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broy said what is sad is that the likes of gonzaga has forgotten where they came from oh so recently. for a deeper look at this point go read their board, there were many posters really down on their team and this season after this game, which they won, on the road luckily when we hit the heights we won't get that way, will we???

after 10 games here is avg minutes of our 1-3's tl 31 ad 29 kl 24 dp 30 db 15 vn 14 lm 9 total is 152 out of 200 now AD's 29 minutes are up for grabs, who takes them and the challenge of leading will be key for however long AD is unable to play, which I hope he is back and healthy very soon

the band is great, wish you got more time, but I understand paying the bills, so to speak love the commercial at the end of the Bud song that is sung/chanted/yelled whatever, had someone suggest to me a change in that but I am not sure it works, and that change is "anheuser busch, saint louis university" instead of "missouri" any thoughts?? you mizzou haters might like that one ps-wish the singer could get back also, or are there any others???

Metz, I think we watched two different games.... Leader, yeah, it is AD, 4 yr senior, and his being out really hurt esp on defense as he knew what was supposed to be happening, but the rest of the team is so damn young, what do you expect 10 games into the season??? But there will have to be some changes now with AD out for at least a while. Who takes the challenge??? That said, we held a team that averages 80 to 60. We held a player that you either obviously don't think much of or you were trying to be cute with your comments that averages 28 to 18. I think you should take a step back and understand that Adam Morrison is one of if not the best player in the college game. Who would you take over him??? The matchup GU posed was handled very well from a scouting to more importantly an execution standpoint, imo. I don't know what you want/expect. Husak unimpressive?? Try to watch a bit more carefully, did you see the shots he altered?? Did you see him draped on the GU players?? You have a big 7 footer pound on you and that allows IV a bit more room when he is in the game. I want him to get more minutes and I still want to see IV and BH in the game at the same time. Danny Brown- looks like he has found the doghouse, if he can shoot from the outside I want him in the game. Dustin, there are minutes to be had if you can consistently make 3's, and we are doing something right on offense as it seems to me there are a bunch of open looks from the perimeter, but probably due to the fact we are not making therefore not being guarded out there. Do you understand that TL has played 10 games in his SLU career?? Not sure your expectations of the young man, but from where I sit I am very impressed. If he starts making jump shots, we could have a whole lot of fun. And I thought this was a great team defense effort and TL was very much a part of that. I come away from the game not happy about the loss, but I see much more to be positive about than negative, and I hope AD is back soon.

very elegant way to get the eligibility rumor back on the board, and even naming the player in question AGAIN nice work, thought that all things in regards that had been extinguished from the board and there you cite it again. very nice why???

should we all chip in to buy Roy a #21 jersey, or do we think he already has 15 of them?? it is Christmas.....

for mfaulk, we do have a problem. to me there is one heckuva lot of difference coming here and posting "i hear a rumor player x is not going to be eligible, anyone else hear this" versus posting "anyone hear about academic progress or lack thereof of any members of our team" if you don't see the difference between naming a name and being very generic, i don't know what to say

if he was on he sounded alot like Quin, or, and this is very possible, I was on the wrong station

BRoy, I am messed up as that thought is in the front of my mind.... Morrison will score 30, let the others combine for 30 and we win 61-60. I am pretty sure this thought is no where in UB's mind. I also like the thought of playing multiple defenses. At the risk of being a broken record as I have posted this previously, but UB said on his show last yr, Charlotte is tough to play because they throw so many things at you it is tough to prepare for them. We have one defense. Maybe UB has them practicing a different look or two for certain opponents, we'll see.

I wonder if Larry and his brother SJ presidents could put this together and tell the AD's to do it?? And I am talking about 07-08 or 08-09 as I can't believe too many games are fixed for this period. I mean, spreading the news about Jesuits and their educational opportunities on ESPN for God's sake (pun intended), how much would you have to pay to get that message out to that many people??? I love the idea, the exposure. And I wonder if BC was onboard and was SLU considered???

We were ok, you made a point about SLU reacting to the opponent as opposed to making the opponent react to something SLU does and I agreed, somehting I would like to see. Then you say you want TL to play forward???? What was in your Cheerios that caused that request??? TL's best position on offense,imo, is having the ball alot of the time, he can create for himself and others, that has the trappings of another position, that being guard.

Vtime, I agree with your wish that we should try to create the advantage as opposed to what seems to be UB's philosophy of reacting to the opponent's strengths. This day surely will go down as one of the greatest in Broy's life with his prodigy earning his first start, congratulations!!! I hope the first of many that take us to victory!!!

BRich said "The long and the short of it is the we don't score or defend particularly well as compared to the A10 as of this moment in time" you are making this conclusion based soley on the stats, I am guessing?? I will contend we are not defending particularly well as compared to how SLU defended last year, but this is based soley on my observation, not stats, as it appears to me that our defense is not as tenacious, the opponents appear to be getting more open shots. I would guess our blocks are up, though.

