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On 6/16/2023 at 9:04 PM, Dr. Holly Hills said:
I hope they plan on printing a lot of programs for the opener..
If we “save” the last 2 scholarships, there will be fewer pages and it will be cheaper to print they programs. Ford is really helping the AD out.
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2 hours ago, Taj79 said:
According to Dayton sources, he was at Dayton to play PG. intriguing at 6’9”. But he wasn’t really good enough and youth is impatient. So he declared for the draft. The guess is the NBA wannabes ate him up so he had to go into the portal and elsewhere. He listed his finalists as Memphis, Nebraska, San Francisco, and Indiana. And look who won. A lesser-than-A10 program.
Again a kid with higher expectations than what is reasonable. I did meet his dad in Brooklyn ——seven-foot Mongolian Shark.
May wanna check that “lesser-than-A10” assertion. WCC has been better than A10 every year since 2018 and San Francisco has been a top 100 team every year in that same time frame. They made the NCAAs as an at-large in 2022. I’d argue they’d pretty firmly be a top half A10 program. UD to San Francisco may be a small step down, but A10 to WCC or A10 to San Francisco is not.
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1 minute ago, billikenfan05 said:
"BG's schtick (same that made you guys want him on the show initially)"
I didn't do my homework on his schtick. However, I wouldn't compare the content he had been putting out with his big guard series in the same realm as McBroom. McBroom is a lifestyle youtuber, and alleged scam artist. All I knew is he was putting out quality Youtube content featuring Yuri breaking down game film. I assumed his motive was to continue on that path, not become some sort of handler/street agent. My assumption that his motives were on the up and up was a poor one. That's on me.
I'm comparing their attention seeking behavior, not their content.
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1 minute ago, billikenfan05 said:
And I feel personally responsible about it. I feel sh*tty as fuok about giving him any platform. He showed his true colors eventually.
Yuri was also doing free sandwich coupon giveaway on campus, so I'm sure there was a bit more than just a single event. Now this is going to be a bit of mild goalpost moving, but when I say "make a buck" it isn't just money. It's using Yuri and his connection to him to further whatever his agenda or end goal is. Is it to make connections with college coaches to get access for his show? Is it purely clout? Maybe BG was just hungry and wanted some free sandwiches courtesy of Yuri. I don't have any insight on the deal. But again, when you associate with a person who is on twitter sh*tposting about your team, coach, program etc. It might be time to cut that relationship off.
My hope here is that Yuri didn't / doesn't know anything about the sh*tposting on Twitter. His goal is to make the NBA. He's got bigger fish to fry than paying attention to BG's social media activity. An agent / PR person might deal with that stuff if Yuri gets paid, but for now it would all be on him and he probably (or hopefully) doesn't think about it.
BG's schtick (same that made you guys want him on the show initially) or some prior connection that made them acquaintances sold him that partnering with him on a few things to boost his profile as we good idea. The fact that BG was clearly wrong on Yuri in the portal and the K-State stuff shows that he has little / no influence there and you're making a mountain out of a molehill over the Snarfs event.
To be clear, I'm not casting any shade at you guys for having him on the show. There wasn't any indication back then he'd later be sh*tposting and trolling. To me, BG is like a basketball only Austin McBroom without the "attractive" wife and "cute" kid to exploit for followers. He'll resort to any means to get attention. His initial setup of just trying to showcase small guards wasn't generating clicks, so he's resorted to stirring the pot to get more attention.
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1 hour ago, billikenfan05 said:
Colluding? I would agree they aren't colluding, but I firmly believe BG was influencing Yuri's decisions based on his personal financial gain. Look at the deal with Snarfs, it was advertised as being brokered by BG.
Please note that I'm defending Yuri here and not BG:
BG set up an event at Snarfs for Yuri to sign autographs for people and Yuri showed up. Based on the reports from people who attended, it didn't even seem like either made any money from the event because it was free. I don't think that means sh*t in terms of influence.
You guys had BG on your Podcast and were friendly / complementary of him at the time. That doesn't mean BG has any influence over you.
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The problem really isn't the amount of money SLU is spending on basketball and perhaps NIL although NIL is less transparent (for now). As @JMM28 pointed out, we were never / will likely never be competitive with the likes of Duke, UNC, Kansas, etc. SLU spends plenty of money compared to the rest of the A10 & even outspends some of the lowest spending Big East teams despite not having the same TV revenue rolling in.
The issue is that SLU has had a piss poor ROI on that money that is being invested in the basketball program.
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Dropping my post from 3/31 here because nothing has changed:
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24 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:
"General big-man things.”
I assume there is a translation / ESL quirk going on here, but this quote is both hilarious and awesome. Perhaps we can give Stef the nickname "General Big Man". I really like the idea of a big guy who understands he's big and is fine doing dirty work under the basket.
