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9 hours ago, Crewsorlose said:
Two notes on the game:
- The reason to fire Ford encapsulated in the decision to bury Parker in the 2nd half. He was fine in the first half, but didn't play at all. Why? Because Ford just likes seeing certain guys out there. The lead was 15 at half. The 5 who played most of the 2nd half weren't doing anything well; they were trading baskets with a sub-200 team on their own floor. But still Ford buries Parker. Because... . he forgot about him? Parker is a guy who's part of your future.
IMO Ford’s best coaching jobs have come at times when we have little to no depth at all. He’s forced to play 5 to 7 guys and no one else is really available.
He really struggles with substitutions. Pulls certain guys after mistakes. Fouls out his own players at the remotest sign of trouble. Kills rallys by inexplicably subbing out key players when a lineup is rolling. Buries random guys on the bench after they seemingly ad great runs earlier in the game. On the flip side, seemingly forgets to give guys a breather once in a while & leaves them in almost the entire game (IMO he ran Jimerson ragged earlier in the year).
If Fords around, NIL crew would be wise to spend on 5-7 players & let the rest of the roster be practice fodder.
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Assuming Collins moves on & Jimerson returns, I'm pretty excited about PointGibson next season.
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52 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said:
For the Brooke Flowers Block Watch (BFBW), she got 5 today, ending the regular season at 386, good for sole possession of 20th place all time. 10 more ties her for 19th, 11 more ties her for 18th, 12 more ties her for 17th.
Is finishing top 25 career in a major stat category worthy of a banner at Chaifetz commemorating that? Could ask this for Collins & assists as well.
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SLU gets the W vs Loy-Chi 73 to 55 and locks up 3rd place in the A10. Pretty incredible. Nice work Tillett & the players.
3rd place gives them a double bye and their most likely 1st round opponent becomes whoever finishes 6th assuming no upsets.
Depending upon the outcome of GW/UMass (GW currently losing big) and Richmond/Bona later tonight, I think 6th could still be any of GW, Richmond, or St Joes. It breaks down like this for 6th place (current NET):
GW wins, Richmond wins - Richmond (98)
GW loses, Richmond wins - St. Joes (90)
GW loses, Richmond loses - GW (145)
GW wins, Richmond loses - St. Joes (90)
I'd prefer GW as the opponent, so we're rooting for Richmond to lose to Bona tonight, but I'd imagine Richmond is favored to win. St. Joes beat SLU by 24 in Philly earlier this season, Richmond won by 10 their place, and SLU beat GW at Chaifetz.
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1 hour ago, billikenfan05 said:
Not what I was saying. Much of women's basketball runs on 3 point shooting. A lot of the times it's the higher percentage shot than scoring at the rim.
I'd imagine the presence of Brooke Flowers in the paint makes a 3 by far the better shot for SLU opponents to take.
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"Three" year contract. It's really a deal for the rest of this season, partially guaranteed for next season, and a team option for the 24/25 season.
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2023/02/wizards-plan-to-sign-jordan-goodwin-to-standard-contract.html
I'm happy for Goodwin that he's getting paid. I'm not thrilled that he's under Wizards control for 2 more season after this and his money is only partially guaranteed. That being said, because the Wizards kind of suck the opportunity is there for playing time. If Goodwin shows out during this deal as a valuable rotation piece, he'll be in line for a nice deal in free agency entering what will be his age 27 season.
I think this deal also means Goodwin will qualify for a full pension assuming he plays in 1 game next season. Players need to play in a game in 3 separate seasons to be eligible for the full NBA pension.
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59 minutes ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said:
The kind of crazy that March Madness was built for! Get in our program's first NCAA tournament on the backs of a new coach and some transfers? Why not?
It's actually the Lisa Stone holdovers that are doing most of the heavy lifting - Flowers, Martinez, Kennedy.
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18 hours ago, Lord Elrond said:
And, for the Brooke Flowers Block Watch (BFBW), she had 2 today, which brings her to 380 for here career, tied for 21st place all time with Ae’Rianna Harris. 4 more (384) ties her with Jessica Davenport in 20th place, 5 more puts her alone in 20th. Rebecca Lobo is 19th at 396, which seems a bit out of reach, but who knows.
I don't think Lobo is totally out of reach, but odds are probably less than even that she'll get there. Brook is averaging close to 4 blocks per game this year (3.96). I'm expecting SLU to play at least 4 more games. They have the final 2 regular season games (UMass & at Loy-Chi), then I expect they'll miss the double bye, but win their 1st round A10 game. If Brooke hits her average and SLU plays 4 more games, she'd tie Lobo at 396 in 4 more games.
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18 hours ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said:
We should be able to take the game against Loy-Chi, UMass, even at home is going to be very tough.
WBB should beat Loy-Chi, but they did lose to them 47-60 at Chaifetz in their 1st A-10 game back on 12/28/22.
Obviously the team is playing much better now & will hopefully be looking to get revenge for a bad loss earlier in the year.
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Not sure if this has been posted anywhere already:
Former Mizzou player Keyon Dooling sentenced in fraud case
Once a SPUMAC player, always a SPUMAC player.
