Quality Is Job 1

"Jump the gun" — heh!

Or three or five (or 7, 9 or 11) free throws. (Or if he hit a three pointer, he could have hit an even number of free throws.)

That's interesting. Didn't Jacobs commit to the Billikens right around the same time as Pearson was reneging? Also, Thatch is the only one left from that recruiting class (and he's in a different class now, essentially). Pearson left before he arrived, Gordon lasted almost a semester, and Jacobs gave the Bills three years. At the time, it appeared Coach Ford was doing a pretty good job of stacking classes, with that cohort being behind French/Goodwin (and with Bell/Diarra/Collins/Hargrove/Jimerson to follow), but now we see there's a bit of a hole — though filling in with Okoro and Linssen, then Williams, isn't bad.

Did he sit out a year between Cleveland State and Oakland? If so, then the NCAA should grant his waiver. Period.

If the work ethic of Javon Bess and the motor of Jordan Goodwin had rubbed off on Jacobs, he would be an NBA prospect.

I think it's more that Coach Ford is reluctant to change his "stripes." Jacobs would thrive in a "system" featuring constant pressure defense and an attacking, early-strike offense. A bully-ball, half-court grinding style doesn't fit Jacobs's game (nor Strickland's — or Hargrove's, to a lesser extent). Ford always talks about playing uptempo, in the offseason — and he probably also hints at that when recruiting — but then he can't maintain that for a full season (or even a third of a season) and reverts back to a 7- to 8-man rotation that leaves some guys frustrated. I'm not saying this to be overly critical of him, but I think if he would or could commit to a player-friendly style (for the type of players he mainly recruits) and maintain it for the whole season, the results would be longer post-season runs, more success, and greater retention of talent.

Now the KMOX radio stream is broken. They're streaming some FM 97.1, or something.

Actually, it's because they're afraid of the hit their reputations take when they lose to SLU and other "mid-major" programs.

It means the thread's OP hasn't been paying attention to the board.

To Dayton or Davidson? Because losing to Dayton appears unlikely.

And I'd love for other A-10 teams to talk like that in reference to Perkins.

You mean for Loyola to win the automatic bid, right?

Well, it's a HOME game for VCU.

UMass has conceded.

Man, if JP3 isn't an NBA player! That block was spectacular.

Heady TO by Yuri.

Either these refs don't know basketball, or I don't. I don't understand what they're calling and not calling.

Could have been a travel or illegal screen, but the refs call a foul on the Bills.

Bills had some prevent offense going there!

Put Hargrove in for some energy.

East Coast bias is rearing its ugly head in the officiating today.

If you even look at Tre Mitchell, you'll get whistled for a foul.

He's had some good moments, too.

The refs are shaky.