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Welmer is playing!
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Could Gus be any worse?
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Ciaja Harbison (#2) looked really good out there. Freshman from Louisville who was in ESPN's top 100, hopefully she can step into Kemph's very large shoes.
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4 hours ago, HoosierPal said:
https://www.three-man-weave.com/3mw/atlantic-10-basketball-preview-2019
Here is yet another preview. I like the way they break up the league, into three tiers.
Ford COY and Grady POY. Be sure to look at the table summarizing Goodwin and French on the floor together. Interesting.
Of the 15 players on this publication's three A10 All Conference teams, 12 are guards. Goodwin First team, Isabell Third team and Isabell Newcomer Team
That’s a pretty great set of write-ups. Easily the most in-depth preview I’ve seen, good find.
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52 minutes ago, slufan13 said:
I could google this but is there any research out there on how elections would have been impacted if every state split their electoral votes and actually cast their vote based on the results of their district?
Here’s an article published in Time that hits three “myths” (I’m personally not a fan of the slightly combative nature of that word in the title) about arguments for keeping the electoral college: http://time.com/4571626/electoral-college-wrong-arguments/
One of the frequent complaints in this thread centers around “Myth 2” in the article, namely that you could exclusively campaign in the 10/20/30 whatever biggest cities and win a popular vote... presidential candidates already nearly exclusively focus their campaign events in swing states. And within these states, they pretty much only ever go to the largest cities! Do Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, and Miami deserve more attention than St. Louis, Chicago, Houston, and New Orleans? Also, the current system still fails to get candidates to visit small cities and truly rural voters, except for odd photo opp!
Also, see this article from NPR (argue with their math, not the source): https://www.npr.org/2016/11/02/500112248/how-to-win-the-presidency-with-27-percent-of-the-popular-vote
A presidential candidate could win 51% of the vote in as few as 11 states and become president while not receiving a single vote anywhere else in the country. If that sounds ridiculous, here’s a list of 14 states that a candidate could win and become president without campaigning in a single other state: California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Minnesota.
Note that this combination requires a candidate to only ever visit the coasts and a few states in the Great Lakes, and is actually a fairly plausible map for a current democratic candidate. How is this better than having a candidate only go to the 14 biggest cities? And in the popular vote case, at least they’d need to be sure of getting closer to 90% of the vote to make such a strategy viable. In the NPR article, they also describe a scenario in which a president could be elected with 23% of the popular vote by exclusively winning small states by a one-vote margin.
So, even when looking only at the ways the electoral college incentivizes candidates to spend their time focused on the needs of rural vs urban, or coastal vs heartland voters, we see that the current system doesn’t actually force candidates to care more about denizens of non-urban centers. Candidates can always focus on one kind of voter to the exclusion of others, and the math of the electoral college suggests that they should probably aim even narrower than they already do in order to increase their likelihood of winning within the current system. A truly representative election would at least shift the calculus away from an emphasis on the two biggest cities in each of the small handful of swing states and back in favor of Joe Public.
TL;DR - The electoral college offers candidates at least as many ways to exclude cities/citizens/states as a nationwide popular vote.
Edit: Didn’t even get to the reason I replied to you (slufan13), as this became a novel just replying to the thread in general... Basically, the House districts we would use have been way too gerrymandered to use for such a purpose.
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17 minutes ago, brianstl said:
Not a bad list, but I think he puts too much of an emphasis on scoring. I’ll be shocked if Goodwin doesn’t finish in the top-3 of box-score plus/minus, and he really should lead the league.
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2 hours ago, Quality Is Job 1 said:
Even those squads regularly suffered from scoring droughts.
I think you missed part of my point - none of those squads had all of those four guys at a time when they were capable of being go-to scorers. When Conklin was a senior, neither Evans nor Jett were at that level. Jett didn’t really get there until after Kwamain left. For that three-year run, we only had two guys (Conklin/Kwamain, Evans/Kwamain, Jett/Evans) who were at that level at a time. I’m saying this year we just might have four...
