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I'm not sure if this has been posted here, but it gave me a much needed laugh after last night's debacle. Make sure to check who specifically who replied here. Can't get the link to work, so I'm positing as a picture:
Only thing more hilarious would be for one of Jett, Evans, McCall, etc. to have replied with Jim Crews
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3 hours ago, wgstl said:
Wasn't this game supposed to be played in Brooklyn or MSG?
I think when it was originally announced there was speculation that it would be played in Brooklyn or MSG because Iona had previously played a lot of non-conference games against bigger opponents away from their home arena. It was never officially announced as such, just speculation. When the schedule for this season dropped, it was always going to be at Iona.
Doesn't SLU have a decent size alumni base in NY? Kind of a bummer for them that they don't get a game at a larger venue, but if they have a decent sized crowd in a 2,500 seat gym maybe they can have an impact?
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On 12/2/2022 at 5:08 PM, BilliesBy40 said:
I get the rankings but frankly don’t find them super relevant now. Considering current form, I would easily take Japan’s path.
Love how this entire discussion was basically rendered moot because Japan lost to Croatia and Spain lost to Morocco. Didn't see that coming.
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3 hours ago, HoosierPal said:
Slazinski is a huge loss for Iona. 6'9" 215 lb inside presence who has only played two games this season, averaging 18.0 and 7.5. They will press us all game, but there should be openings in the paint for Okoro and Forrester.
Looking at the numbers Slazinski isn't really an inside presence. Last year he shot 106 3 pointers at 34% and 134 2 pointers at 40%. This season he's at 14 3s at 36% and 16 2s at 44%.
Nelly Junior Joseph is their inside guy. 6'9" 240. Almost never shoots 3s. Okoro and Forrester need to make him work and/or get him in foul trouble. Their other inside guys are 7 footers (a senior & freshman) who don't play much.
Refs calling this game tight especially on the perimeter would be really beneficial for SLU. They are a Pitino coached team, so we know they'll be pressing / clutching & grabbing. They have a big drop off on offense if we get some starters in foul trouble.
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Danny Mac is a phenomenal baseball announcer & really great at basketball too. Seems like a nice dude, but clearly struggling with alcohol issues. Really sucks because it seemed like he turned things around after the 2nd time. He absolutely needs to face real consequences this go around instead of just a slap on the wrist and the possibility of losing his job. Cardinals, SLU & Ballys need cut him loose. He should do jail time. Hope he gets his life together after.
Crappy way to get the job, but I hope Colin Suhre gets call to do play by play alongside Highmark. He’s young & needs polish, but the effort is clearly there & I think he’s got potential to be really good. Working alongside a guy like Highmark who has a lot of experience would be good for him.
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3 minutes ago, wgstl said:
yep. at this point we absolutely need to win out the rest of ooc.
I don't think 1 more loss is fatal to at-large hopes, but right now it probably means we have to go 15-3 or better in A-10 play which seems highly unlikely.
What really sucks is that this shouldn't be the case. At the beginning of the season, if you told me SLU went 10-3 in non-conference, that's probably what I would have expected & would assume they're in good shape for an NCAA bid. Most of the rest of the expected top half A-10 teams (Dayton, VCU, Loyola, Davidson, Richmond, Mason, Rhody) all underperforming has killed SLU's margin for error despite SLU pretty much being as expected as far.
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I do expect these individual A10 rankings to change wildly from now to February and especially by the end of the season. What worries me, however, is that there isn't as much time left for the A-10 to improve the rankings in aggregate.
All A-10 teams have played between 7 and 9 games so far. I'm assuming that means they've got anywhere from 3 to 6 games left on their non-conference schedules. SLU has played 9 and has 4 left.
Once non-conference play is over, there is very little A-10 can do to improve the league's ranking as a whole. The only movement would come from how nonconference opponents fare the rest of the season. As A-10 teams beat up on each other during conference play, one team goes up and another goes down, but as a whole it doesn't change. This is very bad for SLU because they are ahead of the pack by a good margin and in the NCAA bubble range so any slips losing or underperforming against lower ranked teams could cause them to miss the tournament.
Next 3 games are huge for establishing SLU as a firm NCAA team so that the inevitable stinker or 2 during A10 play won't sink our NCAA at-large hopes.
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6 minutes ago, Cowboy II said:
-JPerk, get healthy, we;re going to need you, at halftime he was on the baseline using some sort of band around his lower legs
Perk was using the band thing at halftime of Paul Quinn as well.
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Nice crew of former players and staff on hand to honor Coach Majerus
Since Adam Knollmeyer wish one of the former players in the photo I’m legally obligated to also post this:
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Jett & McCall going to be in the house today!!!
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23 minutes ago, BilliesBy40 said:
Instead, Spain now will likely have to beat Portugal and France or England BEFORE the final. Reasonable people could disagree, but I would rather be where Japan is.
FIFA rankings are in parentheses below. Obviously these rankings are flawed, but it seems clear to me Spain's path is easier. Up for debate if they purposefully engineered it or not. Avoiding Brazil in the quarters is a pretty big boost to their ability to make a deeper run.
