The Wiz

Well, if we make that last shot of the game with 11 seconds, left the game in fact would have been even. We could go over a lot of different stats at this point but there is only 1 stat that matters...3P shooting. We shot 21% from the arc. Had we had an average night we would have made 4 more 3s and won easily. Had we made 2 more 3s (still a poor 29%) we win the game. This game was not an outlier. We have had 3 1/2 games now where we have had dismal 3 pt shooting. If we fix it (shoot 35-37%) we are a top 4 team...if we don't ...we fade. The next 2 games will tell the tale of the tape.

I ran the numbers again this morning...the best the computer could do was SLU by .0463...the machine said leave it at even...it must be a GW fan.

While 3s have been more scarce recently, GJ did reach a major milestone...Top 50 all time in D1 50 Brett Blizzard 371 2000 2003 UNC Wilmington Gibson Jimerson 371 2020 2025 Saint Louis Kyle Korver 371 2000 2003 Creighton

Well, the good news is that we are 4th ITN (A+) in 2P%

A good win over LaS because we beat them with our defense...on the road. For a look at the strange ending plus a post game analysis see the LaS spread thread. We remain as a B team both overall and trending. We are moving sideways...which is not bad as we are top 3 now in the A10 but the computer thinks we need to move up toward B+ to be able to hold on to a top sport....starting with this game. Let's see what the game looks like... Game preview... As the game is even, this won't be an easy task but a win will break us out of the shell. The report card too, shows the teams evenly matched on Off & Def with a slight edge to the Bills on Off. We are the better shooting team but the computer sees 1 problem. GW (currently a B- team) wins games because they have more chances/possessions. They get those extra possessions on rebs and TOs. We have the ability to rebound...if we reb like we did against LaS, we win. With TOs , which Bills team shows up? ...the one that gives up 19 TOs or 9 or 10 giveaways. If it is the Bills team with 9...we win. Computer thinks there is a good chance for OT....or repeating the board mantra...it's 50-50 Top 4... The Bills enter this game tied for 2nd place. Things have sorted a little bit but there is still a lot of bunching. As mentioned in the last game spread thread , the computer thinks that Duq will fade from the 4th spot (it may already have started) ...to be replaced by Day... with St. J waiting in the wings if anyone falters. This assumes that Day beats St. J on Fri. If not, then we do a swap with St. J in the 4th spot and Day waiting in the wings. Let's take a look at the report card... Report Card.... Report Card change....4 up...2 dn...3 unchanged = +2....Report card is on the upside for the 3rd game in a row...Rebs , def 3P% and def PPG continue in an up pattern and this last game we added def FG%...On the downside on offense, 3P% was down again along with PPG. UP.....OFF.....Rebs....DEF....3P%...PPG...FG% Dn....OFF...3P%...PPG..DEF...none ................SLU...............GW.....................SLU......................GW ...........................OFF..............................................DEF.......... PPG...........C..................B-.......................B............................B FG%..........A-.................C-......................B+............................B+ 3P%...........C+..............D-........................B+............................A FT%..........F+...................C-......................................... Reb............C+.................C+......................D.............................D- OFF Rebs = total Bills rebs...DEF Rebs = opp total reb Top 100 In The Nation SLU... 2P%....Team...4th ITN...up PPG.....Avila............53rd..up ...........Jimerson ....91st...dn Asst....Swope........50th...up 3PM......Jimerson...25th...dn ..............Swope........35th...dn Reb....Anya...........21st...up FG%...Anya..........76th up GW... FG%...Castro...14th Blks...Castro...77th Rebs...Castro...35th Dou-Dou...Castro...25th...Buchanan...66th Injuries... SLU... Casey & Dotzler...OFTS GW none Keys to the game....Make some shots...we showed we can win when the shots are missing...let's make it easier by making some shots...make the target slash. We need to rebound and keep TOs down. . In a close game any one of these stats might be the game winner. WWN2D2W..... Target slash...48/ 35/75...We need Anya to out rebound Castro. No dou-dou for Castro or Buchanan. The Bills need to beat GW on 2nd chance points...very important...this is how GW makes up for their weaker shooting. Castro will plant himself under the basket making put backs. Hold him to single digit pts. Bottom line...Let's try something Revolutionary...Make shots + rebound + beat them on 2nd chances = WIN

