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-these guys on the SVU/RI game said a few minutes ago the A10 could get 6 teams in the Tourney, they are smoking some good stuff
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-I hope SVU, FU and all of the A10 land 4-stars, that would be great
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-LaSalle traveled today, we'll see how that goes for them
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1 hour ago, 3star_recruit said:
If I were Moser, I'd just wait for Mike Brey to retire from Notre Dame. I doubt Brey gets renewed after this contract. He's run out of steam.
-recently I asked a ND alum and booster about Brey and they said Brey is loved in South Bend and has a very good incoming recruiting class so his seat is not hot at this time, I can verify none of that, just what I was told
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32 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:
-it shouldn't need to be done if those that vote for A-A have a brain, but good for SLU -- JGood only enhancing worthiness with his recent play at pg
-I guess SLU would bombard All-America voters on social media? I guess this could be done, or how else?
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-nice recognition, Congrats!
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1 hour ago, slufanskip said:
Am I the only one who says my "eye test" says we still aren't quite where we were pre Covid?
-no you are not, but we're better than the rest in the A10
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-I guess it's the ingrained life of Billiken fans but talk about losing games in conference is nonsensical from my view, we are not going to lose
-and when things go as I see it, the lowest seed we will be is 7 and I think 5 is more likely and I am not putting a ceiling on how high we can get
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13 hours ago, The Wiz said:
Michigan had a 14 day pause with no positive cases....then had a full week of practice. A little bit different from SLU who had 12 positive cases...was off 4 weeks and then came back after a few days practice. It is not about the layoff.... the rust comes from the virus itself. Even if you are asymptomatic, it can still affect your game. And we actually had players who were symptomatic. ...So a big difference between the Bills who were knocked down by the virus and the Wolverines who had a pause.
I think for the team to be playing at an A- level, after you consider the severity and the spread of the Covid, is nothing short of a miracle.
-yeah, the Big Ten cancelled the Michigan/Illinois game scheduled for last Wednesday so Mich could get a full week of practice in before their next game, the same Big Ten that changed their "rules" to get Ohio St into the football playoffs, a league filled with integrity, legends and leaders
-and what about the A10 and Richmond? how do they get to come back from Covid layoff and play a DIII team to scrape off some rust before getting back into conference play? consistent treatment to league members should be considered
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-Mad Ants, that's a nice one!
-when we go to SVU I suggest putting Fred on Crutcher and being very physical with him and seeing if Jalen will play through it, nothing ticky tak or dirty, hard basketball plays
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-women were also scheduled to play at FU on Feb 28, guessing the A10 will be juggling on the Ladies side, too
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1 minute ago, RUBillsFan said:
Big test next game 2/20 at Dayton. Lost in OT at Chaifetz against them. They’re the team standing in the way of our first ever NCAA appearance.
-I see no tv for this game, too bad as would tune in for it
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-we are going to win.
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-thanks Wiz, just win the games
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-I've seen him on tv, incredible at his age and height what he can do
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-wow, that is tremendous, didn't know a kicked ball was legal in volleyball
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22 hours ago, Taj79 said:
Cowboy: how about we agree to disagree? I have it from multiple sources that Majerus recommended good friend [dead] to take over for him, over and above former Loyola Coach Jim Whitesell. [dead] came out of retirement to work for Majerus for free. Majerus and [dead] might have even been on an Olympic team coachign staff once upon a time. Majerus and [dead] were tight, anyone that says otherwise is kidding themselves. That move was why Whitesell moved on to St. John's (now head coach at Buffalo after Oates went to Alabama). Now, Majerus may have thought he was coming back but we all know he didn't. It is then my opinion (and others) that May could not fire the recent Coach if the Year in [dead] for fear of the public relations image that would create and we all know how badly that went. Enter Travis Ford (Yay!).
-to answer your question, nope, not on this one
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22 hours ago, 3star_recruit said:
Illinois high school basketball has started in certain parts of the state and one recruit in which we've expressed interest has gotten off to a strong start. Normal Community's Zach Cleveland, a 6'7 do-it-all forward, just missed a triple double against Bloomington Central Catholic with 13 points, 20 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 blocks. He followed that up with a 26 point, 12 rebound performance against Rock Island and 19 points, 7 rebounds against Peoria Manual.
1 hour ago, 3star_recruit said:Yeah, he's a Chris Sloan/Ryan Mikesell tweener-level recruit right now. He will eventually get mid-major offers, just based on production. But if grows to 6-8, he would be an ideal A10 power forward.
-one inch?
