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I don't see were he committed to Creighton yet. Just has the offer. Maybe holding that last scholie for him if he wants it.

Didn't Pepperdine have issues with Josh Fisher's transfer? I always felt bad when Ryan Hollins de-committed.

I am no big Ekker fan and I was more than happy to see him go but Ekker's budget, even taking account inflation, was probably a tenth of Ford's. Couple that with a totally dysfunctional Athletic Dept. back then.

We may to figure out how the Rays do it.

That's unfortunate for fans. HTC Center not really in Myrtle Beach, It's is in Conway, about 15 miles from downtown. So if you not driving in, you will need to rent a car or uber it. If it was at the Convention Ctr you could have got a place at the beach (dirt cheap in November). Walk to plenty of restaurants and to the Convention Center. I will be in Myrtle Beach in May for a week.

https://slubillikens.com/news/2023/3/24/track-field-gillen-sets-record-wins-5-000-meters-at-raleigh-relays.aspx The kid is fast!

I know the area well. For 16 years I had a condo in the Porcher Ave area. They probably will be playing in the Convention Center-in the downtown area (seen Clemson play Coastal Carolina play in the Convention Center years ago). Used to have a big HS tourney over Christmas called the Beach Ball Classic that was also played in the Convention Center. I should be able to make it. BTW: Lots of good seafood especially around the Merrells Inlet area.

I believe Yuri signed with Octagon last year. It's a large agency that represents a lot of professional athletes.

USD has the prettier campus.

Bump! I don't know why, my bracket is a piece of garbage.

Most of those hires were replacements that May hired.

It's happen before LOL! We should be so lucky.

My bad on this one, it was Clem Haskins. I corrected my post. Clem was All Ammerican at WKU and had all those issues at Minnesota years later.

I saw the Bills play WKU in the 1980 Connecticut Mutual Classic in Hartford, they had Clem Haskins who replaced Gene Keady as the coach. Haskins had many good years at WKU, where he should have stayed. That particular SLU team was an Ekker team and WKU stomped the Bills.

Getting Tillett is turning out to be huge. She comes from a low-major obscure program and in the 1st year propels SLU to the dance. Also A10 Coach of the year. Good chance she could be another Katie Shields. I don't often watch women's basketball but I watched these 3 A10 conference tourney wins. Congrats to Coach Tillett, Lady BBall Billikens and good hire Chris.

Yes I did find it weird, you just back tracked on the standard you set.

They did fire Hugh Freeze after they found Memphis escort services calls on a University supplied cell phone (not a bright move). Liberty had no trouble hiring him. Next year Freeze will be at Auburn as HC. Holier than thou Texas will just have to hold their nose when they play them also. Seems SEC $ is a big enticement to compromise oneself.

It's starting early: Kermit Davis and Ole Miss agreed to part ways.

I got to the game 45 minutes prior to tip-off, they were all gone. I only make it to 1 or 2 home games a year (2 this year, this one and the Memphis game) because of distance. One thing I don't understand, folks leaving with 2 minutes left on the clock. This game was anybodies game with only a few seconds before the final buzzer. I had a aisle seat and what annoyed me is these folks walking up the steps and blocking my view. Anyway, a win against a hot team.

Does Ford ever do a call-in show like our previous coaches? Love for Gary to have go at him BTW: Those who never heard of Gary or are too new for this board, Gary used to call in at every Majerus call-in show and the two of them would go at it on strategy. Actually made the show interesting.

Belmont was mentioned. I live in Nashville. They have a small gym, similar to a LaSalle or GW, and only draw about 2000/g. Yea the school is in Nashville but that's about it. Vandy sucks up all the basketball oxygen in Nashville. Bradley more than doubles that attendance and as I said, has a far better basketball heritage. BTW Bradley NET today is 71 (which would be 1st in the A10), Belmont is 127. Another ho-hum middle of the pack A10 school. On a personal observation, for Bradley home and away games, people will know who we are playing and get into it. You play Belmont, most people attending either home game will not even know where either school is. I get tired of folks asking me where I went school here, I say Saint Louis and they say oh, you went to Wash U. Would be good for me, sure. Only have to drive about 30 minutes away for a game with no problem getting a seat. I just want what's best for SLU!

Regarding Big East, the New Big East was establish end of 2012 and they took XU and Butler. That was our time to get in. Chaifetz was still new and we had the strongest teams in my tenure of being a Billiken fan. We had our best Chaifetz attendance and a future HOF coach. It was our heyday and they ignored us. Maybe we get in, not in my life time. It's over, let us improve on what we have. We have Fordham in thee biggest market, do folks go to the games or watch them on TV in a NYC metro area? I believe Fordham was big mistake that gives the A10 or SLU nothing. Like LaSalle, once they are in you cannot get rid of them. Also it gave us no recruiting advantage in the talent laden NYC/No NJ recruiting area. I doubt it ever entered in French's decision to come here. What is left in the major metro areas that the A10 can get? Georgia State, Boston University, etc.. come on, more garbage.

One the classic ESPN E60 was the show they did on SMU's death sentence. The quote by, I think the Arkansas coach, "I was in a bidding war for Eric Dickerson and could not compete". You're right all legal now.

Here is my recommendation to benefit SLU. First, give up on the Big East, ain't going to happen, that boat sailed when they admitted UConn. A10 needs to go get Bradley. They are not bad now, they have a very rich basketball history and they are very capable of being very good again. They are also (most important) an old SLU rival from the MVC days. Maybe some of you old timers like me remember the 1971 home game with Bradley but we put 14,000+ in the Old Barn. Jimmy 'the Jet' Irving went crazy that night. Also they check the box of being private. I know we all complain about Bernadette but she gave us nice gift with Loyola. I was worried she was going to come up with another school from the Southeast. I know Loyola stinks but look at Porter's first couple of years at Loyola in the Horizon. They I feel are capable of being, maybe not a Final 4 team again, very competitive. Still remember the Alfredrick Hughes days. Look at the crowd we put in the Gentile. Kind nice with folks making up from St Louis and nice alum base in Chicago. If Loyola was a little better this year and was on a weekend, SLU probably would have tripled that crowd. We can get that same relation with Bradley. It's close (back when I attended SLU in the early 70's I made it up to the old Robertson Field House and back the same night) and a large alum base in Central Illinois. The A10, as the Great Majerus stated, "is an East Coast League, I look out from my window in Atlantic City and see the ocean". Other than UD, I don't know if they consider us and we really have not lived up to our end of the bargain, our only rival. Do really have anything in common with New England state schools or Davidson (was good for me when I lived in Asheville). What did we draw the other night with URI, barely made 5000. We should be drawing with crappy conference game at least 8000 and a SRO with the better games (VCU & UD). Over the years I been to games at Charlotte, USM, ECU, UAB, and like I heard from Davidson fans asking "what is a Billiken"? May needs to advocate to make the League more Central Time Zone. I think it would improve the A10 a lot for SLU's interest in MBB.

You have to remember that folks in Carolina consider Duke a Yankee school. Everyone on Tobacco Road hates Duke. I have a close friend that graduated with Packer at Wake in 62. He knew him and said he was nice guy. Keynote speaker at Wake's Class of 62 50th class reunion. My friend said he very entertaining and funny speaker. Also, he played on Wake's 62 Final 4 NCAA team.