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8 minutes ago, wgstl said:
I don't love Parker, but he shot 58% from long 2, so he had a solid jumper. Poor 3 point shot which is a bummer. Would be a bad sign if he stared for us, but maybe worth a roster spot as a bench piece.
I don't take any pleasure in pointing this out, but the bigs currently on our roster aren't very good or at best are massive question marks. At this point, Braun would easily be the most proven big man on the roster if he signs with SLU. He has started every game except 1 for a top 75ish Santa Clara team the past 2 seasons. Our other bigs are Dalger who got less minutes / starts for a sub-300 Tulsa team and 2 question mark foreign bigs.
Unless Braun signs and we somehow pull a rabbit out of our hat to land someone like Connor Vanover or a reformed / born again Christian Carte'are Gordon (maybe both), I think Braun starts for us. He's not likely to carry us to the NCAA tournament or anything, but he's one of the best realistic options I've seen.
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2 hours ago, Pistol said:
Worth the risk.
I can't tell if this is a joke or not. If it's not, I can't decide if I agree with it. On one hand desperate times, desperate measures. He'd probably the the most talented player on the team at a position of need. On the other, he's got so much baggage he'd have to pay extra on Southwest.
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Hmmmm an Austrialian coming to SLU and having athletics success. We've seen that before at SLU in a sport that involves a ball and a basket. Maybe that could happen again.
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11 hours ago, Coach314 said:
Who do you guys feel is the go to guy on the perimeter with the roster as it stands now?
10 hours ago, VeniceMenace said:Jimerson, by a huge margin.
Coach, do you mean go to guy on the perimeter in terms of making a 3 point shot or do you mean a guard / perimeter player to give the ball to & create his own shot?
3 point shot - pretty obviously Jimerson
Creating his own shot - I'd say Sincere Parker
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12 hours ago, HoosierPal said:
Maybe Harriman was involved early with this player? Probably not, but you never know. (He is from California, not Germany - his name drew my attention.) Averages aren't great, but he scored 19 against Michigan State, 11 against Illinois, and 13 against Kansas State; also 7 boards against Iowa and against Maine.
Nebraska sophomore Wilhelm Breidenbach has entered the transfer portal. The 6’10” center averaged 3.6 points, and 2.7 rebounds. Former 4 recruit.Harriman was at SLU 2008-2012, Nebraska 2012-2015, New Mexico 2015-2019, and Cal 2019-2023.
Wilhelm Breidenbach started his Nebraska career in 2021 & was born 8/23/02. I believe he would have been a 12 year old 6th grader the last time Harriman was a Nebraska assistant. I'm doubtful there is any connection there.
There is a possibility Harriman would've been involved in recruiting some New Mexico players. The only one that's a possibility I can tell that is still in the transfer portal is 6-11, 200lb sophomore Birima Seck originally from Dakar, Senegal. He played very sparingly for NM just under 6 mins / game in 28 games. 1.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg. I think Seck would have been a sophomore in HS the last time Harriman was an assistant at NM.
Of course there could also be guys he recruited while at Cal or NM that ended up going somewhere else or transferred elsewhere. It would be a lot more work to track those leads down.
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14 minutes ago, brianstl said:
We got to see even less of Hopkins at Kentucky. Guys like Hopkins and especially Ware were screwed when it came to getting playing the moment Tshiebwe transferred. And Ware was the second center on the team averaging about 10 MPG over 28 games. My guess is Ware got indications that Tshiebwe is coming back next season and decided he wants to go some place he isn't stuck behind an All American and former CPOY for another season.
So yeah, I would be a little more excited about getting Ware than Allen. The upside potential is much higher and the floor is about the same.
To be clear, other than Medley tweeting at Ware there is no indication SLU has reached out or that he would be interested in SLU.
I'd probably take Ware over Allen as well mainly because I agree he has a higher ceiling and I think he's more of a 5 has more potential as a rim protector on defense. I also think (not positive) that Ware has 2 season of eligibility left and Allen as 1.
All that being said, even with recent commitments, I'm still more worried about our depth inside than at guard and I'd take both. With some fluidity in the positions, I think some combo of Medley, Hughes, Parker and Noland can handle the 1/2 with Jimerson/Hargrove/Thames at the 3. 4/5 is Dalger and 3 guys who are question marks (Rivera, Zhang, and van Bussel).
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Leaving this here:
https://twitter.com/treyballc/status/1654139564775071744
Medley is always recruiting for SLU on twitter, so probably nothing here. That being said Lance Ware would be a great fit IMO. Didn't get much playing time for Kentucky, but his rate stats were pretty good.
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5 minutes ago, gobillsgo said:
https://twitter.com/champ_dreams5/status/1654138426570993665?s=46&t=nfn8rwvSVcv8bUH2TNwIIw
I guess this spelling is a litttttllleeee closer?
If the guy can ball out & spell normal words well enough to pass college classes, I'm okay with him misspelling a fictional good luck creature.
