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17 hours ago, gobillsgo said:
You’re joking right? He has 5 assists TOTAL in the other 11 games he’s played, while averaging 26+ minutes. I know it’s the cool thing right now on this board to tell other people how wrong they are, but I’m not wrong on this one. I have never seen a player in a Billiken uniform pass less, and we just witnessed the Okoro years.
Come on lighten up. You used “never”. yes a tongue in cheek nudge. He actually had a pretty good game that Saturday. I agree he ought to make the extra pass and he was doing it that game. Underneath the basket in the first half getting OR he should have passed out rather than get stuffed twice .
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19 minutes ago, ARon said:
Brad's addition and the hope of Sincere coming back are great. But they would seem to take us from a team you'd expect to finish at the bottom of the A10 to one in the 5-8th range. So sure we could have a chance at the conference tourney. Not a good one by any means, but a chance.
I disagree, perhaps I see too rosy of a scenario. I think the injuries to Sincere and Meadows have indirectly helped this team with regard to how well they will play in conference. Because of numbers Medley, Bruce, have both performed as freshman. Making mistakes, etc. Bruce seems to be responding, seven rebounds from him in half a game was nice. Offense will come, he passes well. (See back door feeds to Ginny, and the cross court pass to Hughes for a 3 Saturday), by the end of conference he will be a very good back up center.
Cian game has been up and down with turnovers, but he too is on a steep learning curve perhaps a little further along. I hope meadows does not start when he comes back Cian deserves to play.
the rest of the team has been forced to produce some offense, Thames, Cian, and Dalger and TJ have all produced at times.
Adding Bradley makes this a middle of the pack team, (5-8), but adding A healthy sincere bumps the team up a bit more. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out.
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17 minutes ago, CenHudDude said:
He is scoring almost 11 points a game while playing pretty good defense and doing some rebounding. It would be nice if he passed occasionally though.
It is amazing how in a recent game he had 5 assists while never passing
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13 hours ago, Compton said:
I don't think that assessment is fair to LHJ, who is a ball hawk and was trying to force turnovers. He was out there going for steals and disrupting the opposing offense. He got whistles a couple times in the second half when he was going for steals, loose balls, rebounds, and inbounds passes. Maybe one was a legit foul, but the refs were pretty quick with the whistle when he mixed things up.
Though slow with the whistle on the other end. The most egregious was Brad trying to pass out of the key to an open player, seemingly hacked on the arm, no whistle then at the other end he gets his 5th foul.
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10 hours ago, brianstl said:
I will not let myself get overly excited over a ten minute stretch, I will not let myself get overly excited over a ten minute stretch, I will not let myself get overly excited over a ten minute stretch…..
I nominate this as Post of the thread. MBM mantra!
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6 hours ago, Dr Bird said:
more things to work on, but so nice to see a comeback against a La Tech team that did very little wrong out there. Team seems to be developing some chemistry together.
La Tech is a good team. They have a dominant big, a very good pg, an athletic wing who willed himself out of a funk to score 20 plus. As a team they had ZERO turnovers! (I would add whenever we almost had one a fouls was called) . No they are not Duke or Purdue, but not a cupcake.
What I saw is potential in the first half. Over the game Brad was a little unfortunate with some fouls and it limited his effect in the second half. With home on the court we are a different team.
love the TRO !!
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5 minutes ago, SluSignGuy said:
Game replay is on Channel 826 on Charter. Currently about 10 minutes to go in the second half if interested in the ending.
Also one ESPN + on demand…
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10 hours ago, SLUMS81 said:
If the legal system plays out in favor of an unlimited ability of athletes to transfer, will the rate limiting step be the maximum number of players allowed on a give team for a given sport?
Will athletes sign contracts with ‘no cut’ clauses? If so, with a cap on the number of players per team, schools may not be able to create space for free agents to transfer (particularly in mid season). I can imagine a scenario where schools will sue the NCAA to allow a waiver on the number of players on board.
