The Wiz

Biedscheid to make his decision next week.

I had wanted to go to this event but had NLCS tix. I called SLU after the Cards game was announced and suggested they move the time back to 7pm and try to catch some of those going home from Busch. After all, it worked pretty well a few days earlier when the Blues moved their starting time back to accommadate Cards fans as hundreds of fans showed up last minute at the Blues game wearing red outfits . But alas, they told me that "madness" was set and couldn't be changed. Not saying the Fetz would have been packed but you might have been able to double the crowd. I don't understand why they couldn't have been a little more flexible.

And yet another article on our new hire........ http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=inside%20the%20hall&source=web&cd=8&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CFIQqQIwBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidethehall.com%2F2013%2F08%2F20%2Fcheaney-leaving-indiana-for-assistant-job-at-saint-louis%2F&ei=_V8UUrKHMIKCyAHcxYDQAg&usg=AFQjCNGe5hc2Fd5iTOwI_dc3NLw7dsZFZQ&bvm=bv.50952593,d.aWc

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/seven-foot-3-tanveer-bhullar-joins-7-foot-150514695.html A nice mention of the Bills at the end considering we weren't the only team to beat them.

Hmm...seems to me like.... Nothing out of something

Is using "U" for you, worse than using "mispell" for misspell?

This thread has a ways to go. The recruiting situation will clarify once summer school is over....onto 200 pages....300??

Just maybe..... SLU has 2 kids lined up for the remaining scholarships (not on "the list") and they are not in a position to sign just yet (have to finish summer school, need travel documents, etc). but might be by the end of summer. Just maybe.... J Drew was let go because he didn't fit in....and even if we had no one in waiting he would have been let go anyway. Just maybe.... We let J Drew go "early" instead of waiting till August when we might need the schollie....Getting the news in Aug...that would have been blindsided. Just maybe ..... You can be blindsided when you have your eyes closed. I think Crews has done a pretty good job so far ....landing 2 quality 4 yr players. Just maybe.... We should wait till the school year starts before we pass judgement on his decisions.

What happened here is not that unusual....a coach leaves (in this case dies) and the recruits leave....either because the recruits don't fit into the new coach's plans or the recruits decide this is not the guy that recruited me .... this is not the experience I planned for.. As for Drew's offers as listed by the P-D Ball St................F IUPUI................F SIU-E.................F New Orleans.....F...2nd worst Div 1 team FAU...................D UC-Davis...........D+

Iowa was a good team last year. I had them rated as an A team. Easy to get lost in a conference that has a half dozen A+ teams. And Iowa would not have finished in the bottom half of the A-10. I am showing they would have finished 3rd in the A-10 behind the Bills and VCU. If there is no problem taking a sub off an A+ team in the the best conference(Abell) then there should be no problem taking a sub off an A team in the same conference (Ingram)

Those "other factors" are why the A-10 took a George Mason (C+). I wonder if today the A-10 would let in a Fordham after considering "other factors". And then , as in the Bills case an A+ and "other factors" isn't enough....there is the X factor. In this case X could be the unknown or Xavier depending on how you look at it.

I think B+ is a fair assesment of Stony Brook. They beat UMass which was a B team. SB played in a weak conference but still was fundementally sound as they beat a decent UMass team @ UMass in the NIT by 13 points. Other comparable B+ teams would be Dayton, Davidson, Bucknell, Valpo and Providence. I am sure that the A-10 is using similar metrics to what I use to determine that a Davidson or Stony Brook would not damage the conference.

Stony Brook is another school like Davidson (both B+) that fits in nicely with the A-10. ...and like Davidson, Stony Brook is most similar to Dayton. Stony beat UMass in the 1st round of the NIT. Playing either Davidson or Stony Brook would not hurt our RPI or other numbers.

