ConkShell1
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I always liked Patterson. Nice guy and one of the better mids SLU has had in a while.
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So you don't get banned when you call other posters names? That's great.
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It's also called setting up an account during a 3-hour layover at Harstfield in Atlanta. Beat the system.metz
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Comparisons between Thompson and Vouyoukas are fair. Both are natural centers and similar sizes. Both showed flashes during their freshman seasons despite the fact that they would need a lot of strength and conditioning training after those seasons.
Plus, I remember all the terrible things you said about Vouyoukas after his signing, during and after his freshman year, and throughout his career. Don't pretend you saw his improvement coming and were a fan of his.
Peter, Ian Voyoukas had a great touch around the basket and was a pretty solid defender. True, I wasn't sold on him until later in his career, but he did have to come in right away because of Tom Frerick's inability to stay healthy. He was thrown into the fire and came out as one of the better Billiken big men. Alliteration aside, we will not see the same out of Thompson. Conklin and Reed have surpassed him as far as mental and physical strength are concerned. Thompson will be frustrated at a lack of playing time, will pout and probably seek a transfer. That's what I see. I am not a big BT fan. When three freshman PF/C types come in and two of them excel leaps and bounds over the third, you will see some poor body language and attitude from the lesser player. That is what Thompson is, in my humble opinion.
By the way, good seeing you at Bar Louie on Saturday. Wish we could have talked more. Love you too.
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Yeah but dumb opinions are subject to scrutiny.
Well the definition of dumb isn't defined on this Web site, so until I get some satisfaction as to what a "dumb opinion" is, you'll get my opinion when asked. This poster asked what Thompson's development will be like and I responded that it will be slow and agonizingly painful. That is from watching a guy like Willie Reed, who didn't even play as a senior in high school, have an incredible freshman year. The comparisons between him and Voyoukas are incredibly inaccurate.
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There is room for one more on the bandwagon Roy. Hop aboard. You can't root for the evil Calipari can you?
I'd rather root for Memphis than Marquette.
Dwayne Wade is the only reason that school is in the Big East. Makes me physically ill to watch them play Notre Dame, UConn, Syracuse and Providence every year. Physically ill. Muck Farquette.
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sop you are saying you would rather have the tigers win over marquette? it isnt that easy for me. imo the two most annoying fanbases in the entire world. it was a no win game imo. and now we are faced with picking a team to root from between the tigers 1 and 2. calipari has never been a favorite of mine either. sighhhhh
i am at least catching up on the csi miami reruns on A&E when these games run. now if horatio was coaching memphis, i could root for that team.
I'd much rather root for the Tigers than MU. Which team have we played more in our history? What school's fan base treats ours like crap when we are a much better school and have a nicer campus?
The answer would be Marquette.
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With the exception of Greg Oden, I don't know many big freshmen that came right in and were ready for the rigors of D1 inside play. Most bigs come out of HS having played against small lineups when compared to them. Now they get to D1 and voila they have two or three guys who are as big or can suddenly leap over tall buildings. Guards have it easier in terms of size experience. The relative competition at their position is similar in height. Conk whatever his name his is way off base and way too early to judge BT. If he's willing to work hard, take RM's lessons to heart, he'll be ok. At this point it's largely up to him. You can teach footwork, you can coach ball handling, you can't teach 6'11. Cheap shot, buddy.
Oden was 35, Thompson is 18/19.
I'm not making a cheap shot or swipe, just an observation. People are entitled to opinions, even in the Obama era.
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Should be interesting...looks like a summer weight program could really help!! Our S&C guys need to pound Willie, Brett and Jeff...they don't need to look like Lou Ferigno, but I had arms like Reid's when I was in jr. high.
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I'm just looking forward to the next "Batista with the CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" call from Gus.
Youtube "Gus Johnson Fort Minor Remix."
It's worth it.
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But the fact that it's a Marquette guy has to be great for us SLU people. I have a hard time talking to my aunt because she is a Marquette grad.
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Who will be the next Adam Morrison?
