Billiken Law
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For me it depends on the circumstances. If during the off season that's one thing and if he was sincere in his apologizing for the mistake and completed every term of the punishment Few laid down for him that's one thing. However in this case, it was the night before a game, what the hell is he doing 1) at a party on another university's campus, and 2) with shrooms, a controlled substance. That's showing disrespect for your teammates and letting them down in the middle of what was a tight race for the conference title. Considering those circumstances, hit the road.
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Here's his line score:
AB 4
R 4
H 3
RBI 7
BB 1
SO 0
AVG .358
Better get World Series tickets.
as nice as WS would be the pitching is not there to make a run. Who would start game 1, Wainwright? There is no way to cound\t on Pinata, er, Piniero in the post season and Mulder obviously isn't his old self and won't be this year (ah, to have Harren back....). I don't bet, but if I did my money is on the Padres to go because of Peavy and Young.
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Good for Drew. Assistant at an ACC school with Laiteo (should have them in the dance regularly) is a real nice start.
Sol? That's ok, much better that Corona (though what isn't??). My favorite Mexican brews are Pacifico and Bohemia.
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http://virginiasports.cstv.com/sports/m-ba.../090407aaa.html
He followed Leitao from DePaul to UVA as Director of Basketball Ops and now has been promoted to assistant coach, the youngest in the nation. Props to Drew, a great guy from a great basketball family. Nice to have a former Bill climbing the coaching ranks and I have the feeling he won't be the last of his family to get a big time coaching job, male or female.
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The Colonial doesn't come close to Cy the Cyclone. Should have expected it.
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>First off, those are two different kids. Look at the hair,
>and the jerseys. One is a clean cut kid who plays for
>Portland. The other is a dirty hippie who plays for North.
>I'm not sure which one we've offered, but I'm hoping its the
>hippie.
The top one is an AAU team photo, the bottom one is his HS team photo from the state finals at U of Oregon.
BTW, in the northwest, until recently every white kid who plays hoops had a shaggy Adam Morrison look.
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there was a ChicagoHoops story earlier this week which said that Roth wanted to visit WSU before making a decision. He'd visited the other 3.
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>Apparently, that rule is killing Jim Harbaugh, the new
>Cardinal football head coach...poor guy.
I still don't understand why Harbaugh took that job. Look at what it did to Walt Harris. It's not like he forgot how to coach overnight. Stanford basically looks for higher and higher barriers to put in front of their programs, especially football and hoops. The acceptance before a visit came after the new AD came aboard and a couple of prospects got official visits and had no chance of being accepted.
It's been a few years but there was a study a while ago that showed that Stanford had the smallest deviation between average SAT of incoming football players and general students of any I-A football program. Rice, Duke, Northwestern and Vandy were also up there. Just about the entire Big Ten had the greatest gap.
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>>I agree - MB is off base unless he can produce other names
>>that we were into and if that was so then RM would not have
>>taken Femi.
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>Big men are the key.
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>No offense to Femi, I have seen him play several times. He
>is good.
>But he is another 'tweener.
I've never seen John play, just read reports, but from the sounds of it he'll be an excellent role player, which is what every team needs many of, and perhaps could develop into more. You cannot recruit a bunch of stars who expect to the "the man" at the next level and have them be happy - Duke has gotten into trouble with that the past couple of years and trust me, there is a lot of unhappiness on the Duke roster right now. Every team needs that guy who is going to accept his role, do the little things, bring some toughness and make the team better. John sounds like he could be that guy. Plus, he wants to be at SLU, that's a bonus right there.
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>I was just perusing through the Scout.com site, and there
>was a new article on Suggs. Not written by Nate, as it
>appears to be written by the national Scout.com recruiting
>people. Anyway, the title just says "Scott Suggs names
>Seven." We've seen similar stuff to this, but I also
>happened to see that on Scott's profile on Scout.com, SLU is
>now listed as "No Interest" and seven other schools are
>listed with interest.
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>I know Nate posted yesterday that we had a shot at him, but
>this might not be looking too good. Hopefully Nate is right
>and we still have a shot at this.
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>In other news, I saw that John Brandenburg was accepted to
>Stanford. Good for him!
very impressive for Branderburg. Stanford has a policy now stating that one must be admitted before a prospect can even take an official visit. It used to be acceptance before getting a scholarship offer but that changed about 2 years ago. Trent Johnson also has a nice track record in developing bigs (Fazekes).
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>BLaw - thanks for the explanation - never heard any of that
>stuff previously. So, Paul could play one year and then not
>as a sophomore and that would then make him eligible for an
>academic scholarship - correct?
it is a new rule that went into effect last August just for football and basketball (counter sports). Please pardon my error, as at another school I worked at the policy was different (2 years) but unless SLU also differs from the NCAA bylaws Ekerle can get an academic scholarship after one year as long as he gets a 3.3 at SLU (SLU courses only) and that will not count against SLU's aid limits. The burden is on SLU to prove that the award was not given with any consideration of athletic ability and that the award is consistant with all such awards made by the institution. Of course, he does become a walk-on and is subject to the participation limits I mentioned above.
