Duff Man
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I didn't cherry pick anything. Dillard wasn't a role player. I never tried to make a case for him being one of the greatest Billikens ever. He was a nice player.
We don't need to split hairs in regards to what constitutes a role player. The context was his placement ahead of Brian Conklin in Broy's ranking. I'm calling that an absurd statement, and somehow I'm in the minority.
Dillard's talent level was that of a role player. High energy, run the floor, crash the offensive glass, finish transition layups, hit open 3s. He wasn't a player who created scoring opportunities on his own. The only reason he became the leading scorer was because our other (better) player (Footes) had off the court issues. The following year, Dillard was the 2nd best player (behind Highmark) on the worst Billikens team of the last 25 years.
Conklin was best player on one of the best teams of the last 25 years.
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Dillard led the team in scoring for two different seasons. He ranks 20th all time on SLU's career scoring average list. He was a lot more than a roll player.
You're cherry picking facts. While he led those 2 teams in scoring by a slim margin...he also led those teams in shots attempted by a huge margin.
Leuchtefeld was named 2nd team All-MCC. Dillard was not recognized at all (not even the newcomer of the year team). Footes was the star of the team, but was plagued by disciplinary issues (his suspension opened the door for
). It's not like opposing defenses were keying on Dillard. For the record this team averaged 78.7 points and allowed 79.1 - points came a lot easier back then relative to Conklin's era.This team went 5-23 (0-11 in the loaded Great Midwest) and had many players quit or get kicked out of school mid-season. I remember Dillard hitting a big game tying 3 in a loss @DePaul, does that make him clutch? I guess technically speaking he was more than a role player...but when you lose 14 of your last 15 games, and shoot 38.8% from the field on the year, what difference does it make?
Again, I'm not trying to knock Dillard - he played hard, got the most out of his talent, and was a bright spot on troubled teams. Conklin was all those things too...but unlike Dillard, Conklin was first team all-conference for an NCAA team.
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Not sure why this battle is taking place in the New Zealand thread but in what effing universe is Brian Conklin ranked behind Quitman Dillard in anything?
How has no one else shot this down yet? And who is Quentin?
Brian Conklin just finished one of the most remarkable seasons in Billikens history, and does not deserve to have his accomplishments marginalized.
Obviously AB is the man. I'll take double D over Conk as well, but it's open to debate.
Jeff Harris can be successfully argued either way. Over the course of his 4 years, Harris was move valuable than Conklin over his 4. No problem with that.
Jamal Johnson is iffy. He played one year for a team that went 16-14. His best game was the first game of the season against LSU. If you stack Jamal Johnson's year against Conklin's senior year...
JJ 12.9 PPG 46.4 FG% 51.4 FT% 7.1 reb 1.6 ast .9 blk .5 stl
BK 13.9 PPG 52.1 FG% 80.0 FT% 5.7 reb 1.2 ast .7 blk .3 stl
Sure BK had a better supporting cast...he also LED HIS TEAM TO THE NCAAs and dominated Xavier...twice. No doubt JJ was more talented but what exactly are we trying to measure here? BK's Billiken career is clearly more distinguished than JJ.
Quitman Dillard was a good kid who played hard, but he was never more than a role player on a
averagedysfunctional team. He was never the kind of impact player that Conklin evolved into his senior year. -
Good news for Ballpark Village:
Which phase involves cleaning up DeWitt's mess and how many millions of taxpayer dollars is it going to take?
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Please never compare GG to Blake Griffin ever again. Stick with a mini-Barkley. Thanks.
Right...that's much more fair and appropriate...comparing Glaze - a guy most of us have never seen play* outside of preseason scrimmages and garbage time - to the leading scorer of the effing Dream Team
why stop there...
Kwamain : mini-Jordan
Ellis : mini-Bird
Evans : mini-Mailman
Jordair : mini-Pippen
McCall : the second coming of Isiah**
Loe : kiwi-Laettner
Remekun : mini-Admiral
Manning : basically a white Patrick Ewing
Barnett : mini-Mullin
Drew : mini-Drexler
and obviously Keith Carter is the Black Stockton
*I realize you're just referencing an old scouting report that compared GG to Sir Charles...but you can't simultaneously be outraged over a Blake Griffin comparison while sanctioning an even more ridiculous one
**in this alternate universe Isiah and Jordan are homies and Magic's retired ass stays home
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Finally what? Is George Bluth hosting a ribbon cutting tonight?
