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  1. 1 hour ago, TRN said:

    Avila and Swope are visiting until Saturday.  Commitment announcements are usually released after the visit is done.  Enjoy your Friday night and Saturday, it’s likely a matter of waiting like with the Schertz hire. 

    They're likely taking the boys to the Eastside tonight.

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  2. 2 hours ago, Bills By 40 said:

    The stated range was $1.5-2 million, no doubt that's accurate. Robbie and Conwell alone will command ~$1 million, the other 3 starters combine for $500k-1 mill. Checks out. 

    You think Texas didn't drop Kent and Larry a combined 500k?? 

    From what I read, Avila’s going to get between $250k to $350k. Those other guys aren’t getting more than him. No, I don’t think Kent and Larry got $500k between them.

  3. 11 hours ago, HoosierPal said:

    Coach Schertz was on with Bernie today.  The most interesting comment was Schertz saying if ISU had lost to SMU early in the NIT, he might not have ended up here.  Over the length of the tourney he was able to develop a relationship with May, Pestello, Conran and Chaifetz.  They did a wonderful job of convincing him that he was the top priority.  May called him daily, sometimes twice a day, building the relationship. 

    Coach's values lined up with SLU's.  "This is a job I could be at the rest of my career."  The City fits me and the school fits me.  He didn't want to be in a fishbowl.  His older son has special needs.  He is not nomadic by nature.  "Everything needed to build a long term winning culture is present.  Alignment is here from the top down."

    Talked about his ISU team.  He isn't worried about how many stars a player has or who is recruiting that player.  Guys need to fit his system, even though his system is malleable. He will bend his style to what he has.  He had big at LMU, Emanuel Terry - cup of coffee in the NBA, who couldn't shoot or pass but was elite as a dribbler and a rim runner.  

    Bernie asked about transfers, particularly the process and time table.  Coach wants to move expeditiously but intelligently and purposefully as possible.  Six or seven visits or more will happen in the next 10 days.  As of today, we have 2 players on the roster. We have one game scheduled. This will allow him to build the roster as he needs to and the schedule as he needs to.  He is confident we are in good shape with several players.  The goal of the schedule is to get an At Large if needed.  (Easy to read between the lines.)  We will have some good news in the next two weeks or so.  We can swim in different waters than we did at Indiana State because of all the things we have here at SLU. 

    Bernie and Coach bonded over food talk.  Bernie promised to take him to a restaurant Majerus liked and they named a chipeno after him.

    https://590thefan.com/radio-shows/the-bernie-show/

    For as crappy an AD as May supposedly is, Coach Shertz seems to think May did a pretty good job of convincing him to come to SLU.

  4. 3 hours ago, TheA_Bomb said:

    Huh? You're missing the point. Avila is a sophomore and next year will be a junior.  One more year of physical development, college weight room, trainers.  That's a reason for optimism that the ISU MVC Tournament 2nd place team could be better next year.  All 5 starters have another year of experience. 

    That's next season, not the season after. I'm not projecting them any further into the future.

    Coach don't do weights, summer conditioning, running, etc.

    "I never condition them," Schertz said after a recent MVC tournament game. "We don't do any summer conditioning, no conditioning in the fall. I never run them."

    No Conklin summers.

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  5. 10 hours ago, VeniceMenace said:

    David King is known to exaggerate. He also thought he was an expert at sneaking into drive-in movies without paying—until Security opened the trunk and busted him. How embarrassing, he needs to go to confession.

    400

    Indiana State University

    Public

    IN

    40.9

    Indiana State University

    Terre Haute, IN

    Scores and Ranks

    Rank/Score


    Overall Rank

    400

    Overall Score

    40.9

    Student Outcomes

    Score/Timeframe


    Salary Impact vs. Similar Colleges

    40

    Graduation Rate vs. Similar Colleges

    19

    Years to Pay Off Net Price

    3 years, 4 months

    Survey Results

    Score


    Learning Opportunities

    60

    Preparation for Career

    58

    Learning Facilities

    64

    Recommendation Score

    58

    Diversity

    Score


    Diversity

    54

    Cost and Returns

    Amount


    Average Net Price

    $14,961

    Value Added to Graduate Salary

    $17,531

    400th out of 400. Saint Louis University comes in a depressing 156th.

  6. 8 hours ago, Old guy said:

    Don't worry about that TRN. Most of the people in this board know that I really do not know basketball. I admit freely that I know a lot about some things and very little about other things. Basketball is one of those things I do not much about. My wife is the true SLU basketball fan in the family and has 3 degrees from SLU.

