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    Teams we hope lose tonight

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    Agreed with all of the above except winning the A10. In theory, sure I of course would rather win and I will be in Brooklyn, so yes, that would be amazing to repeat. However, it is truly all about the Big Dance. I think we need to lose in Brooklyn and do so in the first or second round. After winning 3 games and 3 days we looked drained when we played Oregon last year. If that happens, then we fly cross-country to California (which is where most mock drafts have us thanks to WS and Kansas getting the preference for St. Louis) to play a Thursday/Saturday. That would be 5 games in 8 days + a trip cross-country. As we saw against VCU, when the game is tight, we will cut our roster down to 7 and our seniors will average 34+ minutes. I think 5 games in 8 days at those minutes is too much to ask for. While I do not promote trying to lose, perhaps increasing the frequency of rotations and giving the freshman more minutes in Brooklyn is in the best interest of our NCAA Tournament success.

    Of course we want to win the A10 tournament. We want the best seed possible. They are not going to send us west again. Never want to lose. No such thing as a good loss.

    A little praise for Fr B

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    Biondi did not announce the top 50 proclamation when Spoon was here it was when Grawer was here.

    this is correct. It was at a season ending awards banquet. He did very little over the next 25 years to make it happen. I also believe he was reluctant to ask the civic progress types for arena money when he was trying to get their money for other programs. We were also their tenant for Keil /Scott Trade. My belief is it got built in spite of Biondi.

    RIP Charlie Ries

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    Albums was the force behind the commissioners tourney. In those days you had to win your league to go to the NCAA tournament. The commissioners tournament was for all the teams that came in second . At least one was held in STL. (can't remember how many they had) Bob Knight was here against his desires. I think attendance was poor. Don't know if it died under it's own weight or the NCAA expanding their field.

    Bob Knight

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    I don't know doc. Did you watch the Mo. Vandy game. Kept saying Vandy couldn't win shooting the 3 ball. Had to throw it into the middle and score inside. Every time it went inside was a turnover or blocked shoot. Vandy hit 12 three's to win the game. Must have made the point 4 times.

    This year vs last--which is the better team?

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    I'd give the nod to last year. That said, JJ has certainly been a more than adequate replacement for KM, and RL's recent improvement makes up for losing CE. But not having CE off the bench complementing RL is a minus. Mc3s been the real surprise, since he's been a more consistent 3 shooter than CE. Just different positions. I think with CE and CR we were better able to handle the athletic big PFs that are giving us so much trouble this year. Would be nice to see GG, TL, and RA be able to fill those roles as DEs too short for a lot of them. Speaking of which, I think DEs better at the 3, however, that kind of falls on GG since he lost his starting role.

    I agree with your comments about DE. Having to play the 4 is asking a lot for an undersized player. It is really hurting his rebounding. He's having to screen off the other teams power forward instead of just going to the ball as a 3. At this stage of the season we're not going to change,nor should we. As an aside Tanner is not ready to play defense at this level. Let's hope we can get more from Grandy.

    Congrats on the Win

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    We have had this discussion before and it has been noted that most coaches - including RM - do not think giving points away with FTs is the right way to go - is that good enough for you.

    Not the same situation we're talking about but Syracuse doesn't foul last night and Duke hits the 3 to force overtime. Today Craig Robinson gives the foul and it works perfectly. I've yet to see a team lose by giving the foul but I've seen a hell of a lot of teams hit the 3 for the tie.

    GDT: George Jetson? James Mason?

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    Barnett did okay, played decent D. MC had a tough game, left his shorts on the floor several times. Play the senior.

    I would like to see us go back to Grandy at the 4 and Dwayne at the 3 . I though GM exposed our rebounding weakness. Jake played a lot of minutes for the stat line he put up. I also would have given Reggie a chance seeing our rebounding woes.

    Revisiting a Majerus Prediction

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    Obviously there is no way to measure this as Rick is no longer here. However, I think the oh-fense would run more efficiently with Rick. Just look at kenpom.com offense efficiency since Rick left. It is easy to see the oh-fense has been less efficient. Crews has done an unbelievable job but I am worried what will happen when the players Rick had a

    large influence on leave the program.

    I'm not sure I Agee with you offense statement. Maybe the half court O might run better but Crews let's them push the break more thanRick. We are scoring a lot of our points off of turnovers turned into driving lay ups. Quite often Rick had them pull it out.
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