Post makes no sense. The teams as BCat says are not playing the sames opponents. I did a very quick look at the schedule, my calcs, show 27 games played by the conf against power conf teams (I included the MVC so SLU could get 3 games). A10 is 10-17 in those games. Temple has played 4 record of 2-2 Rich,SLU,Day played 3 comb record of 3-6 RI,UMASS,XU,STJ, DUQ played 2 3-7 Char,STB,GW,Ford all played 1 -2-2 Lasalle no games to date Even this post makes little sense as A10 could be playing bottom of league, middle of league or top of league. Only common opponent was WVA and Duq and STB both lost, don't know where the games were played, which also factors in to the mix. Way too many variables to draw any conclusion, except maybe our (A10)non-conf record against power conf is not too good??

Broy said "actually obi has two obstacles to overcome. the first, yes, no games for two years, but his biggest hurdle is still his conditioning and getting his explosiveness back. imo, our trainer/strength coaches have the greatest project in the world in front if them with obi. " bigger than they had with IV who was worthless in your opinion???

Ole Miss has some big bodies up front, don't know if they are bangers or not. Could be a time to get a look at BH in some extended minutes compared to what he has been playing, but hopefully not b/c IV is in foul trouble. As they say down there...git 'er done boys.

3star, I see your point, not sure I can apply the logic (and I am not saying you are trying to do this either) that Tommie was like this and is now a good player after a year of prep school, where will LP be in 3 yrs? Obviously, a whole lot of water to go over the damn between now and then. Refresh my memory on your projection as to where you see LP in college and what parts of his game I should notice when I see him play (I will get a great look at Bass Pro in Jan).

My issue with Leon Powell at this point is effort. He disappears for long stretches of the the game, and then in spurts he is very good. Also, seems like many of his shots are taken going away from the goal as opposed to attacking the goal. This from two games last week.

as to who starts the 2nd half. I would guess the game plan dictates who starts the game along with countless other factors, so if the game plan says these 5 give us the best chance of success you start these 5. If at half time the coaches still believe in the game plan (and why wouldn't they, they came up with it??) is the coach trying to stay with the original game plan? so no change is the coach tweaking his original game plan but with the same personnel?? so no change This will be something I will try to notice, do the same 5 start both halves.

BRoy, I don't know where in the game KL got his minutes on Sat, but 3 fouls, 2 to's and no fg's don't do a heckuva lot to warrant more and your paragraph about needing rewarding flies totally contrary to all your previous KL posts about a great attitude. I truly hope KL becomes the greatest Billiken of all time, I really do, but unitl that time I think you do him a disservice on this board with your inabilty to objective about him.

So 1/3 of the conference is either new or has their own BCS deal so that drives a huge revenge factor vs the ACC, those 5 teams should be thanking the ACC for creating the opening in the Big East that they got to fill!!! I do still love how you made your previous point by comparing the top of the ACC/Big 10 to the bottom of the Big12/SEC, that was good.

'72 said "Oh yeah that's a game I don't want to miss, Mizzery against Ole Miss. or Bayor against Vandy....sorry not intriguing as Duke vs an MSU or Indiana. I could see the big east getting back into the mix and the revenge factor would be big. " I certainly agree that taking the bottom of SEC/Big 12 vs the top of ACC/Big 10 is not as intriguing, duh!!! OK-Fla, TX-KY, KU-Ark.... What is this revenge factor that Depaul, S FLa, Marq, Cinn, Louisville, WVA all have and against whom??

with tv as the driver, even with the big mkts the A10 brings, not sure A10 would be in the mix, just not enough national interest. the challenge that makes a bit of sense that was mentioned during Ill/UNC was SEC/Big 12

Just returned from a late night in perryville... I won't bore you with the first game I saw, but a team that has lost by 80 points over two yrs will be back next year.... -Lafayette lost to Jackson...the fr Griffey looked pretty good, he is a fr, would not take it inside vs Jackson's 6'11" center(who isn't too bad, very skinny, scored w/ both hands, blocked shots as a 6-11 should), his shoot was not falling but form looked good, did not have a memorable rebounding or defensive game, but he is a fr, good size -Vashon looked like crap in the first half (3rd game in 4 days)vs a team from Indy, were down 38-18 and were getting run and pushed out of the gym like no V team I have seen, by end of 3q were down 2or3 and won by 4or5, could not hit ft's, enitre team struggled for the first half and Leon Powell struggled for 3q's (I mean he was a none factor) he made some very nice plays in the 4th qtr. My ?? for him is, imo his consistency of effort is an issue, I have no idea about this guard talk someone proposes as I see none of those skills, does not aggessively rebound or take the ball to the goal, but again, his play is in short spurts and other time doesn't do much. Oh, sorry Bauman for this post about players in which SLU has an interest (not really though!!)

not hearing much of the game but these items stood out to me... -we shoot 9 3's and win the game, right now we have 1 player (AD) making 3's consistnetly and the others are not just throwing up 3's, to me that is buying in to your coach's approach (probably better than bowling or achieiving togetherness) -we shoot more ft's than the home team, I wonder the last time that happened?? and according to other posts we missed some front ends so could have been more, the make % needs some work, but for the season I think ft's have been good -we out rebound Oak 38-31, that is very good, still allowed 10 off rebs -we had 14 assists with 15 to's, not as good as I would like but much improvement from l/yr -to sum it up...who cares how the #'s read as we win on the road!!!! that is great boys, keep it up, we'll be wathcing Tues!!!!