan can now rival most European leagues in talent. Evans continued his ascendance as a top world pro. He led the Kings to the top record in the Western division, as they ended their regular season 40-17 and are now starting the playoffs. Evans led the Kings in scoring with 18 ppg and was 2nd in rebounds with over 8 per game. League wide he finished in the top 20 in both categories. The B1 league has many former NBA vets like Nick Fazekas, James McAdoo & Jordan Hamilton, along with multiple high level euro vets like Rayvonte Rice, Leo Lyons, Deshaun Thomas. Evans recorded season highs of 37 points and 15 rebounds in single games this year. Reggie Agbeko - Agricola Villarrobledo CBV - LEB Silver Reggie continued his 2nd season in the lower minor league in Spain. He played last season for Albacete, this year played in the same province but for Villarrobledo. Villarrobledo is located about 120 miles SE of Madrid. They played a 26 game season with multiple stops and starts. Villarrobledo finished 9th in a 14 team division with a record of 12-14. Agbeko averaged 8 points and 6.6 rebounds in 21 games. He led the team in rebounding and FG% at 65%. Javon Bess - N/A After appearing in 35 games for the Erie BayHawks in 19-20 Bess has not been on any pro rosters. He did make an appearance in the TBT playing for Big X which played in 2 games in the tournament last year. No word on whether he is slated to appear again this season. Jermaine Bishop - Phoenix Hagen - Germany ProA After leaving Norfolk St, Bishop signed with Phoenix Hagen. Hagen is a former Bundesliga squad that was relegated back down to ProA a few years back. Hagen is located in Central West Germany. The Phoenix finished their season in April, finishing 9-17 and 11th out of 14 teams. Bishop was a consistent starter averaging 11 points, 3.5 assists, 3 rebounds, shooting 40% from the field and 36% from 3. Brian Conklin - JSF Nanterre - France-Jeep Elite ProA Conklin is playing in his 4th season in the French ProA league and his 2nd season for Nanterre. Nanterre finished 6-10 in their Eurocup pool, failing to advance. Currently they are sitting in 11th lace at 10-13 on the season in ProA play, 2.5 games out of a playoff spot with 6 games left to play in the season. Conklin has had possibly his worst pro season. He has been spot starting only and playing the fewest minutes of his career. He has averages of 10 points, 4 rebounds while shooting 52% from the field. Cody Ellis - Warwick Senators - Australian State League Ellis is back on the hardwood after the Australian State League resumed play after taking a year off. The ASL season is only a couple weeks old and Warwick sits 3-0 atop the Western division. Ellis has averages of 17 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals while shooting 23% from 3 and 65% overall. Adonys Henriquez - Ibereolica Renovables Ourense - Spain LEB Gold Henriquez made the move to a higher league this year after playing in Argentina his first two pro seasons. He plays in the 2nd tier of La Liga in Spain, one rung higher than Agbeko does. Some of the foreign leagues with all the stops and starts this year are trying different formats. It appears Ourense is 10-14 overall and competing in a relegated section of their league. Henriquez is their leading scorer at over 11 points a game with 3 boards, 1 assist and 1 steal a game. Tramaine Isabell - KK Dubrava Furnir Zagreb - Croatian Premier League Isabell was well traveled this year but put up good numbers at every stop. He started off in Macedonia but left there after 4 games. He next signed with a team in the Kosovo league which lasted 5 games. He finally caught on with Furnir in Zagreb, Croatia. Zagreb is the capital of Croatia and they have several pro teams in each district in the city. Furnir had a record of 7-26 and finished 11th in a 12 team league. They are currently participating in a relegation playoff to remain in the Premier league. Isabell joined the team for the final 20 games of the regular season. He averaged 18 points, and 6 assists, both good for 3rd overall in the league. Rob Loe - New Zealand Breakers - Australian Basketball League Rob played in Japan’s B league for a portion of the pandemic. He then came back to the Breakers when the season started. The Breakers were playing out of Tasmania to begin the season. Loe nad his wife had their first child in December and the travel constraints caused Loe to leave the team and return to New Zealand. Loe rejoined the Breakers last month. The Breakers are 9-20 with 7 games remaining in the regular season and are out of playoff contention. Loe has been getting back in playing shape since his long layoff and has been coming off the bench to average 6 points, 4 boards, while shooting 35% and 56% from the field. Mike McCall - Cheshire Phoenix - British Basketball League McCall started the year in Luxembourg but only lasted there for 4 games before returning for his 2nd stint in the BBL. Mike was a starter for 22 of 33 games while averaging 13 points and 4 assists. Cheshire lost in the first round of the BBL playoffs, getting swept 2-0 by the London Lions. Kwamain Mitchell - KK Mladost Admiral Zemun - Serbian KLS Kwamain continues his success abroad this time in Serbia. His team, Mladost, finished regular season champions with a 28-2 record and will compete in the playoffs at the end of this month. Mitchell is one of the top all around performers in the league averaging 14 points, 6 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals while shooting 40% from 3 and 62% overall from the field, Zeke Moore - N/A Zeke managed to play a half season with Pardinyes in the Spanish LEB Silver league before leaving the team in late January. He played in the same league that Agbeko does and did square off against him one time during the season. In 14 games Moore averaged 16 points and 4 rebounds while shooting 40% from the field and 30% from 3. Moore has not signed wit any other teams. Matt Neufeld - Etoile De Sohel - Tunisia ProA First time seeing Neufeld as a pro. Know nothing about this Tunisian league. There are no stats available but they list Neufeld in the starting lineup. His team is in last place in the standings at 0-10. Willie Reed - KK Buducnost - ABA Willie has stuck with an international team for a full season for the first time. Buducnost plays in 3 leagues, a Montenegro league which Reed doesn’t play in, the Eurocup which they have advanced past pool play in, and the ABA which is a collection of the best leagues in the Baltic states. Buducnost is well funded and is known as a top franchise in the Balkans. Reed is currently playing in the ABA finals. His team lost the first game of a best of 3 but Reed performed well with a 26/10 game going 11-15 from the field. For the season Reed is carrying averages of 13 and 6 across the board but he appears to be playing much better lately. Davell Roby - N/A Roby started his 2nd season with BRNO in the Czech Republic but only stayed for 4 games. He is not currently on a pro roster. Ian Vougioukas - Panathinaikos - Greek A1 League, Euroleague Ian is playing in his 13th pro season, rarefied air for anyone. He’s only appeared in 11 games for Panathinaikos this year, averaging 3 points & 2 boards. Panathinaikos is leading the A1 league with a 20-2 record but struggling in Euroleague play at just 11-23.

