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1 hour ago, WUH said:
Jimerson and also that game is on Saturday. My mistakes. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@The.Tournament/streams
Does anyone know where Gibson ended up? Enterprise- Worldwide?
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I think he does a good job. Don't like his sport coat though.
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11 minutes ago, thetorch said:
Sharma, Brown, Green, Dunlop, Jones, McCottry & Thames
3 spots for 7 players. 2 players on that list won't play at all this season and will probably not be on the team past January.
Really don't understand the hate for Anya. He shot over 60% from the field last year, 65% from 2. He is a plus rebounder and defender. Yeah he can't shoot FTs. He barely shot 2 FTs a game. He is a starter level A10 big. He can fill in for Avila in a pinch with his passing and ballhandling. He's our 3rd big, which gives us the best and deepest big man rotation in the A10. He's going to play big minutes off the bench. 18+ a game.
I agree with you on Anya. Opposing coaches don’t game plan enough to know when to automatically fouls him. Just can’t play him at the end of close games.
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3 hours ago, HoosierPal said:
It is July, so everyone's projections are correct. Schertz will correct us all in November.
You can say the same thing you have about Dunlap for Brown, Green, and Sharma. Did they transfer 'down' in order to play fewer minutes or have a lesser role? Nope.
Did Warlick reup so that he could waste his sophomore season by getting only mop up time? (No one has him on their top 10 list.) Did McCrotty come back with the aspiration to start? If Thames is healthy, will he play more than the 16 mpg he did last season. Did Anya come back expecting to play 28 mpg? Lots of questions.
I added up the mpg for all 11 returners. They totaled 235 mpg. So right away, several aren't going to play as much as they did last season. This number counts for zero minutes for the freshmen. In Stu's article, Kerr is quoted "Schertz wants me to be a Trigger and create actions and run the offense like Robbie". At the scrimmage, Hudson showed he can play D1 ball.
Avila, Anya, Brown, Otenio, and Jones were more or less all full time starters last season. Otieno is maybe our most reliable rebounder and by far our best rim protector. How long can you keep him on the bench? Jones had the most assists last season of any current Bill, with 109. He shot an acceptable 36% from deep. He will play a lot. So 'deepest team ever'? I think we have said that for the last 5 seasons. Who sits and who plays? Who gets minutes because of their defense? Schertz has said many times "offense starts with defense". Any redshirts for freshmen or any player coming off an injury? It will be interesting to see how this all plays out and it gives us something to discuss for the next 4 months.
I credit Earl Austin for this quote, but I think he repeated it from someone else. "It's not the coach's job to make the players happy. It is the players job to make the coach happy."
I find this very thoughtful. Can a team have to many good players? If you think you are good enough to play and don’t can you be a good teammate? Can Schertz play 10 players much less the freshman and keep the team cohesive? Maybe he can convince the freshman to redshirt? This is not going to be easy but I guess it’s a good problem.
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Amari will be in the top 3
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3 hours ago, thetorch said:
What about those creepy weird mascot looking things that do races and then eat the cheerleaders?
My favorite
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3 hours ago, WVBilliken said:
Per Google .... Jordan Goodwin has a lightly guaranteed two-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, including a team option for the second year. The Lakers recently picked up his $2.3 million team option for the 2025-26 season, making the contract partially guaranteed. This means they are likely to retain him for the upcoming season. The guarantee date is in January.
Are salaries prorated by games or by the calendar?
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18 minutes ago, crymdg2 said:
Congrats J Good!
What does lightly guaranteed mean? Terms?
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1 hour ago, ARon said:
Anya embracing a leadership roll even when on the bench.
Thought he looked great and then he shot a free throw.
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1 hour ago, SluSignGuy said:
Sharma had a nice fadeaway three.
Mccottry really looking to lead on offense, but it's just not coming together. A couple turnovers and prayer shots after driving
Just told Mrs Willie that Amari could be spectacular if he doesn’t force it which he did.
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12 hours ago, thetorch said:
There were some decent names angling for the SLU job. May didn't even do a single interview. Caved into the pressure to hire Crews.
The team didn't like Crews and they hated his staff.
Majerus' girlfriend could have coached the team just was well as Crews did.
One overlooked aspect, a new coach would have surely sent Mcbroom packing before he ever stepped foot on the court.
7 hours ago, SLU_Lax said:Didn’t Cheryl Levick essentially quit and go to Maryland because Uncle Brad was let go after she gave him her vote of confidence? I really liked Soderberg and was sad he was leaving until we learned who was replacing him.
If the story is true, I do respect Levick a lot for her convictions and unwillingness to be undercut. AD is a tough job requiring some brutal decisions.
I also could be grossly uninformed and apologize if I am.
Small correction. Debbie Yow went to Maryland. Levick went to Georgia State.