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14 hours ago, JMM28 said:
This is supported by zero data or facts, but I feel like a majority of NCAA teams have this issue - or this perceived issue.
That’s fair, and I don’t think I said we had a monopoly on scoring droughts. Relatedly, based solely on gut instinct, I don’t believe that most teams have multiple guys who can score on their own, either off the dribble or in the post. That has certainly been true of us in the recent past.
Thinking back to our best teams, only senior year Jett, junior/senior Evans, senior Conklin, and then Kwamain (all four years, but best as a sophomore) fit that bill. I think having the four guys I mentioned earlier (Goodwin, Isabell, Gordon, French) will kind of be like all four of these Billiken all-timers peaking on the same team. Imagine CPOY Jett (Goodwin) alongside Kwamain (Isabell) with both peak Conklin (French) and peak Evans (Gordon) in the paint. And then Bess instead of Cassity. Sploosh.
/end Blue kool-aid induced rant
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14 minutes ago, slu72 said:
We were 9-9 last year w/ some really close losses that could have gone either way. We basically had a 7 man team w/ 2 FR playing big minutes. Then lost our best player for the last 4 conf games.
Our additions this year are significant. They are more than roster stuffers. I don't see the A10 being that much tougher than last year. It may even be down. I'll be very surprised and disappointed if we lose more than 3 games in conference.
Yeah, I think the biggest difference between this year and previous years is that we’ll have plenty of guys who can get buckets. Goodwin and Isabell as guards, and then both French and Gordon in the post. Bess is still more of a secondary scorer than someone you want creating their own shot. Altogether this means that the multi-minute scoring droughts we’ve suffered for years should be a thing of the past. We’ll have plenty of ways to score, and the other team will kind of have to pick their poison. If I’m coaching against us, I pack in a 2-3 zone and dare us to shoot, but I’m still optimistic that Goodwin is as good a shooter as we saw in conference and that Bess will improve at least a little bit.
That said, three losses is a high standard. I’d set the o/u at 4.5. The parity from 1-6/7 in our league will probably lead to a flattened out distribution of records. Games @ VCU, URI, St. Joe’s will be difficult. @ Duquesne could be a challenge, too. I think we lose two of those away games, one against GMU/Davidson at home, and then there’s a wildcard game in there somewhere. So losing three isn’t completely unrealistic, I just don’t think it would surprising or disappointing to lose 1-2 more.
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Loving the discussion here... I really think Goodwin is firmly one of the two best players in the conference, alongside Grady. Having a full season with better pieces around him and no investigation looming over his head will only help. If I’m being honest, I think he’ll shoot 35% from three and go for like 14/7/6 with 4 steals + blocks and be the best all-around player in the conference. Isabell will be an uber efficient scorer alongside him and also contribute on the boards and with ball distribution. Grady/Gudmundsson will put up numbers in McKillop’s offense, but I’d take our duo over them in terms of toughness, defense, passing, and handling.
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Willie didn’t play after the technical. He looked a bit lethargic out there honestly. Rebounded really poorly, not really boxing out or watching for people crashing. Also failed to block some shots that you would’ve expected him to help with. As quailman noted, they ended up losing.
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Willie just got t’d up, and then left the gym... he was upset that he didn’t get a foul call (he was definitely fouled) and screamed at the ref for a bit.
Edit: he’s back on the bench. Guess he just needed to cool off.
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Willie gets the start in the TBT championship game. $2mil on the line.
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Caleb Love looking really good for BBE today. Step-back three and then a nice runner in the last few possessions.
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Just now, billikenfan05 said:
what number is Hargrove? 22?
Yup
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Hargrove with the first bucket for BBE. Great hype for SLU from the announcers.
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34 minutes ago, Spoon-Balls said:
I love how if anyone ever suggests that women should be held to some sort of comparable level of accountability as men, you automatically get labeled as a victim blamer and misogynist. The more I hear about these sorts of stories, the more I start to believe that a significant portion involve women outright making up claims of rape.
