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Maybe Willie can take him to Applebees.

With last night's performance, Jordan Goodwin passed Willie Reed on the SLU alumni NBA all-time scoring list...a rather short list but an interesting one nonetheless Ed Macauley 11234 Larry Hughes 10242 Bob Ferry 5780 Anthony Bonner 5594 Jordan Goodwin 767 Willie Reed 751 Bevo Nordmann 571 Robin Jones 370 Barry Orms 181 Marv Schatzman 115 Rich Nieman 113 DC Wilcutt 77 David Burns 23 NOTE: these are strictly NBA regular season numbers, no playoffs, no ABA, no BAA

I love 6’11 guys who can run, shoot, and pass. We are so back. (I saw the posts in the recruiting thread but Commits get their own thread, let’s not get lazy)

Goodwin's contract with Washington was voided when the Nets released him. The Grizzlies signed him to a 10 day contract then signed him to a two way contract for the remainder of the season. Goodwin will be a restricted free agent at the end of the season because he has less than 4 years in the league. Under this scenario the Grizzlies can make him a qualifying offer which Goodwin could accept or give up his rights. If a qualifying offer is made Goodwin can get another offer from another team but the Grizzlies are allowed to match it. If the Grizzlies gave up their rights to Goodwin he would then be an unrestricted free agent.

That's the hardest I have laughed at anything SNL for about 20 years. Atta girl Caitlyn!

If you want a good chuckle this morning, click on this SNL segment with Caitlin Clark. Watch the entire 4+ min.

https://x.com/studurando/status/1779512124403794016

Sample game

This review will be a little different than past years because a lot has happened. In the D1 universe you have the twin effects of NIL and Portal. And we are still in the beginning stages of both. NIL continues to spiral upward like an out of control inflation that is turning college sports into Pro sports. And the Portal will soon crack wide open too. Next month, the Portal goes to court to finish what it started...unlimited transfer...anybody can transfer anywhere as much as they want....just like a regular student. Amid these twin tornadoes, the Billikens seem to be rising from the ashes. The coaching change was more than a regular coaching change...this was more like a paradigm shift. Upping the NIL so that we can compete in the portal....a coach with a different philosophy and a plan....The world has changed ...the coach has changed ...the model has changed. Of course there will be the doubters...you know them...the "Yeah, but" people. The Eeyore types who say ..."it isn't easy being a Billiken.. something always goes wrong". A decade ago we had a shift with Majerus. A shift can happen quickly, but it needs to go on long enough to become permanent. Sadly in the case of Majerus, he didn't/couldn't stay long enough to make the change a lasting one. I think another couple of years might have been enough. But Majerus was never a long term solution. Hopefully, Coach Schertz will stay long enough to make a permanent difference. Let's now move on and take a last look at this season. Again , I will take an out of the ordinary detour first...looking at some ISU data . Not only because our future is intertwined with theirs but because they were also a mid major that had issues dealing with the NCAA. ISU finished with a 28 NET....no bid. Yet on Selection Sunday, I had them as a 52% chance to Dance...essentially a coin flip. You would think 28 would be a shoo-in. The NET is just a ranking tool. It doesn't know how many teams are going to be in the selection pot. It doesn't understand how the auto bids affect the discretionary bids. It leaves all that to the humans. My computer tries to calculate the auto bids and then figure out what the chance for a team to get bid after the Selection Committee twists things around. The computer like everyone else has picked up the P5 bias. ..or as the computer calls it ...the P5 effect. The way the chance indicator is supposed to work is that if you have a 50% chance to get in, you should have a decent shot at a bid. Enter the P5 effect...If you have a 50% and are a P5 school...you do have a good chance to get in. But if you are a mid major or lower you need a 70% to have a coin flip. So here is an interesting observation. You remember, how the Committee said they were excluding ISU because they hadn't played a tough enough schedule. I think they met that requirement when they made it down to the final minute of the NIT. Nobody would say the teams they played were weak. ISU proved they were worthy of a bid. On Selection Sunday, the NCAA turns their computer off. I leave mine on. You remember earlier I said ISU chances were a coin flip (52%). I ran the numbers today which included all the games since Selection Sunday and they show ISU with a 61% chance to get in. Should be an easy pick for the Committee. But because ISU is a mid major, the computer shows that the Committee would reject ISU again today. What is the purpose of this discussion? This year's ISU could be next year's SLU...in more ways than one. OK time to get to the report card...A-10 pre conference forecast vs the finish. ..................Pre conf.............Finish 1. Day..............A......................A-.........-1 2. St. J............B+....................B...........-1 3. GM..............B+....................B..........-1 4. Duq.............B+...................B+.........even 5. VCU.............B.....................B...........even 6. St. B.............B.....................B..........even 7. Rich..............B.....................B.........even 8. UMass.........B.....................B.........even 9. GW...............B-....................C-......-3 10. Dav.............B-....................B-......even 11. Loy..............B-....................B.......+1 12. LaS............C+....................C.......-1 13. SLU............C......................C.......even 14. Fham.........C-.....................C......+1 15. RI................D+....................C......+2 Looks like the key word is parity. What I look at here is how close did I come to the forecast ..with in one is good. With in one...87%...13 of 15 A hit (even)...47%...7 of 15 4 teams did a little worse than expected 1 team much worse...GW 1 team did better than expected...RI 2 teams did a little better than expected. Parity = 9 teams within 1 notch of B (B+ to B- ) ...good but not good enough ...........= 5 teams within 1 notch of C (C to C- ) average....no one wants to be average Speaking of average....Guess which team is in the exact center of the D1 universe (#181) on my computer....The Bills....Were we good or bad this year?...It was 50-50. Bottom line...What better way to end the bottom line but with the bottom line of the Billiken Xmas poem....12/24/23 But I heard him exclaim, as he shouted out clear-- BILLIKENS WILL WIN, IT WILL BE BETTER NEXT YEAR Is it Christmas in April?.....Hopefully a bit of prophesy.

