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I’ll “drink” to that. Great post.

Another interesting transfer out of the Land of Enchanment is 6’7” walk-on forward Logan Padgett, son of Scott, who played for his pops for a year at Samford and then packed up for Albuquerque. Since the Lobos hired Richard Pitino, there’s been an exodus out of the Pit. With Ford and Padgett the elder both sons of BBN, I’m wondering if there might be a call made. Could be a body if FO or JB run into foul trouble.

Blue font me here, but I think he said he wanted to go see Boyz II Men if anyone was interested. But you’re right, Mizzou is already on bended knee with all of the racial allegations and protests on campus. Could very well be the end of the road if that happened. I couldn’t help it, CB.

I’m sure being one of Valvano’s sons can only help when he can give recruits “tours of the university.” Regardless that recruits now couldn’t pick Terry Gannon from Rich Gannon, having that nostalgic feel of a championship winner certainly doesn’t hurt. That’s like AB or LH working for Universitas.

Lando: think about Porter in this way... Loyola is a Gonzaga surrounded by a metropolitan area with 8.5 million more people than greater Spokane. Given time, a renaissance in resources and revenue, Loyola could be a juggernaut. That is Mid Major Madness.

It’s amazing to think that the Texas -OU game was non-conference for the first 90 years of the Red River Rivalry. Then the SWC folded and the 8 became 12. College football fans should put that game on the bucket list. Lots of scenery at Fair Park in Dallas during the weekend, Jimbo.

Also some of the most legendary coaching in the history of college football, which pains me to say as a native son of Texas. Better than Royal v Stallings in the old SWC, better than Ara v McKay, etc. Doesn’t get much better than Wilkinson & Switzer in Norman going up against the statesman Osborne.

If I can buy a Tesla on the coin, surely I can bring in a hoss PF. Going plaid.

Nebraska and OU won every Big8 conference crown from 1963-1988. Then a Mizzou alum named Bill McCartney arrived in Boulder and received an honorary fifth down at homecoming. So nice of the folks in Columbia!

Love the Street & Smith reference. It’s been a while! That and an old Beckett’s baseball card price magazine were staples of my DeMatt lounge collection!

I’m wondering what the Roy’s of the world would think comparing/contrasting Porter and Stallings. I know there’s some Belleville loyalty to KS.

Tell that to the people here that lived through Ekker and Grawer.

Porter is only 52. I can’t think of a coach who was kept in his current capacity through years of mediocrity only to find lightning in a bottle late. Either he came in hot and cooled down over time like a Rollie Massimino or got hot mid-career with bookended cooling periods like a Jimmy Boehiem. Some of these guys are like tenured profs with a clipboard. See Carneseca, Lou for more.

It was “Groce,” one Illinois fan said.

And the year before that, a pass first 16 seed PG from UMBC did the athletic equivalent to lightning striking a lotto winner.

I don’t think the rant on Biondi has much merit here considering all the positive things he did for the University in general. SLU is more than a place where basketball is played. But - you do make a valid point - the swings-and-misses are adding up in Midtown.

It’s hard to believe Nantz has more hair than the aptly-named Krautwig.

Shaka has entered the carousel chat room.

Spot on. You’re on fire tonight. Will be interesting to see how Francis bodies up against OO from Bona. He humbled Has in the conference tournament. That will be must-see-TV.

More like an autopsy than a final review, Wiz. Great work, as always. Stats don’t lie.

Billiken Bridesmaids.

A season where a mulligan or two could have helped hey, a bad day on the golf course sure beats a good day at home.

This is where we see the stark contrast between the coaches like Majerus, who did more with less, and Ford. The recruiting trail victories mean very little when the team falls flat in the first round of the NIT. Defense may win championships, but we suffered too many mental lapses to hang a W on the right side of the ledger today.

Good post. Some gave all, all gave some. Kudos to the athletic department staff through a year of tumult and frustration. The end result may not have been what we wanted - but then again - we may not have even had basketball.

In the first half, they panned the SLU bench and he was still in warmups and you could just tell in his eyes he was somewhere else. This year has taken the life out of some of these guys - much like it has a lot of us. Color commentator on ESPN said how important mental health is/was for these coaches to check in on. Hopefully our staff and medical team used all resources available to keep tabs on the team. Just a bummer of a season. Let’s regroup for fall camp and make 21-22 a season to remember for good reasons.