Box and Won
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Our president drives a Lexus, not an ATV.
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Edwin scored 13 points for Kent State the other night. Apparently, he is capable of scoring either 13 points or 0 points. So far this year, his scoring has been:
Game 1: 13 pts
Game 2: 0 pts
Game 3: 0 pts
Game 4: 13 pts
He didn't get many minutes in his two zero point games, so either he's been hurt or in the coach's dog house.
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Actually, if you scroll up towards the top of this message board page, it reads, "Beginning to look like a name change is looming."
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If you're using Internet Explorer, look up at the very top of your browser...
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LOL, I sit in section 120, but couldn't hear you over my own yelling!
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For the students out there: do you have any guesses as to how many students did not make it to the game because of the lack of transportation? There was a pretty good student turnout nonetheless. It would be nice to get that many students for games that aren't nationally televised.
And for everyone: to what do you attribute the relatively small crowd? There really isn't any reason I can think of besides the fact that the university did not market the game at all. In the past we have advertised big matchups against Louisville, Mizzou, etc., but I don't recall seeing any efforts to build hype for the Arizona game.
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I'm still po'ed about getting snubbed by Bud Sports my senior year!
I found it interesting to hear that Illini receiver Brandon Lloyd was working at Fox Sports last year. It's a little disappointing to hear how a guy who was about to get drafted into the NFL was working at an internship that could have been filled by a student who was actually serious about working in broadcasting.
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I think the players are able to get hooked up with some pretty good internships during the summers. Phil Hunt has been working in the broadcast booth at Cardinals games for KMOX (Mike Shannon frequently mentioned him), and over the years players have worked for great local companies such as A-B and A.G. Edwards. With the fairly large number of successful corporations in the St. Louis area (many of which provide a good deal of support to SLU), procuring internships for players isn't difficult.
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I think Donigan said on the radio this morning that we'll play at Maryland.
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Butler barely squeaked by Northern Iowa, 56-54. Perhaps they're a little more vulnerable this year?
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I actually typed square brackets, but they came out as an angle bracket in my post. Thanks!
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Add one more private school: I'm pretty sure that Richmond is private.
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I think that a lot of people are under the impression that schools like UMASS and Temple are still major basketball powers as well.
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Didn't J.J. Haliburton transfer to Austin Peay?
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, just do the same thing, but using the letter B instead of I.
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Ahearn is playing and is averaging 6.8 points per game. I think Frazier was redshirted.
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Brandon Morris scored 16 pts with 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block and 0 turnovers in UWGB's loss to IUPUI last night.
He had 7 pts, 1 reb, 1 assist and 4 turnovers in their loss to SEMO the other day.
Jason Edwin had 13 pts, 3 reb and 3 assists in Kent State's opener.
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Does JJ chew gum while he's playing? I noticed that it looked like he was chewing on something while he was out there, which seemed strange to me.
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I just picked my favorite.
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Go Marquette. I want their RPI as high as possible before we beat them.
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Sounds good...
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Yeah, the Cintas is literally just on the other side of a small parking lot from most of the XU dorms. If the new arena is built on the Waring School site, it will be a pretty far walk for students living in Fusz or Marguerite (but still not too far). I would guess that when we have an on-campus facility, there will be pre-game festivities, pep rallies, etc. in the new Busch Center that would help draw more students.
I was surprised to see that they sold beer at the Cintas as well. Hopefully A-B products will be available in our new building.
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I was in Cincinnati this past weekend visiting my sister, who is a student at Xavier. Last night we went to the Cintas Center to watch the Muskateers dismantle Coppin State, and I must say that if our new arena is anything like the Cintas (and I think it will be), we're in for a real treat.
Some observations:
Student attendance and participation was excellent. The students stood through the whole game and were very boisterous. People I talked to told me that the atmosphere at the old Cincinnati Gardens was pretty good, but now that the team plays on campus, participation is a whole lot better. The students and the band took up both sections behind one of the baskets as well as one of the corner sections.
Playing in a smaller arena made the XU band sound really good. Our band will kick even more butt in the new building. XU played a lot of the same songs; it might be time for us to update the song list.
While I didn't go into the upper deck, I can't imagine that there is a bad seat in the house at the Cintas. It felt very intimate. We were in the last row of the student section, and it felt like being in the middle of the student section at the Savvis.
The renderings of the inside of our new arena look very similar to the interior of the Cintas. Ours looks like it might be a little bigger. The Cintas has some features that our arena won't have because we have them elsewhere. For instance, the main student dining hall is located in the center as well as banquet/meeting space that we already have in the Busch Center.
Whoever runs the SLU bookstore should take a trip to XU to learn a lesson on merchandising. XU has tons of quality merchandise available, with BLUE being the primary color of shirts, sweatshirts, etc.
The XU campus is a lot smaller than SLU's, so the Cintas is much closer to the dorms than our new arena will be (assuming that it will be built on the Waring School site). They also have a student shuttle service that picks up students who live off-campus and drives them to and from the games (as well as transporting them to class, etc.).
The concourses were very nice and featured huge historic photographs of XU teams and players over the years.
The exterior of the Cintas is sharp as well. It is not as extravagant as ours will be, but it has clean lines and a nice modern appearance.
Overall, visiting Cintas was a great experience, and I hope our new arena energizes our fans, students and alumni like the Cintas did for XU's.
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