A nice win by the Bills because we pretty much did what we were supposed to do...ie..win by 8 or 9.5 or 10.5 if you use the Vegas spreads. Before we do the post game analysis let us look at the strange ending of this game. an ending that would make you go Hmmmm..... As we go over the sequence of events keep the spread in mind...particularly the Vegas spread. With 1:40 left in the game, The Bills have 15 pt lead AND the ball. Nothing real strange here...As Earl would say a 5 possession game at this point for LaS ...we will just trade a couple of possessions and the game will be over....right? And then the weirdness started.... at 1:39 LaS calls a timeout.. ..again, we have a 15 pt lead AND the ball. What did LaS do in this timeout? Maybe set up a 15 pt play? Coming out of the TO they go into a full court press...strange... they hadn't really done that when the game was within reach. at 1:15 we lose the ball.... at 1:06 they score....LaS down by 13....the plan is working at 1:05....LaS calls another TO....Oh no...the dreaded 13 pt play is coming... At :58 ...LaS fouls us and we miss the FT...Reb LaS At :44....LaS makes a bucket...they are down 11...the plan is still working... At :40...LaS fouls GJ ...he makes 2....Bills by 13 At :33...LaS sinks a 3 and cuts the lead to 10 (the old 2 for 3 trade)...It is time once again to remember the Vegas spread where most bets were placed at 10.5 or 9.5. At :31 ....LaS fouls GJ again (they don't learn fast) and again he sinks 2...Bills by 12 At :23... LaS misses a 3 (which would have gotten them within 9) ...we get the reb and the win. As someone who lives in the world of numbers , I am trained to spot patterns or trends in those numbers. Given the circumstances the above pattern doesn't make sense unless you drop the 1 off our lead and the game is a 3 - 5 pt game with just under 2 to go. Yes, take off 9.5 to 10.5 pts off our lead and then it all falls into place...the 2 time outs...the full court press...the fouling. I am not saying anything untoward happened here ...it could all just be a coincidence. As John Lovett use to say...yeah, that's the ticket. Now onto the post game where again, the real life stats were stats were strange but good. As always the bolded statements are from the original post. We can beat them on defense. No that is not a typo. Our D is better than theirs....No statement made in the opening post was more true than this one. Of all the other factors , this was the dominant one that over rode all others. Our defense shut them down. They did not have a basket in the 3rd quarter until the final 35 seconds of that quarter. For the game LaS was 24 pts BELOW their scoring average. Target slash...48/ 35/73....This was a miss ...actual...42/21/88....They do defend the 3 so we shouldn't force any shots from the arc...so this explains the weakness from the arc but another strange twist in the numbers works in the Bills favor...even though we shot a dismal 21% from the arc, we had more than 3 times the number of 3PM that LaS did which was good for an extra 15 pts. Hold McKeithen to 13 points and 33% from the arc...He scores 8 and 0% from 3 (0-3)...excellent. Stay within 1 of them on Rebs and TOs....This was a pass and fail...Rebs were great , led by Anya with 13 (part of a double -double)....We lost the TO battle by 5 with a whopping 18 TOs ...way too many. That number has to come way down if we are to win the next 3 games. Bottom line ....Play defense like we did tonight and we will be in every game. Shoot better than we did tonight and we will win most of the remaining games.

Updated to Bills over LaS by 8

This like asking at the beginning of the season ...How many games will it take for the Bills to gel? When I force the computer to answer, it says that 5-7 losses will take 4th place. But it says the better answer is to get to B+ and stay there. Another way of saying that is...We are 4-1 now and in the top 4...but if our grade stays at B going forward ...we won't make it. I think after Tues night's games the air will clear a little and you might have another piece of the top 4 puzzle in place. The Bills job right now is to stay in 4th place....we do that by winning on Wed... no matter what the other teams do on Tues. Always stay focused on the game in front of you.

