Duff Man
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2 minutes ago, wgstl said:
Pitbull will always be cool in 2 places: New commit threads on Billikens.com and within the mind of Ken Strode
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Condolences for the family.
Reality check for everyone else.
Awful awful awful news, but if nothing else hug your loved ones and appreciate what you have, here and now. Tomorrow is promised to no one.
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1 hour ago, tarheelbilliken said:
Did this just happen? I googled it and found nothing.
I was not much aware of Ekker's post SLU career moves. Would have thought he be coaching at some nowheresville community college or selling Kias at a dealership in Ocala, Florida. Quite the contrary. Reading some of the clippings Ekker had a pretty active post-SLU basketball career. Coached at several Continental and USBL clubs. Was a advisor and assistant coach with the Magic. Opened a basketball school with branches in China. Also wrote several books on his coaching philosphy.
In fairness to Ekker, I wonder if he got anything in the way of administrative support.
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On 3/22/2021 at 8:10 PM, billikenfan05 said:
This makes 4 threads on the front page about a former Billiken coach. That’s something.
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1 hour ago, dennis_w said:
i think sekue had a few good "plays" do not remember a good game
Sekeue Barentine was good at 2 things:
-busting his ass down the floor for the occasional easy bucket
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Add Oral Roberts to the ever growing list of 80s era MCC teams that have advanced to the Sweet 16 ahead of SLU. Best finish in parentheses.
Xavier (2x Elite Eight)
Marquette (Final 4)
Butler (2x National Runner up)
Dayton (Elite Eight)
Loyola (Final Four)
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43 minutes ago, cheeseman said:
Good point - this reminds me of the issue in MN when the Cardinals last summer had to pause and people were claiming that some of the players went to a casino there and that is how they got it. No cameras in the casino ever had any pictures of any Cardinals players having been there. Now I guess the cameras could have missed them but honestly anybody who knows about casino security knows that would be very tough to pull off.
The casino story was a smokescreen.
There were reports from individuals that Carlos Martinez was at the Wheelhouse right before they got shut down the first time for not following protocols - and this was before anyone knew who tested positive or how much it would derail the season. Wainwright was out there in PR mode dismissing the casino story - but nobody in the media ever really dug into Carlos Martinez (and others?) clubbing activities leading to the team getting infected.
Don't blame Gardner for having the audacity to call attention to it after we've never been given an adequate explanation for how the team got so infected after being so careful. At least Gardner had the sense to wait until after Selection Sunday so it would not be perhaps used against them by the committee.
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I thought I qualified my statement but reading comprehension is hard I guess.
I'm not holding the first 2 years against Ford, just stating a fact that in 5 years not once has he had the team in a good spot for an at large bid.
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18 minutes ago, wgstl said:
How can you blame Ford for 19-20 lol.
They were not in line for an at-large bid in 19-20 before the pandemic hit.
I like Ford and he's had to endure a lot of BS that's out of his control. The program/roster is in a good spot heading into next year.
That said, his record is what it is. He's 0 for 5 having his team in a good spot to earn an at large bid.
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1 hour ago, 3star_recruit said:
Coach Ford has a great situation here: full backing of the AD and our most prominent booster, an $80 million arena and a strong recruiting base. We're one of the best mid-major jobs in basketball.
Ford is a good fit for the program and the program is a good fit for him. If/when he starts making deep NCAA runs, there will naturally be suitors from the power conferences, but he's been there and he knows how tough it is to meet the expectations year in year out. He also knows he'll basically have a job for life here should he have that kind of success.
He may one day leave but it would take a dream job opportunity. We should appreciate him, not take him for granted, but also not lose sleep over rumors/chatter about him moving/leaving.
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On 12/25/2020 at 2:48 PM, papal said:
Thanks. Interesting that many of our greatest players on the turnover list.. I guess it shows that to be great you must be aggressive and that leads to turnovers.
Here's that list re-ordered with made FG factored in, ranked by Ratio of FG + A to Turnovers - providing a bit more context for positives (made FG and assists) vs turnovers.