Trilly just gave an Avila prediction.. Trilly Donovan — Today at 7:49 PM COMMITMENT PREDICTION: Robbie Avila @Portal

Both Josh Shertz and Rebecca Tillett got introduced at CityPark before the City SC soccer game vs Dallas, brought out the opening ball and raised the flag in the supporters section.

I would think that would be the clincher for any recruit on the fence.

Exactly, that’s the model for NIL in women’s sports, it comes from companies that want to promote a product or service, whether nationally or locally. Caitlin Clark got big money because of her playing, online presence, and personality. Julia Martinez got a deal with 2 Men and a Garden locally, much less money I’m sure, but something. Emily Gaebe from SLU women’s soccer got her picture on a Billboard in her hometown of Union promoting a bank. That’s how the model for NIL is playing out for women athletes. Will that change and you see more play for pay like the men? I don’t know, guess we’ll see how it develops.

I’d rather our staff take the time showing them around Pius Library and sitting in a few Philosophy classes. If these kids aren’t interested in joining the Micah program then they may as well sign with some godless school like Georgetown.

Fire up the personal pans at Fusz, these boyz need to eat

Also from Stu: "Others expected on campus are 6-9 Wyoming transfer Cam Manyawu, 6-9 California transfer Grant Newell and guard Amari McCottry from St. Thomas More High in Milwaukee." Manyawu was really good against us in Myrtle Beach. Looking at his box scores it looks like his play slipped a bit as the season went on, but I'll take a 6'9" kid that averaged 7 and 6 as a freshman. McCottry also looks really promising! Let's keep up the momentum!!

Great news.........let's fill up that roster with winners

We did…but our vote did not count.

Our former coach

Let’s have him go out to eat with HCJS!!!

I actually wouldn't be opposed to that haha. Also wouldn't mind an homage to the great Grandy Glaze as @RamJAMTIME said. Just can't do Travis and can't do Austin McBroom. I've also learned it may be nice to have your name independent of coaches and players.

Asking for a friend…....how do you change your screen name??

is trilly’s discord worth a subscription?

Didn’t we just hire an assistant from Merrimack?

If Chaifetz runs SLU basketball and May is so completely incompetent why does he not get him fired?