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2 hours ago, Taj79 said:
WOW! I’m dead to one poster now. That’s okay. Look, all I said was that the house has been on the market a few weeks and that I don’t want him to leave. I’ve always talked “sustainability” and we have that or on the brink of having it with Ford.
But he hasn’t done anything that makes the big boys get an erection and say “oh, I’ve gots to get me some of that.” He has done a great job for us and should stay with an open checkbook from the Administration. But this is SLU. I want him to retire here. But this is SLU. If it can be screwed up, we will do it. I know of no reason for him to leave and only used the examples I did to show how the next great flavor rises to the top most times. Enfield. Underwood. Beard. Hurley. Oates. Travis hasn’t done that yet. He could this year. We shall see.
But why leave the only show in town? Even the state? Some (slu72) have expressed a fear that UK would come calling and be his dream job. Maybe. But Calipari ain’t going nowhere any time soon. Plus I don’t think BBN would be happy with a guy who really hasn’t hit that one big lotto payoff —- favored son or not. Ford is great in my book. Beats the shite out of Crews, Soderberg, Romar, Ekker (of course) and even Spoon and Grawer (different times and different measurements, of course). With what he has in our pipeline (minus Goodwin, French and Perkins) the future still looks incredibly bright. This ain’t Majerus bailing out with only Manning and Glaze left behind (Majerus’ one failing) and hand picking [dead] as the fall guy for Rick’s failing interest (and health). We look good! I personally don’t leave that behind.
This is not an attack on Ford. At most, it confirms his house is on the market and has been for a fewweeks. What that means —— I have no clue.
-that did not happen
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-JGood winced after contact under the basket with just under 8 minutes gone in the first half and he was moving the arm around the rest of the game, I would not be surprised to see him in a harness on Saturday
-we have to have last night's version of JGood
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18 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:
Ok, this is getting really sad. The survivors have to be matched up.
-speaking of match ups, the schedule on the A10 conf site has Duq in the tourney final, I guess we'll play them
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1 hour ago, brianstl said:
Is Larson the highest ranked recruit the women's program has ever signed?
-reading her bio at slubillikens.com she was ranked 89th by TopDrawerSoccer and number 1 in Heartland Region
-she also had at least some duty as a kicker on the football team
-have great success Hannah and all Billikens
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8 hours ago, NH said:
This is always the strange dynamic with evaluating college coaches. A coach like Schmidt who has success with low-profile recruits and diamonds in the rough will always get more credit than a coach like Ford, who is a better recruiter. If we finish 3rd in the A-10 this year, it will look bad because of how much talent we have. But Ford was the one who brought in that talent and should get credit for having a team talented enough to hypothetically “underachieve” it’s way into a strong season.
In seven seasons as an A-10 coach, Ford has finished 7th, 1st, 3rd, 11th (with a depleted SLU team), 5th, 6th and 4th. Those are great results, but he hasn’t sniffed a Coach of the Year award in any of those seasons and some people still consider him an underachiever. The fact of the matter is that bringing in talented players is the most important trait for a college basketball coach, and Ford is the best in the league at that. If he gets outcoached in a single game against Mckillop, Schmidt, Mooney, etc. then people will be quick to point it out. But at the end of the day his teams are usually in the upper tier of the conference and that’s really the only outcome that matters.
I have many complaints about Travis’ in-game coaching, though I’ve also seen him be really strong in those areas at time’s. When it comes down to it, there is not a single coach in our league who I would trade for Travis and the results on the court thus far support that. He’s not a perfect coach, but we’re lucky to have him and he builds teams that consistently compete at a high level.
-one part in here I have a difference with, might be picking nits, is 'great' on the conference finishes of CFord teams, good or okay fit more in there imo
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24 minutes ago, RUBillsFan said:
I get that, but my point was that a 22 point lead going into the 4th is / was pretty much insurmountable.
Over that 3 minutes you mention SLU was outscored 5 to 1. If they played just as horrendously over over the entire 10 minute 4th quarter, they're outscored something like 17 to 3, and we still win 65 - 57.
I know a 65 - 57 win doesn't look as nice and maybe Ciaja doesn't get a career high, but this team needs to be playing to peak in the A10 tournament not run up the score / maintain a big lead on St. Joes in February. You can make an argument that a smaller win doesn't provide as big of a NET boost, but I'd counter that the women aren't going to be in line for an at-large regardless so NET considerations are basically meaningless. I also think getting some of the younger / less frequently used players some garbage time boosts morale and has potential to pay dividends down the road if you need the depth.
-I did not watch but if there is a big lead a coach doesn't have to remove all 5 starters at once in order to use the bench
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-OUTSTANDING Rachel, Congratulations! enjoy his first game, hope big sis gets along with him famously