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averaging in double figures is a little better than average. His shooting % and TO #s are a little off though.

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Where can I get schedules for the holiday tourneys, specifically Pattonville's which starts tonight? There will be a few other starting in Mid December. I have seen no coverage for HS basketball schedules in the Post.

No doubt. referees one don't call the game as in the rule books. It is one thing to miss a call, it is another to ignore rule breaking. Consistency is something that is completely foreign to college refs. Referees also have the tendency for makeup calls which are ridiculous. The fact that home teams ALWAYS shoot more usually twice as many free throws than visiting teams tells you that college refs are crap. They have actually no interest in calling a fair game, it is always tilted one way or the other.

I remember as a kid SI's preview in 88 had a top 40 rankings and SLU was 40, got a litle blurb about Roland. At the time I thought it was the greatest thing ever. I still have that issue.

Donnigan gets another year for his A-10 title and NCAA appearance. Obviously though this guy does not have the coaching chops to get us an NCAA title. SLU should be holding its soccer program to a higher standard.

>That is just silly to beat on Stemler - the kid has a right >to go where he wants. Without bringing up all the stuff >that had been talked about earlier on this topic suffice it >to say that us not getting him was a two way street - all >Sampson did was get his foot in the door when we let it >crack open. Too wishy washy. This is college basketball. If you aren't with us you are against us.

Ch 46 uggh. I can't get that station at all in florissant. St Louis city and the inner county municipalities can get it though.

Fox Midwest plays big 12 bball games just like they play football games. I'm not surprised to see this.

Our hopes for possible multiple NCAA bids are going down the drain with these early season losses.

Came back from a double digit deficit in the second half. Stemler played a lot. He would have given us some more depth but his game is very similar to Meyer's and Stemler does not appear to be demonstrably better at the D-1 level. Good to see the cheating Sampson and the relocal boy who spurned us lose to a mid major.

Good game by Lawrence but lets not call him Larry Bird yet. At best I'd call Matt Lawrence a Troy Robertson, who also had a couple 27 point games.

We did earlier say soph and the start of his junior year. But since then Woodland has become basically a football recruit.

10. Luke Meyer will win every one of those cell phone text message contests they play during the game. 9. Billiken fans will continue to be unable to grasp Guy Phillips' sense of humor (at least that is what he calls it) 8. The Baby Blues will never ever perform their halftime routine in black and gold like they did the first exhibition game 7. The Blue Crew will be so numerous and raucous that opposing teams will ask to move the band back for next season 6. Blue French Cuff Shirt announcer guy will actually wear cuff links during a game 5. Ian, Kevin, and Tommie will haunt Xavier fans for 20 years just as Larkin, Hill, and Strong did us 4. SLU will score in triple digits just twice this upcoming season, both times against St Joe's 3. Tyler Hansborough will walk out of Scott Trade with his head down muttering under his breath "Damn I wish I had played for SLU" 2. Texas A&M will never extend SLU another invitation to their season opening tourney 1. To his chagrin, Tommy Timmermann will be forced to cover SLU basketball to the end of March causing him to miss the early part of the girls high school soccer season

I don't like your thinking at all. Brad's track record with JUCO recruits is abysmal. The ones he has managed to get here were bench warmers or injury prone, not to mention the botched recruits coming out of JUCO ranks. Class sizes and balance be damned, we need the best players we can find and i don't trust that they are out there in JUCO land or that Brad could get them to come here. Brad has proven to have a some track record in player development. Much rather him take a flyer on a underrecruited kid coming out of HS than a 2 year waste from JUCO.

It is my understanding that leagues volunteered to be in this mid major poll. CUSA, M-West, and Wac are also not in it but not BCS schools.