Oh...they just released
newrevised artists renderings (now with Budweiser sign!) for the scaled down BallparkVillageSports Bar.I'm having difficulty keeping track of all the different Ballpark Villages renderings that never happened...
1) Mixed Residential/Commercial development, with pedestrian views of the playing field
2) Mixed Residential/Commercial development
3) Commercial Development with Centene as anchor tenant
4) Commercial Development with Stifel Nicolaus as anchor tenant
I'm not sure which one of these plans required them to run off the Bowling Hall of Fame - that building remained intact in the original plans (PDF).
Granted, you have to give the CODASCO boys credit for 'finally' scaling down the project to a level where something might possibly get built.
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-hope their website is working so i can listen later (kfns
)-thanks for the summary, great stuff!!!
101.1 is not KFNS - the interview is online
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Anyone know what the format for the tournament will be this year? What buys will there be for the 16 teams?
As the A-10 takes its basketball tournament to the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., McGlade said she anticipates retaining a 12-team, four-day format, meaning four schools will not qualify next season
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If you assume the 18 game schedule is in play this year, we probably drop 2 buy games off the schedule (if it is finished) to accommodate the new games. Going forward, I would assume the staff tries to schedule one less road game.
Going forward, there will be 14 teams and things can go back to they way they were.
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The link I provided is the exact same one you provided.
Sorry, I guess I just googled the article based on your first post that didn't include the link and ended up at yesterday's story and somehow associated that with your post.
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The link you providedKatz' initial report says nothing about 18 games, and indirectly implies a 16-game schedule since Butler would have to add 3 OOC games to account for the shift from 18 (Horizon games) to 16 (A10 games) and the loss of the Xavier non-conference game.The change in plans now means both the A-10 and Butler must alter their men's basketball schedules.
Stevens said the Bulldogs now need to schedule three more games for next season. Butler had a series with Xavier that will have to be replaced since they now are league partners.
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Here is the more recent postHere is the direct quote from your linkhttp://espn.go.com/b...usly-tough-a-10
Butler's early arrival will necessitate a number of scheduling adjustments as the league jumps to 18 games from 16, since that’s two fewer non-conference games teams may or may not have scheduled.
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They would not be able to do that this year unless they go to 18 conference games. we will probably play Butler twice and everyone else once.
I hope they do expand to an 18 game schedule for 2012-13. I would think most of the schools would be in favor of it. Temple would be against it but that's all the more reason to do it.
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First of all, there just aren't that many polished elite low post players in the recruiting pool. The ones that are out there are not going to slip under the radar. They are courted by the dirtiest of dirty programs - so you're probably going to have to pull shenanigans to sign one. They typically don't play 4 years.
That's not the program Majerus is running. Majerus signs unpolished bigs that he believes he can mold into quality players - like he did with Conklin. It's way too early to write off Manning or Glaze. I expect at least one of them to develop into a star, and the other will at worst be a quality rebounder off the bench.
Re: too many guards
How quickly we forget how easily a player can be lost to injury/suspension/regression. Last year we were fortunate, but unlike previous years we could have survivied if one of our guards had gone down for the year or forgot how to shoot. That's how it should be.
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Thank you for the explanation.
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I was asked to remove the post.
Please elaborate...
Is the problem specifically with the individual selling the shirts? Is there a general board policy against selling merchandise (even at cost)? Does the administration have a problem with it?
Why does the person who asked you to remove the post count more than the numerous people who were interested in acquiring the shirt?
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First, Ohio Univ is not even one of the better college programs in Ohio and recently joined the MAC.
You better check this, Clock. I lived in Ohio for more years than I care to think about. OU is not a new kid on the block in the MAC.