FYI, North Carolina did this with Wes Miller, who transferred from James Madison, went on scholarship as they had an open one, then relinquished his scholarship the next year to bring in a McDonald's AA (his family could afford to pay the tuition, a little harder to do at a private school like SLU).
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>They finished with 20 wins last season. I would expect more
>next season if Brad was here but now that Rick is here...
>The stakes are higher. Expections have grown.
20 wins doesn't mean as much as it used to with the increased number of games on the schedule. Plus, one of those wins was against a DII team which did not count in the committee's eye.
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>With the 3pt line moving back, you will need a dead eye from
>long range more than ever - Roth seems to be that guy. We
>had 6 schollies and 4 have been accepted. We still have 2 -
>one for Suggs and one for Roth. Whether Paul E stays or
>not, RM has to shoot for these two. I still have not yet
>understood the Paul E schollie - he was coming to SLU anyway
>on an academic scholarship and was willing to walk on - can
>somebody please explain why he was given an athletic
>schollie? I am not knocking the kid just still somewhat
>confused.
If he is a walk-on then he cannot use the team facilities during the offseason to work out, cannot work with coaches until practice starts and during the season has to pay for training table meals (not sure if SLU has done training table in the past but we can be Majerus will have that). He'd have to work out at Simon Rec on his own time and under no supervision. Being on athletic scholarship he can work with the coaches now and use the athletic facilities.
Also, he cannot get an academic scholarship until he's completed 2 years at SLU now that he is on athletic scholarship and was recruited. A SA must earn a minimum of a 3.3 at awarding institution (SLU) in order to be moved from an athletic to an acedemic scholarship AND the scholarship must be equal to what other general students would get based on their qualifications (this is to prevent a kid with a 3.3 from getting a full-ride).
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>"I guess I've missed the part where the police determined he
>did something"
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>LOL. Please. I think Mr. Jones' record speaks for itself.
>I don't need the police to tell me that Pacman is a bum.
Guilty until proven innocent, eh? I guess I missed that lecture during Crim Law and Crim Pro.
Yes, the guy is a degenerate, no arguing with that, but just because someone has done something in the past does not mean he's done it again and just because his buddies were allegedly involved with something does not mean he was as well. People can change and clean up their lives. The thing Jones must do is get rid of the negative influences surrounding him.
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I guess I've missed the part where the police determined he did something:
"Police said this morning the suspended Tennessee Titans defensive back is not a suspect in the shooting on the 300 block of Moreland Avenue south of I-285 near Conley in Clayton County."
"[Jones] is not a suspect in the shooting, his vehicle wasn't seen, but we do feel he could give us some guidance on who the suspects are," said Deputy Chief Michael Burrows.
Police have not spoken to Jones or his agent, said Burrows, but Jones did release a statement to the media saying he was not involved in the shooting.
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>It is obviously a matter of opinion and taste, but I don't
>understand the tat thing either (and I am a generation
>younger than Roy
). I was raised in the mindset that it >is unprofessional unless you are a sailor, in prison, or in
>the bike business. Somewhere between when I graduated
>college and today the attitude has obviously changed. The
>basketball players I went to school with (Claggett,
>Highmark, Harris, Cambell, Robinson, Cobbin, etc.) certainly
>weren't tatted up.
times have changed. I read in the most recent SI that TLR got a tattoo last season, at age 62! Like anything else, moderation is the key. I cringe when I see college kids (not just athletes either) getting sleve tats, and (the worst, IMO) the neck tattoo. Yeah, that's going to look great when you go on the job interview! Nothing below the mid-upper arm for me.
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I've always wondered if Larry was ever accused of cheating in college because of all of the writing on his arm? Read once too he has a favorite artist in STL so I think he goes to the same guy every time.
I've got no problem with tats, it's a form of expression, but just keep it under control. My wife just got one that she designed herself which has deep meaning to her representing her faith and heritage, but she plans on stopping with one.
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>Catholic grade schools in St. Louis are K-8. I'm guessing by
>the address that he went to St. Cletus, although I also
>wonder if Brad bought a $1M+ house when he first got here.
I see on the grade schools.
No, he didn't buy a million dollar house when he first got there, he built that right after he got the raise and extention from Cheryl. My wife's co-worker used to be neighbord with Sodey, typical middle to upper middle class suburban subdivision
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>did that supporting cast have in the years following Wade's
>departure to the NBA?
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If Diener isn't injured either of the following seasons they're in the tourney. Plus, people don't realize just how big of a contributor Robert Jackson was - 6-10, 265, he was a beast in the middle and that kept the defenses honest. It also allowed Merritt to play the 4 which was his natural position. Of course, Novak led a freshman dominated team to the NCAA tourney in 2005.
