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Here in Tennessee we call it white lightening:

Just caught it, great podcast. Pistol, what are you drinking from that glass jar ?

Gonzaga joining with no football.

Outstanding interview! Great to see Davell looking and doing well. I played it back a few times and didn't understand, what is Davell doing here in St louis?

My first Billiken game was when I was 9 years old going to the 1961 NIT Finals at the old Madison Square Garden. My dad took me. We used to go annually to the NIT finals. We lost in the finals to Providence. SLU, or that matter any school, meant nothing to me back then. Next 2 are interesting. I came to SLU for a HS weekend and Admission folks took us to a game in the Old Arena in January 1970. I witnessed SLU, with Wiley & Irving, beating Wichita. Now as a freshman the following year, was the OOC hex we seemed to still suffer from. The 1970 67-68 loss to Notre Dame. Austen Carr beat us on a buzzer beater.

This is the key for us and we don't turn into G League team for P6 schools. “When you don’t have bottomless resources, you have to layer in good young players to develop those guys,” Schertz said. “Your ability to retain and have continuity is the key. Getting them here and keeping them will be huge for us as we move forward. We want to be more more about retention and rely less on the portal each year.”

Just curious, they don't get anything from ESPN Plus? I realize the announcers at various schools probably do it for free. They seemed to be either students or local volunteers because the quality of the announcing varies. I support bringing the facilities for baseball & softball to some minimal standard to allow conference tourney to be played. I am not asking for a SEC Double A or Triple A level ball park, just some basic amenities to get us home for the tourney. They finally gave the Girls Field Hockey Team a home field. I was getting tired of watching a revolving door of coaches and a team put in a insurmountable disadvantage. For years on this board I advocated do something or close the program down.

According to Stu's article, not till next week. Let's hope Brady fully rehabilitated, he could be important piece in the rotation with instant offense.

That was dated 6 weeks ago, surprised no one picked him up. He'd be a good catch even for a P6 school.

From the Google Sheet it lists Swope as a transfer, did he get the extra year and if he did where did he go?

That game was actually nationally televised. One of the few back then. I was living in Up-State NY at the time and recall watching it. Becton had a really good game but left the next year to Memphis.

Word of advice, that Buc ee's (at exit 170 on 95) is the most congested Buc ee's I ever encountered. I love Buc ee's but not that one. I usually take that exit for the short cut to Myrtle Bch. The Pilot across 95 usually matches Buc ee's price for gas. So unless you are hitting Buc ee's at 2am, I would recommend to avoid.

By Thanksgiving, Amari will be starting if he not already starting. Also, I am skeptical about Otieno, Kalu maybe starting over him. A10 stats are more significant than MAAC stats.

My son played HS golf. They played 3p during the week (not a busy time), the CC gave them greens fees for free and they got access to the range that had free golf balls. Also, with Top Golf practically next door, they can maybe work out something on a off-peak arrangement during poor weather BTW: I caught the Bills Men's Golf Team (when we had one) at the CUSA tourney. It was at one of the casino courses on the Mississippi Coast back in the 2000s. Same course that hosts a annual Champions (senior) tour event. USM was the host school. I think we came in last but we were up against Houston, USF, Charlotte, Tulane, etc.. A10 would probably be a lot easier.

I am excited on getting Brady. But, getting Brady & Trey does both have me concern. Both were on the DL a significant part of last season. Do players get a physical prior to signing the NIL contract? Both were all everything in high school. If they are healthy, they could make us contenders.

I am sure Ford's contract included a clause concerning endangering players or a reckless action. If we fired him then we maybe could have gotten out that $10mil buyout. If Ford took SLU to court that would taken years to settle and essentially ruined any further pursuits on coaching. But, we can thank Chris May for keeping him.

The last decade have pretty much been a disaster with VCU and UD. Need to turn that around. https://slubillikens.com/sports/mens-basketball/opponent-history/virginia-commonwealth-university/407 https://slubillikens.com/sports/mens-basketball/opponent-history/university-of-dayton/380

Concerning Trey, I noticed from early December he did not play. Was he on the DL or Miller's dog house? Brown looks pretty good, he should contribute.

Love Honor Huff of the Mocs. The little water bug is deadly behind the arc and is quick as lightning. If he enters the portal, he'd be a nice pickup to replace Swope. Huff tx to the Mocs from VMI.

I don't know if $ is as bad as we think. Some one mentioned that earlier we are paying Robbie $750,000/y. Also, I am sure we paid Gibbie a nice chunk of change. Surprisingly, these NIL payments for the most part are state secrets. Also, some big donors came up with 10mil to make Ford disappear. Also, Ford's salary was by far the best in the A10. 2nd place was not close. We are never going beat out some P6 football giant. But for lower tier P6 and upper tier mid-major we are competitive. Certainly our on-campus facilities are nothing to sneeze at.

I didn't realize how young Lil Pitino was when Minnesota first hired him-he just turned 31.