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There is no way May could not hire Crews after being named Coach of the year. Period. While the popular negative is they coached themselves is bs. Did he run a good program? Hell no. At least for 1 year he kept the team together. Would we have been better with someone else? Sure but probably not that tournament year.
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18 minutes ago, Bay Area Billiken said:
My first SLU game in person was 2/18/1978 at Kiel Auditorium. The Billikens of Coach Ron Coleman defeated Tulane 83-79. We sat in folding chair seats on a ramp from the stage on the North side. SLU players included #32 Ricky Frazier, Carl Johnson, Howard Jackson, Everne Carr, Mark Alcorn. The SLU Jazz Band played “Three Blind Mice” for bad calls by the refs.
Coleman didn't win too many games. You were lucky.
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2 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:
I understand that.
However, when you factor in the fact that season tickets have already been devalued for a multitude of reasons, the major ones being poor on court performance and papering the town with free tickets pretty much yearly the last half decade. Perhaps the solution should be to work on growing your fan base and by extension increasing your donor, not once again going to your loyal season ticket holders with your hand out especially when you're shaping up to release another lackluster home schedule. Unless you have a handful of seats together, buy all inclusive seats or are adamant about sitting in a very specific location single game tickets will always be available.
You make a good argument but I will take take the other side. Many season ticket holders are like me ,people who have been around forever . I would not give up my tickets no matter what the price. Attract that marginal buyer with promos and special offerings. Obviously the best way to grow the fan base is to win. Unfortunately it takes money to buy enough good players to do that.
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Just now, billikenfan05 said:
I guess nobody is going to mention the season ticket price increase.
Need money to pay players
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13 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:
That was a $20 million dollar project. Probably 400% larger than the price tag for the upgrades needed to the baseball and softball fields.
Understood but I still think you need different people. Baseball alumni?
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12 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:
It's very simple. Those in this thread advocating for baseball facility upgrades are not referring to the athletics budget for funding. They are saying that there's no reason they can't fundraise outside of the budget to make it happen.
I guess the others don't understand that things like the Champions Center and the Soccer Lockerrooms were built with targeted fundraising.Yes. And it took extended time if they ever completed the Champion Center fundraising. Unless baseball would have a different target market I think it would be difficult at this time
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1 hour ago, Lord Elrond said:
Max Floriani announced as starting for San Jose here in Energizer Park. Simon Becher on the substitute list for City SC
Just got a yellow
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1 hour ago, cgeldmacher said:
I've been saying this for years. It should be the St. Louis Sports Commission that puts it on. Doesn't have to include SLU or Mizzou or Illinois every year. Just have it. Kansas City has been doing an MTE like this for decades.
The sports commission is very much into Mizzou. Don't know if Schreiber or his predecessor Frank V are Mo grads.
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3 hours ago, Bay Area Billiken said:
I was a Junior at SLU. LaTodd Johnson was a sophomore, lived on our 6G, used to come to my room to watch Sanford & Son on my little black and white Admiral TV, also played 2B and led off on our intramural softball team. That night's 6th man, Monte Poole, was 6'5", roomed one floor below on 5G, hit a mammoth home run lefthanded against us in an intramural softball battle. He looked like Dave Parker hitting that ball.
I really liked SLU's home uniforms, seen in that Metro Magazine photo vs. Virginia Tech, with the Columbia Blue letters and numerals, navy blue trim, and the offset numbers. David Burns was Metro Conference Co-Player of the Year that season (9-18), Ekker Year 3 of 4. Bill McDermott was the PA announcer at the home games at The Checkerdome (St. Louis Arena). I can hear McDermott right now saying after a basket, "David Burns."
Jimmie Irving and Ron Dabney were on my Gries Floor. Became friends with both. Dabney was an unbelievable character. He got hurt and transferred to St Peters.
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Anderson-Beckton-Johnson and Burns were pretty good players and yes Burns was great.
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2 minutes ago, willie said:
I forgot the Pyramid. Interesting building. To show you how old some of us are. West Pine Gym.
Two more: Cameron Indoor and the Dean Dome.
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4 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said:
Yeah I’m bummed I didn’t get to Freedom Hall, Hinkle, MSG, even the Memphis Pyramid. Hopefully we can get back to prominence and play in some great facilities again.
I forgot the Pyramid. Interesting building. To show you how old some of us are. West Pine Gym.
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I can beat you in basketball but that is because I am older. I lose Charles Smith-Fla Live-and Conway SC. I gain Loyola 2 stadiums-DePaul 2 stadiums Detroit Mercy-Madison Square-Freedom Hall-Hinkle-Pitt.-St. Joe-Cinn. Evansville-Carbondale-Honolulu-SIUE-Sorry I don't know the names of all the arenas. All of the NCAA tournament games since Wichita.
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Why. Two power 5 teams you have a chance to beat. Losing Santa Clara at home is not good.