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My understanding is that Brandon got a D in his ethics class and SLU will not accept a D as a trasfer credit,therefore Brandon did not have enough credits.

Thats us. The ones yelling at the refs.

I did go to the University of Louisville game last year and their game presentation was light years better than ours. Do I think we're moveing in the right direction? Yes.But I do agree with Bonwich that we don't pay enough attention to the small details. We have had 3 or 4 marketing directors in the last couple of years. Maybe it's the nature of the beast that we lose the Valerie Kotas's{sp} to people like the Cardinals, but it would be nice to have some continuity. Is Woolard hard to work for? Are we cheap? I just believe we have too much tournover.

In spite of his mother Kshoe doesn't always see things in their proper light.

I think Bonwich makes a lot of good points. Our game management is not good. Where are our game promotions? Where is the Cingular billiken bobblehead doll? Where are the free tee shirts? Where are the $10 off pasta house coupons? Where are the buy 1 get 1 free game tickets? Where are the Brad S hair doo contests? You get a good promotion like the Big Shark promo and they can't find a ball? Everybody on this board goes crazy over Guy Philips{who I like} but ignores everything else. Enduring a malfunctioning clock for more than 1 game is ridiculous. What happened to tourning off the lights trying to generate some excitement. I like Woolard but I think he has gone stale. I think a new AD, and a new SID would probably be a good thing. As far as the developement office I believe there has been a lot of changes since McGannon died,but there is no excuse for ignoring an inquiry.

I agree Izik is the key. Somebody help me out why doesn't he play more? He's cut down his tournovers,his defense doesn't seem that bad to me,his offensive rebounding is very good. I would like to see him become a better defensive rebounder but all in all his numbers are quite good per min. played. For whatever reason Brad doesn't trust him.WHY????

I don't see David Lee makeing it as a pro. I don't think he's big enough to play inside and doesn't shoot well enough to take it outside. He's a very good college player but I think will be undersized at the next level. If he has an outside shot I haven't seen it.

Isak can get his own shot but needs to play more than 18 min. Ten points in 18 min is pretty good. I didn't think his defense was that bad but he could have been stronger on the boards.

I wish Brad would say something to Chris.

JJ has a sprained ankle. When things get tight and teams press Brad goes to the 3 guard offense. I think it hurt us today. You needed Ikes scoring to take pressure off Regie.

I hope your right . I thought they had tabled reseeding for this year.

This is bad. How are you going to do your brackets? I agree with Roy the NCAA does everything to support the Dukes of the world at the expense of the smaller schools.The pod system is wrong this is wrong. The RPI rankings are wrong. The NCAA should be about fairness not about helping a few powerfull programs. It should be about wins and losses and how you do against teams you play not about your opponents opponent.

I asked Brad about this at the last Billiken Club meeting. He was pretty adament about sitting players with 2 fouls. He said games are won or lost in the 2 half and wanted his players to play hard without worring about fouls. That said he said he second guessed himself for not bringing Reggie back in the SMS game. For what its worth I agree with you. I'll go back to Al McGuire sayin you get to play untill you pick up your third. McGuire also said that once you picked up your 4th it was too late to sit. Just keep playing. I've just shown my age by bringing up Al.

So were only suppose to cover the better program? Since Kansas is a better program then yours they should be the lead story in KC papers? This is St. Louis not Columbia. Our name is on the door.

If it is the exception,and I don"t necessarily buy that,its the way it should be. The name on the paper is the St. Louis Post. The name on the the school is St Louis. We are the city's only division one program. Enough said.

I grew up in Louisville Kentucky and nothing is bigger in the state of Kentucky than UK basketball. The Louisville Courier Journal and all local TV stations lead with UofL basketball and football. Even in some of the down Crum years they were always the lead story. When they play each other the Louisville perspective is the one played first.

Part of the reason Wash U made an investment in properties off campus is because they are land locked. They simply didn't have the space on campus to build more dorms unless they take all of the limited green space left. I will give them credit for seeing a problem and dealing with it the best way could. As an aside there is a debate within U City political types as to whether this is a good thing. Every apt. building that Wash U buys loweres U Cities property taxes.

. He mentioned the possibility of a transfer,saying this is becoming a bigger part of the game. He said more than once that he wants to recruit freshmen. My guess is he'd like a good transfer.

I try to never agree with kshoe but that was a pretty good shot. That is the shot that Paulding almost always makes. He is a very good end of game shooter when he doesn't think but just fires away.

A couple of small items that were missed. The Billiken Club will have a bus going to Memphis. They also will have a chartered flight to Cincinnati. This is probably their annual sponsors trip with open space.

I thought it was interesting that Crean felt he had to play Travis with 2 fouls in the first half. I personally think the whole concept of sitting with 2 fouls is kind of stupid. Romar would never let anybody foul out of games fearing they would play tenetive on that 5th foul. That said what probably makes Brad such a good coach is that he is inflexible. He know exactly what he wants and by God thats how it's going to be done. If we disagree with some of his strategy that doesn't mean we feel he's not a great coach. Thats what sport fans do,second quess.

I believe Cincy plays Louisville in freedom hall next week. I'll put my 2 dracmas on the Cards.

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Bauman I don't think O'Neil is that bad. He tries to be friendly with the fans. Don't forget he tried to give us the walk at the end of the game. Now if you want to say Burr was looking for a fight I would agree. As I said before they missed calls,but they did not decide a game like the Arizona game officials.

Worst refs in 30 years??? They missed some calls but they were not that bad. Compare last night to the Arizona game,now those guys were dishonest.