Right now the computer sees 5 teams vying for the 4th spot....Duq, RI, St. B, St. J & UMass. The computer thinks that Duq & UMass will fade. It gives RI a slight edge over St. B and St. J. Bottom line...It's a wide open race at this point. As I mentioned above, The Bills are in the driver's seat and don't any help from any other team right now. Just win.

Nice win at Rich...in fact any win away is a good one....I am not sure we would have won that game earlier in the year....The gelling has helped us. Favorite play was the inbounds pass where the entire team lined up in the end zone and Avila was the quarterback and the other 4 players were wide receivers who all went out for a pass. We did what we were supposed to do against Rich ...win by 3 (we won by 4)...as expected we move sideways on the trend line and remain at B....Let's move on to a new section in the report..... Top 4... In the section we will discuss our chances of making the Top 4 in the A10. As it is looking like the A10 will be a 1 bid conference, making the top 4 will be crucial to post season play. Coming into this game, we ARE a top 4 team. We don't need to become a top 4...we need to STAY a top 4 team. The computer thinks we need to move up to a B+ if we want to stay in the Top 4 race. How do we move up to B+ ? ...Keep winning....taking it 1 game at a time. Rather than looking at it and saying we need another 8 or 9 wins...we need 1 win...the next win...each game. The top 4 currently are GM, VCU, SLU and Duq with GM leading and The Bills tied with the other 2. We have a game and a half lead over the next 4 contenders with a win over 2 of those 4 ...not much room for error. The computer thinks the team most likely to drop out of the top 4 is Duq and the team most likely to enter the top tier is RI. Game preview... LaS comes in as a C team. What does this mean? It means we should beat them. It also means they are just good enough to beat us if we are off. LaS is coming into town after taking a drubbing from UMass. They will be revved up to beat us. We need to be ready to play from the opening tipoff. Their offense is ...meh. We can beat them on defense. No that is not a typo. Our D is better than theirs. They do defend the 3 so we shouldn't force any shots from the arc. They are not a typical A10 team...They like to score a lot of of points and give up a lot of points. They also like to get a lot of rebs and give up a lot of rebs. Assuming we stay close on rebs, TOs and the target slash, we should win this game. Now let's look at the Card and see what's up.... Report Card.... Report Card change....3 up...1 dn...5 unchanged = +2....Report card on the upside for the 2nd game in a row...a good sign UP.....OFF.....Rebs....DEF....3P%...PPG Dn....OFF...3P%.....DEF...none ................SLU..................LaS.....................SLU......................LaS ...........................OFF...................................................DEF.......... PPG...........C+..................B-.......................B-............................D- FG%..........A-...................D.........................B..............................D 3P%...........B....................C........................B..............................B- FT%..........F+...................C......................................... Reb............C....................B+.......................D..............................D- OFF Rebs = total Bills rebs...DEF Rebs = opp total reb Top 100 In The Nation SLU... 2P%....Team...5th ITN...up PPG.....Avila............61st..up ...........Jimerson ....74th...dn ..........Swope.........78th...dn Asst....Swope........53rd...dn 3PM......Jimerson...20th...dn ..............Swope........30th...up Reb....Anya...........22nd...dn FG%...Anya..........98th up LaS... FT%...McKeithen...97th Injuries... SLU... Casey & Dotzler...OFTS LaS none Keys to the game....Make them take long 2s...they are average at 3s and under the basket. Push them out to make longer 2s and their FG% will drop. McKeithen is their go to guy from the 3P line as well as the charity stripe. Don't foul him when they are in the bonus. WWN2D2W..... Target slash...48/ 35/73...Stay within 1 of them on Rebs and TOs...Hold McKeithen to 13 points and 33% from the arc. Bottom line...We need to Explore new ways to win so that we may reach the Land of 4.

Parity

From the Fairfax County, Va Historic Society..... George Washington and George Mason lived less than 10 miles from each other—maybe 4 miles if you went by boat. They lived in similar looking homes, both sited on peninsulas of the Potomac River. They served in the Virginia House of Burgess together. They visited each other often. And they even worshipped at the same church where they were both vestrymen. Pohick Church still stands today, with its 12th century baptismal font, Civil War graffiti and Washington family pew.