More business opportunities for agents and attorneys.I do not think the law will say “unlimited” ability to transfer. Not sure what will happen, the ridiculous part is the inability of the NCAA to be timely. Did they not see this coming ? They made the rules, they have a responsibility, and they are failing.
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22 hours ago, Cowboy II said:
-I am suprised, not pleasantly, at LH2's defense so far, perhaps I thought he was a better defender last season than he actually was but to this point he's not been defending at an all-conf level, fouls too much
I wonder if the injury he had in the second or third game, is still effecting his laterally mobility. He is reaching too much. At the time I wondered if he had a groin injuryand he has played through it .
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Got four I cannot use..
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What happened to Parker?
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Meadows went out and the drought began. Coincidence?
watching the game there was a bunch of one pass offense leading to a forced shot.
Zhang when he was in played well. Nice touch on FT granted an n of 1.
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“Excessive, unnecessary or avoidable “
such a vague rule. The amount of contact on that play does not seem to warrant this. Seems like it could be applied to most fouls. Hughes foul for instance on the next play. His reach both unnecessary and avoidable. IL state could still be at the line!
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10 minutes ago, JMM28 said:
Brock Vice seems really smart right now.
Still a tool
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1 hour ago, gobillsgo said:
You really could have just led with the bolded. I say sign him up.
Apparently that was the Exciting news
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58 minutes ago, WVBilliken said:
28 years old? REALLY?
I saw 23
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3 hours ago, BLIKNS said:
Don't know how up to date this is ..24/7 Sports lists interest level with Creighton as Cool .. they have a big transfer signed.
Other schools they list as offered
Appalachian State, Belmont,Radford,Tulsa,Jacksonville,East Tennessee State, Central Arkansas. Could be others , but all listed as cool. Wisconsin listed , but not offered .
Pretty quiet , who knows may Harriman visits with him.
Wondering the same thing perhaps Harriman can re-recruit him. He does have big experience with Loe and Ellis.
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10 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:
If this is the way of the NCAA now, then why would we not scour the recruits who have signed with lower conference teams, find guys who signed at a lower level and then blew up high school or AAU ball since signing, and go after them? If the NLI doesn't mean anything, then lets recruit right off of other teams signees.
I thought that is what people were saying when the said they want Cuonzo Martin
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Ya Know in the age of NIL a letter of intent needs to carry more weight. The NCAA ought to view this as the first transfer.
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2 hours ago, GOSLU68 said:
Brian Conklin should throw his hat in the ring he certainly could teach the bigs to stare down the oppostion
How to screen!
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1 hour ago, SLU_Nick said:
No way. This is a complete mis characterization of the roster situation.
Our starting center at the 5 is…the Chinese Bryce Husak
If we don’t start landing players from the portal soon, this year could be worse than the Crews final year
Yep basically the season is lost on April 16th
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3 hours ago, GOSLU68 said:
Martin Linssen was every bit as good as Okoro and better than Forrester. Linseen took up space better than those two and had better hands. The team played better when Linssen was on the floor. NIL money might have jept him here another year.
He recieved passes from Yuri well and passed well. His ankle injury against Auburn was crucial to that game. I would love another like him.
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On 3/18/2023 at 8:04 AM, billiken_roy said:
Not to the degree that this past season was an underachievement. 22-23 was supposed to be the year. Pre-season rated. All the parts covered no apparent question marks. No season in billiken history fell so short of expectations.
In part that was Perkins not being able to achieve the same mobility. It made him one dimensional. Pre-injury Perkins could take the ball in need of a basket, and get a shot up on the glass or create space for a three. That was not possible this year. I hope he can get back to that level.
our expectations were made within a bubble, we comapared them to previous teams. Yet every school was getting older players, the portal saw to that. We did not keep pace, and a diminished Perkins hurt us. While I love Yuri’s court vision, finishing out the half left something to be desired.slu72 likes this -
26 minutes ago, SluSignGuy said:
Wow. UVA
What a poor decision by the pg guard. He had a time out left.
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