Ohio has been in the MAC since 1946...longer than any other current member...they've made the NCAA tournament 13 times
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The opinions expressed in this article are those of a small-time hack author from North Carolina who - based on his slotting Chris Mack 3 tiers above Rick Majerus...
a. doesn't follow the A10
b. is too young to remember the 1990s
c. isn't worth our time
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@Duff Man --- your comment is exactly why my comment was "relevant US sport." Soccer is irrelevant to the bulk of this country and I really don't care about what the rest of the world follows. Messi just became the greatest goal scorer in Barcelona's history. I saw the highlights where he scored five goals the other night. Good for him. Do I care? Nope. And I disagree on McBride being "relevant" in 100 years. He'll be nothing more than a prehistoric footnote if American soccer actually becomes relevant.
Soccer has already broken through to become relevant in this country, just as SLU Basketball has recently broken through to become relevant (again).
There will always be mopes who will remain in denial about Soccer's place in American culture, just as there will be locals who will continue to laugh off SLU basketball because they choose to keep their heads in the sand (as if it's some kind of badge of honor to be ignorant).
The mere fact that a hater like yourself is aware of Messi speaks to soccer's relevance. 10 years ago
(an all-time classic goal, to win the biggest club game of the year, from the greatest player of his generation) did NOT make the primetime SportsCenter. Soccer need not be as popular as Football/Baseball/Basketball to be relevant, just as SLU basketball need not be as popular as Mizzou/Blues/Rams/Cardinals to be relevant. They just need to be successful enough in events that the media cannot ignore (i.e. NCAA Tournament, World Cup), which raises the awareness in the minds of non-fans, some of whom will become permanent fans -> more fans = more incentive for media coverage = more relevance. -
I am going to guess #20 at Hermann is soccer and not Larry Hughes. Although whomever that 20 is for, Hughes' legacy is far greater in one year in a relevant US sport than any soccer player in the world including even Pele.
My opinion stinks.
I'm grateful for Hughes' year of service, and I get he had to take care of his dying brother, but his SLU legacy is that of unfulfilled promise.
Brian McBride was the first American to score a goal in multiple World Cup finals - the biggest (MOST RELEVANT) sporting event in the world. In 100 years he'll still be relevant, while Larry Hughes will simply be known as part of Lebron's supporting cast who never won in Cleveland.
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I think the vintage TV and hole in wall are a standard part of the Knights Inn experience.
The only time I've ever stayed in a Knights Inn (Nashville circa 2000) they had to send a 'technician' up to the room because the ancient TV wouldn't turn on. The 'fix' involved him pushing the 'on' switch really hard for 5 minutes until it finally turned on. He then proceeded to explain how we could adjust the volume and channel by turning the 2 knobs below the power button...
The walls were cardboard thin and there was a gap between the windowsill and the wall underneath it.
If I remember correctly, the nightly rate was $27.99 (split 3 ways!)
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What about Jeff Reid?
Didn't Majerus mention something about Barry Eberhardt when specifically addressing APR earlier this year?
its seems wrong to me to include players that aren't on your roster, punishing players that have nothing to do with the problem. what is the reason for this?
The latest numbers were released in May 2011 and only go through the 2009-10 season.
http://web1.ncaa.org/maps/aprRelease.jsp
Anyone know if Willie gets included in the 2010-11 calculation? I would hope not, but he was on basketball scholarship at the start of the academic year.
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I actually like Memphis (the city). Had a lot of fun down there after the Memphis in May Tri.
Memphis AAA ballpark > STL MLB ballpark
Beale St > anything in St Louis
Memphis has its charm.
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You should call him our best player for the 2011-12 season, because that's precisely what he was.
http://www.sports-re...louis/2012.html
Scroll down to the bottom. The advanced metrics think Conklin was our best player by a significant margin. A subjective panel of voters agreed with that assessment and voted him first team all conference. He had a monster year. We had more talented players (with Kwamain being the most obvious example), but over the course of the 34 games Brian Conklin was the most productive player. He scored in double figures in 30 of the 34 games, and the 4 exceptions were double-digit home victories. He scored 25 against Washington and Oklahoma, 20 at New Mexico, 19 at X, 19 vs the Bonnies, and 23 on his senior night vs X. Even when he struggled from the floor he still managed to get to the line where he shot 80% on the year. You have to go back to Mo Jeffers in 2000-01 to find a Billiken who eclipsed Conklin's 2011-12 production at the stripe.