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good hire....somebody who has been a Head Coach before and understands the type of team/players that will be successful at a private urban school in the midwest....

Well........Temple and the Big East brought this up......and Arch Madness just lit up downtown last week while we bust our butts in front of a 100 or so Billiken fans in a 2/3 empty arena 1000 miles away with little or no media coverage...

We have work to do, but the Valley is our best long-term option. SLU to the Valley makes sense for a couple reasons... 1. The Big East blow-up ain't gonna happen 2. A new papal conference ain't gonna happen 3. We would revive many historical rivalries we have had since the Ed MacAuley days 4. That would in turn consistently put butts in the Chaifetz seats for most conference games 5. That would increase the demand for advance ticket sales 6. That would increase athletic giving to ensure priority for good seats (not a guess, proven fact) 7. The savings on non-revenue sports travel could be reinvested in those programs 8. Speaking of non-revenue sports, the Valley is a better league for that too (soccer, baseball, etc) 9. If you are worried about coverage in the P-D, they would go nuts over this! The best way to make this happen with Fr. Biondi would be to add a "peer" institution with a good basketball reputation in a big media market to join the league with us. Best viable candidates: Butler - Indy + good hoops DePaul - they gotta be getting sick of getting cleaned in the Big East Dayton & Xavier - kind of a stretch, but would be a good get Loyola - a project, but getting a new building in Chicago It could happen, and it would be good for SLU

Benedict Romar? He returned to his alma mater!!!! What does he owe SLU???? He took us to the dance, but I feel he was never welcomed fully around here....

Recruiting disgruntled college players is much easier for Brad S. than recruiting blue-chip high school kids and all of the "people" that comes with it....he never seemed to like dealing with that crap... Don't underestimate the role that Kramer and teammates may be playing in the process too...

Athletic Training is a 5 year freshman entry Masters program too

RM's best year.... Utah 1998 (NCAA runner up) Starters 50 Alex Jensen 6-7 225 Junior Centerville UT 24 Andre Miller 6-2 203 Junior Los Angeles CA 13 Hanno Mottola 6-9 250 Sophomore Helsinki Finland 51 Michael Doleac 6-11 265 Senior Portland OR 34 Drew Hansen 6-5 185 Junior Tooele UT Reserves 21 Trace Caton 6-5 214 Freshman Alamosa CO 31 Britton Johnsen 6-9 213 Freshman Murray UT 3 David Jackson 6-3 205 Sophomore Portland OR 42 Jon Carlisle 6-9 260 Freshman Salt Lake City UT 11 Jordie McTavish 6-1 160 Sophomore Salmon Arm BC We may not have an NBA player (yet) but we are starting to look like teams that Majerus has success with.... SLU 2011 Starters 3 Kwamain Mitchell JR G 5-10 175 24 Cody Ellis SO F 6-8 240 33 Willie Reed JR F 6-9 220 23 Kyle Cassity JR G 6-3 200 (his D will keep him in the line-up) Rob Loe FR F 6-11 Off the bench? Mike McCall FR G 6-1 (he will be our 6th man) Dwane Evans FR F 6-5 (PT will depend on his D) 12 Justin Jordan SO G 5-9 170 (if he makes good decisions on the court) 14 Brian Conklin JR F 6-6 230 (muscle off the bench) 15 Christian Salecich SO G 6-3 190 (can focus more as a shooter off the bench) 32 Cory Remekun SO F 6-7 205 (he will put on 20 lbs in off season) Who knows? 10 Paul Eckerle JR G 6-1 175 (med school?) 20 Darrin Young SO G 5-10 165 (VCU was his day in the sun) 21 Jon Smith SO F 6-5 190 (he needs to make better on-court decisions) 13 Femi John SO G 6-2 205 (will he ever be healthy?) We should have "Fun at the 'Fetz" in 10-11

That would be a great option vs CBS College Sports.....Chaifetz looks sweet in HD

Actually most of the schools in the Valley take charters....I was told that by a big Creighton booster at a bar during the Valley tournament. None of the school are in hub cities, so they would miss alot of classes by flying commercial.

she can play her 5th year of hoops......you get 5 to play 4 years

I have seen Grinnell play a number of times in person....the reality is that they get ridiculous stats against teams that are not disciplined enough to make them pay for not playing defense. I have seen them lose several times and the score is usually in the 80's. The good teams get back on defense, don't give up any offense rebounds and make all of the easy shots. They also run offense for 25 seconds, which drives Grinnell (and their egomaniac coach) crazy. http://www.grinnell.edu/athletics/mbasketb...scheduleresults

Richard Chaifetz was courtside and on his feet for most of the game I think he is happy with his investment the announcers do alot of big ten games

C-USA is all about FB now......and with Charlotte adding FB, thats where they may go......

We are playing in downtown DC on the evening of the State of the Union speech.....happy motoring Bills!

Interesting comments by TT on the blog.....(I am not touching the Relphorde thing anymore) http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/billiken-...do-other-notes/ I am thinking that DePaul might be a player in the formation of a new configuration someday....they gotta be getting sick of getting their tails kicked in the BigEast . Also, the travel for all of their other sports has gotta be expensive with little return other than the table scraps of BCS money they get from a huge conference. Also, they do not have the NCAA tournament money that Marquette has paying their bills... The Chicago market would go a long way into generating the TV interest that would make a move happen....put it together with St. Louis, Cincinnati, Omaha, Dayton....maybe Des Moines, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, that could be alot of TV sets in the midwest

I am not sitting around wondering "what if"....but I am happy for the guy...and I am also happy with our squad and our bright future. There was really no need for a mean-spirited response.....

Agreed....West Pine is not a place that brings back alot of great memories....our athletic dept. is now in the Post-Chaifetz era. Also, West Pine might seem like an "intimate" venue, but the sight lines and proximity to the court is actually better in the student section at Chaifetz than it is in West Pine.

I just saw Baylor-Colorado Relphorde is averaging about 11 a game wow!

Boushka, Bonner and Ferry have retired jerseys....their numbers are not retired. From page 109 in the media guide.....http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stlo/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/SLUMBBGUIDE0910.pdf "Ed Macauley is easily the greatest Billiken basketball player in the history of the program and one of the most beloved. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., and was named one of the top 100 players in NBA history. As a result, his No. 50 is the only number to be retired in Billiken basketball history."

You also need to mention the impact that Chaifetz Arena has had on the program. From now on....our program will be measured pre-Chaifetz and post-Chaifetz. Chaifetz Arena marked the instant when SLU decided to quit pretending to have a Div I program and really make a commitment to a Div I program.

How many classes will transfer to Harris Stowe..........they need to have enough courses for him to articulate! SLU will pay for him to finish his degree, but if he gets a semester of F's he may not be able to stay in school. Did Tatum get a degree from mcKendree, or did he just finish his eligibilty? $70K in europe? What are all of his buddies gonna do? Tommie has quite an extended family......

Tommie will be a "D-league" guy.........

Do you actually think that Tommie dropped out of school to train for pro ball? Where is he, at the IMG academy? You give him too much credit.............academics were such a struggle for him that there is no way that he will finish if he has to go back later and pay for it himself..... It's a shame.........

Might be a good chance for Drew Diener to stay at UVa....Kramer would be a bench warmer there

I would bet that she would stay if we had an ice cube's chance in hell of getting the the NCAA tourney.....she knows what we will have next year much more than we do.