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Other than saying the guys played hard....he just sauid he spent the night watching the game film and then getting ready for dayton.

he sounded humbled, but still determined.....

Actually we match up better to Dayton size-wise and system-wize

What was worse? Coming up short at St. Bona or losing historically at GW? I bet Dayton is NERVOUS

In the eyes of the rpi, the HBU game was an exhibition. The teams that are killing us are: Detroit-239 Furman-316 Long Beach-310 Loyola-298 None of them are in power conferences, so none of them will improve very soon. we thought we would get something better based on 2007 rpis: Long Beach-79 NCAA tourney Detroit-191 Furman-195 Loyola-101 Thank goodness the A-10 is on the upswing and we only play LaSalle and St Bona once

Lets compare apples to apples..... Attendance rankings 2007 Rank School G Attendance Average 1. Kentucky 16 374,737 23,421 2. Syracuse 22 473,353 21,516 3. North Carolina 17 351,785 20,693 4. Tennessee 16 314,571 19,661 5. Louisville 20 369,763 18,488 6. Ohio St. 18 315,539 17,530 7. Wisconsin 19 326,610 17,190 8. Maryland 19 319,616 16,822 9. Arkansas 16 267,520 16,720 10. Illinois 17 282,506 16,618 11. Indiana 15 247,103 16,474 12. Kansas 18 293,400 16,300 13. Creighton 14 222,728 15,909 14. Marquette 20 306,893 15,345 15. Michigan St. 19 280,421 14,759 16. Memphis 19 276,014 14,527 17. Arizona 16 227,239 14,202 18. North Carolina St. 20 279,035 13,952 19. Virginia 17 229,858 13,521 20. Connecticut 20 260,231 13,012 21. Oklahoma St. 18 234,142 13,008 22. Texas 16 207,504 12,969 23. New Mexico 18 231,346 12,853 24. South Carolina 17 218,240 12,838 25. Iowa St. 17 212,310 12,489 26. Kansas St. 17 209,123 12,301 27. Alabama 16 196,552 12,285 28. Dayton 17 208,522 12,266 29. Iowa 16 195,139 12,196 30. Brigham Young 17 205,243 12,073 Rank School G Attendance Average 31. Vanderbilt 17 204,511 12,030 32. Florida 18 212,866 11,826 33. Fresno St. 18 210,828 11,713 34. Pittsburgh 18 208,997 11,611 35. UNLV 20 227,074 11,354 36. Purdue 17 192,984 11,352 37. Minnesota 17 186,554 10,974 38. Villanova 14 149,884 10,706 39. Nebraska 16 169,350 10,584 40. Wichita St. 15 157,170 10,478 41. Georgetown 17 177,501 10,441 42. UCLA 16 166,843 10,428 43. Wake Forest 17 174,992 10,294 44. DePaul 16 162,320 10,145 45. Oklahoma 16 160,371 10,023 46. Texas Tech 16 160,155 10,010 47. LSU 18 180,038 10,002 48. Michigan 21 209,327 9,968 49. Washington 19 188,305 9,911 50. Xavier 15 148,650 9,910 51. Virginia Tech 15 147,330 9,822 52. Texas A&M 19 186,420 9,812 53. Bradley 17 165,376 9,728 54. St. Louis 15 145,002 9,667 55. Utah 15 142,833 9,522 56. West Virginia 18 169,557 9,420 57. New Mexico St. 20 188,254 9,413 58. Duke 19 176,966 9,314 59. Georgia Tech 17 156,247 9,191 60. Notre Dame 18 162,485 9,027 Rank School G Attendance Average 61. Nevada 16 142,442 8,903 62. Mississippi St. 19 168,763 8,882 63. Cincinnati 18 158,966 8,831 64. UTEP 18 156,729 8,707 65. California 15 126,650 8,443 66. Utah St. 14 118,131 8,438 67. Oregon 18 151,576 8,421 68. Providence 19 159,798 8,410 69. Missouri 19 156,612 8,243 70. Penn St. 19 151,785 7,989 71. San Diego St. 16 125,135 7,821 72. Southern Ill. 13 100,655 7,743 73. Florida St. 19 142,416 7,496 74. Georgia 18 132,048 7,336 75. Clemson 20 146,583 7,329 76. Washington St. 15 107,653 7,177 77. Missouri St. 17 121,984 7,176 78. Stanford 17 120,204 7,071 79. Arizona St. 18 124,756 6,931 80. St. John's (N.Y.) 19 131,477 6,920 Rank School G Attendance Average 81. Boston College 18 124,486 6,916 82. George Mason 13 88,837 6,834 83. Seton Hall 16 106,169 6,636 84. Oral Roberts 14 90,775 6,484 85. Hawaii 16 102,959 6,435 86. Gonzaga 13 83,272 6,406 87. UNI 14 88,170 6,298 88. Old Dominion 17 105,851 6,227 89. Wyoming 14 84,963 6,069 90. Baylor 18 109,174 6,065 91. Charlotte 14 84,360 6,026 92. Massachusetts 14 83,542 5,967 93. Wright St. 15 87,962 5,864 94. Siena 14 81,670 5,834 95. Southern California 18 104,357 5,798 96. Toledo 11 63,265 5,751 97. Butler 15 86,005 5,734 98. VCU 14 78,963 5,640 99. Evansville 15 82,407 5,494 100. Drake 15 81,870 5,458

Cintas seats 10,000 at Xavier, and they are one the most financially success private schools that does not have football....those other examples you gave are national universities with large residential populations. Gonzaga seats less than that.

