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    A10 around the league

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    Just now, HoosierPal said:

    That little four team tourney sure got flipped.  A Colorado v TAM matchup is now for the Consolation ribbon.  You know 'they' were hopeful that was for the title.

    Murray State win helps our SOS.

    I think it is an eight team tournament. The UMass/Murray game is a semi. 

    Women's Hoops 2021-22

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    1 hour ago, thetorch said:

    St. Joes went 11 deep.

    Love to see Flowers taking a leadership role finally.  She''s held the team together on the court the past 2 games.

    You saw a different game than I did. Brooke was very good defensively, but her offense was just plain bad. How they won a game with that lineup and Flowers scoring 2 points is beyond me. Thankfully, St. Joe can’t shoot.

    Congrats to Coach Stone for keeping her team together. They show a lot of fight. And I thought she made a good move in the 4th quarter when she moved Brooke out to the free throw line and it opened the lane for layups. I think we scored 4 times in a row, and it changed the outcome. 

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    O.T. Game 162 A. L.

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    49 minutes ago, billiken_roy said:

    i wonder how the chaifetz wifi would do with the direct tv stream of the braves game tonight?   might try to watch both the billikens and the braves if it works.  

    who would ever think my two passions playing the same time.  😄

    Shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve streamed other games, while watching our Bills, several times. 

    SLU Women's Soccer Thread

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    8 minutes ago, courtside said:

    Yes and no. 

    It depends on the club and the state/geography. It varies. But yes, ECNL clubs can and do send their best teams to ECNL Regional/National League play and the next team(s) below to State Cup. Yes, that happens. Keep in mind, there are also some state cup teams that could and would defeat ECNlL teams too. 

    Club soccer is sometimes a head-spinning complex thing. 

    Locally and regionally, SLU recruits from anywhere and everywhere. Nationally, SLU is more likely to recruit from ECNL, and Girls Academy. And finally, next they would look elsewhere if there was some other connection to see, find, know about a player. 

    SLU has had success with a variety of types of organizations, clubs, etc...

     

    Thanks 

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    SLU Women's Soccer Thread

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    4 hours ago, courtside said:

    The two players that jump out first are Emily Gaebe and Madelyn Smith.

    Smith scored the game winning goal in the 2019 USYS National Championship U16’s. She was one of four players on her team named to the best 11. (Chloe Netzel who won the golden ball award is committed to Xavier)

    Smith is a very skilled, on the ball player, a creative, pass first, attacking midfielder. She spends more time creating opportunities for others, holding the ball, directing play, than scoring but can and does score as well. She does a lot of little things well and quietly. She would be expected to get time early at SLU.

    Gaebe is an interesting story because she has scored a gazillion goals in high school. 112 in two seasons, 37 so far this year into the playoffs. And she has taken a lesser known soccer school into the final four twice before this year. She routinely gets double and triple teamed locally. She switched her club team to Smith’s higher profile team after the National Title. (even though her old one won two state titles) And, she kept scoring and scoring helping them go undefeated in league play and return to the National Playoffs the next year. (By the way, a high profile 2022 SLU commit plays up and starts on that team)

    Gaebe is a pure goal scoring target forward. She doesn’t need much room.  Physical player, gritty. She can also play in space, can turn left or right and finish, can also score on set pieces. She is not a natural wing, or a box to box midfielder. She scores goals, and she does it often. (good basketball player too) Gaebe is likely to play up top and finish. Pure goal scorer type. The ball always seems to find her feet at the right time type of player. 

    Gaebe’s nickname in hoops is “Bulldog” as she bulldogs herself down the lane. She averaged 14pts a game on a team that made its first hoops final four in 41 years. Reminds one a little bit of former SLU soccer standout Matt McKeon, nicknamed “Train” for barreling down the field through the opposition. It’s a different dynamic for SLU.

    Some recruits over perform, some under perform, some perform as expected. And many things go into that of course.

    These two mentioned are expected to have very good stand out careers at SLU once they adjust to the college game. They would be the two headliners. 2022 already has two higher profile recruit commits, both attacking midfielders. 

    With regards to the others, 3 good defenders for back line depth, (Brinkman’s dad played locally on good Vianney teams, and D-2 at Rockhurst) backup keeper for Puricelli, and a speedy MF/F for depth there. We’ll see how they break into the mix. 

     

     

    Is it true that the top players don’t play for state championship in club if they are on ECNL teams? 

    GDT: Selection Show

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    36 minutes ago, Clock_Tower said:

    Two points:

    1.  Agreed.  The A10 did no favors to help SLU this year.  In fact, it's policies worked against SLU.   When COVID negatively affected Ohio State's football team which did not have enough games to qualify for the postseason as per Big 10 rules, the Big 10 Conference stepped in and changed the rules to help  its preseason favorite.  SLU basketball is not on par with Ohio State Football - I get it - but SLU was a preseason favorite to win or contend for the A10 Championship, was loaded with 3 quality Seniors who each succeeded individually as Juniors before their team had its season abruptly end like all other team, was successful this year in their return against P5 schools before its COVID pause and clearly was hammered hard by COVID.  And while I get the thought of "building in" a week gap in the middle of the A10 Tourney, this decision clearly hurt SLU and other programs by denying them what they needed -- to play games.   And while I make no apology for or intend to defend the Committee for "not following its rules" regarding NET as it relates to the SLU, I would argue that SLU playing far less games than many programs helped make SLU's NET rating more suspect.   And while SLU lost only 6 games, its losses to LaSalle, second loss to UD and loss to St. Bona were not just bad losses but were embarrassing blow outs.  2 extra games would have certainly helped SLU.  Then, again, why did the A10 not arrange for SLU to make up more games prior to the final season?  The baseball Cardinals played double header after double header and damn near played as many games as the others.  The STL Blues and and the NHL are playing multiple games against the same opponents and even moved to this season only to a realigned Western Conference.   Loyola and Drake played a full schedule in part by the "home and away" games in the Valley.  Not the A10 -- it made no changes other than to shorten its season.  And don't forget that SLU lost a key game against Richmond where we flew out to the Richmond only to leave with no game?  Richmond didn't properly interpret the league COVID rules?  Wasn't that the case claimed also by the team to play Richmond after us?   And for this "leadership", Richmond was made a host of the A10 Tourney?  And as much as I believe the Committee is still conference slotting, why would the A10 get more bids than the other mid majors or worse?  Optics are important.   When we play our Championship game in Madison Square Garden the same weekend as the P5 guys, we look more like them.  But when we play our Tourney the week prior, the same weekend as the lesser conferences, the A10 looks lesser and gets treated as a lesser conference.  For that decision alone, the A10 Commissioner should summarily be fired for setting the conference back for years.

    2.  Chris May, by many accounts, is a nice guy, returns emails, warmly greets posters at away games, displays his his passion while yelling at the refs during home games and now has both soccer programs playing good as well... but where was he when our program needed to make up games?  When rules could have been changed to help SLU but which were changed to hurt SLU?  And where was  Dr. P ?  Dayton got the championship game and not SLU?  And with longevity, should there not also be power?  How many more senior AD's are there in the A10 than Chris May?  And why can SLU never get anyone with connections with the A10? with the NCAA and/or Tournament Committee?  Debbie Yow had these connections but I don't believe anyone has come close since her.   Yes, we are long overdue for someone at SLU (AD May, the Board of Trustees, Coach Ford) to put its foot down and demand better -- and if not, then we leave.  

    If I’m not mistaken, May is a committee member of the NCAA’s most powerful committee.

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