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Was Larry Preo pre or post Jim Bakken?

As much as I think Bryce should be playing more, next year is scary if we don't get a JUCO big man. I don't think there is anyway Bryce could play more then 20 min. per game. He will be a fouling machine. We will have to sign someone even if it's Sekue Berintine.

As bad as Ian has been he is still double teamed by everybody. He does open up the floor for our perimeter players. When Bryce or JJ are in the game they get single coverage. Brad is going to have to design a new offense next year or Tommie and Kevin will never get an open shot.

I sort of agree with your statement. Brad will surely get 1 more year. If his recruiting is poor but wins big with Kevin and Tommie the time clock gets extended.

Cinci. has not always been a basketball powerhouse. While they had many great years back in the Ed Junker days of the 60's they had some very tough years back in the Metro confrence days. Who was the guy Tonny Yates? and the guy Catlett? Those were not great teams. Huggins made them a power,not the school itself. I'm not so sure they are going to the top of the Big East any time soon.

This is two charters in a row. We must have found some money or Roy increased his Billiken Club donation. Seriously is good to see that we do care about the kids getting back to class.

I couldn't agree more. Bryce has given us great energy the last 2 games. By my count he has 5 blocks in very modest playing time. Maybe you play some kind of zone with Bryce guarding the basket. I agree with Thicks it's up to the coaches in how to figure it out.

No question. Anybody with the name Willie should be on the wall at Busch.

This is not to be critical of Luke,but if he played the 3 he would not get the open shots he gets. The opponents 4 man would not be helping on Ian letting Luke the drifter get his open shots. That said Luke has been my best surprise. He's been far better than I expected.

Tommie did a little more then stare the guy down after the slam. This is a family board but it was some good trash talk. I loved it.

The game was on TV 11. Where you out of town?

Louisville's new facility is not going to be on campus. It's part of a bigger project which will be downtown on the river. I believe construction starts in 08.

Both numbers could be correct. The size went up to 10,600 when they put bleachers in student section. I would imagine those seats don't include the luxury boxes in the building. Could you have 900 people in the boxes?

Thicks its probably because we lost most of those games when Tommie was knocking down his 20.

Many years ago{the late Ekker-early Grawer years]the Billikens use to have annual dinners to raise funds for the basketball program.Dickie was the guest speaker for one. Gave the best motivational speach I've ever hear, and I've heard way too many of them. He worked the room and shook hands and made small talk with everybody. In spite of my warm thoughts of that night I wish he'd shut the hell up.

Hey Broy what do you think about the Billikens being 5-0 when Jerry Pollard refs our games? I know you don't agree but I'm always happy when I see him walk on the floor. Last nights game was about as good as it gets in the A-10.

It gets you in the pre-game coaches meeting. It's above the bar located by the main entry at 12th and Clark. Just show them your card. They usually have some free food.

I think Pearl is great. I don't remember the exact circumstance but Pearl caught some heat for turning in somebody cheating while he was in Wisconsin. Hell I think every coach should turn in cheaters. I actually think it takes guts to turn someone in and then catch flack.

Bay Area that was a good summary. One point that stands out is that most of the good players that we've had over the last 25 years have been local There are not many Loves Jeffers and Perry's that have had a meaningfull impact on our program. We have not and will not be sucessfull bringing in the Darren Clarks of this world. Ian was a fluke.If I could give Brad one piece of advise it would be to stay at home. With the exception of JC players, don't waste your time on out of the area freshmen. There will always be good area players who will stay at home for one reason or the other.

I'm afraid some of the non-conference wins were lucky. We could have lost 3 or 4 of those games. Bottom line is that were just not that good. Margin of error is very small. Can we play better defense and win some games. Sure,but lets face it we don't have enough talent{depth}to win our tourney. Can we beat anybody in the A-10? Yes. Can we lose to aytbody in the A-10? Yes. I'm beating a dead horse but our lack of a 4 is killing us.

Ok Fan I'll bite. You are probably right we're just not that good. So who's fault is that?We shouldn't get excited that we have 3 pre season all A-10s.It's not Brad's fault for bad recruiting or poor evaluation it's the fans fault for getting their hopes too high. Get real.

I really don't think it's time to let Brad go. He is a perfect fit for our program if he would only win. In my mind he gets next year no matter what. That said I don't agree with Roy's point that you can't fire a coach unless you upgrade the program. I don't buy into the notion that if Brad fails it's because he doesn't have the support he needs. If he fails it will be because he hasn't convinced good players to go to SLU, or he can't coach the players he has ,not because he doesn't have 2 cell phones. I think we'll know the answers to those questions after next year.

I'm upset. I was looking forward to Spider Riders.

Sorry but I've been busy. CL talked about the TV contract. She's very upset. SLU lawyers are meeting today to see what options we may have. Contract with CSTV was very lucritive. Guarantees it will not be this way next year with or without CSTV. Talked about the band,didn't believe they had been cut back. Will look into it. If there was a cut back she got the message.{I believe she reads this board} Shimmy was her usual exuberient self. Brought 3 players who handled themselver very well. Play X tonight. X has a 6ft 5inch freshmen center. Tonight is public school night. Hope weather doesn't kill them. Brad was next. Brought Tommie. TDELL you should be proud.Tommie was the highlight of the night. Very poised, handled himself extremely well. I can't imagine a 20 year old kid doing a better job fielding questions. Looked like he had a good time doing it. Also looked like he had a lot of respect for Brad. Brad did a stand up job as usual. It's all about making shots Defended inbounds play as poor execution on teams part. Obie will hopefully be back in school on Monday. Recruiting a dozen players for Spring . Hopes to sign 4. Ramsey made fun of the A-10 refs for the next 15 min.

I liked it when they turned the lights down. Reminded me a little of the old Keil. Can't see all the empty seats.