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any other plays you guys would like me to put up

Tommie's Dunk is here! D Browns Buzzer Beater is here! ALSO CHECK THESE OUT FAST IN CASE ESPN DECIDES TO BE ****** BAGS AND TAKE THEM DOWN!

I cant figure out the poll creator thing so Im making it a write-in poll for me its SIUC

I swear i hate SIU fans I got shoved twice! One i didnt deserve one i probably did but who cares. I was going to get a drink and this SIU SKANK in a black shirt out of nowhere shoves me! I was like B**** dont ever touch me! and then outside the arena one of the siu fans was talking about how we paid off the refs and I took offense and got in his face a bit because i felt the refs were completely against the bills and he shoved me. I guess its okay to push people in carbondale.

It is officially Randal Falker and the Saluki mascot are brothers.

I swear everytime I see someone in a missouri jacket or hat at the games i want to rip it off them and throw it in the trash!!!!!!

They wear another colleges jackets or sweatshirts or hats That has always been my biggest pet peeve

Let's forget about the student section for a minute. The crowds that come to the games, for lack of a better word, SUCK! I'm not including those few fans that actually do make noise during the game. When I went down to SMS for the mens and womens games their entire crowd got into the game, not just a select few and the average age in that place was 65 and some were so old they probably played intramurals with Jesus. Waiting for the last minute or so to make noise and get behind your team is unacceptable. MAKE SOME FREAKING NOISE. here are two basic things that I would like to see. 1. When the band does the S-A-INT L-O-UIS cheer I would like everyone to join in. 2. Get loud when the Billikens are on defense.

The refs were absolutely horrific they let SMS take 3 and 4 steps in the lane and mug our ladies in the lane. I was with the Blue Crew and for anyone who has knowledge of what their arena looks like. Our tickets were for the 6th row of the bleacher seats. We got to our seats stood up and began chanting. The old guy behind us told us to sit down. We did not because we paid for our tickets to sit there. We then were told by a cop that we had to sit down so we volountarily moved to about 7 rows from the top where were asked to move over by four older gentelmen who were nice about it and a woman who was with them actually complimented us. A lady in a mullet told us we were absolutely obnoxious and talked S*** on us the whole game, and guy in a santa hat with his face painted maroon and white started stealing our cheers in the second half. I really lost what little respect I had for sms.

I was at the game last night and they did a tribute to their final 4 teams and jackie stiles is not in the wnba i forget what they said she was doing now but i think she owns an athletic training service