Player FG A TO A/TO FG/TO (FG+A)/TO Claggett 657 347 246 1.411 2.671 4.081 Waldman 189 295 120 2.458 1.575 4.033 Ellis 329 99 107 0.925 3.075 4.000 Douglass 766 279 267 1.045 2.869 3.914 Bess 300 136 112 1.214 2.679 3.893 Gray 694 279 250 1.116 2.776 3.892 McCall 413 339 197 1.721 2.096 3.817 Cobbin 365 143 135 1.059 2.704 3.763 Lisch 516 325 224 1.451 2.304 3.754 Cassity 234 320 148 2.162 1.581 3.743 Dobbs 376 125 137 0.912 2.745 3.657 Roder 158 353 144 2.451 1.097 3.549 Crawford 327 144 136 1.059 2.404 3.463 Mitchell 547 420 280 1.500 1.954 3.454 Bonner 774 265 316 0.839 2.449 3.288 Goodwin 490 353 265 1.332 1.849 3.181 Highmark 549 245 251 0.976 2.187 3.163 Willie 273 33 97 0.340 2.814 3.155 French 464 187 209 0.895 2.220 3.115 Burden 533 219 244 0.898 2.184 3.082 Pee Wee 233 370 199 1.859 1.171 3.030 Sloan 231 155 129 1.202 1.791 2.992 Jett 453 422 295 1.431 1.536 2.966 Newberry 267 424 234 1.812 1.141 2.953 Fisher 324 436 262 1.664 1.237 2.901 Evans 543 126 232 0.543 2.341 2.884 Loe 342 153 174 0.879 1.966 2.845 Roby 345 281 224 1.254 1.540 2.795 Liddell 567 313 317 0.987 1.789 2.776 Walker 217 350 206 1.699 1.053 2.752 Burns 399 229 229 1.000 1.742 2.742 Collins 76 229 113 2.027 0.673 2.699 Love 307 122 164 0.744 1.872 2.616 Perry 471 343 325 1.055 1.449 2.505 Conklin 404 105 206 0.510 1.961 2.471 Hughes 224 77 122 0.631 1.836 2.467 Drejaj 273 272 221 1.231 1.235 2.466 Vouyoukas 376 123 204 0.603 1.843 2.446 Henderson 336 89 183 0.486 1.836 2.322 McCauley 158 257 183 1.404 0.863 2.268 LaTodd 180 401 338 1.186 0.533 1.719 Zink and Quality Is Job 1 like this -
3 hours ago, papal said:
Not trying to be critical, but who is the Bills all-time turnover leader? Jordair had a lot of turnovers early in his career,but improved a great deal later on. Jim Roder had ?19 assists in a game;how many turnovers in that game. Turnovers can also be misleading, since they are part of being an aggressive player-ie Goodwin; who has best turnover/assist ratio? who has worst?
1. LaTodd Johnson, 1979-80 to 1982-83 338 2. Tommie Liddell, 2005-06 to 2008-09 317 3. Anthony Bonner, 1986-87 to 1989-90 316 4. Jordair Jett, 2010-11 to 2013-14 295 5. Kwamain Mitchell, 2008-09 to 2012-13 280 6. Monroe Douglass, 1985-86 to 1988-89 267 7. Josh Fisher, 2000-01 to 2003-04 262 8. Marque Perry, 1999-00 to 2002-03 260 9. Roland Gray, 1985-86 to 1988-89 250 10. Luther Burden, 1982-83 to 1984-85 244 Not sure how far back turnovers are recorded, but this was the list headed into this season. Goodwin started the year just outside the top 10 with 240 and is currently 7th with 265 just 2 behind Monroe Douglass.Here's a bunch of Assist to Turnover ratios for players 1980s to present - I just looked up a bunch of guys, there might be somebody with a better ratio than H Waldman, but he and Roder were the only ones I could find better than Yuri Collins
Waldman 2.458
Roder 2.451
Yuri 2.027
Newberry 1.893
Pee Wee 1.848
McCall 1.720
Walker 1.699
Fisher 1.664
Kwamain 1.500
Lisch 1.450
Jett 1.431
Claggett 1.411
McCauley 1.404
Goodwin 1.332
Drejaj 1.231
LaTodd 1.186
Gray 1.116
Perry 1.055
Douglass 1.045
Burns 1.000
Highmark 0.976
Liddell 0.987
Burden 0.897
Bonner 0.838
Love 0.744
Hughes 0.631
Big Mel 0.605
Vouyoukas 0.603
Willie 0.340RUBillsFan likes this -
Over the last 6 games, Goodwin is averaging
18.7 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 3.7 APG, 2.3 SPG, 2.5 TOV, 50.0% FG, 35.0% 3FG, 71.9% FT
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We look like a team adjusting to the difference in difficulty between Easy and Hard
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56 minutes ago, SluSignGuy said:
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3 hours ago, Cowboy said:
-in the MOST BLUE FONT available, yes, let's keep giving life to this
Are you talking about Grandy's softcore porn onlyfans or the sequence of transfers the week leading to the situation 1?
