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I saw today that SLU has put together a package for the Loyola-Chicago game on January 18. The package includes game ticket and pre-game reception. If you already have a game ticket, you can buy the pre-game reception only.
This is great news. SLU's alumni team always does a great job on these events. Its great meeting Billiken fans before the game from both St. Louis, the host city (Chicago, in this case,) and from across the country who travel in for the game. Everyone sits together in same section, etc.
I'm going and I know at least 10 others who will be going as part of this package and seating section. All of us witnessing a great road victory!
Here's the link:
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1 hour ago, BC1764 said:
SLU and Dayton’s budgets are higher than DePaul, Butler, and Seton Hall.
The last I looked, SLU was right in the middle of Beast basketball budgets.
The new Champions Center (scheduled to open fall 2023) will add a very nice element to the recruiting mix. While it is not the panacea that NIL is, it will be a strong asset that few if any Beast schools have. Add this to the basketball budget, Chaifetz Arena, head coach salary, and expected NIL money... SLU can compete. There is no doubt SLU, its donors and sponsors are investing.
We just have to get to the tourney this year. Hopefully to the second weekend. Then continue to build upon it. Build a tradition. That'll be the best recruiting asset. Kids wanna go to play in the tourney. Not sit home.
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11 minutes ago, thetorch said:
We have Power 6 facilities, a power 6 budget, and power 6 HC coaches salary playing in a mid major conference. If we aren't making the dance 50% of the time what are we doing?
If we are happy with 1 or 2 out of ten we could just be LaSalle. Turn Chaifetz into a 365 days a year monster truck rally, upgrade our neon light and fog machine while installing a pool underneath the court at Simon rec and start riding the bus on east coast road trips. We'd have a lot more money for shirtless statues around campus.
100%
The goal is to be a perennial top 50 team. Depending where we fall in top 50, that should have us dancing every other year, minimum.
Anything less is aiming too low.
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1 minute ago, 3star_recruit said:
High mid-major coaches are also judged by NCAA tournament appearances. The bar just isn't as high as for high majors. Typically, a coach at the high mid-major level who makes the tournament a third of the time is considered a very successful coach -- Bob McKillop, Randy Bennett, Bruce Weber at SIU, etc.
The bar for SLU should be better than 50%. At least 3 of 5 years.
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17 minutes ago, Adman said:
The game is also on ESPN+. I’m looking at the game icon in the interface, awaiting its start.
I stand corrected. Unless you pay for ESPNNEWS via cable/satellite, unable to view on ESPN+
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6 minutes ago, Taj79 said:
In the house ……
It holds about 10,000, correct? Similar to Chaifetz…
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3 hours ago, SluSignGuy said:
Dumb question, but is ESPNNews included on ESPN Plus? Otherwise stated, is the game on ESPN+?
The game is also on ESPN+. I’m looking at the game icon in the interface, awaiting its start.
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1 hour ago, Bay Area Billiken said:
SLU and Maryland have only played each other once in history, in the First Round of the 1994 NCAA Tournament at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, KS. SLU was the 7 Seed and wore the home white uniforms. Maryland, the 10 Seed, led by freshman Joe Smith, won 74-66.
That was the Charlie Spoonhour SLU renaissance season, 23-5, began 14-0, with even President Bill Clinton commenting about the team. That was Erwin Claggett and Scott Highmark's Junior year.
I was at that game. A tough trip home.
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43 minutes ago, Pistol said:
Updated bio:
Bruce Zhang - C, 7-1, 255 - Shenzhen, China (The Skill Factory) - Twitter: @zhngchn54175559
Offers: Saint Louis, Bradley, Coastal Carolina.Interest: Indiana State, IUPUI, Southern Indiana, Chattanooga, Samford, Drexel, Elon, Louisiana-Monroe, Denver, UC-Irvine, North Florida, Jacksonville, Liberty.
Latest News: Zhang committed to SLU. (11/15/22)
Scouting Report: Zhang is a big, mobile center who can stretch the floor with his ability to handle the ball, pass, and operate in the mid-range. He's strong and finishes at the rim with either hand. He gains separation with a spin move he can do in either direction. He's from China and played at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and came to the U.S. for a prep year at The Skill Factory. He's a teammate of fellow SLU offers Lathan Sommerville and Jeremiah Wilkinson.