You are correct.... past performance is no guarantee of future success....yet financial companies still use it in their advertising because it says we have a successful program. It is a point of reference/comparison to how others are doing at that same point. We have been to the Dance the last 2 years...no guarantee we will go back but again a reference point/ comparision point. Students use past data when choosing a school. If SLU has had great academics in the past, it doesn't mean they will have great academics in the future but a prospective student figures that into his calculation. Does posting a school graduation rate mean that you will graduate that amount in the future. Of course not but schools still use them in their advertising as a reference/comparison. I use the letter grading as way for people to compare teams. People look at a Neb or a USC and try to guess how good a program is by looking at their record or where they finished in their respective conference. Being a bottomfeeder in the Big 10 is not the same as being a bottomfeeder in the Southwestern conference. And unlike the financial markets which never stop, you can freeze a moment in college basketball time for about 7 months (April to Nov) Once next year's season starts then the numbers truly become history. Whether you agree with my numbers or not I think most will agree that the Bills have been a better team the last 2 years then Mia OH. My system tries to objectify it a bit by answering the question of " How much better are the Bills?" in a simple way. Bottomline ....grading system is for comparison in the here and now not for future success. During the season, the comparisions are good day to day after the season they are good for about 7 months.

So to further recap...... Onwuasor....SLU ..A+......Mia OH....D......Pitt........A+ Abell.............SLU...A+......X.............B.......St. M....A Jesperson.....SLU..A+......USC........B-......UNI.......B+......Neb....C+ Yacoubou.....SLU..A+.......Pitt..........A+.....GT........B-

Davidson is not a bad choice.....B+....would be a good fit for A-10 from a basletball perspective.....similar to Dayton.

I mentioned this earlier.... SLU.............A+ Mia of OH....D Mia OH is on par with Fordham....basketball wise. Can you imagine a recruit trying to decide between Fordham and SLU. I know there are many factors that go into the decision ....campus, academics, sorority girls, etc (not sure of the order ) but if basketball is driving the decision bus there should be no contest.

I think he was an RM fan. A year ago he had the Bills at #35 saying because RM passed on the SMU job the Bills would benefit. In Oct after it was announced that RM wasn't coming back he dropped us from the Top 40. As for other picks.... He had Ky as #2....I guess he should have picked Robert Morris #1 In regards to Harvard....I had them finishing as a B- team A nice win over NMex but thats about it. If Harvard was in the A-10 they would be similar to GW. I didn't even have Harvard as a top 100 team. They make the tourney because they are in a weak conference. Dickie V thinks they will be great next year because of the return of Kyle Casey (11pts 5reb). Seems unlikely a player with average stats in a weak conference who hasn't played in 2 years will make Harvard an A team.

Many teams do stay stuck in their own letter grade for years until there is some major change. That change is usually the coach. My feeling is the coach is the single most important factor in recruiting and the success of a program. If Coach K went to Fordham their program would move up quickly even with the current D-. All the variables are contributing factors to a recruit's decision but the trump card is the coach. If the coachs are similar in a recruit's mind then the other factors come into play.

If we played Mia-OH today we would be favored by 22 points....a game we should win. A game if we lost, we would be disappointed. Could we lose to them even if heavily favored? Sure....Cold shooting by us, hot shooting by them, bad calls, injuries, foul trouble etc. Bottomline we should beat them but a win is not guaranteed. I look at recruiting the same way. We should beat them and if we don't it would be disappointing. (A+ vs D-)....But like a bball game there can be other factors....campus, academics, coeds, program centerpiece, connecting with someone on campus, the whims of a 17 yr old, etc. We are the better team....not just vs Mia-OH but of all the teams that are interested. We should know the "score" after this weekend.

Mia-OH has said they will make Randy O the centerpiece of their program. Unlike Clemson, which has a pretty good program (B....Similar to UMass), Mia -OH is a bad program. (D- ...similar to Fordham)

In a story just released by Red Hawk Insider (Mia-OH site) they are pushing hard for Randy O. With his visit coming this weekend, they see their competition as The Bills, Set Hall, Utah and Pitt at this time.

Clemson a 500 team with a B rating.....vs The Bills back to back NCAA appearances with an A+ ratng. Many project Dj starting off as a role player on Clemson. He probably would have been a more intregal part of the SLU team to begin with. Time to move on.....Next player.

Clemson board reporting they have signed Djambo

+73..... My prognostication hat is off to you, sir. You not only predicted what MB would say but you did it an hour and 47 minutes before he posted. Now there is true predictive power....