BACKHANDtheRICAN
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We look bad. BSU looks worse. This can't be a big win when looking back later this year.
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First 10 min reinforces my view that we're a solid NIT team.
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On 12/7/2022 at 9:19 PM, The Wiz said:
Tough loss last night. The computer had it as a shaky win (1pt)...It definitely was shaky. Yet , even though the game got away from us , it was still a winnable game. In the wrap up on the Iona spread thread, I looked at one stat in the wrap...the slash. There were a lot of things that went wrong in that game...BUT...had we just shot an average Bills line ...not a great game ...but an average Bills shooting line...we would have had an additional 25 pts and won the game...Yes there were many TOs and blocks but even with those ...if we shoot and make it, we win... and most of the missed shots were 2s...9 twos vs 2 threes. So what does that mean. It means we need to make shots. When we shot 9% on the FT line in the 2nd half against Auburn...did that mean we were a bad shooting FT team...No. It means we had a bad shooting half. Last night we shot 31/26/ 71...dismal...Are we a bad shooting team?...No...We can do much better than that and when we do we will win.
So now it is onto the Boise game...an A- team...better than Iona...a good bounce back game. Our trend line and our overall line have come together. That means we have plateaued and this game will determine whether we trend up or down from this point. We started the season as a B+ team and after 9 games are still B+ . At some point , we need to get to A- and be there at the end of the season. Plenty of time but the clock is ticking.
The 17
We are 2-1 now with 14 to go....We are still favored to win in the remaining 14 games ...overall the computer thinks we may have 3 losses during this stretch...so maybe 2 more to go. It is this stretch of games that will make or break us...the computer says at this time ...it will make us. So for the hand wringers or the gloom and doom fans all is not lost...
Chance 2 Dance
This topic is still here and that's a good sign...If we drop below 50% this section disappears. We are currently at 51%...down 7%. Because Boise is a better team than Iona a win would be a nice boost particularly if we win by more than 3.
Game Outlook
This is a borderline game (our chances are better than a shaky win). A game we should win if we make our slash.... They have a familiar look ...a so-so offense and a great defense. They are a small team with big guards. Shaver is their Mr Boise...he leads in PPG, Rebs, Assts and Stls. Depth issue...they play 7 players only 5 of which can score.
A quick look at the report card...
...................SLU....................BSU..........................SLU..........................BSU
.................................OFF..........................................................DEF.............
PPG...............B+.......................C-..........................D...............................A
FG%...............C+.......................C...........................B+.............................A
3P%...............C.........................C+..........................C+............................A
FT%...............A-........................C+............................................................
Reb...............A.........................C+............................C.............................A
OFF Rebs = total rebs...DEF Rebs = opp reb
UP...............Off....none............Def.....none
Down.........Off...PPG...FG%...3P%...FT%.....Def...PPG...FG%...3P%...Reb
Top 100 In The Nation
SLU
Assts...Collins... 1st...unch......132nd all time D1 list
Reb...Okoro...54th...up
FT%...Parker...23rd...up
3PM...Jimerson...39th...dn
Dou Dou...Okoro & Pickett& Collins....tied 68th...dn...
Blks...Okoro ...38th...up
SLU...Rebs...16th
BSU
FT%...Rice ...83rd
Stls...Shaver...14th
A glaring gape in our report card is PPG/Def....In other words, we give up to many pts/gm. We need to start bring down our opp pt totals...as in below 70pts.
Injury /illness report and misc
None
Keys to the game ...Make some shots. This would solve a lot of issues. The bulk of the 3s should be Jimerson, Pickett and Thatch...in that order. Inside the arc, make the bunnies. TOs down and rebs up. Take advantage of their weak bench...when they make substitutions add on pts and widen the spread.
WWN2D2W...
Magic number 70....a successful game would be for the Bills to score more than 70 and the Broncos less than 70....Stop Shaver....hold him to 12 pts , 5 rebs and 1 stl. ...Hold their top 5 to 50 pts.....TOs..11, protect the ball especially from Shaver... Win the reb battle by 3. Our bench needs to dominate theirs, scoring wise.
Bottom line....If we can make our slash, we should be able to corral the Broncos.
We're screwed.
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On 12/8/2022 at 8:30 AM, BrettJollyComedyHour said:
If we're head and shoulders above the rest of the conference in NET it will.
Is it nice living in fantasy land?
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6 hours ago, Fraz said:
I have a seriously hard time believing we are in a 1 bid conference
Then maybe watch some A10 basketball this year
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6 hours ago, The Valley Sucks said:
The goal has always been to win the regular season title. That will get us an at large if we don’t win the tournament.
No it won’t.
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Does the Yuri assist total watch really translate into us being a better team? Is there any correlation at all? At this point it just appears to be an individual accolade not something that is raising the play of the entire team. We’re an under achieving team.
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Reality check: C2D is now 0%
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4 minutes ago, Young Charles said:
Fighting through adversity is such a huge problem thus far… to prevent this I have decided to start a collective that will provide this team with animal grade testosterone. All donations will first go to my psychiatrist bill. Anything leftover, testosterone.
If you’re supporting getting our guys on steroids, I’ve been asking for this for years….
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2 minutes ago, Bay Area Billiken said:
SLU’s roster lacks a 6’7”-6’8” fluid power forward that plays facing the basket.
To my credit, I called out in the off-season that Ford needed to just sign a tall, built power forward who can shoot and jump.
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Down 22. At this point, let’s just lose by 30.
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The wiz’s next C2D better be 0% or he loses all credibility with backhand
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1 minute ago, Billiken Rich said:
Just seems a sad waste of time to be a complete debbie-downer.
It’s more sad to waste time with unrealistic hypotheticals or possible outcomes to what will be another NIT year.
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1 minute ago, RamJAMTIME said:
Does this count as another double outlier game? Maybe we got both of the flukes out of the way early in the season.
Nope. We’re an NIT team.
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Just now, Spoon-Balls said:
Wondering what it will take for our NET to recover from this one... A10 isn't gonna be a cakewalk.
Our new C2D without winning the A10 tourney is 0%
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Wow 05 just got a shout out
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3 minutes ago, slu72 said:
Not over.
Again. What game are you referring to? It can’t be SLU vs Iona
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12 blocks and counting for Iona - you’d think this was Georgetown’s Mutumbo/ Mourning squad
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8 minutes ago, slu72 said:
Not over.
What game are you watching?
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I’m confused…is Pitino 70 or 72? This is gonna keep me up at night. Thanks.
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Season. Over.
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On 11/19/2022 at 3:09 PM, BrettJollyComedyHour said:
The Wiz predicted the spread for the Evansville game...
A broken clock is right twice a day
The Bills over Boise by 3
in Billikens.com Main Board
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^I told you all before the game started.