Billikens_Fanatic

Yeah, Packer and Nance's idea would be to take 16 mid major teams and have them play for four spots in the NCAA tournament.

According to the boxscore, we drew almost 5700 against Iowa. Much better than the average NIT game draws, especially in the first round.

If the committee were truly punishing those with weak OCC schedules, there's no way that Air Force gets an at large with the 273rd toughest.

If anything, the valley got screwed by the other mid-majors. Air Force definitely did not earn a bid. No top 50 wins, and 5 wins against teams with 290+ RPI nonconference. They played nobody all year. Also, Utah State only had one top 50 win (in conference against Nevada) so it's not like they scheduled a bunch of powerhouses nonconference. I think Cincinnati may have been the biggest shock with 11 top 100 wins and only one loss against 100+ RPI teams (crosstown rival Dayton). I think they were much more worthy than Seton Hall. On a side note, how does a team with an RPI of 58 get a 10 seed? UAB and Texas A&M both got in with a single win each, against Texas and Memphis. Also, I don't think the Committee wanted to give the MVC more bids than the Big 12, regardless of whether they deserved it.

11-4 at the first tv TO - 14 min left.

You're right, Josh came closs against East Carolina his senior year. I think he had 13 pts, 9 boards, and 8 assists with no turnovers. A few games later he nearly duplicated that performance against TCU, but did unfortunately fall short both times.

I believe Frank said during the broadcast that it would in fact be the first triple double in Billiken history. Two assists shy, but still a great performance by Tommie. Hopefully he can play at that level the rest of the season!

I agree with Skip. While the refs technically could have issued a foul, there's no way that they should have. That's basically letting the drunk guy who threw the ball decide a very close, exciting basketball game instead of the guys on the court.

While every call didn't go our way, overall the refs did a fine job. If anything, we probably got the better end of most calls, especially not getting a technical foul called at the end for the ball thrown on the court. It's a given that Rammer will complain about the refs every game, regardless of how they actually do their job.

I was sitting off to the side of the Blue Crew in 121 and saw the ball come flying out of the corner of my eye. Ir was without a doubt thrown intentionally, I'd guess from someone sitting 30 or so rows back in 122, but not from the Blue Crew. Like DesmetBilliken, this act of poor sportsmanship and utter stupidity really agitated me too. Hopefully somebody nearby knew who threw it and got in his face over it.

Yeah, that doesn't quite compare to Milwaukee's Best, does it?

Broy, You're right, students need to step up and start being interested and passionate about the team. I know I've personally tried to drag as many friends as I can to games, and try to get them involved with the team. There's so much apathy on this campus that it's quite a monumental task. In your opinion, when do you think student interest in SLU basketball was at its peak?

Apparently they have! i remember Santa Clara's victory over the Tarheels early this season. Always good to see a small name Jesuit school knock off a top ten team.

Yeah, I know exactly who you're talking about. The kid finds one player on the opposing team and says the same 3 things to him all game, and then personally insults the coach and a couple other players. I'm surprised he didn't mention anything about Huggin's heart attack, although I guess I could've missed it. I agree it gets quite old, and it's even more annoying when you're a student sitting a couple rows from him. Somehow although we lag in student turnout, we still have idiots like him. Soomebody needs to shut him up. Maybe this guy is related to those Detroit fans that thought they could beat up the Pacers.

I just flipped it on, and a few minutes into the second half, Cinci is up 51-25. Optimistically, maybe they'll look past us. But How does this team go from barely beating a winless Longmont team in Cincinnati to killing a conference opponent? I guess it all depends which Huggins team shows up on Saturday (and of course, which Billikens team too)