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https://x.com/AdamZagoria/status/1932603766986965046
Jay Bilas has an interesting view, thinks the transfers will end, mentions longer term player contracts.
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This is a good assessment from this longtime San Jose Mercury News PAC-12 scribe.
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I am wondering if the high level NCAA system is about to blow up. I don't think so, not yet, but it is at least within the realm of possibility. This being said, I still expect some deal with the College Football Playoff will be hammered out. Everything else trickles down from there.
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Yes, Willie Becton transferred to Memphis State after the following season, Ekker's last year, my Senior year at SLU.
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On 5/25/2025 at 12:31 PM, willie said:
Anderson-Beckton-Johnson and Burns were pretty good players and yes Burns was great.
I was a Junior at SLU. LaTodd Johnson was a sophomore, lived on our 6G, used to come to my room to watch Sanford & Son on my little black and white Admiral TV, also played 2B and led off on our intramural softball team. That night's 6th man, Monte Poole, was 6'5", roomed one floor below on 5G, hit a mammoth home run lefthanded against us in an intramural softball battle. He looked like Dave Parker hitting that ball.
I really liked SLU's home uniforms, seen in that Metro Magazine photo vs. Virginia Tech, with the Columbia Blue letters and numerals, navy blue trim, and the offset numbers. David Burns was Metro Conference Co-Player of the Year that season (9-18), Ekker Year 3 of 4. Bill McDermott was the PA announcer at the home games at The Checkerdome (St. Louis Arena). I can hear McDermott right now saying after a basket, "David Burns."
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Men’s Basketball: Chaifetz Arena, Enterprise Center (Kiel Center, Savvis Center, Scottrade Center), Dome at America’s Center (then TWA Dome), St. Louis Arena (The Checkerdome), Kiel Auditorium, West Pine Gym, UMSL Mark Twain Building, Sprint Center (KC), Gentile Arena (Loyola Chicago), Western Hall (WIU), Rose Hill Gym (Fordham), Barclay’s Center, Capital One Arena, War Memorial at the Sobrato Center (War Memorial Gym, USF CA), Toso Pavilion (now Leavey Center, Santa Clara), Gersten Pavilion (LMU), Haas Pavilion (Cal), Spanos Center (Pacific), Pauley Pavilion (UCLA); NCAA Tourneys: Baltimore Arena, Georgia Dome, Cleveland State, Columbus, OH, San Jose SAP Center, Orlando.Men’s Soccer: Hermann Stadium, STL Soccer Park, Busch Memorial Stadium, Francis Field (WashU), Lindenwood, SIUE, Jack Mackenzie Field at Legends Stadium (Quincy), USF Negoesco Stadium, Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium, Cal Edwards Stadium, Stanford.Baseball: SLU, Heine Meine Field, Santa Clara Schott Stadium, St. Mary’s (CA).Women’s Basketball: West Pine Gym.Softball: SLU. -
On 4/29/2025 at 4:49 PM, Taj79 said:
Malachi Smith to Uconn for $800,000. That's from inside YouDee sources. Believable?
Believable, Yes, but is he worth it? Evidently that is the market price. But we saw him play in the A10 Tourney in DC. Is he that good of a player post-injury?
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https://x.com/hoopsweiss/status/1911798652227535318?s=46&t=jikm5nKg-NlIUjy2c9C9zw
Malachi Smith is reportedly UConn bound.
https://x.com/portal_updates/status/1911556525039960542?s=46&t=jikm5nKg-NlIUjy2c9C9zw
Aidan Mahaney is visiting UCSB. He played 2 years at St. Mary’s (after going to high school right down the hill) and 1 year at UConn. I have seen him play in person and think he could help SLU.
We questioned why Mahaney left St. Mary's in Moraga to go play for Dan Hurley clear across the country in Storrs, Connecticut in the first place, but UC Santa Barbara in Goleta on the Pacific Ocean would certainly be a nice place to rebound.
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https://x.com/BoardGeniuses/status/1911418600528707916
Is Utah Big Ten bound? Note the reference to the Big 12 as the “truck stop 12.”
The PAC-12's big error was following opinions of certain professors, who overvalued the PAC-12 media rights. The PAC-12 should have taken the $30M/year/school offered by ESPN, which the Big 12 then quickly accepted.
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The NCAA, the Pac-12, the SEC, the Big Ten, the Big 12 and the ACC are the named Defendants in the House anti-trust class action suit. Presumably said conference defendants have likely agreed to the settlement terms. If not, dissenting followers of Bevo and other Football Power 4 dissenters can always have their conference's fates decided by a jury of their peers in the US District Court for the Northern District of California sitting in Oakland, California, said jury pool composed of residents of 15 Northern California counties, largely Coastal.
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1 hour ago, TheA_Bomb said:
Dez White is a PG from Jeff City in the Portal w/ 2 yr eligibility remaining
6'1 180 14ppg, .371 3PT, 2.5 apg
Any good? All I know are these stats.
https://missouristatebears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/dez-white/8159
Or Brian Taylor G from STL, 1 year of eligibility, with NCAA tournament experience in the portal
6'4 175 lbs, 11.9 ppg, 2.9 apg, .449 3PT
https://siuecougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/brian-taylor-ii/12071
Both would be good choices. How about SLU takes both?
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Down goes Duke
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https://x.com/danwetzel/status/1908221770462535899?s=46&t=jikm5nKg-NlIUjy2c9C9zw
The Final Approval hearing re the House case settlement is Monday, 4/7/25 at 10 a.m. Pacific in US District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland. The revenue sharing cap is one of the key terms of the settlement.
The Big East may be about to return to preeminent basketball status.
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I have fought this good fight before, and evidently have finally lost it, but when did SLU and the A10 become "mid-major?"
Both were once High Major, No Football. The line of demarcation was a mid-major was a one bid league. Regrettably, that is what the A10 has become, Juan Bid in 2 of the last 3 seasons, more by the war of attrition with the Big Five and Football Power 4 with its infamous rigged NET, than by what the A10 has done and not done.
Next question: What is the line of demarcation between a mid-major and a low con? Where do the MAC and MAAC fit in those categories? The MAC was Conference NET #23 of 31 and the MAAC was Conference NET #26 of 31.
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13 minutes ago, Compton said:
If by D1-AA you mean "mid-major" then yes. But the NIT's status as the de facto #2 tourney is being credibly challenged by the College Basketball Crown.
It looks like the NIT is the D1-AA Tourney, which consists of mid-majors and low cons. The Crown is the also ran D1-A Tourney of the vanquished, with a few exceptions.
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My first SLU game in person was 2/18/1978 at Kiel Auditorium. The Billikens of Coach Ron Coleman defeated Tulane 83-79. We sat in folding chair seats on a ramp from the stage on the North side. SLU players included #32 Ricky Frazier, Carl Johnson, Howard Jackson, Everne Carr, Mark Alcorn. The SLU Jazz Band played “Three Blind Mice” for bad calls by the refs.