Duff Man
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Miami OH would be one of the most fun places you could go for sure.
It's probably different for athletes at both places though. But yeah the girls at Miami are smoking and the parties are pretty nuts.
This weekend is the last proper weekend of the semester in Oxford (Finals start May 6th).
The situaish is kinda concerning.
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Djambo is our top priority because he at minimum would be in our rotation and could possibly even start. I agree with roy, that if there is not a good guard, don't force it. That's the beauty of having a deep roster.
We're going to be good next year without Djambo. The year we'd really need Djambo is 2014-15...and if I'm reading you correctly, you're fine with having McBroom and incoming freshman as the only PG options?
i would want our coaches to train our players. if not, then they arent very good coaches.
plus, it would seem to me the question is do you want to get in with lesser quality now or possibly do better qualitywise over the summer and this coming fall?
give me the superior talent.
How can you be so obtuse? Is it deliberate?
I don't care what sport, at any level, incoming freshmen benefit from practicing with/against good upperclassmen players.
They are going to have at least 5 scholarships to offer next year.
PG is the most critical element in college basketball (like an offensive line in football, a starting rotation in baseball, or a goalie in hockey). You can have talent at other positions, but it all comes crashing down if you don't have the singular critical element.
You don't need a star, but you need someone who is minimally competent, and some level of experience.
If Jordan Strawberry is nothing more than a backup PG his entire career, he will still be a valuable asset.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-PgpbcLsiU
i dont think this spring period considering we already have two recruits signed is all that big of a hand wringing event considering we have a very good strarting five returning. if we were looking to fill major pt spots, i would be concerned.
now replacing our very good seniors to be next year, that is huge.
so if a scholarship or two goes unused, well i would rather see that then just give them away to be filling spots on the roster.
I'd personally like Jett and McCall to train their replacements, rather than enduring another year of freshmen point guard growing pains in 2014-15 (which could very well be our first year in the NBE).
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I'm of the opinion that you cannot have too many PGs. Just look how quickly we went from stacked to depleted at the PG position last fall.
In a perfect world we could get Onwuasor and Djambo, but I'd have no problem with Strawberry plus one or the other (with Onwuasor being the top priority over Djambo).
We NEED point guards. It doesn't matter how much talent you have, if you don't have someone to run the offense, you're an inherently flawed team.
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I guess the main reason I jumped into this fray is that, per my memory, Evans was the least heralded of the recruits, yet turned out to be the best of the bunch (a VERY talented bunch, thank you!) Much like back then, Crawford is getting some admirers, but also many that don't think much will occur due to his modest recruiting profile. Honestly, who at this moment can say that they are more excited about Crawford than Agbeko? I doubt many, if any. Only time will tell, though, how it will all wash out. I guess that is my point, which could have been made in far fewer words!
Agreed on all of this. I do see the parallel between Crawford and Evans. There are reasons to be excited, but also reasons to be somewhat guarded about expectations.
I just took exception with the way history was being rewritten to make it seem like people here didn't expect Evans to be a good player. Basically you're talking about one clown (BillikenROAR) dogging DE, and a few knee jerk negative reactions to the TLIII comp all in one single thread that was taking place 4 or 5 days after the suspensions of KM and WR - a period when many regular posters were naturally taking a break from the board.
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Thanks Duff for those memories.
One post was critical and suggested that we should have taken or concentrated on Clyburn over Evans, Just curious, where did Clyburn end up and how did he do?
Will Clyburn ended up going to Utah in 2010-11, had a great Jr season on a bad team (17.1 PPG, 7.8 RPG, shot 40% from 3) then transferred to Iowa St (after the Utah coach was fired) where his numbers dipped just a bit (3FG% from 40% to 30%), but he was still the leading scorer on a very good team.
You'll remember him as the player that Aaron Craft drew that dubious charge against in the Round of 32.
He would have been a nice get (although there's no guarantee he'd have come here) - and surely would have helped during the awful 2010-11 season, but in the end it's pretty clear Evans for 4 > Clyburn for 2.
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McCall was definitely perceived as the better recruit, but there was still plenty of excitement about Evans - and I don't ever remember it being suggested on this board that Evans was a "throw in" (presumably a package with McCall ala Tatum with Hughes).
http://www.billikens.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17662
http://www.billikens.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17830
http://www.billikens.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18594
http://www.billikens.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19038
Some raised legitimate questions about his ball handling, his defense (!) and wondered how he'd match up against quicker guards and bigger forwards than he faced in HS. There was even talk that he might not play much early on because of the depth in front of him.
At no point were people lamenting the fact that we wasted a scholarship on him - which is significant since we didn't have any scholarships available for the spring signing period until Jeff Reid made his departure official.
