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It’s more likely due to federal funds the district gets for military kids whose parents are at Scott.

Why wouldn’t a player stick around for as long as they can and get paid. Most of these guys won’t be making that much in the real world so they are milking it for all they can. I don’t like it at all for HS kids as their opportunities are lessened. But it’s the system the NCAA has allowed to take place unfortunately.

Goodwin was converted to a standard contract today.

Keeping Thames on the team will help win games, even in a limited role. If he can play 10 minutes a game or once a week for load management, his skill set is very valuable to SLU. Our roster can go up to 15 players instead of 13, so he’s not taking another player’s spot. If anything, bump the walkons off the roster if you need to make space. Lastly, Thames’s health issue sounds like what Fred Thatch went through, and it is not the plague.

If you keep any player with an injury past it IS Thames. He’s got the athletic ability to cause mismatches and affect the game. We were a much different team, in a bad way, without him. If we have a 15 man roster and he can give us 12-15 minutes a game, that’s a plus.

Yeah, there’s a difference taking back a 5 year player in the school’s top 10 scoring, versus a guard with limited minutes coming off a serious knee injury.

I wish AJ and Josiah well. For Dotzler coming off an ACL, the recovery to 100% will take some time. I can see the staff letting go of anyone with a long term injury (Dotzler) or history of injuries (Casey). Players being processed is an unfortunate outcome with the portal and NIL. I’m guessing we will see 8-10 new faces next season, with new recruits and portal transfers. The staff had a season to identify the types of players need to compete, it’s time to upgrade the roster.

Yeah, players need to be in STL during the offseason, no debate for younger players. The training they get overseas is not the same.

The new roster allows for 15 players max, and all can be scholarship players. We should take 7-8 new players minimum. Build length and athleticism through the portal. Get players that are mature already so you don’t worry about beefing them up. Any walk on can be made a team manager if they want to stick around. They shouldn’t be kept and count against the roster number. This is SLU’s major sport it’s time to start acting like it and improve the team. There were plenty of guys on ASU’s team last night I’d take over ours and I guarantee they did not cost a lot of NIL. So, that excuse is unwarranted, it’s up to the staff to identify complimentary players to fit the system and compete better. We can’t be fielding teams where the opposition is destroying us on the offensive glass. We have to finish at the rim and our offense needs players that pose a threat and don’t limit us.

The team should have taken the time off and gone to the Crown. Finishing the year in Vegas is a tad better than Jonesboro. Poor decision made there.

They have too much length to match up with the more athletic team. We can’t play anyone like that.

Pikaar gets with 7.7 seconds to go. He must be too tall and block too many shots to get playing time.

Missing those and not getting rebounds = heading home tonight.

That was an elbow, regardless of what these dipshit announcers say. A10 refs are trash.

It’s 8-3 in fouls. McCottry and Avila got fouled on back to back drives. A10 refs are garbage.

Swope, Jimerson, and Avila with all of our points.

The refs actually reversed a call in our favor.

I can’t believe that they got that good of a look. It’s better to be lucky than good sometimes

Keep fouling to prevent them from shooting

Never mind

We’re gonna have to start fouling.

McCottry needs to get starter minutes.

The lack of effort and sloppiness is ridiculous. This is one team we are more athletic than and they are making us look weak.

We need people to take it to the rim - McCottry, Johnson, Warlick and Jimerson - someone with strength that can make a FT.

McCottry needs to get more minutes. Keep him happy as we really need him next year.