3star_recruit

Inside out combo Marquette is replacing: Wade 21.5 ppg 6.3 rpg 4.4 apg 2.2 spg Jackson 15.4 ppg 7.5 rpg 78% FT Inside out combo SLU is replacing Perry 17.1 ppg 4.7 rpg 3.2 apg 1.0 spg Brown 6.7 ppg 6.4 rpg 41% FT I love our guys but Marquette lost quite a bit more production.

When's the last time we had a 6'8 225+ lb power forward with hops?

You mean the same Memphis that is currently winless in CUSA play? Wow, the Big East is really putting together a powerhouse football conference.

Yeah, but Ian is out for the first ten games. JJ's gotta play.

"One comment that Brad made at the Coaches' lunch this week, was that there are only 4 scholarship athletes this year that have any significant(more than a few minutes) playing time with the Billikens" You could say that about the Oklahoma Sooners every two years. Their roster is usually composed of 60-65% jucos.

I mean the latter half of his high school season.

The staff has been able to get quality pickups from Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey and Israel in the spring. They've undoubtedly evaluated a lot of kids this year that we've never even heard of. Please be patient. It's not a Terry Evans or nothing scenario.

"My point was that if you have a talent like Evans available, you have to take a chance on him." I don't think you understand the severity of Evan's knee problem. He just had another surgery on his knee last month and is shutting it down until next month. I don't expect that he'll even play significant minutes until sometime next year.

I'm not sure where this impression that Lisch is just "a nice player" is coming from. Chris Sloan is "a nice player". Kevin Lisch was arguably the best player in the St. Louis area last year AS A SOPHOMORE.

This is not a contest to see who can have the most athletic wings. Brad and his staff are trying to recruit the best TEAM possible. North Carolina had four top 30 wing players last year but got their butts whipped by less talented teams that they couldn't match in the frontcourt.

I want to a see a few Vashon games first but if Polk is again healthy, I'd expect him to start next year. Before his injury, he was that good.

Lisch already has an offer on the table so I don't see Terry getting an offer from SLU with all the other guards/swingmen we have. In addition, Terry is literally sitting out until Cardinal Ritter's first practice. Way back in February, I feared that Terry wouldn't be the same after his injury and so far it's not looking good.

Matt was better as a sophomore than Falker was as a senior. I doubt he's worried about playing behind Falker or Foster, who is a rail-thin project.

Shempie posted the latest Shaw recruiting article on Valleytalk.net. It doesn't look good. Excerpt: The 6-foot-6, 218-pound Shaw was on the campus of Southern Illinois this past weekend. “It went pretty well,†Shaw said. “I like the coaches a lot. I like the program a lot. It is impressive.†Shaw’s visit to Stanford the weekend before did not go as well. “It went fairly well,†he said. “I liked the campus and school a lot, but I didn’t get a real good feel. I felt awkward and a little out of place. It is down to St. Louis and Carbondale [southern Illinois]. I will make a decision in the next day or two.†After his in-home visits, Shaw indicated that Southern Illinois had a slight edge over the other schools recruiting him. Nothing seems to have changed their position.

Bonner's 6'8. Check out a scrimmage sometime.

Who said he was the savior of Billiken basketball? All I've seen are posts expressing admiration for Brad's recruiting efforts and optimism about the future. We're pessimists compared to most college basketball message boards.

Or we could refer to all black players on the team as "Shaft" and all white American-born players as "Shane". Nah, I like your idea better.

Ten games is a lotta frickin' games. I really don't want Varner to be the backup to Frericks for the first ten games if we can avoid it. Asking a 6'7 PF to guard 6'9 centers is asking too much.

You'll get no argument from me. Tommie has a very good mid-range game.

I realize that Tommie really struggled with his earlier shot earlier in the season but the stats are the stats. For the season he shot 28% from three and the season before that he shot around 31% If I remember correctly. I hope Tommie will improve behind the arc but Larry and Marque proved you can do a lot of damage without a deadly three-point shot.

"liddell's commitment was the best news i've heard since the ben and jen split.' Rack 'im. Maurice Scott has been almost complimentary of the SLU program the last three days. It's kinda creepy.

Monroe was more explosive than Tommie. Tommie is a better ball handler, passer and defender. Last year I considered the closest comparison to be Leonard Stokes but he's improved his ballhandling enough that I feel confident comparing him to former Temple star Aaron McKie.

Cincinnati and Louisville don't have an experienced true point this season and I think they'll do just fine.

Saturday was an ACT test date. Maybe Tommie felt confident that he got the required test score and won't have to retake it after the fall signing period to qualify.

I've seen Tim Blackwell, Anthony Tolliver and Jamal Tatum play and those guys are impressive. If the Valley continues to bring in players of that caliber they should be a top 10 conference on a regular basis.