Doesn’t seem to be highly recruited. Anyone know his story? Did he somehow sneak past big schools? Did we get in early?
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3-0 final. Way to go, ladies!
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Nothing preventing SLU from doing same thing with Sports Commission. Yeah, no football team. But who seriously thinks Mizzou has one or has had one any time recently. Ditto basketball. SLU’s basketball and both soccer teams are way better. Don’t tell me there’s no way we couldn’t set up a very attractive NIL deal for SLU and visiting players. How about a pre-season basketball triple header or tournament? NIL from Commission and TV network? Smart minds can figure out.
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If I were the writer -- and had some intention of communicating how the expectations for both teams is very high this year -- I would have written something like:
"Both Dayton and Saint Louis are widely expected to battle for the A10 championship. And with the Flyers at #23 and the Billikens at #27 in ESPN's latest pre-season poll, both are expected to not only play in the NCAA Tournament, but be battling into the second weekend."
That creates some excitement, eliminates any second thoughts that they can't be any good because they're in the A10, speaks in fact, doesn't call the Billikens second banana, and sets reasonable expectations for the season. A good writer who deals in fact but also feels that at least part of his job is to support local teams would take an approach similar to the above.
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Torch, excellent thread. Brought back all the memories. And yes, we are light years away from that lack of commitment from the administration. Let's go Bills!
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12 minutes ago, Old guy said:
Let's look at it from the point of view of the top ranked schools. What do they gain by coming in to play us? Probably not very much, and there is always the risk of losing to us which would not be good to them. So, why do it? What is the incentive to get them here?
For top-20 schools, maybe not much. But for those outside that, gunning to make the tourney, the Bills are expected to be a tourney team and a Q1 team. Plenty of reason to do a two-year H&H deal.
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3 hours ago, HoosierPal said:
Coach Ford is scheduled to be on with Frank at 10:30 this evening. I'm sure he will fully explain how SLU came up with enough cash to lure Yuri back, or maybe he won't.
Very interesting interview. Nothing discussed about NIL money.
When Cusumano asked CTF why Yuri was coming back: “… realized… upon reflection what a special situation he had here: playing on a really good basketball team, with teammates he’s comfortable with, that believe in him, he believes in them, a coaching staff that trusts him.”
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Maybe this is a dumb question, but I'll ask anyway. Is Yuri's decision to go into the portal a 100% confirmation he won't be back? Is it possible he's doing it to solicit the highest NLI bidder or to force SLU to match another team's (TN) offer?
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28 minutes ago, Coach314 said:
No.
Isn't Sincere Parker the combo guard? Could run the point when Yuri is out. How well does he handle the ball? Can't imagine leaving a Juco All-American who averaged 15.6 PPG on the bench too long.
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Here’s a good story on the alcohol NIL sponsorship topic. With only 78 of the 3xx D1 schools allowing alcohol sales at games, wonder how that’ll play into the equation.
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Yes, Bud Light is still a Billikens sponsor. But important you know a couple things about college marketing by beer companies:
- many years ago, the beer companies came to an agreement to greatly limit their college marketing given that roughly half of college students are underage. This is too complicated a subject for an internet post — what is and isn’t allowable — but if you want to read more: https://www.anheuser-busch.com/content/dam/universaltemplate/ab/better-world/alcohol-responsibility/responsible-marketing/College-marketing-code1.pdf
- to the above point, a beer company would never hand NIL money to a high school senior - or 19 or 20 year old to shill beer
- if you think they might for 21-24 year olds, it is possible. There is one case of it for a small brewer in FL I’m aware of in the NIL era. And to date, the NCAA hasn’t waded into that water to hold players to rules. But I think the PR risks with MADD etc will be too much for an AB-InBev at SLU or major universities.
- could some team beer sponsorship $$ be transferred quietly to NIL money. Again, doubt it at SLU
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20 minutes ago, ACE said:
So you're suggesting the staff shouldn't even inquire?
Drop down in level from league sure, but not a drop in the quality of team he would be moving to.
