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This is a fair analysis... sometimes timing matters too and it seems it's always a little off for SLU. I point to two key years... 2005 - the Big East expands by adding DePaul and Marquette. At the time, the popularity of Spoonball had faded, we had Sodie as coach, while Marquette was coming off of Dwayne Wade and a Final Four. DePaul had the benefit of simply being located in Chicago, so SLU missed out. IF the Big East expands several years earlier, with Spoonball and Larry Hughes - we would have had a much more compelling case. 2013 - this is the big miss. The school made a commitment with the Arena and hiring of Majerus. Majerus had just passed away and the program was in the midst of a second of 3 consecutive NCAA appearances. It looked like we would have been well positioned for a Big East invite, but Butler had just come off of two appearances in the NCAA championship game and they became the flavor of the month. It was quite a meteoric rise from the Horizon, to just one year in the A-10 to the Big East. Their timing was perfect for a Big East invite. We'll never know, but without Brad Stevens coming along at just the right time, it would've been interesting to see who would have gotten that spot. I doubt it would have been Butler.

VCU doesn't play a "Havoc" style any more.

He makes Jimmer seem like a kid.

I agree with that. People like theA_Dud get tiresome. Same take over and over, different day. Beating the dead horse doesn't advance their cause. Legit criticisms get lost in the bluster.

Agreed - our man to man defense has gotten better since conference play began, but it's still not great, so I like the zone. Kobe and Anya are really needed to provide good D. I'd like to see a bit more of Max and Amari off the bench for their defensive potential as much as anything.

I wear a thumbs down from some of these goof balls like a badge of honor

In fairness, it's not all just Chris May, they also gave me a thumbs down for my satirical post critical of the scandal plagued and now defunct trump university

One thing that is clear- either team can win and one of them in fact WILL win.

It didn't work for his 2020-21 team. Preseason Top 25, but underachieved and had his season ended by Travis - who did a better job that season than board fave Schmidt.

Apparently Hoosier getting in A_Dud's head again.

Your act is beyond old and stupid.

As a troll you're not even good at your job. Be better

I was surprised Robbie only had 4 assists. It seemed like had about 10.

The defensive intensity looked MUCH different from the opening tip. Everyone fighting for rebounds, diving for loose balls - this type of toughness has been missing all season. Hopefully they have flipped the switch with conference play starting.

Remember prior to the season there were a few people on here who seemed to be concerned that we had "too much depth"? You can never have too much depth.