    Why isn’t your wife posting here?

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  7. 55 minutes ago, VeniceMenace said:

    Some said DeVries would be a superior hire. BUT—Terre Haure is a depressed town located in the county with the highest poverty rate in the state. ISU’s enrollment is down 50% from years ago…and they’re in a consistently 1-bid league….

    Against that backdrop and the tourney run, great hire!

    Yeah, the Wall Street Journal ranked ISU 400th out of 400 colleges in this years college rankings. That alone is enough to encourage anyone to get the hell out of town.

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  8. On 4/1/2024 at 3:20 PM, slu72 said:

    Chareleston is a nice place to live. Beaches, historical district, and top drawer restaurants. Kelsey and Grant success drove fans into complete sellouts. Granted their arena has been upgraded but still holds only 4.5k. I’ve heard thru the grapevine the deal is done. CofC got some buyout $$$’s from UL, $1 to $1.5mm. And that Mack would make $1.5 mm. Also, rumor is that Mack told CofC to start a process to get into the A10. CofC fans are really excited over that. So am I, as I have a friend who holds 4 season tickets to the Cougars. 

    I’ve been to Charleston many times, and think it’s a dump. Stupidest state in the country, biggest cock roaches I’ve ever seen, and hotter than hell in the summer. Not to mention the mosquitoes!

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  9. On 3/27/2024 at 4:48 PM, VeniceMenace said:

    Coach Grawer's teams played way stiffer competition in the NIT. Avila would be Big Chill Melvin Robinson's rag doll, just like Luc Longley. 

    I wonder why they called Melvin “Big Chill” ?

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  10. 2 hours ago, gobillsgo said:

    If Schertz moves on after one year, it was a great year for SLU basketball. (FWIW I don’t think he leaves after one year) Anyway, I doubt Utah St. regrets hiring Sprinkle because he left after one year. They were decimated after Odom left, and he got them to R32 year one.  I see your point, and there’s some validity to it, but you hire the best coach for your program NOW, imo. You can’t worry about three years from now, especially in the era of college free agency for all. 

    I'm only giving him one year. After all the hype I've heard here, if the Bills don't dance next year, goodbye Shertz!!!

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  11. 7 hours ago, Old guy said:

    WVBilliken there is a vast difference between the two of us. You believe that May announcement will confirm that Shertz will, I on the other hand do not believe him. I prefer to see what happens and if May is correct, good for May he managed to do something correctly. If he is not correct May confirms my belief that he is not capable of handling this hiring.

    I think that if Schertz wins the NIT with his ISU team he may well try go elsewhere. Of course, we will find out what happens when it happens. And by the way, as long as they have a viable second choice candidate ready to come in, I will have no problems if Schertz decides to go elsewhere.

    Old guy, who are some of your second choices for HC ?

  12. On 3/20/2024 at 9:11 AM, ACE said:

    Not only is UVa bad, they are terribly boring to watch. They had no business in the Dance. The screwing of ISU should be concerning to all mid-majors. Some day Coach Schertz could have SLU with a top 30 NET and we get screwed from the auto bid.

    Even if UVA didn’t get a bid, ISU still wouldn’t dance; OK would have got the bid before ISU

  13. 2 hours ago, billiken_roy said:

    justin love was very good.   but he didnt score like parker was scoring before the dislocation.   had he not had that injury i wouldnt doubt he would had a 40+ pt game by year end.   

    Probably in the A-10 Conference Tournament championship game!

  14. 9 minutes ago, Soderball said:

    I'm not as hot on Parker - injury prone this year. Unclear how well he will recover from surgery and so on after the offseason. Lot of unknowns there. Rumor is he was causing grief behind the scenes. He used up one of his years this year with little/no playing time & development... We can move on and find other guys who can score. Scorers are common in today's game, finding rebounding & defense is much harder with how many guys can shoot the 3 now.

    Right, guys that average 16 pts/20 min, hit 42.6% from 3pt, and score 30+ pts three games in a row are a dime a dozen.

    LOL!

  15. 11 hours ago, cheeseman said:

    So, from reading these threads it looks like the MVC got 1 and the A10 got 2 so that should put the discussion that the MVC is as good as the A10 to rest.  I am not being serious here but it does make you stop and think.

    If an A-10 team won 28 games, they would be an NCAA lock, and likely a 4 to 6 seed. ISU winning 28 and being snubbed tells me that the Valley is even worse than I thought.

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