Honestly, do we need another Adam Morrison? I can't stand the Kevin Youkilis-wanna-be on Gonzaga's present squad. There's always one.
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Has Ball U reached the "Summit" of the basketball world?
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kid had a heck of a game, huge plays down the stretch. No reason to dog him. That play wouldnt have even matttered if it wasnt for some of the plays he made earlier in the game.
Chris Webber's stats before the timeout:
Chris Webber 11-18 from the field 23 points
Does anyone remember that? No.
Heyward will go down in Marquette "lore" for his gaffe tonight. There's nothing we can do about it.
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I am not sold on Thompson at all. I know Majerus can develop players, but it is evident that the game is too fast for him.
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Probably one of the biggest bonehead plays I have ever seen in NCAA Tournament history, save for the Webber "time out" gaffe in 1993. Couldn't have happened to a greater team than Marquette, our old buddies from C-USA. Hahahaha. The "goat" can move up from Wrigley on I-94 to Marquette University.
While Vitale and Phelps praise the "effort" of Dominic James, we should be concentrating on the mental and physical error made in one play by Heyward. Who knows, maybe Marquette ties it up, wins in OT and then shocks Memphis (another old C-USA foe) to get to the regional final.
I was rolling in my chair watching this classic Bucknerian gaffe from Muck Farquette. As much as I also could care less for Mizzou, this was hilarious. Chris Webber, you are, as Bill Rafftery would say, "off the hook!"
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Were working out together in matching Illini garb at the Simon Recreation Center on the campus of Saint Louis University today.
Where's your school spirit, T. Lisch?
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Cotto thought he would come in here and be the number one option from day 1. That never happened, and since he thought he was going to the league that really cramped his style.
What's wrong with having that kind of mentality? If you think you are good, you should act like you are good. Liddell acted like he had his ticket punched to the NBA draft the first day he came here. Obviously that didn't pan out, but cockiness isn't bad if you know you have the ability to be a stud.
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He's gone. Jerry West will pull the trigger on that one.
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Dixon has it pretty good at Pitt. They have recruited very strong in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Howland went to UCLA because he grew up near there and it has always been his dream to coach there. Dixon, is also a West Coast guy, so if he ever went anywhere, it'd likely be out there, or he's at Pitt for the long haul.
Howland didn't "go to UCLA," UCLA went and got him. Was it a good situation for the CA native, yes. But in the grand scheme of things, UCLA was smart to seek a new HC with relatively zero ties to the program. We should have done that in 2002, when Romar went back to Seattle and to recruit program-changers like Nate Robinson. We should have gone hard after Mark Few or even a guy like Jim Molinary (former HC at Bradley). Doug Woolard should have been the fall guy for Soderberg, but he flew the coop to USF, leaving Soderberg to be his own fall guy. A guy like Majerus, who has the "Jesuit roots" was perfect for re-building the program in 2007, but think about what should have been done circa 2002 -- and maybe we're looking at a spot in the Boise sub-regional instead of Missouri. If anything, Doug Woolard should never be allowed back on the Frost Campus or have any interaction with university administrators for as long as he lives.
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Maybe Dayton is just the better team. I don't know if you've noticed but that A10 conference plays some damn good basketball.
We should have gone 2-0 against Dayton this year. WVU is in the Big East and has legendary coach Bobby Huggins calling the shots.
In a remote trailer park, Kevin Pittsnoggle is crying.
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Unreal. Huggins is gone. How can you lose to Dayton?
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My point, exactly.
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That would be a good one. Xavier would need to play a lot tougher than they have lately.
Xavier fans worry every year that Dixon will leave Pitt for one of the few higher-status jobs in the country and that Miller will then fill that job.
I think the Pitt HC job has always been a pretty solid position. For UCLA to go outside of the Bruin family for Ben Howland speaks volumes to that. I think the Bruins were smart to clean house and rid themselves with any mess left over from the Harrick-Lavin era. Wish the Bills would have done that when Romar left.
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Oh, so here's a guy who dogs Femi John, but when I dog Brett Thompson, you bring out the wood and the nails. Way to go, moy.