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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.

Ian has had a less than stellar senior season but any talk of sitting him is ridiculous. If nothing else every team double teams him in the low post. This opens up the game for everyone else. When JJ or Adam plays the post they are guarded by 1 player and have no inside game. As much as I would like to see Ian dominate games he is by far the best center we've had since Kelvin Henderson. Was he over hyped? Yes.But sitting him down sure isn't going to help anything. We would never get an open outside look if Ian wasn't here.

Not sure if anything can be made of this but CL's body language was not very good in the second half of Saturdays game. At one point she got up from the table to I think cool off. She did not look happy.

I know I'm beating a dead horse with this point but I feel that one of our problems defensively is our pack defense. It allows a guy like Ferretti[sp] to come up with a career night. A couple of times during the game Earl commented on the pack with the Bonnies shooting open 3's. Any time you let an inferior team shoot open shots your giving them a chance to win. I wish we would change our defensive philosophy,but it ain't gonna happen.

PS. David Thompson in one of those double header games at the arena was pretty spectacular.

I agree. I was also at that game.

I know this will not be a popular statement but I think the big O was the greatest player the game has known.

1. Polk/Danny Brown 2.Oscar Robertson{yes I'm old} 3. NC by 10{reverse psychology} NCAA second round 4.Griffey [biggest name] 5.Missouri win. 6.No. I'll use the Jim Hayes line. I'm happily married.

Come on Nashville get your priorities right. ENJOY.

While Tommie had one of the worst floor games I've ever seen it's way to early to be calling for changes. With the exception of too many palming call his turnovers have been acceptable untill last night. His court vision has been excellent. I have always viewed him as being the offensive leader on the floor. I also think Polk plays better if he doesn't have the ball in his hands. Polk is not going to break anyone down in the half court set. Tommie just had a nightmare game and it wore on him. Thank God he was in the game at the end because no one else on our team would have gotten that last rebound. I'm looking for a great game from Tommie on Friday.

Thats not a bad idea at all.

Bills win by 7. Ahearn scores 9. Tommie goes for 17-Ian 13-Danny 10. Kevin only shoots 4 times and scores 5 but shuts down Blake.

The refs last year were ACC refs. I'm willing to bet they'll be ACC refs again. Hope I'm wrong. If it's a close game and there is a close crucial call you know which way an ACC ref will go.

I wonder if our E-Mails had any influence.

I don't know why I'm even bothering because we've beaten this dead horse so many times. Our coverage by the post has always been bad but this year has been terrible. Since Friday there has been 4 Missouri stories and one Billiken article. The Post editors feel we are irrelevant. Tommie Timm.seems like a nice guy who gets pushed to the background. Unfortunately the only way their perception is going to change is to WIN,and to WIN big. Thank God there is a good food writer or I would cancel my subscription.

Ekker's claim to fame was he coached Mo Ckeeks.

So why won't Missouri play anybody on the road. Hey I know I'm beating a dead point and I know Anderson needed to dumb down your schedule but playing the 9 home games you've played is too much. Is Missouri any good? Who Knows?? If you guys go up and beat Purdue maybe? I really don't think Andersons schedule is helpfull to his team in the long run. Time will tell.

I think we would be willing to schedule any big 12 team home and home. Oh I forgot big 12 teams don't play on the road.

Maybe,but in the A-10 you have to play some games on the road.

PS. I'm surprised they didn't schedule all of their Big 12 games at home.