You only hear about the stories that have question marks. As a person who has had students (plural, unfortunately) directly affected by sexual assault, your post comes off as misguided if not malicious. If you’d had kids in your office in tears explaining why they missed class that week you probably wouldn’t be so quick to judge. Btw, I’m talking mostly about your second sentence and the use of the phrase “significant portion”.
Edit: Just adding that none of the stories I was privy to (where the University’s investigation was an open and shut case) ever got published. The men involved were removed from school via one avenue or another and the press didn’t say a word. Note that I’m not saying these stories necessarily should get published, just that you hear about the stories that get clicks. The headline: “Yet another female student gets raped” doesn’t exactly sell papers, ya know? Except when it’s by an athlete, I suppose.
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1 hour ago, Old guy said:
Johnny Jump Up I really cannot say much about how eyes adapt to contacts, except that after having worked for a long time without correction it may take some time before a person gets to use the corrected vision accurately. I have no idea how difficult this may be to achieve.
1 hour ago, JohnnyJumpUp said:I think his change to contacts took some time to adjust with his shot and had a direct effect on his percentage. Maybe @Old guy can give us some facts on the human body's adjustments to eyewear, associated with hand eye coordination.
I let my inner Old Guy out in this thread at the beginning of last year... I have personal experience with this kind of adaptation and just know a decent amount about the human visual system.
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5 minutes ago, dlarry said:
I just can't justify paying for sports content. I know it's super cheap but with all the free information available why bother?
Does anyone subscribe?
Is it worth it?
I split a subscription with some friends and yeah, it’s great. Best sports writing on the internet in my opinion.
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21 minutes ago, TFord and TRavs said:
Would Jacobs be considered a freshmen if he came from prep still? I know he would scholarship wise.
Yes. Although technically he’d be a freshman.
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54 minutes ago, slu72 fan said:
I've been told that Jacobs is tearing it up so far in the summer workouts. The statement was "that he can score from anywhere".
Besides Gordon, I think Jacobs had the highest upside of the freshmen. Dude is a freak athlete.
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1 hour ago, Pistol said:
Italy up 42-28 at half. Not sure why, but Ingvi has only played 8 minutes. He's not in foul trouble. Anyway, he's got 3 points and 3 rebounds.
He also had a nice pull-up three. I think they gave the bench guys some extra run today, as they’d already been eliminated, hence his reduced minutes total. Anyway, he looks like a guy who can play in the A10.
Edit: Jk, not eliminated. But I think they were locked into the last seed?
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26 minutes ago, majerus mojo said:
If Coach really believes his Gordon-Mashburn comps he will definitely be experimenting with him at the 3
If Gordon can shoot 35% from three, then sign me up! Honestly shooting even like 30% is ok from a big if they’re only shooting one or two a game to keep the defense honest. Just haven’t seen that from any of them... yet. Gordon and French, and maybe even Foreman, have the athletic ability to match up with most wings so if they can shoot it well enough that’d be amazing.
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5 hours ago, brianstl said:
I won't. We have big match up advantage over every team in the A10 when it comes to our bigs. We need to take advantage of it. I am looking forward to seeing four bigs go at when they are on the court not having to worry about fouling out or preserving energy.
I have mixed feelings about this. Playing with three frontcourt players will not be good for our offense. Any competent coach would just pack it in against us and double everything in the paint. It would mean that we aren’t getting any shooting from our backcourt guys and decided to just give up on that and play bully-ball. It might be an option to fall back on when our shot isn’t falling, but I don’t want any of Santos/Gordon/French/Foreman playing more than spot minutes at the 3-position.
Welcome Gibson Jimerson
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This 2019 class is really coming together. We have a floor general (Collins), a versatile athlete (Hargrove), and now a skilled sharpshooter in Jimerson. Very complementary and allows us to aim high with the remaining scholarships or save them until spring to see what needs develop. As many others have said, I’d also like another frosh big and then a grad transfer. Also would be ok focusing on the various high-caliber 2020 locals now that 2019 is in good shape.
Great job by Ford, and welcome to Team Blue, Gibson!