I don't want to be advising "the Lord" here, but all I can do is show them the way...they must still walk the walk. And they did...they did just enough to win on an off night...that is what good teams do...find a way to win. I was 1 off on the spread...As Larry David use to say...pret-ty...pret-ty...close. Let's see how close. Bolded statements from above...you might say above "the Lord". The theme is close enough is good enough. Beat them on the boards by 3...we took them by 5... ...a difference maker...in a close game. Much better than last game. TOs even...12-11... Bills down by 1... BUT close enough.. a far cry from 19 the last game. Let's look at the slash a little different this time. You know the percents were close. Let's check the raw numbers too this time... First...Target slash...49/62 /36/73...42%/56/19/ 68....raw...22-53/ 18-32/ 4-21/ 15-22 ......................................Rich slash......38%/48/23/71.....raw...21-55/16-33/ 5-22/ 12-17 2nd chance pts...4-3...Bills by 1....fast break pts...2-2 Bottom line....Close only counts in horse shoes , hand grenades and Bills games. Pret-ty...pret-ty...good.

Updated to ...Bills by 3

Some disappointing numbers in the game against VCU...On a positive note we not only made the target slash but beat VCU across their slash. Unfortunately, we got beat up (literally ) on the boards with Rebs and also on the floor with TOs. With TOs , we seem to be hot and cold. Some games we are good at protecting the ball other times we throw it away. Same with rebounds... some games we grab them, some we don't. The computer thinks this game was an anomaly (a freak). We struggle on these stats from time to time but this was just extra bad ...even for us. The severity shows in these categories...TO's /Offensive play in a team's last game......we were tied for WITN...with Off Rebs in a team's last game, we were tied for 6th WITN. Those are the kind of games , you can lose by 40 pts...but we didn't. The good news is the computer didn't punish us..it still Bill-ieves. We retained our B and for those that are number people we slipped a little from 107 to 103. Essentially, a sideways move. The only thing that was damaged was our momentum/ trending arrow which went from up to sideways. The computer believes this was our bad game of the year and that we can turn things around if get back to playing our game. Game preview...Rich has one of the worst offenses in the nation. In fact if wasn't for their great FT shooting it might be the worst. Caveat here...if they are left alone they can make some shots. Rich is currently a D+ team overall. Before we go further here , let's jump ahead to injuries. You will note in the injury section below that RICH is missing their key player... Hunt. He leads the team in PPG, Assts, FG%, and Stls. You might call him their Spiderman. This is a good time to play them. As you can tell by the spread, this is not a gimme game. This how the spread looks to the computer. If we win by 1-9 pts we will have done what we are supposed to do... and continue sideways. If we win by double digits , we will gain back the momentum we have lost and the VCU game will be a blip on the radar. If we play our game and protect the ball, we should win this game. Now let's look at the Card and see what's up.... Report Card.... Report Card change....3 up...2 dn...4 unchanged = +1....For the 1st time in weeks , the FT% grade moved up...still not good but moving in the right direction. UP.....OFF....FT%.....Reb...DEF....3P%...FG% Dn....OFF...Rebs...PPG....DEF...none ................SLU..................Rich.....................SLU......................Rich ...........................OFF...................................................DEF.......... PPG...........C+..................D-......................C+............................C- FG%..........A-...................F.........................B..............................B 3P%...........B+..................F........................B-..............................C- FT%..........F+...................A+..14th ITN......................................... Reb............C-...................D-.......................D...............................F+ OFF Rebs = total Bills rebs...DEF Rebs = opp total reb Top 100 In The Nation SLU... 2P%....Team...6th ITN...up PPG...Jimerson ....54th...dn ..........Swope.........65th...dn ..........Avila............75th...dn 3PM......Jimerson...14th...unch ..............Swope........36th...up Reb....Anya...........21st...dn Rich... Stls...Hunt...37th Injuries... SLU... McCottry...Ques...1/14/ 25 ...Illness Casey & Dotzler...OFTS RICH... Hunt....Out Indefinitely...1/10/25...Foot Keys to the game.... Do not give them open shots....take care of the ball because that's what Rich does. A TO many times turns into an open shot. We need to beat them on the boards. Get off to a good start and play 40 min of basketball. To get momentum, play with momentum. WWN2D2W..... Target slash...49/ 36/73...Beat them on the boards by 3...TOs even. Bottom line... I reminded of a quote by the great Jason Tatum..."If I see a spider in my room , I gotta sleep on the sofa for, like, 2 days." "If you see a spider in the arena, just squash it and take the win by 8. How else can you beat a spider?"...The Wiz