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9 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:
Dalger
Stats 2022-23 GP MIN FG% 3P% FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS 29 24.5 37.6 35.0 67.7 5.3 0.9 0.1 0.5 2.3 1.7 10.2 Worth noting on Dalger. His shot% per KenPom was 25.1%. Shot% is the percentage of a team’s shots taken while the player is on the court. That would have been 3rd highest on the Billikens last year behind Perkins and Parker.
He played for a Tulsa team that was putrid on offense (296th in adj off efficiency & 301st in effective FG %). Therefore, he was one of the better offensive options on Tulsa.
The hope here is that with better offensive options surrounding him, he could have better shot selection & raise his overall efficiency.
6 minutes ago, wgstl said:Dalger is more wing/SF and Kuany is more PF.
Based on Tulsa's roster, I'd guess that Dalger played PF (or was the 2nd biggest guy on the floor) almost exclusively last season. I'm not sure that means he is a true PF, but I'd guess that he's play a similar role for SLU given the current makeup of our roster.
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17 hours ago, billikenfan05 said:
https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1653847324844490755?s=20
Goodman hates Ford, if he's pumping up van Bussel....
The info / noise (or lack there of) on international recruits compared to most US players is pretty jarring. Searching "Stef van Bussel" on twitter gives you exactly one result from 8/5/22 prior to the @Midtown Madness tweet about van Bussel annoucing on Instagram. Really wild for a guy who a reasonably well known media guy like Goodman is saying sources say is "one of the best available bigs in Europe".
That being said, mystery box players are more exciting from a fan perspective than a guy who we know more about / what to expect.
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I haven't seen this previously posted, but another new rule in the CBA that should significantly help Yuri's chances of making an NBA roster is teams are going to be allowed to carry 3 two-way players in stead of the past limit of 2. That's essentially 30 more NBA roster spots. I'd guess Goodwin would have gotten a 2 way deal a year earlier if teams had 3 back then.
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On 4/24/2023 at 6:51 PM, thetorch said:
Conklin was booted out of the Australian League. He would have much better connections in Europe or possibly Puerto Rico. Hiring him now is extremely doubtful as he is still finishing up his season.
Per Wikipedia, Conklin's elbow incident(s) happened during the 2015-16 season when he was with the Townsville Crocs. He was suspended & then was some contract shenanigans too, but that seemed largely a beef between Conklin & Townsville rather than the NBL as a whole. He then played in Puerto Rico, Domincan Republic, and France over the next few years, but returned to the NBL in 2018-19 with the Illawara Hawks. That leads me to think that he'd still have connections in Australian despite being "booted out".
Piecing together the info on Wiki, I believe he has played 4 season in Australia (1 being cut short with the suspension & contract termination), 4 in Puerto Rico, 4 in France, 2 in New Zealand, 1 in Dominican Republic, 1 in Turkey, and 1 in Portugal. Note that some of those were in the same year & I'm not sure all were full seasons. I don't think he'd necessarily have better connections in Europe than Australia, but he could potentially have connections in all those places.
Edit: None of this is meant to necessarily be an endorsement of Conklin as an assistant coach nor do I think he'll be the hire we make.
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I like Harriman. SLU needs to put the resources in to be able to successfully recruit Australia / NZ for his hire to really make sense / be great.
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While everyone is waxing nostalgic about brining in former players for a some role on the staff, there is a non-Conklin former SLU player who arguably had a better SLU career, was much more successful / beloved in Australia, is currently in a coaching role, and who I'd prefer over Conklin. That being said, I'd doubt it is a possibility.
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17 hours ago, wgstl said:
I don’t think Pryor comes in and does anything more than a 6 ppg / 4 rebound average. With that said, he can step out and shoot the 3, he’s a shot blocker, and most of all, an excellent passer. Wouldn’t surprise me if he averages above 2.5 assist a game.
I'd love to have a guy who can run DHO and execute a short roll when teams double the ball handler in a PNR. That type of big would've been really great to pair with Yuri, alas. Okoro could rebound & finish pretty well, but was not a playmaker at all. Not sure Pryot is that guy, but seems like he could be.
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Trying to throw some facts out there for this pissing match:
Here are some articles around the time Crews was named interim coach:
https://unewsonline.com/2012/08/new-head-coach-jim-crews/
https://unewsonline.com/2012/11/jim-crews-feature/
I don't see anything saying Crews was Majerus hand picked successor. The U News article "The Odyessey of Jim Crews" says that when he hired him Majerus basically needed an AC to fill in last minute for Alex Jenson who left to coach in the G League, so he called up Crews who was basically retired and told him it would only be a 4 1/2 month job.
The rumor that Majerus wanted Crews to be interim HC while he was away may or may not be true. Any rumors that Crews was his hand picked successor are totally bogus.
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Transfers - 2023
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I’ll take Tre Mitchell or Jesse Edwards and Joe Touissant please.