Yep. A chance to play for preseason Top 25 team? Most definitely.
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2 minutes ago, rgbilliken said:
I lol'ed at "whelmed." You don't hear that much. Usually under or overwhelmed but people aren't often just whelmed.
Martin Short uses "whelmed" as part of his stand-up routine, sometimes at the expense of his partner Steve Martin. Very funny.
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9 hours ago, Compton said:
Naw.
Hustling down the court so that you're in position before the defense, pump faking to get your defender off the ground, then running passed him for a demoralizing dunk is not "lucking into being wide open." That play was hustle, savvy, speed, and athleticism.
Out of reactions.
100%
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5 minutes ago, Old guy said:
Yes, they describe a somewhat similar, but team wide, situation like we had in prior years with French. Too bad for them.
By the way I was checking Team Rankings this morning. These their final rankings for their top 6 A10 teams: SLU 57, Davidson 64, Dayton 65, VCU 66, St. Bona 77, Rich 81. This shows them in the same page with you (with the exception of Davidson which they rank higher).
In the NET, quite a bit different:
Davidson - 43, Dayton - 54, VCU - 56, SLU - 60, St. Bona - 84, Richmond - 85.
Despite wins yesterday by SLU, Dayton and Davidson, NET went down for all three.
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1 hour ago, The Wiz said:
Wow...what a game...As Rammer said...we have done the impossible. He of course was referring to the finally 1.8 seconds of the game. What does that mean? It means that Lofton had an 82.61% chance of making the first shot...and St. B had the same chance of tying it. He had a 68.24% chance of making 2 shots...and St. B had the same chance to win the game. Some say we were lucky to win. I say you need to be in a position to win so you can have some luck. How about those 17 TOs ...an almost guaranteed loss...but yet we won. Well, no surprise to me ... we were supposed to win by 2...Something must have gone right ...Let's see what it was....
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St. B slash target... 40% / 30%/ less than 15 FTA... And this is why we won...actual slash... 38/25/ 8 FTA (38%) ...triple bingo...but wait ...there's more...
Bills slash 48/38/77...This ties into the above slash............................................actual slash....39 /43 /8 FTA (88%)...Our great defense not only held their slash down but we exceeded St. B in all 3 categories. 2 pt shooting was down a bit but it didn't matter because of our defense.
Rebs 6+ extra rebs...9 extra.....Another important factor in the win...excellent
Hold their top 4 scorers to 50 pts...48pts...and yet another bingo and a far cry from the 75 pts they scored against us last time.
Protect the paint...last time ...58 pts in the paint for St. B......this time 30 pts almost cut in half...are you having fun yet?
Osunniyi 2 blks...3...close enough.
Win the matchups...Osunniyi vs Okoro...Okoro...14 pts ...12 rebs & 2stls..........Osunniyi...6pts...9reb...4 asst...the clear winner Okoro
....................................Yuri vs Lofton...Lofton is good ...Yuri is the best....Yuri...11pts (3-4 FTs)...7 rebs...9 asst...1 blk......Lofton...10 pts (FTs 0-2)...3 rebs..4 asst..1 blk..2 stls...again the clear winner Yuri...SLU wins both matchups
TOs 11...we had 17...This was a miss but even here there was a bit of sunshine...last time when we gave up 17 TOs, we were outscored 22-1 on pts off TOs...this time it was only 14-6...so a pickup of 13 pts. Note to 22-23 Bills...cut the TO rate down against St. B for next year...That sounds good too ..we won't see them again till next year.
Adaway is their 3P guy ...hold him to two 3PA...this was a miss ...but because of all the good stuff above ...it didn't matter
And finally, Hold the Bonnies to 70 pts or less ...and did we ever... a drop of 27 pts (33% less)
Bottom line... We won because we played a good game especially on defense...for those who want to say we were lucky, I say
LUCK=preparation meeting opportunity...
2 down ...2 to go
Go Bills
Wiz, are you here in DC? There were reports you are among us!
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My all-time favorite highlight and probably my favorite game. Indeed, Washington had no idea what him them. As I recall the game was at an unusual time -- a Saturday morning at either 10 or 11am. National TV. The basketball world noticed. RIP, Rick M.