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43 minutes ago, thetorch said:
He led in scoring in a terrible year where we were playing mostly freshman with Mitchell, Ellis, Conklin Reed hurt or out. Still got him benched a game his sophomore season. McCall refused to play defense until about 5 games left his sophomore year. Majerus stayed with him.
Explain Kyle Cassity? He barely played his freshman year. Walk ons were playing over him. He stayed.
Tell me who were these mythical guards that were 8th and 9th in the rotation that Majerus ran off?
Here are the guards Majerus recruited to SLU
Mitchell, Cassity, Cotto, Salecich, Jordan, Reid, John, Jett, McCall, Barnett, Carter, McBroom
All of them at one time or another were 8th-9th guys except Mitchell. No one was run off except Salecich. Cotto quit, Majerus wanted him to stay. Jordan was booted because of the situation just like Jon Smith. Jordan sans the situation stays on this squad and would have been good along with Smith. Reid got hurt as did John.
If anything Majerus recruited for the 8th and 9th spot. He liked decent shooting, over achievers who he could mold into better players. He loved guys who sat on the bench for a year or two and then really knew his system.
C'mon man.
Not that it matters, but I thought Justin Jordan was run off (in April) to make room for either Jett or Loe BEFORE the situation happened.
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5 hours ago, Reinert310 said:
Also, after every home win, the PA announcers needs to say “Game: Blouses!”
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1 hour ago, billiken_roy said:
it's the dirty little secret billiken fandom chooses to not talk about. rickma almost had us on probation for the roster turnover. he was no doubt the master of creaming a roster to find his players that would play his way. no doubt he was a huge success, but a lot of those players that were pushed out the door didnt deserve to be treated as such and their dream of being a billiken were crashed.
but i agree that i dont give crewsplatt a pass.
Jett and Loe were out there in Spring 2010 and we didn't have room. Room was made. Scholarships are 1 year renewable. It's not pleasant but it's how the sausage is made.
I guess compared to a guy doing onlyfans and showcasing his hole, it's not that dirty of a secret.
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2 hours ago, philliken said:
I'm not sure how much Grandy pulls in showing off his hole
I would love to be a fly on the wall next time he applies for a car loan or home mortgage.
"So it appears you haven't collected a basketball related paycheck since the pandemic started, do you have any other sources of income?"
Grandy: Yeah I've diversified into softcore gay porn. I'll have my accountant fax over my Onlyfans income summary.
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46 minutes ago, wgstl said:
My god, he has a legit chance of playing what would be a full season shooting 51% from 3.
All this after, myself included, wanting him to slow down on the 3 point attempt last year.
Well, Perkins did shoot 20% (11 of 55) from 3 in the first 16 D1 games last year and was 0 for 3 in that Dayton game when he went off for 25, so he was under 20% from 3 at the midpoint of the season before turning into a 52% 3 point shooter the rest of the way.
Not sure if he was adjusting to the speed of D1 or if it was a mechanical issue or if he was had a nagging injury or whatever but it's a stunning transformation.
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28 minutes ago, SLUperman said:
- Javonte Perkins is the best pure scorer to ever don a Billiken jersey. One of the purest shots I've ever seen. He has a spot in the league if he keeps playing like this IMO. Not joking.
That was some video game sheyat down the stretch. I mean, he show us he could do it last year, but this game was slipping away after Yuri picked up his 4th, we couldn't get stops as we badly missed French on the defensive end, but Perkins would not let us lose.
Credit Jordan Goodwin for making big plays when we absolutely needed them while having a rough game overall.
Great team win.
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