Japan's(24) most likely path is now Croatia(12), Brazil(1), Argentina(3), then France(4) or England(5) in the final.
Spain(7) has Morocco(22), Portugal(9), England(4) or France(5), and then Brazil(1) or Argentina(3) in the final.
Germany(11, but under ranked IMO) being eliminated is pretty big as well because they were a title contender that Spain now doesn't have to worry about.
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College basketball writer tweeting about the World Cup that fits right into the discussion here. I'm not super knowledgeable about soccer, but the theory here looks sound:
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Yuri is up to 11.6 assists per game this year which would be good for 3rd all-time for a single-season.
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It'll be really interesting to see what happens with Goodwin's playing time when Delon Wright comes back from injury in a few weeks. In my biased opinion, he's played well enough that he should continue getting regular minutes even ahead of Wright, Monte Morris and Will Barton. However, the Wizards may not want to sign Goodwin to a regular contract until they have to (last day of regular season to be playoff eligible & that's assuming the Wizards make the playoffs). Therefore, they may use Wright's return to give Goodwin more off days (or a stint in the G-League) so they don't exceed the 50 games he is able to play on his 2 way contract. He's already at 14 games (out of 21 team games). He's played in 12 of the last 13 with the only one missed due to injury.
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28 minutes ago, Bills By 40 said:
The moral of the story is they're only 5 spots ahead of us in KenPom despite being 7-0, but looking deeper they haven't defeated a single team in the top-150, only won by two possessions versus the best two teams they have played (156th and 192nd, both at home), and have a strength of schedule of 297 !!! That's embarrassing.
You are giving Mizzou too much credit here with their schedule. KenPom has their current non-conference SOS as 361st in the nation. That's 3rd from the bottom as KenPom lists 363 teams.
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12 minutes ago, CBFan said:
One of your favorites Parker had a nice game and what I did not expect from Parker so far this season was his ability for assists. We got to see how athletic Parker is with the coast to coast jam we just need his 3 point shots to start falling and he will be a force.
You’re seeing something I’m not with Parker & assists. He only has 2 assists all year. 1 came in the game last night. There was one play in particular where Forrester was wide open under the basket and Parker didn’t see him. Even on the coast to coast slam, he had Jimerson open in the corner & called his own number instead. He’s a scorer first & has shown flashes of brilliance in scoring the ball. I like having a guy like that though. Microwave bench scorer.
There was a play toward the end of the game where Parker passed to Cisse and started to cut, motioned to Hughes & Thames as though they weren’t doing the right thing of offense so he got the ball back from Cisse himself & just nailed a decent look from 3 with the shot clock ticking down. That’s what I like from Parker. He was the ability to make something from nothing (for himself) on offense if things don’t go right.
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Attendance was announced at 5,343. It felt like more than that in the arena, right? Definitely wasn’t packed, but seemed more than 1/2 full.
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3 minutes ago, wgstl said:
Ya its the little 5 foot floaters that he seems to shoot to strong or to soft with.
He used to bury seemingly every one of those jumpers from the elbow off a curl. Hasn't hit them with the same regularity yet this year.
Note that Perkins also started slow / inefficient his first season with SLU. Different circumstances, but it shows that he can / has adapted & gotten better during the season before.
I'm not really worried about Perk, but it stinks that the biggest games on our non-con schedule are sort of front loaded. On the flip side, our A-10 schedule is heavily back-loaded. Need to get / keep everything healthy & clicking by February.
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7 minutes ago, wgstl said:
Ya he's shooting 38% from 3 which is respectable, and will prove with time. his close finishes are what need to get going asap
38% would be the best 3 pt % of his career.
2019-20 - 35.1%
2020-21 - 37.6%
2022-23 so far - 38.5%
career - 36.5%
As Zac said, he's been fine from 3.
2 pointers are an issue (at least compared to his past level of greatness):
2019-20 - 48.9%
2020-21 - 51.4%
2022-23 so far - 41.4%
career - 49.4%
So far he doesn't have the same burst / verticality post injury to get past defenders / finish over them. That'll get better as he gets healthier & also adjusts his game.
Of note, he's been taking more 3s than ever and less 2s than ever already this year.
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I need 1 ticket for tomorrow's showdown with Paul Quinn if anyone as an extra. Thanks!
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3 minutes ago, Fraz said:
Him and Beal in the back court together is so cool
I thought this was really cool.
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Here is the link for tickets if anyone is interested in making the 4 hr drive to Bloomington:
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1 hour ago, Box and Won said:
Don't forget Tyler Relph.
It pains me that Relph is a trainer in the Dallas area now & has connections to several guys we've recruited. Therefore, he pops up on my twitter feed every now & then. I have to restrain myself from replying with obscenities directed at him. Future recruiting > past hate.
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NBA teams often have multiple guys handling the ball. A guy who is billed as the "point guard" in an NBA lineup is often times not the primary ball handler especially on a team with Bradley Beal. Goodwin learning to play off-ball at SLU was a positive for his NBA development even if it may have hindered his ability to put up eye popping stat lines that may have gotten him drafted instead of having to go the G League route.