GJ moved up a few spots after the VCU game.... 51 Jaycee Carroll 369 2005 2008 Utah State Gibson Jimerson 369 2020 2025 Saint Louis 53 Adam Leonard 368 2007 2011 Missouri State

Here is the way it looks to me....VCU had an extra 12 rebs....they also had an extra 12 pts off 2nd chances....a point /reb...so 6 extra rebs would be worth about 6 pts PLUS we would have an extra 6 opportunities / shots. On those 6 extra opportunities we would average 3 FGM ..two 2PM and one 3 = 7pts. A total point swing of about 13 pts or close to an even game if they just have an average reb game. While we are doing this , let's also look at TOs....19 for the Bills...9 extra TOs for an extra 13 pts...or 1.44pts /TO. But again, this too led to 9 lost opportunities... 4 FGM =two 2PM and two 3PM= 10 pts ....a point swing of 23 pts...an easy win for the Bills if they just have an average TO game. I know you only asked about Rebs but I think the TOs were an important stat in this game too.

A tough loss. It is not just the loss but the way we lost. But rather than me explain it , let's let Coach Schertz explain it. He said that in 27 years of coaching this was his worst game from 2 aspects. #1...Physicality...they just beat us up. We lost the reb battle by 12. Not good but here is the stunner...We lost the Off reb contest 22-4 (no that is not a typo). #2...FGA...72 (VCU)- 37 (SLU) again not a typo. Nearly doubled our shots. Imagine for a moment a basketball game where the rules stated that for every shot the Bills took the other team got to take 2 shots. In some of the plays VCU just kept shooting till they made the bucket. You aren't going to win many of those games. In fact Schertz said we were lucky to lose by only 16 pts. To his credit , he also said he takes full responsibility and he will fix it. The shame of it is we had a nice slash line. ..Target slash 49 / 36 / 73...actual 46/ 39/ 83 (we missed making it by just one 2PM)...Unfortunately, this is like saying you have a really well built house but the foundation is weak. If you read the report cards every week that I put into the spread threads , you will note a glaring weakness. Of course , everyone focuses on FTs. But that swings back and forth ...some nights it is great and some not ...tonight was a great one at 83% The next time it can be bad. But there is one other grade that has been consistently bad all season. It is the only other grade that is below C.... If you look at the card on the defensive side under Reb , you will see a D. The category is a little confusing in that it is not referring to Defensive Rebs but the other teams total rebs. The other side of the card Off Rebs is total rebs for the Bills. The short story is that we give up too many rebs to the opposing teams. We have been able to mask this by matching or at least coming close but this stat has cost us a few games. One last observation...McCottry was a last minute scratch (sick) and Thames only played 9 min so we had about 8 1/2 players available tonight ...not good if it is a physical game ...you need all hands on deck. ..btw if you missed the earlier update in this thread ...Casey is out for the season with a Med RS. Not an excuse , just the facts. Bottom line...We are still a top 4 team and we are tied for 1st place AND Schertz says he can fix it.

A double digit reb game by Anya and 13 min from Thames might be enough to push us over the top for a win.

Updated injury report ...Casey out for season...Medical redshirt... Also I asked the bookie why we are so far apart on the spread...He said KenPom is showing VCU by 11....plus the Casey injury. Bills fans know the loss of Casey is not significant for this game but when added to KenPom it creates a discrepancy. I am still showing 5.