URI, Dayton & Xavier in Top 25.... Now if St. Bona and LaSalle go to the MAAC...

The CINTAS center is a tough venue for the road team....they fill the place and the fans no how to make noise. The only tougher place in the league is Dayton, that place is nuts. I hope the Chaifetz has a similar atmosphere!

I agree, Kramer would be a bad fit for our system....but in the right system he could be successful. This guy is Kramer-sized with a similar game: http://butlersports.cstv.com/sports/m-bask...raves_aj00.html

I bet both are shooting higher than that....if Brad spends four years as an assistant in a a highly successful program he will build up some credibility and then his son will be ready to be an assistant on his staff. I bet Kramer doesn't have to be the star of the team, he just wants to win even as a role player/shooter and eventually coach with his dad (I think he said that in a TV interview once).

Not a good comparison, DP and Kramer are about as far from each other as I can even imagine. If you want to compare Kramer to someone, compare him to Blake Ahearn, a great shooter that might be a step slow on D. On the right team, Kramer could be very productive, as Blake was. You can ask around the coaching fraternity is St. Louis, there are some guys who respect Majerus, but also like Brad and thought he got the shaft. Brad won't be trying to outrecruit Majerus, he will be recruiting against Moser, Biancardi and Thorpe. Brad can probably get in as many gyms in St. Louis that those guys can. His boss will be the one competing against Majerus. BTW...give Majerus a few years...we will not be seeing many St. Louis kids on the roster, the talent pool isn't as good as everyone thinks. He recruits nationally and internationally. There is an old adage in coaching if you recruit local kids, they better be good enough to play or they better know they aren't going to play. A group of disgruntled local kids can kill you when you go to get that blue chipper from the area.

Rivals has it...http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=75655&sport=2 Brad might be a good addition to Tulsa's staff, it looks like his background is compatible with the Wojcik's

When you talk tough about the players, you always have that to fall back on if you aren't successful. Let's hope SLU acheives the success you are all so certain of...then the end will justify the means. BTW, Charlie Weis was treated like the next Knute Rockne this time last year.....

our 3 opponents with 300+ RPI's really makes the RPI a moot point for SLU.....our only way in is to win the league, maybe finish 2nd. They will be an anchor on our RPI like 2 years ago....

"But those kids don't want to hear about next year; this is their senior season. I owe it to them to win this year. They deserve that." Best Majerus quote I have heard so far....he is capable of coaching this team to a good season, it just will take some adjustments to the personnel.

SIU was a big win, it was like the midterm that a struggling student needed to save his GPA. So that makes IUPUI the final that seals our semester grade. The guys will be rested and healthy (we hope) and they will have a significant chunk of practice time before next Saturday. According to the RPI sites, the combined record of our opponents in games we have won is 22-46 (Houston Baptist doesn't count in the RPI) IUPUI is alot like us, they are 6-2, they have won 6 in a row against some weak teams, the exception being a road game at U Mass. One of their two losses is by 8 points in their first game of the year at Marquette. I think we will get a good idea of what to expect for the A-10 season based on what we see next Saturday. Merry Christmas Bills.....get some good family time and come back ready to finish the basketball semester strong!

A road game in Gainesville would be tough for most women's teams in our conference....GW, Temple & Xavier may do ok....SEC women's basketball is tough. I wonder what the Gators were thinking, their coach was at Charlotte previously, she had to know how to slow down our only real weapon.

I think alot of St Louis Mizzou or Illinois fans probably spent some cash on the Big 12 championship or the bowl games....other years football is long over and those same fans have cash in their pocket

Iowa is 1-2 vs. UNI, Iowa State and Drake.... They shot no free throws vs Drake.....Jeff Peterson and Jake Kelly are playing alot.... http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=273482294

At least one national media member is talking about us.....Its worse when they are ignoring you RM can handle that kind of criticism

Success in game planning is about adjustments....the first three games we were unscoutable (new system, new personnel)....then teams had film on us while we were trying to get used to the system. Last night was a big step in the season long chess match that is college basketball. RM adjusted to his personnel's strengths and the way other teams were playing us. We knew he, his staff and the team was capable of this, we were frustrated that we weren't seeing it.

I totally agree with you Rich....my only issue all along with Majerus is that he constantly uses excuses, none of which has to do with him. I do think we have enough talent to be competitive in the A-10. But they have been playing apprehensively and tired...I am so happy the post-game remarks were about how the players stepped up and not about the coaches had this great game plan!

Tommie & Kevin...12-14 from the line.....

Memphis?!? Even with the Chaifetz we aren't close to the resources and history they have.....they have been swimming in the big pond for quite a while and are shooting for the final four this year! Maybe Rotella can stop by STL on the way back home from Memphis...he could do a group therapy session tonight. Comparing ourselves to Gonzaga or Xavier might be more reasonable...