WVBilliken

The Vegas odds I saw says SLU by 8.5 points ....

Any word ? ..... Signings start today.

But the bench has two of the best 3 point shooters .... Sharma & Dunlap who combined were 1 for 6. I say guys were pressing/nerves being game 1.

Anya was on the bench.

SLU shot 49.3% from the field and 81% from the line for the game. Think I'd take that most games. Just move up the 3 point % from 31% they shot this game to 35%+ and this team is cooking!

Well, if nothing else, SEMO has size .... three 7 footers. My starters guess are Avila, Green, Otieno, Jones, Brown ..... but the last two, could be any of 5 or 6 players. SLU has that much talent this year.

Damn incredibly nice campus that Wake Forest has though. And ranked the 51st best University in the US according to US and News Reports. Of course it's almost all about $$$'s now sadly.

Well, yes sometimes. But quality stocks that hit lows often bounce back such as NIKE, INTC. Stocks hitting all-time highs sometimes crash such as Peloton, United Healthcare, etc. Given that preseason polls and all-conference team are fun .... but usually we'll off-mark.

This thread started with a post of the full squad and projected starters. My wild guess (and I'm sure I'm wrong) ... Green, Avila, Otieno, Jones, Dunlap But the last 2 will likely vary by game and could include Thames, Sharma, McCottry, Brown, Anya .... depending on the opponent. I put Dunlop down because of the minutes he played for St. John's before his injury. Figured if Coach Pitino played him big minutes ... he could do the same for SLU. But man, I also like Thames or Sharma as that fifth starter. I see McCottry as the sixth man because of his positional flexibility. Nice problem for Coach.

This 0 - 0 stuff is so dang boring. A 1 - 0 SLU deficit is almost insurmountable. Where's the fricken offense?@#?

Seems to me Coach we have would be keeping close tabs on the players' academics. I take this post as total BS.

Lots of talk, zero proof .... ?

I live in WV but grew up in St. Louis and graduated from SLU. SLU won 3 National Titles while I was there. Anyway, nearby Marshall University has won a National title and was in the final again last year ..... all foreign players and a well connected English coach.

Unfortunately Anya and Otieno are seniors and will never play against this guy.

Hopefully the frosh hiccups go away. Quite often players make a huge jump after that first year in college ball.