thetorch
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SLU first 7 minutes 7-11 FGs
SLU last 16 minutes 9-34 FGs
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Loy Chi has only taken uncontested 3s or layups the last 8 minutes.
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Medley playing very well.
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The drought is on as usual. 0 for last 7.
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9 hours ago, brianstl said:
These kids just don’t understand. That team was so fun watch.
Besides the Bills Loyola Marymount and UNLV were my favorite teams growing up. My 5 year old had a sports theme day at school a couple weeks, she had on a Gathers youth jersey thst she wore like a dress. Lots of strange looks but a few big thumbs up from parents who know hoop.
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Our TO differential has been garbage all season. It wasn't very good last year.
We are actually creating slightly more steals this year than last but we are still in the bottom 10% in the country. The difference between last year is our rim protection. We clogged up the middle and made opposing teams take bad shots at the rim and we forced more outside shots. This year we have no rim protection and our block numbers and FG% defense are at the bottom of the NCAA.
Anybody who looked at our roster this season could see this. We had a weakness, steals and didn't improve it, and our strength, rim protection is all but completey gone thanks to our roster construction. This isn't some new thing, I've been preaching this since July.
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20 minutes ago, ARon said:
Since when has Loyola of LA been competitive in any sports?
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Porter is leaving Oklahoma. He hates it there.
A prominent SLU booster has reached out to Porter. He is in the top3 for DePaul too, but still who takes the DePaul job over the SLU job.
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2 hours ago, JMM28 said:
Who gets the interim tag?
Won't need one. Only a 20 hour flight from Australia for Tatum.
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45 minutes ago, brianstl said:
Jimerson is what Scott Highmark would have been if Highmark wasn’t playing alongside H and Clagget.
Yeah but I think Highmark is better than Jimerson, maybe way better.
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Reed isn't playing because of a heart condition but is doing some good things.
Ezewiro is putting up OK numbers as a 3rd year college player.
Reed didn't play his 3rd year. His Sr year he was in the G league averaging 15/8/3.
Any comparison is ridiculous. EZ has talent, but c'mon Reed coming back would have been the top center in a deep A10 and a top 10 big man in the country at the same age EZ is now.
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24 minutes ago, majerus mojo said:
“I was hard on Yuri. In retrospect too hard.”
—proceeds to dump on Yuri all over again—
If you never posted about Yuri again it wouldn’t be soon enough
Your right. Nevermind the honest evaluation of Yuri's talent. I was hard on him because i'm a racist.
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On 1/25/2024 at 10:26 AM, ACE said:
Some of the comments from last year that we would be better off without Yuri were ridiculous. I pointed out that life would be much more difficult this year for Gibby, who was heavily reliant on Yuri.
Also odd that Yuri caught so much crap, yet Gibby largely escapes criticism for poor performances.
Some posters just aren't smart enough to make a cogent argument so they play the race card.
I was hard on Yuri. In retrospect too hard. He walked away from HIS team and HIS city. Then came crawling back. His defense his Sr season took a massive drop. I thought he dominated the ball too much. He played too slow even though we were built to run, so he could run his two man game. I blamed him too much because had to be the alpha dog on that team and he wasn't built for that. His point production just couldn't hold up for that. He needed another star to play off and his final two years he didn't have it. He's a better player than Jimerson though so I expect more but he was a victim of Ford's lack of recruiting and Perkins injury. On the other hand if you are going to dominate the ball as much as Yuri did you can't expect many 1 on 1 players who can get their own shot to want to play with you. You have to score then and Yuri tried and couldn't.
Jimerson's shooting has stunk lately. His defense has sank to freshman levels. He is a real weapon on offense though. On almost any other team that we've had I would have begged for him to be the 3rd option. Imagine Jimerson replacing Barnett on the Majerus teams. Jimerson's strengths are playing off ball, vs Yuri's playing on ball so its comparing apples to oranges. Jimerson can't get his own shot, he's never tried to be that guy. If the scheme can't get him looks than he either doesn't take any shots or he takes really bad shots. For Jimerson to be a #1 guy the rest of the team has to buy all in on getting him open. His teammates don't care and his coaches don't either.
One of the few things they have in common is lack of postseason play and really high, ultimately useless counting stats. Collins is in the conversation for best Billikens PG. Jimerson is not in the conversation for best Billikens anything.
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7 minutes and counting.
Getting run off our by a bad Davidson team.
I hate to say it but I told you so.
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Well over 6 minutes without a FG.
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Parker is hot!!! Get him the ball.
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We always make great halftime adjustments.
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Will we have more steals or 3 pointers at the end of the game? Currently 1-0.
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1 minute ago, billikenbill said:
Alexa Datt, somewhat attractive.
Pretty bad announcer.
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13-18 from 2.
0-12 from 3.
Regular story, high TOs for us, we cause no TOs.
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5 minutes ago, stmdragons said:
Does Davidson have a weight room? Some of these guys look like they need a sandwich.
Have you seen their locker rooms? Prisons have better facilities.
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Nice putback by Sincere. Back on top.
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Last 3 game
12-50 from 3 point range. Not good.
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Great sequence from Zhang. Headed to the line. Ends the scoring drought at 5:30.
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