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"Is Izik hurt " Yes. He's playing on two sprained ankles.

I don't blame Frericks for not coming out and defending a 7 footer 17 feet from the basket. You want the other team's 7 footer to shoot 17 footers. The problem was, this kid was making them. As for JJ, Coach Soderberg was giving props to the lad for his defense so I think he disagrees with you there.

"i admit that polk at that time was faster than kevin will ever be though. however, if you want me to give the ball to one or the other and say, "win the game" sorry, dwayne, take a seat." But that's not necessarily what a point guard does. That's what a clutch scorer does.

That's all true. But Polk has Marque Perry-like press-breaking ability. I love Lisch but if he commits Polk isn't just going to concede the position to him.

I don't think anybody is worrying about it. It's just idle chit chat.

Lisch is the best shooting guard in St. Louis but Polk is the best point. If Lisch were to commit to the Billikens I don't think it's an automatic that he starts over Polk.

Until Izik's sprained ankles heal, Varner will have to start. His whole offensive game is predicated on his ability to slash and he can't do that effectively right now. Hopefully Izik will be 100% by the West Virginia game because he owned them last year. Easy Ike played great the last three months and the first exhibition game. I'm not going to give up on him because of one game where he was injured.

KFNS will pick up the game after halftime, which they did last time.

Are you really a coach, or is that just your username? Great story if it's true.

I hope the staff is also keeping an eye on Nathan Whittaker from Sullivan. I certainly will be. http://prepsports.stltoday.com/ssi/prep/st...5b?OpenDocument "Passanise will have to be more like super glue against Sullivan and 6-foot-2 guard Nathan Whittaker, regarded as one of the premier sophomores in the state. Whittaker averages 18.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. "He's going to have his hands full with (Whittaker). He won't need to carry much of the offensive load, his importance is not to put the ball in the hole. If we are going to have a shot, we need to stop Whittaker. He's something else." "(Whittaker) is shooting 60 percent from the field and most of those shots aren't from the inside. He shouldn't be allowed to be that good until he is at least a junior or senior."

Looking forward to Big Tom doing some damage in the paint this season. 8 pts and 6 boards is more than a lot of teams will get from their center this season.

> Many on this board >act like the programs have always been even and that >Marquette just got lucky landing Wade and that is the only >difference between the programs. Really? Who? > >MU will be just fine this year. There is no replacement for >Wade but I also don't think there's a true replacement for >Marque. Fine. So if MU will be just fine without Wade then SLU will just fine without Marque, right? As of last week MU had 5 healthy scholarship >players for practice. Jackson and Merritt couldn't play in >Costa Rica due to injuries (in fact I was shocked to see >NewJax dress, let alone play last night) and they have not >had an opportunity to develop continuity on offense due to >the injuries. They've had a lot more time than almost any other team due to the extra practices. Jackson isn't a scorer so his absence wasn't exactly a huge blow to the offense. Scott Merritt scored 20+ points in each of Marquette's exhibition games and the team scored 51 points in the first half against Team Nike. I don't think continuity on offense was the problem. I think St. John's defense was. I agree that it is wrong to project a team's season based on one game. But I think it's pretty obvious that the offense won't run as smoothly without Jackson on the inside and the NBA's #5 pick on the outside.

"frankly they are better than the Bills by a long shot" Based on what?

Hey, they underestimated the Marlins, too. We'll learn 'em.

It'll be even more fun when we beat Arizona ;-)

What do you have against Dee Brown's sock drawer? I hear the young man is very neat.

On Frank's radio show last week. Brad said he plans to sign three in the fall. He didn't mention anything about signing another prospect in the spring but its pretty obvious we'll be thin at power forward when Sloan leaves.

Our guys' defense was very impressive in that game. AIA has been lighting up everybody else from outside.

"but then goes on to list that the A10 is not good in soccer" He might want to check out a top 25 soccer ranking "A10 is not a regional conference for SLU" The Big East isn't a regional conference for Lousiville or Depaul either but not one sportswriter is holding that against the defecting CUSA schools.

won't be in this tournament. They play for Vashon and Borgia respectively. Vashon usually plays East St. Louis in late December/early January if you want to check out Polk and Liddell at the same time. Arthur Sargent, a junior Roy has been touting, will be at the Shootout since he plays for Belleville West. Another player to watch out for is 6-1 sophomore shooting guard Justin Taylor who plays for Webster Groves.

I don't think Gordon did any research either. Rhode Island is a glitzy program? Yeah, maybe when Lamar Odom played there five years ago.

Hey, I'm not a rocket scientist or anything but I thought a 5th place finish in 2002 and a 4th place finish in 2003 was a little better than middle of the pack.

I'm telling ya guys, our upcoming game is not a gimme for the Yellowjackets. I know our frontcourt is unproven for the most part, but so is theirs. http://ramblinwreck.ocsn.com/sports/m-bask.../101403aaa.html "With the loss of Chris Bosh to the NBA and Ed Nelson to a transfer, the bulk of the rebounding work falls to the 7-1 junior Schenscher (3.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg) and the 6-9 sophomore Tarver (2.8 ppg, 1.9 rpg), along with 6-8 senior Robert Brooks (0.7 ppg, 1.1 rpg)."

I'll go out on a limb and say that Izik will average 5 rpg because he'll still be playing under the boards on defense. He averaged 3.2 rpg last year in 15 mpg and only 1 rpg was on the offensive boards.

Why are you trying to do an assessment based on one data point?