Insert from a 97-98 program The 1997-98 edition of the basketball Billikens have hopes built largely around a recruiting class composed of talented players from the St. Louis metropolitain area. If this current cast can bring the kind of championship play that another group of native St. Louisans did 50 years ago, then Billiken fans will revel in excitement that they have not experienced in quite a long time. The 1947-48 were led by legendary Billiken coach Eddie Hickey, who was in his first season. Saint Louis had enjoyed a wonderful season in 1946-47 by finishing with an 18-11 record and a first place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference with an 11-1 mark. They wouldn't be able to repeat the conference championship in 47-48 and finished second in the MVC with an 8-2 record. But bigger things were coming. "Easy" Ed Macauley was a young player, who was about to come of age and lead Saint Louis to a basketball national championship(back then the NIT was the nat'l championship tournament). Macauley was a third team All-American as a sophomore when he averaged 13.6 ppg. He returned in 47-48 for his junior season and again averaged 13.6 ppg, but was named first team All-American by both wire services, The Sporting News and the Helms Foundation. He was considered the best defensive center in college basketball. The Billikens grabbed the NIT title by beating New York University 68-52 in the championship game. Macauley led all scorers with 24 points. Joining Macauley in the lineup were Joe Ossola and D.C. Wilcutt at the forwards along with Danny Miller and Bob Schmidt in the backcourt. The top reserves were Marv Schatzman and Lou Lehman. The Billikens were known for their fastbreak style. In a 1994 interview with the Post Dispatch's Dave Dorr, Schatzman said," We believed we had a coach who knew the game, and we dedicated ourselves to playing for that guy. He brought something of a thoroughness to the game I never thought existed" Lehman described the team's style to dorr. "We had good speed, played defense and there was no selfishness," Lehman said. " The New York sportswriters talked about how fast we were." Schatzman told Dorr about the celebrity of it all. "For the first time, I knew what it was like to be a hero" Schatzman said. "We were national champs. You couldn't take your girlfriend to the movies because everyone knew who you were. If you went down to the fox and tried to sit upstairs, people recognized you even in the dark!" The NIT title is a landmark for basketball tradition at Saint Louis. When Saint Louis fans look back to highlight the first truly significant historical moment in Bills' hoops, they always reflect upon that title, which was considered the national championship at that time. "Prior to the NIT Championship Saint Louis had some good teams, but basketball wasn't a factor yet in the community," Macauley recalled."People focused on Indiana or Illinois. But once we won the NIT, people could associate with it." "One of the big things was that we had all guys from St. Louis. We had guys who had fought in the way. Everyone remembers the reception that we got at Union Station when we returned. On Sunday March 21, 1948 the Billikens were welcomed home by a crowd estimated at 15,000 at Union Station. The players were driven to campus in cars decorated with blue and white crepe paper. A special noon mass was celebrated. Macauley saw the original wave of community support for Billiken basketball. "We started out playing in West Pine Gym," he remembered."But we got Notre Dame on the schedule and played them at the old Kiel Auditorium. An hour before the game, we couldn't get near the place! They had to turn people away. "When we won, we filled the place. Being part of that growth of a program was fun and memorable" Except for Ossola(Collinsville, Ill) and John Ernst (Decatur, Ill.), all of the 47-48 Billikens were from St. Louis. Nine Members of that team still live in the St. Louis area: Macauley, Lehman, Wilcutt, Schatzman, Ossola, Miller, John Cordia and Clay Cary. Three are in other cities Hank Raymonds and Carl Weisner in Milwaukee and Jack Wrapp in Denver. Five are deceased Bill Wiley, Ernst, brothers Bob and Joe Schmidt and Tony Rubich. "Nothing tops that 1948 win," Wilcutt said. "The Union Station crowd that welcomed us home was unbelievable." The current Billikens hope to be able to capture that same feeling.

I was rummaging through some boxes of programs from old Billiken games and found one with an insert about the 50th Anniversary of the NIT Championship team. I then realized that this year is the 60th anniversary of that team. It had a team picture and a great article on the back. Here is the picture:(its a copy of it .i have the original framed)

I truly think that the poor offensive performance is a product of the new offense. Liddell and Lisch have been focusing on running a new offense and not as much on their shot. Opposing coaches know that we're going through an offensive transition and are taking advantage of it by playing very physical, tight defense. I also think that majerus couldn't give two s**** about this years record beyond a .500 record, he probably more focused on getting his offense installed and recruiting. thats just my opinion on things. Its a little radical but whatever.

is anyone having trouble with the video feed like alot of choppiness

barry didnt even take that last shot

what i think is happening is hes hearing the p.a. guy say the name correctly and hes going with it barry has scored and so has bryce but eckerhall has not

HOLY HELL HE PRONOUNCED BARRYS LAST NAME RIGHT!!!!!!!!

how many blocks are they gonna get!!

im not seeing any of these fouls but it might be because the F-in camera man thinks hes scorcese

uh im no ref but i think blair traveled on that one

I have a sneaking suspicion that the camera was picking up noise from the crowd

I believe i heard the F-word fly once or twice

whoever gave them the list of our players names and i assume they were one of theres they should be fired along with these two

OUCH? im not pleased with 13 point deficit but ill take it.

I really wish liddell would shoot the ball instead of pump faking and slashing all the time and i really wish they taught reading classes at bc