slufan13

http://tigerboard.com/boards/list.php?board=1 I know it's a b!tch to follow but I think this is the message board you're looking for.

Must be nice to coach a team where one and done in the tournament is a "success"

Not sure why Biedscheid would want to leave a school that is one and done every year for another school that is a one and done every year.

@GoodmanESPN1m Notre Dame redshirt freshman forward Cameron Biedschied just received a permit to contact letter from Irish. Will transfer elsewhere.

I mean any of our opponents could make the tournament, but none of them will be any better than about a 14 seed so I don't see what good that does us. Indiana State could probably make the tournament if they finish a close 2nd to Wichita St, but I still don't know how likely that is. I kind of see this season as 2 years ago. We didn't really have a noteworthy win (Xavier twice was good, but they were just a 10 seed. Washington? Didn't make the NCAA. Villanova? Didn't make the NCAA) but we still end up in the tournament somewhere between a 7 and a 10 and have to face a top 8 team to get to the Sweet 16. Now there is plenty of time to improve our resume but I think the A10 has come back down to earth a little bit lately. VCU was overrated from the start and I think a split against them this year was the most likely scenario anyway. We couldn't win at UMass 2 years ago so it will be a challenge this year, but that appears to be the biggest chance at a noteworthy win. Dayton is falling and I think we all know they'll be 8-8 in A10 play anyway. La Salle has just flat out looked bad this year. People wanted to make them out to be great because they made the Sweet 16 but it was somewhat of a fluke. People on here will probably get pumped if we beat George Mason because they made the Final Four 8 years ago but they aren't any good. If you look at the schedule, I don't see any reason why we can't go at least 12-4 in conference play. Giving us a loss @VCU and @UMass, and then maybe 2 games where we can't beat the zone and lose. I think 12-4 plus a win in the A10 Tourney puts us right around a 7 seed which is at least safely in the tournament, but doesn't give potential for a deep run. 2 years ago we had 2 losses in non conference, went 12-4 in A10 play, got 1 win in the A10, and got a 9. I think that should get us a little better of a seed this year due to losing to 2 top 10 teams and just the fact that we have a better reputation. I think we've looked a lot better as of late and I think Crews if finding the right lineups. The right lineup is whatever gets Dwayne the most space down low (which I think means less Grandy but what do I know?) I'm still worried about our outside shooting but it appears lately that our approach has just been to take more outside shots because that means that we'll probably make more. I feel like we've made more 3's over the last 2 games but still shooting roughly the same percentage. Edit to add that GW could end up being a decent win by the end of the season. They've actualyl looked pretty good.

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From what I understand, SLU put out some cheap tickets that were behind the band and in the student section since they knew it wouldn't fill up. I guess some ISU fans took advantage of that because they were yelling at the security guards telling them not to sell tickets to the student section if they don't want that to happen

My brother told me that SLU unfortunately sold some tickets to Indiana State fans that were in the student section. Those fans were shouting racial and homophobic slurs at SLU players so they got kicked out.

I like "Hollywood" or "McHollywood". Fits his style of play and his hometown.

SLU by 17. I think they keys are to shoot a better percetage from 3. Hold Indiana St to a lower percentage from 3. We need to rebound well and get to the line a lot. And when Indiana St makes a run towards the end of the first half, we need to respond and take a solid lead going into half time.

I would be interested to see Rob and Manning play at the same time. Not sure it could work but Saturday wouldn't be the worst time to experiment with the lineup.

The less Grandy, the better. He rebounds well but he just clogs things up down low on offense. He also still tries to do way too much sometimes when he gets the ball in the post. I'd rather see Reggie once he's over the concussion. I would be fine if Reggie missed Saturday's game because then he has 9 more deals to heal.

I feel like I've read this thread before

I'll he happy when we win the national championship

Probably. I don't know what I'm talking about usually.

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More importantly than percentages in my opinion is how many 3's they take and make per game. Looks like they're at about 7.2 3's made per game. So that's not at the top of the country but again they shoot a high percentage from anywhere. But since they shoot a high percentage you have to take away the opportunity. If we let them shoot 50% from 3 but it's just 2-4, I'l like our chances. If we hold them to say 33% but they go like 8-24, I might not be as confident.

To go into further detail, I don't think this is a final decision by any means, but it appears the goal is the NBA and I guess he thinks Kentucky gives him the best opportunity.

To clarify. Maybe not commit in the near future but his mind is close to being made up even if he doesn't make it public.

Decent source tells me Tatum will commit to Kentucky in the near future. You can pm me if you want to know the source

so it's 50/50?

We redshirted Manning?

We tried to get rid of balloons all last year but they just kept telling us that we were doing them

I was at the game last night and I can confirm that he did not play.

That's fine and true. But "it's only Wofford" is no excuse for your student section President and Vice President.