Well, another 8 games under the belt... and things have tighten up even more since the first report . Let's look at the A-10 report card...the mid term... The listing of the teams is based on the their grade ranking followed by their conf standing.... VCU....B+....2-1 Day.....B+....1-2 SLU....B....3-0 GM.....B.....3-1 St. J....B.....3-2 St. B...B......2-2 Loy.....B......1-2 ______________________ Dav.......B-....2-1 GW.......B-.....2-1 RI..........B-....2-2 UMass..B-.....1-3 Duq......C+....2-1 LaS.......C+....1-3 Rich......C......2-2 Fham....C......0-4 A few observations.... You will note there are no post season predictions at this point. The computer sees the A10 as a 1 bid league for now. There is no team at this time that is showing at least a 50% chance to make the Dance ...which means it is a wide open race. It also means that a top 4 finish is even more important. The Top 4 race You can there is a line between teams 7 and 8. The teams that are above the line have the best chance of making the top 4 and of course we lead the top 4 race with a 3-0 record. The teams below the demarcation line are considered less likely to be a top 4 team given their grade and conf record. Teams most likely to swap places ...Dav and Loy. As for the Bills, we are looking good for now. Assuming GM is the 4th team in, then that leaves 3 teams directly behind us that could be in the running at this point AND we have already beaten 2 of them. The 3rd team Loy is hanging on by a thread. With all this said , you don't have to be an analyst to know that the next game is a big one...bigger for VCU than for us. If we win the VCU game, we are in the catbird seat. If we lose then we are still in the thick of things. If VCU loses they will drop back to a grade of B and then just be another team above the line trying to hang on. Bottom line....No champagne cork popping yet...We are about 17% of the way though the conf schedule. A lot of tough games coming up. Another take away from the above chart is because of parity, we will not be favored in many of the away games...which will also be true for the other A10 teams. Best advice ...stay present and take one game at a time. Go Bills

I do too. My sports book friend in Vegas suggested I make the program a little more sensitive to trending to reflect the newer Billikens. So I tweaked the "gell" algorithm to weight more recent play a little heavier which allows the program to track the Bills progress a little faster. I made the change because this is a different team than the one from a few weeks ago. I ran some simulations on past games and it seems to work a little better. We will see what happens.

Yes ..it is him. He had this fabulous freshman year at Oakland University...where he was a top rated 3P shooter both in % and volume. And then in his Soph year, they moved the 3P line back and he faded away from a great shooter to a mediocre one from the arc for the next 2 years. After 3 years, he left to come to SLU and continued to slide finishing around 25%. Below 30 is considered to be an F-. He then went to Ark-PB (that's Pine Bluff not Peanut Butter) in the F- rated Southwestern conference. It was there with less pressure and competition that he was finally able to regain his form anf find the range. He becomes a footnote in Bills BB history.