Danny brown is so much better when he is in the running game. He can set up his 3s and his drives in transition and of course can finish on the break. He could be a top scorer on the team if we manage to continue pushing the ball. DP still can't hit the side of a barn but his passing skills are some of the best from a Billiken pg in recent memory. Polk running the break is a thing of beauty. Meyer was a ballhawk as usual. Nothing chaged there, but he will be overmatched against competition taller than 6'5 that he faced tonight. I though Obi acquitted himself well but lets not get too excited yet. Lets see him bang with some bigger guys. He should dominate the baords against UMSL. He has a good shot but will eh fall into the trap like JJ did of shooting too often, at the wrong place, wrong time. Dixon is obviously a project but has the best physical attributes of any of the bigs. Bryce appears to have trimmed down considerably. I'm still not sold on the twin tower lineup as more than a diversion. Liddell did not make any 3s but had two nice long range 2s early on. He has obviously improved his range and accuracy. Also he was taking those shots off the dribble, not setting up. He may shoot better that way. I had not been to the Kiel since last season but they made several changes. The scoreboard is new, it is okay. 3 sided 24 second clocks which i like very much. The ring between the upper and lower bowl which used to a series of dot matrix displays is now one connected video screen. The ads constantly flashing during gameplay on the ring were at best a distraction and at worst could cause some epileptic fits. Awesome turnout by the blue crew. One of the best of anytime, and considering it was an exhibition it was spectacular. Great job, keep it up. Never seen a coach get a T during an exhibition game before. Pilz was right though, Ward got hammered by Ian on that play.

They had their college basketball preseason show tonight. I tuned in late and only heard the last part of Anderson's interview, Lowery's and Elgin's interview. Did anyone catch Brad's and could give a synopsis if anything of interest was said?

He knows where his bread is buttered. One of the poor aspects of having a team own a media outlet.

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DJ is scum. He preys on young athletes and is always first to pull the race card. He should be drummed out of the spotlight by the black leadership in this town. Thankfully I have noticed mainstream sports programs are refusing to let him on the air, whether it be on TV or radio, when just a few years ago he was a constant guest or host. Despite Bonner being a protege of Irons', Floyd will turn on him quickly if he can acquire more power or money in the process. Lets all hope that Bonner carries himself with the professionalism he has always displayed during his playing career and refuses to let Irons and DJ's muckraking bring him down. AB is exactly the right person to guide the young men at Vashon and to be a public face for the school and district as they try to climb their way out of what has been decades of graft, corruption, and incompetence.

Roundtree has offers from a couple lower level mo valley schools and western Illinois and maybe an ohio valley. He is getting mail from some big 10, big 12, upper level valley schools. When I talked to him last year he had little or no interest in SLU. This is a nice list and all but less than half these guys will play D-1. A couple of the North kids and one Berkely kid will have a hard time being able to play on the team this year, much less get into D-1. We saw similar numbers acouple years back with the class of 04, only 3 of thsoe got to play D-1.

>why would leon wait until the late period? Give him more time to get his grades and or test scores in order. If Bonner is hired I will fell better about his acedemics and his recruitment to SLU. If not he may go Mineral Area to Mizzou. OJ you mean to tell me the AAU guru hasn't seen the best senior in the area play? I've seen Mr Powell play for Vashon (Not Gameface) and have watched and played with him in pickups. He is not an out of this world athlete, but pretty close. He is quick, fast, wiry, and can jump. He knows how to play D outside as well as in the post, he has a nose for TOs and block shots. He has a better jumper than people think and some simple but effective post moves. Not a great ballhandler for a D-1 guy. I firmly believe he would be an effective D-1 PF. If he came here next year he may not start as a 4 due to our dearth of players there, but he would be an impact player in short order. It is really rare to see a guy who can board, block shots and is so fast. He won't be a Tyrus Thomas but he ahs a good combination of skills, very similar to a young AB.

Ouch losing out on 4 of 6 recruits and two offers hanging in the wind. None of us can be happy with this. As much as Soderberg has adjusted his on the court thinking since he got here, I feel he needs to do that in his recruiting approach as well. I had hoped that the addition of Walker would have helped and maybe it has with this Alexander kid but I think Soderberg must reevaluate his assts if he wants to hang on here. I know you can't be 100% on recruiting targets unless you are Duke but our levels are unaccpetable. I don't care who we lose out to. This staff has had plenty of time to settle in and create and attractive recruiting strategy and it isn't working. I think getting rid of Beane was just the first step. Grunk and Thorpe have to be on notice. I also concur with Roy. Powell still has plenty of time to get his test scores and grades in order but as time goes on it becomes more and more unlikely that a miracle will occur. We should by no means cut him off, he is a special talent who is good enough to wait on but at this point it looks doubtful that next year at this time he will be suiting up for a D-1 program.

He may have overcompensated for SLU due to his low pick for us last season.