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2 hours ago, brianstl said:
It is great that the guys getting paid to play get to decide what is the best decision for the program. I thought that is what we paid the athletic director to do.
I kinda see your point but how about football players who opt out of bowl games or register for the portal. Why play a game if your players don’t want to as everyone is a free agent.
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1 hour ago, thetorch said:
It wasn't totally in jest.
It most likely would never work but what advantages does the A10 offer over being an independent now? That auto bid?
So who would you play as an independent? Once non con is over how would you get a game. ND had to affiliate with the ACC for those reasons.
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24 minutes ago, ARon said:
Who cares? It’s all about getting to see more games. Even winning a tournament outside the big dance is barely seen as an accomplishment. More time too appreciate Giby and Swope and hopefully more growth for McCottry and Warlick.
So how about a starting lineup of Pakaar Robbie McCottry Warlick and Swope.
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2 minutes ago, billiken_roy said:
i'll watch till all double digit seeds are out. then i couldnt care less. probably watch law and order reruns after that.
Big Bang Theory is more fun.
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2 hours ago, Taj79 said:
Anthony Grant rumored in the mix for the Villanova job.
I had heard he was also considered for the Miami of Florida job. That went to that Loucks guy (I think).
Looking at some of the Dayton tweets the MBM’s want him fired.
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5 minutes ago, BLIKNS said:
What interest would there be in a CBI or CIT invite?
Would we even get an invite?
I have no interest.
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1 hour ago, gobillsgo said:
Well, coach is going to have to have a big offseason in the portal if we don’t want to take a serious step backwards next year. No Swope and Gibby to save us with their threes. Robbie, as fun as he is to watch at times, is too inconsistent and out of shape to be relied upon as THE main option- that’s a hard truth we are going to have to learn to accept.
Must get a strong rim protector to cover up Robbie unless Max puts on 40 lbs of muscle.
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58 minutes ago, thunderdan said:
Had some fun moments this year. Gonna miss Swope and Jemerson.
Not the year we were hoping for, but definitely progress. The Portal will be exciting/interesting. I think Coach can talk some good players into coming here, provided we have the cash. I would think that a lot of people would be interested in playing with Robbie, given how generous he is, sharing the ball.
Kellen has been practicing this entire time, without cramps, but the coaches still wanted to shut him down for the year. Will he be back at SLU? Will Robbie?
Have to believe there is another issue with Thames besides just cramps.
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30 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:
You could, but you’d be the only one making that argument.
There is at least 2 of us. He didn’t say he was the best but one of the best. Anya played a very good game and his defense was instrumental in our victory.
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1 hour ago, billiken_roy said:
You do realize he has held the best player in the conference to only 8 points right? He has totally taken Bailey out of the game.
I thought he played a great game. Several great passes.
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17 minutes ago, SluSignGuy said:
Jimerson makes Atlantic 10 first team, Avila gets second team and Swope third
That's how I would rank them.
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38 minutes ago, NYBilliken said:
Assuming Avila hopes to play at the next level or in Europe, would he benefit more from starring at SLU or moving up a level next year? (assuming the money is about the same for both options). He has had to adjust this year from MVC to higher level of competition in A-10, so next year would be another adjustment if he transfers. He could succeed either way, but continuing to develop his game as a star at SLU seems more of a sure bet.
Robbie can make a living playing basketball just not in the NBA. Look at a player like Drew Timme. Timme was much higher profiled and appeared to me to be more athletic than Robbie. Drew is stuck in the G league and in spite of doing well is in the G league. Robbie should invest his NIL money in the S&P index. Go play in Europe for ten years. Come back and coach at SLU high and enjoy life.
- NYBilliken and billikenbill
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1 hour ago, billikenfan05 said:
I think a lot of you are overestimating the actual turnover that occurs in a program on the upswing. Seems like it’s posters of a certain, age. No offense. Also undervaluing the types of guys Schertz has brought in as well as Schertz ability to build relationships. The way Schertz has brought along McCottry is a prime example.
We will see. Schertz’s Texas guys left for the money instead of coming here with him. I hope you are right but I wouldn’t bet too much on it.
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10 minutes ago, Crewsorlose said:
Now it's my turn to be the optimist. The core next year is Avila, Anya, McCottry, and Dotzler. That's somewhere to start. Let's hope Warlick and Pikkar stay. And if Thames can get healthy, they have a nice group of seven players. They clearly need ball-handing, rim protection, and another wing as Thames insurance. Jax Kerr is a top 150 player according to 247 hoops. Hutson looks like a keeper. I think 2-3 good transfers and this is a top 4 A-10 next year and a tourney contender, like they were this year before injuries.
Let me beat Roy to this. Your speculation is useless. We don’t know who or if anyone is coming back including our coach. Let’s wait until the portal opens before we start making out lineups
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1 hour ago, SluSignGuy said:
McCotry with 3, barely noticed them
Happy Birthday Steve.
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46 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said:
With us at #10, that pits us against #15 on Wednesday, which is either St Bonaventure (6-22, 2-15 in conf) or LaSalle (8-22, 2-15 in conf). We should be able to beat either of them the way we are playing right now. If we win, then Thursday we get #7, probably UMass (assuming Dayton beats St Bonaventure Saturday, which I think is likely). We lost to UMass 72-55 on Jan 5th, but I think we’ve been playing better since then, so I have to favor us. If we beat UMass, then for our 3rd game in 3 days we play #2, George Mason, (23-5, 13-4 in conference) who demolished us 80-53 at Chaifetz. Sounds like a loss for us, except they are stumbling down the stretch, losing their last 2 games to Davidson 66-50 and St Joseph 83-69. The George Mason team of those games we can beat.
So who knows? It’s a tall order, but that’s we play the games.
Went to my first in person game last night. I was impressed with how Tillet ran her bench. She rotate about 9 players keeping everybody fresh. They played hard.
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We have no idea who is coming back. While Kobe has been great I think Doltzier is more of a pure point.
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21 minutes ago, Taj79 said:
I will say the defense was indeed good but balance that against any semblance of athleticism from Davidson. Looked like “Hoosiers” out there.
I liked the way they ran the picket fence.
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4 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:
People who don't show up. Nobody is coming to the game for Guy Phillips, he doesn't promote the team on his shows.
Look I am not an advocate for Guy. But for all the anti May post many of you have this is the weakest. I just don’t get the Guy hate.
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35 minutes ago, VeniceMenace said:
Yes, attracts far more fans from Bethesda and The Gatesworth.
Who do you think is buying the expensive courtside tickets.
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I know this will be unpopular but it doesn’t hurt our program to have semi celebrity be our PA announcer.
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Distributed the ball extremely well. Didn’t look to me like he could defend at that level.
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Schertz on KMOX this morning said that the 4 injured players were done for the year. I assume that includes Thames. Can a player gets second medical redshirt year?
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