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18 hours ago, Coach314 said:
The Wizards made it the playoffs last time Russ played for them. And that was with a roster worse than their current one. Russ also averaged a triple double that playoff series.
Lol. The Wizards got destroyed by the 76ers 4 games to 1 in a gentleman's sweep in that playoff series. Russ averaged a triple double, but he shot just 33% from the field and 25% from 3 while turning the ball over 4+ times per game. He's also 2 years older now.
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To those saying they would donate, but have no confidence in Ford or won't donate until Ford is fired:
Sure Ford benefits from the NIL collective while he is the SLU coach, but this NIL collective has very little to do with Ford. Whoever is the coach will likely have some input (off the record) about how NIL collective funds are used, but they have no direct control over it. A robust NIL collective would actually help attract in a good new coach who understands where the train is headed with regards to recruiting. If you care about SLU basketball, but don't like Ford then donating to an NIL collective is about the best way to support the program without supporting Ford.
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4 hours ago, The Valley Sucks said:
Looking for a few tickets for Saturday night.
If no one has freebies. You can get tickets for $5. Here is the link from the email that SLU sent out: Click Here For Tickets
Promo code should pre-load with that link, but if not it is "FLASH"
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1 hour ago, billiken_roy said:so you think my $100 would have gotten lebron's son to actually be a billiken. got it.
A collective isn't about your $100. It is about a few thousand fans putting their $100 together to have an NIL pool of $300,000 to entice recruits that SLU is good choice.
You said earlier that your $100 does more good for the world going to Shriners which is obviously true.
Donating to an NIL collective isn't about doing good for the world. Sure there is some ancillary good done because the NIL collective has to serve a charitable purpose to maintain 501c3 status. However, if you are donating, it is likely because you enjoy Billiken basketball, you want the program to thrive, and you think the best way to help that is for your money to go directly to the players because they are most responsible for on court success.
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20 hours ago, thetorch said:
The buyout timetable is going longer than expected.
I want Goodwin to get his contract but I'd almost rather have him play for any other team in the NBA. Barton should have been gone days ago. They may be letting Barton make indirect contact with other teams to ensure he is signed right after he is released. Sometimes teams do this as a favor to players. Barton doesn't deserve this treatment and there is a good chance he doesn't get signed anyway.
Wizards incompetence here is costing Goodwin a lot of money every day he remains on a 2 way instead of a standard minimum deal. Maybe they don't care about that, but if I'm Goodwin I'm pretty pissed about it.
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On 2/14/2023 at 2:15 PM, Lord Elrond said:
Aren’t they out of control with him after this year if they don’t sign him to an NBA contract? I think they control him and he plays in the G-league the rest of this year if they don’t sign him to the NBA minimum contract, but if he plays out the year he becomes a free agent at the end of the year.
I agree with your opinion on the Wizards management, they are a horribly run franchise.
If Goodwin stays on a 2 way the rest of the year, he's stuck in the G-League and is then a free agent at the end of the season. He continues to get paid 1/2 the NBA rookie league minimum.
If the Wizards sign him to a standard contract & add him to the roster, he's still a free agent IF the contract is just for the remainder of the season. IMO this is what would be best for Goodwin, but there isn't a ton of incentive for the Wizards to do that. The Wizards have some leverage here because Goodwin's pay for the rest of the season will double when he signs a standard minimum contact. That is why the Wizards may be able to lock him into a longer non-guaranteed contract. For example, they could try to small time him & only sign him for the rest of the year if he agrees to a club option for next year.
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1 hour ago, billiken_roy said:
what a confliction of emotion for Jordan. on one hand, it is nice to know the wizards appreciate him, but on the other hand, the wait has to be excruciating for him.
The Wizards are a terribly run franchise. The situation they've stuck Goodwin in was easily avoidable with some combination of not having Goodwin active for games earlier in the season (especially ones he didn't even play in) and/or opening up a roster spot earlier via a trade or buy out.
I don't follow the NBA that closely, but I think guys signed off 2 way deals will frequently get a 2 year minimum contract that isn't guaranteed for the 2nd year. In order words, he'd be signed for the minimum the rest of this season and then Wizards would have a team option for next year at the league minimum as well. JGood probably feels some loyalty to Washington for giving him a chance and I'm sure he likes playing with Beal plus they have some leverage (they control him the rest of the season with the 2 way deal regardless). That being said I'm kind of hoping he finds a way out of Washington next season & to a team that is run better and has a better history of player development.
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https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2023/02/wizards-notes-goodwin-trade-deadline-beal-kuzma.html
Goodwin has hit his 50 "active" game limit as a 2 way player and can't play any more games for the Wizards until they sign him to a standard contract.
As the article explains, it is expected that the Wizards will buy out Will Barton and sign Goodwin sometime soon. It just sucks that he won't be able to play in the meantime.
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Everyone assumes @HoosierPal is trying to slight Yuri by giving us updates on his career turnovers total. He can speak for himself, but I think he's just keeping track & finds it interesting so he's posting it here. If you know Hoosier's history, he keeps / tracks record lists. That's just part of what he does / who he is.