It's a little early for the forecast but since this is the next game for both teams, we can get started a little early. First, what a great win over St. B last night...a big win as you will see below. (see the SB spread thread for the post game review) This was an important win because we have finally reached the grade of B. The computer thinks that B is important for 2 reasons.... 1. At B we have gelled...The long awaited goal for this team to move forward to a new level has arrived. This does not mean the computer thinks we will be 18-0 in conference. BUT it does mean it thinks we will be in a position and have a chance to win every game in the A10. Further , now that we have gelled if we do lose a game and slip back we have the ability to turn things around and get back to where we were. It is one thing trying to reach a place you have never been to and another getting back to where you were. The Beatles said it best...Get Back to where you once belonged. 2. Being at B is where the computer thought we need to be to compete. It puts us in a position to be a top 4 team. We are projecting right now at 3-7th place. That gives us the board's favorite probability...50-50. But there is a long way to go . Realistically, we should move to be at B+ . Reaching that level would give us a great chance to be a top 4 team. Our final goal should be to get to A- or higher to strengthen our chances for an at large bid or to get a better seed if we do make the tourney and lastly to show that we can compete in the Dance. Those should be the goals ...our immediate goal is to try and win this game and stay at the B level ...no simple task but we are in a lot better shape today then we were a few weeks ago...the key will be to focus on 1 game at a time. Don't look back and don't get ahead....as Coach K use to say after a good or bad play..."next play". Our "next play" will be VCU...let's see what we are up against. Game preview... This game could be called SB 2.0...Remember in the last thread I referred to that game as the immovable object (SB defense ) vs the unstoppable force (Bills offense) ...Just substitute VCU for SB. VCU is at least as good as as SB on defense and at least as bad as SBU on offense. They feature a D- 3P shot. Most of their points will be inside the arc. Again there strategy will be to slow the game down. With SBU , we faced a team that had an 8 game winning streak. With VCU we are looking at a team that is 8-0 at home. They are hard to beat on the home turf. This why the computer gives them the edge. But they can be beaten. Seton Hall, the bottom feeder of the Big East, beat them. Seton Hall is Fham quality. The computer says if Thames can play for 13 min and Anya can keep from fouling out ..ie play 30 min...we can probably win this game. Like the SB game we will have to play aggressive , a fast up tempo game and make shots instead of mistakes. In other words , play like you did against SB. Now let's look at the Card and see what's up.... Report Card.... Report Card change....2 up...1 dn...6 unchanged = +1....After being up 10-0 in the last 2 report cards we have cooled a bit but are still moving up UP.....OFF....3P%.....Reb...DEF....3P% Dn....OFF...Rebs....DEF...none ................SLU..................VCU.....................SLU......................VCU ...........................OFF...................................................DEF.......... PPG...........B-..................B-.........................C+......................A+..17th ITN FG%..........A-..................C..........................B-........................A 3P%...........B+................D-........................C+.........................B+ FT%..........F.....................C-.............................................................. Reb............C...................B+.......................D..........................B- OFF Rebs = total Bills rebs...DEF Rebs = opp total reb Top 100 In The Nation SLU... 2P%....Team...7th ITN...unch PPG...Jimerson ....40th...up ..........Swope.........63rd...dn ..........Avila............69th...dn 3PM......Jimerson...14th...up ..............Swope........47th...up Reb....Anya...........20th...dn... VCU... Stls...Shulga...73rd Blks...Bamgboye...17th Injuries SLU AJ Casey F Questionable - Undisclosed - 1/9/25 Casey is nursing an undisclosed injury, and it is undetermined if he will dress against VCU on Wednesday, 15th January. VCU....none Keys to the game....Play fast and aggressive from the opening buzzer all game. They will try to let the 30 sec clock run down. Keep TOs down ...no unforced errors...Make pts not TOs...Don't try to shoot over Bamgboye...or is it bang boy or bad boy or even Bam ( he got it) boy....in any case a 6'10 shot blocker with long arms. WWN2D2W.....Target slash 49 / 36 / 73.... Rebs and TOs even...Hold them to 70pts...Hold these 4 to 44 pts...Bamisile...Shulga...Jackson...and Russell (you remember good ol' Phil)... Even though the Rams are a bad shooting team from the arc they have 2 that can shoot 3s IF left alone.. Shulga and Russell (and there he is again) bother them , no open shots. And finally if it is close at the end , don't foul Jackson or Russell (and again)...It's OK, they may have our homey but we got theirs (Gibson) Bottom line...Let's move the immovable...again

A good night by GJ allows him to move up 10 spots. For Bills fans, please note #59 Rashad Williams a former Bills player. Didn't do much here but had a nice career. 53 Shan Foster 367 2005 2008 Vanderbilt Jhivvan Jackson 367 2018 2021 UTSA Gibson Jimerson 367 2020 2025 Saint Louis 56 Pat Bradley 366 1996 1999 Arkansas Kaiden Rice 366 2018 2022 Georgetown 58 Bryce Drew 364 1995 1998 Valparaiso 59 Jeff Fryer 363 1987 1990 Loyola Marymount Tajion Jones 363 2019 2023 UNC Asheville Tyler Thomas 363 2020 2024 Hofstra Rashad Williams 363 2019 2024 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 63 Will Whittington 362 2004 2007 Marist