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C'mon playing time for Ian. First Ian missed a dozen games. Then he was out of game shape, way out of game shape. Frericks was a solid post player when healthy, Until he got seriously hurt Voyoukas was not able to get much time because he was out of shape, and foul prone. He got in shape and played without fouling every two seconds this year which led to his success.

The NBA has a list of all players who will enter the draft. Vouyoukas is not on there. He has a few days left to announce his intentions. The NBA lists everyone regardless of whether they are "superstars" or not. Ian is not on there yet.

Sorry but no listing for him on the nba web site. I sincerely doubt he is declaring for the draft even for exploratory reasons.

On his show Frank said his sources told him SLU would be the final visit for Stemler. If this is true it is a good sign. Also i ahve to concur, why can't SLU provide the local media with recruiting updates. Having a local kid get his name in the paper that says SLU is recruiting him as a priority would not hurt. We play it too close to the vest.

Where is the MLS team gonna play? The jewel of midtown would need a major upgrade to have comparable facilities to other MLS teams.

http://www.ihsa.org/announce/2005-06/060412.htm

This guy is the ultimate missouri retread. This would be like an NBA team trotting out Bill Fitch. Every place he has a chance to excel himself he has not panned out. He can stay at JC as far as I'm concerned. He is no great recruiter he is a poor one in fact. If this is what the athletic dept is coming up with in their candidate search I have to seriously question our committment to a successful program.

I have gotten the opposite impression from him. He has been offered coaching jobs, albeit at lower levels than SLU, even a JC HC job and declined them. He has young kids and doesn't want the schedule that a college coach would have to keep at least not now. Who knows though.

Claggett coaches at McCluer and for the Eagles. He has inroads with area recruits certainly but I don't think he has the aspirations of being a college coach.

Why wouldn't Bonner be a great hire? He brings instant name recognition to the program. As a black male who came out of inner city St. Louis he provides a role model for area recruits that they can easily relate to and emulate. He has no coaching experience but he has played pro ball for 15 years. That is more than enough basketball knowledge. AB was always a disciplined and tireless worker on the court throughout his college and pro career, he would bring that attitude to the kids here.

My first choice would be AB. If AB was on the staff Powell coming is a no brainer. Anderson would have a harder time making inroads with area kids, or we could at least equal his prestige having a black former SLU player who was in the NBA out recruiting kids locally. How long has Sloan been DOBO? 2 years? He is a little too green for this position. Beane was our top asst. Losing that type of guy means we need to bring in someone a little older with more credentials than Chris Sloan. Same with Diener. We should make every effort to have AB on the coaching staff if he wants it.

I was gonna join till I saw that restriction.

KC might as well be Timbuktu for the Billikens. No way any kid from KC goes to SLU until we have a top 25 program, and we are not exactly close to that right now. Too many other schools in proximity with ties to the area with SLU having none.

Drejaj does not strike me as the type of guy who would want to be a graduate asst. Sloan already is director of BBall operations. I don't know any other positions they could make up to give drejaj a job.

Clemens problems stemmed largely from Barton CC, although in the Southern Idaho has had some run ins with legal issues. There was a SI expose about them a few years back. Since then I believe they ahve cleaned house, still at least run a very good program up there even if it isn't all on the up and up.

SLU assts attended a half dozen practices between Lutheran North and McCluer North this year. Based on the level of possible recruits at those schools, I would say SLU gets around quite a bit. I think the prevailing practice is attending practices. A gym packed with people vs a gym with a couple coaches and maybe a couple parents. Where is the coach going to be noticed by the player more?

http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html this site has a comprehensive history of the NCAA tourney. According to this site and Wikipedia Memphis (the 71 Valley Champ) nor L'Ville played in the NCAA tourney. L'Ville lost to providence in the first round of the NIT that year. I have no idea why Memphis played in neither tourney. Duquesne, Furman, Fordham, Penn, South Carolina, St Joes, and Nova were in the east bracket. Jacksonville, kentucky, Marquette, Miami Ohio, Ohio St, and Western Kentucky were in the Mideast Drake, Houston, Kansas, New Mexico St, Notre Dame and TCU were in the Midwest. BYU, Long Beach St, Pacific, UCLA, Utah St, and Weber St were out West.

Metabolism I'm nearly 27 and still can't add a pound without serious work.

He can only confirm or deny if he is recruiting a kid. That is as much info as he can give.

The last I heard we still have a lot of interest in vouyoukas' brother. He is getting attention from bigger schools than Ian did. He is 16 right now and about 6'8 or 6'9. He is more of a perimeter type player than Ian, so he may be closer to Izik in skill set than his brother.

I have to agree there. I don't like this type of move. All Huggins, or anyone else has to do, is identify who has an in with a player, offer them more money than their current job, and the player comes too. Eventually you may run out of jobs or titles you can bestow on people but that is the least of worries. It still is very legal. Don't kick yourselves now for not hiring huggs, Tiger fans. This type of stuff isn't worth it.

One of our players with a retired jersey is currently serving time.

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With a former CUSA coach in place at Mizzou will a SLU-Mizzou matchup be easier to come by? Anderson doesn't really scare me as far as competition for local recruits goes. He had a good class coming into to UAB, but hasn't exactly outrecruited any of the big schools in Alabama for local talent. I don't think he will come into St. Louis and set the world on fire. Not a great hire, but not a poor one for Mizzou. We will see if the run and gun style will work in the Big 12.

at njcaa.org it says they are playing on sat at 3 against Howard College. I think Newborne spent his first year at Howard.