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From an outsider's perspective, Willie appeared to be very immature both as a student and as a ballplayer during his time at SLU.
He saw himself in mock drafts and simply couldn't take his academics seriously. That's not to say he was a bad kid, he just wasn't cut out for SLU. I'm not privy to all of his trangressions while at SLU, but it's my understanding that his suspension had more to do with the grand body of work and his role in the situation was simply the last straw...and even then he was given another chance which he squandered.
It's my opinion that he needed to cope with failure (going undrafted, getting cut, toiling in obscurity) before the lightbulb went off that he needed to work his ass off over months/years as opposed to days/weeks if he was ever going to make the NBA.
Plenty of kids screw up when they are 20, flunk out of college, face reality for a while, then re-emerge in a career that values talent and output more than academic record.
Congrats Willie
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I know I am always really impressed by a young kid with limited life experiences opining on situations where he has no real experience himself. Absolutely riveting.
Another completely irrelevant post that dismisses the author on the basis of his age without addressing the content of his article.
Let me put this another way...why does it fall on the shoulders of an obscure student journalist to articulate that the emperor has no clothes? Could it be that he might actually have a better handle on what's going on at the University in 2013 than professional journalists or random billikens.com message board posters?
No one here has disputed Haenchen's analysis. Some have insulted him for being inexperienced or vaguely criticized stuff he wrote when he was even less experienced than he is now, but no one has explained why he's wrong about Biondi.
Biondi has survived this long because he insulates himself like a mob boss. The few individuals with first hand knowledge of his bull**** face a highly asymmetrical proposition when it comes to personal incentive to testify vs blowback. Annette Clark was the exception.
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Must have been an unauthorized bootleg, since they left off DePaul and called South Florida Southern Florida.
TCU and East Carolina were on board for 2001-02. Fuoking football ruins everything.
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It wasn't objective every source magically validated the premise of the article. Coincidentally every source was anonymous. Also they were if I recall correctly, "someone familiar with the situation" that sounds like posters from this board and "someone connected to a BCS conference program" sounds like my Uncle that donates to Auburn. It was indicative of a future Selena Roberts style sports writer.
I get it, Father Biondi is bad.
You can't provide a link or recall the specific details? Do you not see the irony in your poorly sourced argument?
All that aside, your refusal to even read the opinion of some young journalist in his early 20s because of some previous indiscretion is quite obtuse.
None of Haenchen's critics have addressed the content of this piece. That's because he's on point like a mother-fuoker.
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I don't care if this kid is only 18 that last piece of garbage I read from him showed me he lacked integrity in his "sources". So I'm not even clicking the link.
Please clarify.
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If you read Bernie's column today and then Brian's it is clear that one was written by someone who has sources and one by a guy who did most of his research by reading this board.
I'd rather listen to the veteran with actual knowledge contacts in the sports world. Not the guy auditioning to be a "everything is an outrage", Deadspin blogger / sports-radio hack.
Brian may turn out to be a hell of a sports journalist someday. Right now he is a blogger who needs people to click on his Mccallister's Deli ad.
Bernie Miklasz is a great writer, but he was at best "behind the curve" and at worst "asleep at the wheel" during the height of the MLB steroid era.
Deadspin does plenty of sleazy tabloid-ish things...but they also break big stories
Bernie gives Biondi the benefit of the doubt. That's fine. His sources are probably Jim Crews and Chris May who are toeing the company line. Crews, May, and Miklasz all enjoy cushy gigs and have nothing to gain from a public pissing match with Biondi (indeed May and Crews have everything to lose).
Haenchen reads between the lines. He may not have sources as high up as Benie, but he surely has better sources than Bernie when it comes to Biondi's management style.
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http://hankssportsblog.com/crews-introductory-news-conference-overshadowed-by-biondis-antics/
Here is the money quote:
Unbeknownst to SLU’s insufferably arrogant leader (and something even I only realized in hindsight), he had just shown his hand. Despite Crews’ best efforts to shift attention, it became apparent who was to blame—the man who insists upon having a say in each and every decision: Lawrence Biondi.
Yet, rather than take to the podium and address his critics, he did what he always does—shift the blame to someone else.
Whether it’s forcing a defiant administrator out of a job or trotting out one of his employees to take the heat, he makes his decisions, but deftly avoids facing the consequences, lurking defiantly in the shadows.
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I submit...the honorable...Matt Cassell
He didn't play much...but he played. He was good enough to get a scholarship to an elite program and he rode the bench behind 2 different Heisman winners.
Antonio Gates and Marcus Pollard.
TE is not a skill position. If you've got that rare combination of speed and size, you can learn to play TE.
Dallas cowboy hall of farmers Bob Hays and drew Pearson never played college football
Fair enough, but Bob Hays set the world record in the 100m at the 1964 Olympics the year he was drafted. Kind of a special case.
