davidnark
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Without question, this was the most fun Billiken team ever. I loved Spoonball. I loved the gritty Majerus teams. However, nothing compares to dunk and alley-oop city created by this group. I don't know if there were any teams in the country that could put out a lineup as strong and athletic as our lineup with French, Goodwin, Hargrove, Perkins, and Collins. Plus, Thatch and Jacobs could match the athleticism.
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The only reason we wouldn't be top 25 going into next season is because the so-called experts aren't actually paying attention.
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There is not going to be an NCAA tournament guys. I will be surprised if SLU plays another game this season. On the bright side, at least we aren't Dayton. Could you imagine have your best team every by a massive margin and having the postseason cancelled?!?!?!?
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13 minutes ago, mrjoelabs said:
Based on what? A death rate of under 5 percent worldwide, that is concentrated with people over 70 who have health issues? Death rate under 50 is less than .5 percent? What makes it a big deal?
So it isn't a big deal if 1 in 200 young people die or a significant number of our parents and grandparents die?
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18 minutes ago, billiken_roy said:
no doubt beating dayton in the semi's would jump the NET some, but not sure if a loss then in the championship to say duquesne or lower doesnt put us back to where we were. i still think that maybe richmond is the only team with a shot at an at large without winning the tourney. hope i am wrong for the conferences sake. one bid for the A-10 this year would be horrible. imo the fact we have no other teams with an obvious at large bid right now screams they dont have the net formula right imo.
A loss in the championship would put as at 24-9 with a NET ranking likely in the 30s and a win over a top 5 team on a neutral court. We also would have won 7 of our last 8. Nothing is certain, but that should put us in the dance.
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The situation is simple for SLU. Win the next 2 and NCAA bound. Lose either and say hello to the NIT.
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13 hours ago, 3star_recruit said:
Aquariums are absurdly expensive. The one in Atlanta cost $290 million and that was 15 years ago. It would probably cost $400 million today. Ours cost $45 million.
I guess is is a matter of perspective. I obviously love sports, but sports stadiums are now costing in the billions for large football (or futball) stadiums and close to half a billion for our much smaller soccer stadium. At their core, sports stadiums are ultimately about entertainment and amenities.
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The Wheel is way more impressive than I expected. I found the Aquarium to be massively underwhelming, particularly for the cost. I have been to several of the major aquariums in other cities, and the one at Union Station is like Single A minor league ball compared to the Majors. It would literally need to increase its exhibits by at least 5 fold to compete with other urban aquariums. The good news is that there is plenty of space to expand it if they have the capital and desire to do so.
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Does the athletic department have a ticket allotment for the game at Dayton that they make available for purchase to season ticket holders?
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23 minutes ago, MichaelC said:
Unfortunately because this is such a poor shooting team almost every conference game will be difficult. Again tonight they missed 40, count 'em 40 shots! Shot 36% from the field and 21% from 3 and that is a recipe for losing 2 or 3 games to teams you have no business losing to. In conference play, you can't count on heroic individual performances to bail you out all the time.
Ridiculous assessment -- focus on their weakness and ignore their outlier strengths. How many teams have depth, multiple leaders in rebounding, and a point guard that distributes like this team?
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2 minutes ago, Taj79 said:
We can critique Hargrove's defense all night but we can't ignore what he brings onoffense. We'll have to accept good with bad.
I have focused on his defense every possession. He is doing fine. This idea that he cannot compete defensively has taken on a life of its own and is unfair to the kid.
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Goodwin will get a real shot at the NBA, probably after next season. Like Bess, he will have not problem getting workouts and displaying his skills to prospective teams. He will have a nice and profitable pro career. Whether that is ultimately in the NBA will be TBD. His limiting factors will likely be his size and shooting. He is a great athlete, but no more so than most NBA guards.
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1 hour ago, dennis_w said:
Sounds like a political observation, Why should the entire state subsidize a sports facility that will only benefit st louis? if they are 15million short on a 430 mil project they should be able to come up with difference without the taxpayers kicking in. IMHO
There has been great misinformation communicated. The state owns and manages highway 64, including the complicated Chestnut/20th exit that was planned for demolition as part of the NGA project. The NGA project mandated that the 20th interchange be replaced with a new Jefferson interchange. This will result in nearly a mile of demolished concrete and ungraded land that is being turned over to the city. The state and city had an arrangement that the city would finance the cleanup, regrading, and site prep with a tax credit structure from the state. This would have been necessary regardless of the end use. It turns out that the end use will be the STL MLS site, but now the state is reneging on the deal.
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I would be shocked if French doesn't play Saturday. I don't know about Gibson.
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3 hours ago, billikenbill said:
However, the space you can create is very limited. If you box out, then start backing into the man, you’ve given the ref a reason to call a foul.
At 5’10, the added problem is that even if you back into the man just a little, you create a situation where it appears you’ve undercut the player and to the ref it looks like you’ve created a dangerous play. I’ve seen broadcasters claim that a player was undercut, when in fact, he went over a shorter player’s back, created the contact, and should’ve been called for the foul.
A player with rebounding position who uses his lower body leverage to drive backwards is not committing a foul.
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Kenpom is absolute nonsense right now. It has 5-4 Mizzou at 54th and 8-1 SLU at 102nd.
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55 minutes ago, slu72 said:
No doubt he will. I have not lost faith in Yurimania one bit. But believe we need some scorers on the floor to open things up for JGood and French right from the opening bell.
Yuri has some big gaps that he will need to work on to address. First and foremost is his outside shooting. If teams can sage 7+ feet off him defensively, then it presents a problem for the whole team. Second is his tendency to always go right. Again, teams will scout his strong preference, so he needs to get equally comfortable driving both ways. Finally, he still needs to work on his decision making as the quality of the opponent improves. In the last couple weeks, he has learned that what work against Eastern Washington won't work against everyone.
He is a great player with some rare and unique abilities, but his upside is much higher if he focuses on improving in these areas.
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27 minutes ago, moytoy12 said:
Love our guys but we’re gonna lose 2 out of the next 3.
I suspect we will win at least 2 of the next 3.
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9 minutes ago, MichaelC said:
He is kind of a one trick pony, that trick is sometimes pretty good but you're right, if he is not scoring he doesn't really do anything else of value.
His defense looked very good at times tonight. If you can play D and score, then you aren't a one trick pony.
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My biggest concern with Yuri is that he rarely goes left or uses his left dribble. The scouting reports will figure that out real quick.
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Has was amazing. I told my son that he probably just witnessed the best individual performance he will ever see in a D1 basketball game.
I also observed that Gibson’s, and to a lesser extent, Weaver’s presence on the wing has created the spacing that enabled Has to dominant the paint.
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I am finding it enjoyable to watch Jacobs''s offensive game slowly developing. He is still cautious and looking for his spots to contribute, but his outside shooting stroke is smooth and when he does slash his strength and athleticism allows him to finish around the rim. He is only going to get better as he finds his comfort level putting the ball on the floor and looking to dribble with purpose toward the basket. I expect a few more big offensive games from him this year.
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8 hours ago, cheeseman said:
His consensus ranking was not a 4*. But if you want to say all you have to do have one site list you then OK. If you look at his offers, that did not give you a 4 * profile but fine.
I agree with you. He was not a consensus 4* recruit, and I don't believe ESPN bumped up his ranking until well after the recruiting season was complete.
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In addition to his good size and build, I liked how Diarra got up and down the floor in his very limited minutes. We have no idea whether he will develop into a solid D1 player, but there is enough there to justify patience as long as he has a good attitude and work ethic.