Most MBMs are smart enough to look at Yuri's career turnover numbers and put them into context given his career assist numbers.
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10 hours ago, Lando Griffin said:
I will say, if it’s not working out for Moser in the Big 12/OU I’m not sure it gets any better by taking the ND job in the ACC.
His brand of basketball is 4 year hard working winners. More mid major ball IMO.
1 hour ago, JMM28 said:Porter hasn't done well at Oklahoma. He is a good cultural fit at ND, but he still lacks any measure of success without Krutwig on a roster.
On one hand - finishing near the bottom of the league can't be considered success & he may well not be at OU very long. On the other, Big 12 last season & this season has been an especially stacked conference. Oklahoma finished 30th in KenPom in 2021-22 and is 55th this season. Those would be the 2nd and 4th highest finishes of Porter's career (2017-18 Loy-Chi final four team finished 31st & 2020-21 sweet 16 was 10th, highest any other season was 86th his final year 2006-07 at Illinois State). IMO it would have been unreasonable to expect Porter to do better than he has so far.
Overall Porter's OU teams have been good / not great, but that's a recipe for a finish near the bottom of the current Big 12. The level of success he seems capable of attaining would be a better fit in the ACC
Since 2002 here the highest cumulative conference efficiency margins according to KenPom:
1. 2003-04 ACC 20.32
2. 2016-17 Big 12 19.81
3. 2022-23 Big 12 18.79
4. 2021-22 Big 12 18.74
5. 2020-21 Big Ten 18.68
6. 2018-19 Big 12 17.68
7. 2012-13 Big Ten 17.54
8. 2015-16 Big 12 17.51
29 minutes ago, wgstl said:Just to stir the pot here.. Fords B12 winning % .441, Porters B12 .346
Big 12 average adj efficiency during Travis Ford's tenure at OSU: 15.32. Average during Porter's tenure: 18.76.
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32 minutes ago, TheChosenOne said:
Impressive to see a guy who essentially works at a gym with a physique like that!
I remember someone in an interview (maybe the late Ford Stuen on MMP?) a few years back talking about Coach Tate doing or maybe teaching spin classes. I can't remember details, but it was definitely Tate participating in spin classes which seemed crazy to me given his "physique". This was before he had the leg injury that had him laid up for a while and unable to go out recruiting. I'm sure the leg injury didn't help, but also goes to show you that genetics plays a huge role in your physique no matter how much work you put in.
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1 hour ago, Bills By 40 said:
Not to spoil the work you did here, but Tate's claim was that each team got better in January AND February. You'd have to compare December 31st rankings to end of year rankings. I imagine there'd be even more disparity.
Good call. I read that too fast & just assumed February & March being the end of the season. I will update the original post to reflect 12/31 rankings vs 2/28 rankings vs end of year rankings.
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On 1/23/2023 at 7:51 PM, HoosierPal said:
Coach Ford's teams usually get better in Jan and Feb. "All 7 teams since I have been here have gotten better Jan and Feb" Players start playing for the cause, rather than playing for themself." Don't worry about your stats. It's a team game.
I've seen this thrown around a lot by some MBMs, I think one of the Midtown guys said it, and now Tate here. I haven't seen any actual analysis of whether this is true, so here we go.
Season...KenPom rating going into 1st game in January...going into March...Final KenPom rating (lowest KenPom rating & date, lowest in conference play if different)
2016-17...312...289...273 (319 on 1/14)
2017-18...184...138...148 (208 on 12/12, 184 on 1/17)
2018-19...83...136...103 (145 on 2/23)
2019-20...91...83...62 (142 on 11/5, 94 on 2/8)
2020-21...35...51...53 (54 on 2/6)
2021-22..77...62...68 (106 on 11/9, 81 on 1/15)
I'd say things were looking pretty good this narrative up until 2020-21 - obviously COVID played a role there. Ironically the 2018-19 team struggled a lot in January & early February, but then as we know got hot in March.
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5 hours ago, Slufan10 said:
Who was at the reunion during halftime?
Detroit Mercy Antoine Davis...
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In some cases, the 5th/COVID year absolutely skews things. Yuri & assists not so much.
Don't forget that COVID took away a bunch of games, so Yuri career games played right now isn't what a normal 4 year player's career games played would be.
Hurley also had a ton of additional games because of Duke's deep NCAA runs during his career.
This is where things currently stand:
Hurley 1,076 career assists in 140 career games (7.7 assists per game)
Yuri 840 career assists in 112 career games (7.5 assists per game)
Assuming Yuri plays college ball next year there is a pretty decent possibility he gets 236+ assists to tie/pass Hurley within his next 28 career games. He's averaging 10.2 per this season, so 8.5 per game seems easily doable.
FYI - #2 on the career assists list Chris Corchiana had 1,038 in 124 career games (8.4 per game). Maybe Hurley's record should have an asterisk on it because playing with Christian Laettner & Grant Hill allowed him to play 140 games in 4 years vs Corchiani's 124 in 4 years?