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Tomorrow

If you want to understand why an ISU fan is painting us as rich snobs, you should go to Terre Haute and walk around the town. Then walk around the campus of the #10 rated college in Indiana.
It's all a matter of perspective.

nearly a 100 miles is not a home game.   
second, "jack a 3?" the timeout is likely called to calm his team.   get them in the right frame of mind and put everyone in the right place for reactions.    the play was likely always give the ball to a certain player that is best at creating his own opportunity.
third, the team lived and died on the thinking "we shoot threes or we get layups".   you can bet a layup in that scenario was unlikely to be allowed by seton hall.  remember there was a noticeable difference in size between the two teams.   seton hall was going to push and block the drive.  so if you are a great 3 point shooting team with only seconds to play, take what they give you.   besides, he got fouled on the shot and the zebras as expected for a team not a power conference team got screwed.
it's ok joey that you dont know anything about basketball.   i just appreciate so much you are a fan.   not a billiken fan, as you have shown the last few days you are already a schertz hater.  but if hating the billikens is going to be your M.O. for the forseeable future, i guess we just have to live with it.   keep up the great comments that gives us all an opportunity to comment.   makes life fun. 

You are presuming they didn’t start looking until Ford was gone.
 
They’ve been looking since at least January. Schertz was not the only one considered, even if he ends up being the only one offered.

More hopeful than I've been in a long time. 

Today is gonna be a great day, Billiken fans.  Let’s enjoy it. 

nearly a 100 miles is not a home game.   
second, "jack a 3?" the timeout is likely called to calm his team.   get them in the right frame of mind and put everyone in the right place for reactions.    the play was likely always give the ball to a certain player that is best at creating his own opportunity.
third, the team lived and died on the thinking "we shoot threes or we get layups".   you can bet a layup in that scenario was unlikely to be allowed by seton hall.  remember there was a noticeable difference in size between the two teams.   seton hall was going to push and block the drive.  so if you are a great 3 point shooting team with only seconds to play, take what they give you.   besides, he got fouled on the shot and the zebras as expected for a team not a power conference team got screwed.
it's ok joey that you dont know anything about basketball.   i just appreciate so much you are a fan.   not a billiken fan, as you have shown the last few days you are already a schertz hater.  but if hating the billikens is going to be your M.O. for the forseeable future, i guess we just have to live with it.   keep up the great comments that gives us all an opportunity to comment.   makes life fun. 

nearly a 100 miles is not a home game.   
second, "jack a 3?" the timeout is likely called to calm his team.   get them in the right frame of mind and put everyone in the right place for reactions.    the play was likely always give the ball to a certain player that is best at creating his own opportunity.
third, the team lived and died on the thinking "we shoot threes or we get layups".   you can bet a layup in that scenario was unlikely to be allowed by seton hall.  remember there was a noticeable difference in size between the two teams.   seton hall was going to push and block the drive.  so if you are a great 3 point shooting team with only seconds to play, take what they give you.   besides, he got fouled on the shot and the zebras as expected for a team not a power conference team got screwed.
it's ok joey that you dont know anything about basketball.   i just appreciate so much you are a fan.   not a billiken fan, as you have shown the last few days you are already a schertz hater.  but if hating the billikens is going to be your M.O. for the forseeable future, i guess we just have to live with it.   keep up the great comments that gives us all an opportunity to comment.   makes life fun. 

nearly a 100 miles is not a home game.   
second, "jack a 3?" the timeout is likely called to calm his team.   get them in the right frame of mind and put everyone in the right place for reactions.    the play was likely always give the ball to a certain player that is best at creating his own opportunity.
third, the team lived and died on the thinking "we shoot threes or we get layups".   you can bet a layup in that scenario was unlikely to be allowed by seton hall.  remember there was a noticeable difference in size between the two teams.   seton hall was going to push and block the drive.  so if you are a great 3 point shooting team with only seconds to play, take what they give you.   besides, he got fouled on the shot and the zebras as expected for a team not a power conference team got screwed.
it's ok joey that you dont know anything about basketball.   i just appreciate so much you are a fan.   not a billiken fan, as you have shown the last few days you are already a schertz hater.  but if hating the billikens is going to be your M.O. for the forseeable future, i guess we just have to live with it.   keep up the great comments that gives us all an opportunity to comment.   makes life fun. 

nearly a 100 miles is not a home game.   
second, "jack a 3?" the timeout is likely called to calm his team.   get them in the right frame of mind and put everyone in the right place for reactions.    the play was likely always give the ball to a certain player that is best at creating his own opportunity.
third, the team lived and died on the thinking "we shoot threes or we get layups".   you can bet a layup in that scenario was unlikely to be allowed by seton hall.  remember there was a noticeable difference in size between the two teams.   seton hall was going to push and block the drive.  so if you are a great 3 point shooting team with only seconds to play, take what they give you.   besides, he got fouled on the shot and the zebras as expected for a team not a power conference team got screwed.
it's ok joey that you dont know anything about basketball.   i just appreciate so much you are a fan.   not a billiken fan, as you have shown the last few days you are already a schertz hater.  but if hating the billikens is going to be your M.O. for the forseeable future, i guess we just have to live with it.   keep up the great comments that gives us all an opportunity to comment.   makes life fun. 

nearly a 100 miles is not a home game.   
second, "jack a 3?" the timeout is likely called to calm his team.   get them in the right frame of mind and put everyone in the right place for reactions.    the play was likely always give the ball to a certain player that is best at creating his own opportunity.
third, the team lived and died on the thinking "we shoot threes or we get layups".   you can bet a layup in that scenario was unlikely to be allowed by seton hall.  remember there was a noticeable difference in size between the two teams.   seton hall was going to push and block the drive.  so if you are a great 3 point shooting team with only seconds to play, take what they give you.   besides, he got fouled on the shot and the zebras as expected for a team not a power conference team got screwed.
it's ok joey that you dont know anything about basketball.   i just appreciate so much you are a fan.   not a billiken fan, as you have shown the last few days you are already a schertz hater.  but if hating the billikens is going to be your M.O. for the forseeable future, i guess we just have to live with it.   keep up the great comments that gives us all an opportunity to comment.   makes life fun. 