I’d fight Austin McBroom too.

The weave might be ok for the first trip down the floor, but after that it's pretty much a waste of time. It's the modern day version of 4 corners.

I'm thinking more like Dr. Thatch!

The Marshall Thundering Herd win their first NCAA Soccer National Title, 1-0, over Indiana, on a goal in the 98th minute just before the end of the first overtime. The first half was end to end excitement with plenty of chances and near misses for both teams. Indiana came out with a high press, and Marshall handled it easily for the first 25 minutes. And Marshall pressured. But Indiana countered well with Herbert Endeley creating lots of problems for Marshall. Indiana changed tactics after halftime as their high press was not effective in the first half. So they picked their spots. Marshall was able to control more possession and build from the back quickly. Marshall was better defensively in the 2nd half on the counters as they spent more time and players finding Endeley. Milo Yosef made a midfield run to the middle of the field in IU’s third. He hit a target pass to Vitor Dias at the top of the box. He turned, had his shot blocked, then fired a closer shot saved by Roman Celentano to his left off of the post. Jamil Roberts just beats Celentano to the loose ball to poke it in the corner for the winner. IU nearly took the lead in the 21st minute on a free kick as St. Louisan Daniel Munie’s header went off the post on cross from Joe Schmidt. Munie later just missed another header just wide. In the 23rd minute Celentano made a great diving save on a good chance from Marshall. End to end first half was 0-0 but could have been at least 2-2 or more. IU was very good on counters and restarts. And Marshall came out attacking. Good tactical decision to move Endeley up top, where he doesn’t play as much. He was lots of trouble up there in the first half. 2nd half, Endeley drew a top of the box foul and Victor Bezerra hit a rocket that was saved by Marshall keeper Oliver Semmle. Rebound went to St. Louisan Joey Maher who just missed. Off sides flag was up. As IU was fatiguing in the 2nd half, Yeagley chose to drop back a bit instead of using more fresh but inexperienced legs off of the bench. He was content to give up possession as long as much of it was in the back half of the field. Marshall then applied more attacking pressure and almost scored in the 83rd minute. Some game highlights: https://twitter.com/ncaasoccer/status/1394466937497870336?s=21 https://twitter.com/ncaasoccer/status/1394474097208352770?s=21 https://twitter.com/ncaasoccer/status/1394486334526574596?s=21 Very entertaining game. These are the types of games that IU often times, finds ways to win, but not last night. Marshall at times such as first half vs UNC, controls possession but isn’t at times super dangerous attacking. But when they both control possession and move forward and attack, they play like Pittsburgh. And they are very dangerous. And that is how they played last night. IU defends very well and they take advantage of restarts, counters etc..quickly. Fun contrast. Two players with local ties were very busy and very good for IU. (They have five St. Louis players, four play) Daniel Munie (Parkway North, St. Louis FC) and Joey Maher (Althoff, St. Louis FC). Very skilled, active, athletic defenders that can move forward and play at the other end too. IU remains at 8 National Titles. 4th year Marshall Head Coach Chris Grassie built his team with International players from several countries. Prior to that he took University of Charleston WV to three D-2 Final Fours in six seasons. (They won two National titles just after he left, and his successor is the new West Virginia head coach.) And he also spent four seasons as an assistant at Michigan where they won the Big Ten and made the Final Four. Part of recruiting International players started out of necessity. And, International players don’t know and don’t care as much about D-1 D-2 etc. Some of the Marshall players playfully mentioned that they were America’s team.

I've heard it too..

I heard a rumor that french and goodwin will be back. source seemed credible.