Obviously you can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia, but it appears Drew Pearson did play college ball.
Safety is one of the most unforgiving positions in football. Safeties cannot get by on pure athleticism the way WR and TE can. Jordair would need to establish that he's technically proficient enough to tackle NFL caliber RB/WR/TE, as well as demonstrate he has the necessary instincts to read the play (run vs pass) and react accordingly.
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personally i think jett has a better chance of catching on in the nfl. seriously, imo, the guy would just be an animal head hunting safety and with his over the top athleticism, just the perfect guy to be the last option on the field.
Could Jett transfer to a D1 football program for the 2014 season?
You don't just make an NFL roster at a skill position without playing college ball.
Clearly Jett chose to play college basketball for a reason. Possibly it had to do with the toll that football takes on the human body, or maybe it was strictly a matter of his passion for the game of basketball.
While the NBA is an extreme longshot, I imagine Jett could make near the same income playing a decade of basketball overseas than he could playing 2-3 years in the NFL, with a fraction of the injury risk.
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I know at the height of the discussion for the C7, a couple people had mentioned the A-10 threatening teams who didn't get the Big East call with a championship ban. I haven't heard much about it recently, but a friend of mine asked me about it this afternoon.
Would the A-10 do it?
On what grounds?
Neither Temple nor Charlotte were banned for their lame duck A10 tournament. How could they ban teams who are rumored to be leaving when they didn't ban teams who actually were leaving?
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And USAToday doesn't even mention us in even "others getting votes."
Others receiving strong consideration: Ole Miss, Maryland, Miami, Tennessee, Wisconsin, UConn, Saint Louis, Xavier, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh, UCLA, Creighton, Denver, Butler, Temple, Florida State, Iowa State, FGCU, Illinois, UNLV.
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Not a very brilliant point; it backfires on you.
I am not postiive, not gonna search the web, but I think only one team from the A-10 made it that whole time.... U Mass. Wow. (nope, you can't count Butler and VCU).
SO now A-10 is behind, 2-1 since Larry Bird and, to boot, the A-10 has more teams.
1979-2013
Elite 8 appearances
A10: 10
MVC: 3
1982-2012
Elite 8 appearances
A10: 10
MVC: 0
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In the last 6 NCAA tournaments
At-large bids
MVC: 3
A10: 15
Sweet 16 appearances
MVC: 2
A10: 6
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Lisch's shot against Richmond is legendary.
RICHMOND, Va. -- Kwamain Mitchell scored eight of his career-high 23 points in the third overtime period to lift Saint Louis over Richmond 85-72 on Sunday.
Kevin Lisch led the Billikins (14-9, 5-4 Atlantic 10 Conference) with 27 points, including a game-tying 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds left in the second overtime. He also had nine rebounds, three assists and three steals in 52 minutes.
This game is cited by Richmond fans as the point where Mooney shifted his strategy to foul up 3 with under 10 seconds to play. The ripples are still being felt
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The magical 72-hour period that included the VCU blowout, Rammer-mania, and beating Butler at Hinkle.
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Sigh. Seriously, not sure why anyone wants to debate Roy about Lisch, especially when it is a close call between him and another player. No way is he ever going to go against Lisch in that scenario. That is just the way it is.
I'm not trying to change Roy's mind, just offering the reasons why I disagree with his opinion.
so the fact that kevin had a lesser supporting cast proves mitchell was the better player. ok. that makes a lot of sense. case closed. mitchell must have been better than bonner and david burns.
Mitchell did more with less 2009-10 than Lisch did in 2006-07, despite the fact that the A10 was stronger in 2009-10 than in 2006-07.
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Lisch has more points, more 3 pointers, better 3 point percentage, better free throw percentage, played better defense. Kwamain was a very good player but I would rate him a little below Lisch
Mitchell was a career 347 for 690 (50.3%) from 2. Lisch was 257 for 595 (43.2%) from 2. The stats all even out. You have to look at intangibles.
also, how are you quantifying "played better defense"? Kwamain averaged 1.4 steals per game to Lisch's 1.1. Kwamain made 3rd team all league despite having a down year offensively. I'd call the defense a wash between the 2.
Recruiting - 2013
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Agreed.
Finding a "kwamain mitchell or a marque perry or josh fisher" is easier said than done. Nobody can predict how these incoming players will pan out. That's why you give yourself margin for error.
Remember when Kwamain was our only real PG and he got punked in the eye against Belmont and we almost pissed the game away in the last 4 minutes? I'm sure you remember the next game when we lost at home (sans Mitchell) to Mo State, decimating our at-large hopes?
If Jett or McCall gets hurt next season, I'd like to have a PG option besides McBroom.