We complain when freshman bigs who don’t make headlines at SLU go elsewhere, develop their skills, and find success.
BZ is at the very beginning of his career.   We have all seen that the TF coaching regime was never able to develop bigs.
Not so sure we should be celebrating BZ’s departure.

not sure i understand the over the top love for harriman.   yes he brought a couple of nice players to slu when rickma was the coach.   after that he went to a couple of other schools and failed miserably.   he came back here this year and i am sure expectations were such he would bring us top foreign players.   how'd that work out?   
i talked to him in myrtle beach.   he seems to be a very nice man.   and my conversation didnt appear to be forced or patronizing on his part.   but i just dont see the accomplishments that coach schertz would feel the need to have to have him on the staff.   if he did want him, fine.   other than tate, i really didnt have anyone i'd rather have.  and even tate, if coach schertz didnt find him as a good fit to his picture for his staff so be it.   move along.  

Charleston is very fortunate to be a 1 hr flight away from Mack's new base of operations in Florida.  He's at the point of his career where he never has to move again.  He can just take the highest paying nearby job.

It depends. Frank is very tight with Corey Tate and has been a very good source of recruiting news - often breaking it. If Tate is no longer in the picture, who knows if he'll be able to develop other good sources. The Ahearn stuff is silly, but it's really more editorializing on his radio show, rather than providing "news." He's probably connected with the Ahearn family and got wrapped up in that nonsense. He is a media member who actually gives SLU a lot of coverage and catches a lot of crap from fans of other teams for giving us too much coverage. I expect he'll provide a lot of positive coverage on the Schertz hire. 

Vice wanted to take a shot at making the rotation for a top 15 team.  He wasn't quite good enough so he took a redshirt year.  Now he enters the portal with all four years of eligibility.  I don't see the downside here.

Maybe Schertz is just a man of his word.   he entered into a committment and SLU showed him the courtesy of letting him finish his season.  Reportedly SLU even engaged a realtor on behalf of Schertz and his family to start the search process for a new home.   apparently they rolled out the welcome mat for his request to bring some of his players with him.   i.e. SLU went out of their way to make things good for Schertz.   Yes apparently Louisville threw a lot of zero's at him.   but i give some credit to Schertz for holding to his word. 

Maybe Schertz is just a man of his word.   he entered into a committment and SLU showed him the courtesy of letting him finish his season.  Reportedly SLU even engaged a realtor on behalf of Schertz and his family to start the search process for a new home.   apparently they rolled out the welcome mat for his request to bring some of his players with him.   i.e. SLU went out of their way to make things good for Schertz.   Yes apparently Louisville threw a lot of zero's at him.   but i give some credit to Schertz for holding to his word. 

Ambitious coaches (and their agents) who want to reach the top of college basketball are looking for the best path to that top level, destination, hall of fame job: top dollars, top players, ranked almost every year, ncaa tourney and wins almost every year, high-quality organization/school, and good place to live. For Schertz, right now, Saint Louis looks like a good next step. He could elevate Saint Louis to Gonzaga status, or he succeed here and move on in a few years to power conference job that is not a shambles or perennial loser. He can bring top players from his system at ISU to Saint Louis, win here, and then he could take his future all-conference players from Saint Louis to the next level.

Maybe Schertz is just a man of his word.   he entered into a committment and SLU showed him the courtesy of letting him finish his season.  Reportedly SLU even engaged a realtor on behalf of Schertz and his family to start the search process for a new home.   apparently they rolled out the welcome mat for his request to bring some of his players with him.   i.e. SLU went out of their way to make things good for Schertz.   Yes apparently Louisville threw a lot of zero's at him.   but i give some credit to Schertz for holding to his word. 

Maybe Schertz is just a man of his word.   he entered into a committment and SLU showed him the courtesy of letting him finish his season.  Reportedly SLU even engaged a realtor on behalf of Schertz and his family to start the search process for a new home.   apparently they rolled out the welcome mat for his request to bring some of his players with him.   i.e. SLU went out of their way to make things good for Schertz.   Yes apparently Louisville threw a lot of zero's at him.   but i give some credit to Schertz for holding to his word. 

Me thinks LHJ stays especially if its Schertz. Bruce while lacking skill, fits in perfectly with Schertz system. I also think Gibby comes back under Schertz, can you imagine Gibby with the passing of Avila (!).
 
I'd also keep Thames and Crucic.  

Schertz has a recruit coming from Canada (don't know if he comes with him or not tho) that some believe is the best high school recruit this year.  I want that kid!
 

Schertz has a recruit coming from Canada (don't know if he comes with him or not tho) that some believe is the best high school recruit this year.  I want that kid!
 

nobody is irreplaceable.