>I actually agree with you that MArquette's supporting cast
>was better than SLU's but people shouldn't forget that
>anytime a 3 seed advances to the Final 4 its a least
>partially luck (could have just as easily been a 2nd round
>loss to Mizzou).
Yes, it did take some luck - Paulding had a shot to win that Mizzou game in regulation, he caught front iron. Then Novak can't miss in OT. I remember talking to Paulding about that game, when I talked about how he couldn't miss he replied "no, that white dude you all had couldn't miss. Where did he come from??" In the Pitt game 2 freshmen, Bradley and Chapman, hit big 3's to keep it close until Wade blew up in the 2nd half. No luck against Kentucky, MU dominated that entire game, up 20 in the 2nd half.
>I'll never forget talking to a bunch of Marquette fans after
>they had lost in the 1st round of the conference tourney in
>Louisville and them asking what has Crean ever done that was
>so special. Of course four games later that question was
>moot but if you look at it the golden boy had been at
>Marquette for 8 years and in only 1 year has he won an NCAA
>tourney game. Its interesting if nothing else.
Were those fans loaded? I might have been in that group? Louisvill was pretty much a blur! Realize that Crean rescued MU from mediocrity (hopefully what Majerus will do with SLU) and at that point what he'd done was significant. You will not hear me disagree with concerns about Crean's NCAA record, though to be fair MU missing its best player in McNeal did hurt it against MSU. The other 2 losses (Tulsa and Alabama) went down to the final possession.
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>he went to grade school with some Duchesne kids....that may
>have been the catholic front runner
Huh? The Soderbergs didn't move to STL until the 01-02 school year, Kramer would have been in middle school then. Before that the Soderbergs lived in Madison, WI.
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Was Dwyane
>Wade's supporting cast at Marquette much better than Larry's
>at SLU?
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>All you have to do is look at the changes at Marquette to
>understand my point...
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Yes, it was. 2 other future NBA draft picks on the roster (Diener and Novak), Robert Jackson who is having a successful career overseas and was a beast in the paint (huge game against Kentucky), and Merritt, who is putting up nice numbers in the NBDL. Novak didn't even start on that team either, junior Terry Sanders did. Also, many forget that Wade was pretty much shut down in the first and second round games, it was Diener who bailed them out against Holy Cross with 29 and Diener, Novak and Merritt who played huge in the OT thriller against Mizzou. Wade didn't "explode" until the 2nd half of the Pitt game in the Sweet 16.
And yes, Wade did have trouble scoring against SLU, Fish did a great job on him, but MU went 4-0 against SLU during that time as Blankson stepped up big time in one game and Diener in 2 others. The 4th the Marq. defense kept SLU off the scoreboard for nearly the first 10 minutes and held SLU to under 40 points at Savvis.
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>If 9 is the perfect size, why are they zero major
>conferences with 9 schools? Also, why would Xavier (which
>shares a much smaller market with Cincy) or Dayton (which is
>in a much smaller market than both SLU and Xavier) be more
>attractive than SLU. SLU will easily have the biggest
>college basketball spend in the A-10 going forward and is in
>biggest untapped market in the midwest/northeat? The Big
>East has made it clear that it is an airline conference.
>St. Louis is no different than Chicago/Milwaukee/Cincy from
>an air travel perspective.
see post below as to conference size.
market size doesn't matter THAT much with major conferences. The Big Ten seems to do fine in majority small markets, same with the SEC, Big 12 and ACC. If market size were important than Charlotte would have been a serious candidate for the Big East. Markets matter in pro sports, not as much in college sports. Who knows, it could be someone else, like Rhode Island or UMass who is brought in should the Big East split. Remember too, its about more than just basketball which is taken into account.
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>To answer the 9 question...Football...BCS needs 12 for the
>Championship Game.
SignGuy has it. ACC had an ideal situation with 9 but expanded for football. Of course, one could go 10 but that means 18 conference games and therefore a loss of 2 non-conference games.
). I was raised in the mindset that it
Gonzaga Star May be Reinstated
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Being kicked off the team at Gonzaga is not going to destroy his life. Being let back on might send him the message that he doesn't have to pay for his transgressions because he's a star athlete. He can transfer elsewhere and continue his career. He won't even lose a year of eligibility. Plenty of schools in WA and on the West Coast would be banging down the doors to bring him in.
Best solution would be to let the team vote. If they want to bring back a guy who, while talented, let them down by being on another campus at a party the night before a game and had an illegal substance in his posession, thus endangering their season and embarassing the university then he's back on. If I were on the team I'd vote no. It's not unprecedented, the Indiana team told Neil Reed to hit the road after the 1997 season because of his attitute and selfishness.