majerus mojo

Cory Remekun? Davell Roby? Fred Thatch?

A lot of jilted lovers in this thread. Yuri was a 4-year starter and all-time Billiken great at his position. Not good enough for some without the NCAAs, but it's still a team game. There's even a coach involved It's also not Yuri's fault if he was worth more than the other players. That's how it works now. This isn't "deserved blowback" - you're just airing your personal grievances while speculating about this or that. It now happens every 2-3 weeks or so under a different thread title

Yuri should absolutely grab the biggest NIL bag he can

Was free for me after turning off ad-blocker - Recollections of a game against California-Berkeley last August are pretty fuzzy for Stef van Bussel, a native of the Netherlands who was playing for a team in Germany that day. Nothing in particular about the game seemed significant until nine months later, when SLU men’s basketball assistant coach Chris Harriman called. The two had not met, but Harriman had mental notes on van Bussel from that trip when he was on the coaching staff at Cal. Now at St. Louis University, Harriman had an offer for the 6-foot-10 center. “To be honest, I’d never heard of Chris. I never saw him,” van Bussel said. “I’d had many people who had asked me to go (to college), but I wasn’t interested in Division I at the time. I told them I’d stay in Europe. Then a friend left and told me about it and I changed my mind.” Four days after hearing from SLU for the first time, on April 29, van Bussel committed and quickly signed the paperwork that will have him playing for the Billikens in 2023-24. It was a whirlwind romance that produced an inside player SLU needs as coach Travis Ford rebuilds the roster, which is down to five returning players. Van Bussel, who will be 19 in June, has been out of school for the last year and playing for a team in Germany after leaving his small hometown of Ommel when he was 16. After the first conversation, he did a Zoom meeting with his family and the SLU staff. He watched games from last season and researched the university online. He was offered a chance to visit but didn’t think it was necessary. “I talked to Chris a lot, every day,” he said. “They offered me to visit but I like the coaches already. I was so sure about it and they were sure about me.” Harriman plans to go to the Netherlands soon to see van Bussel and his family. Van Bussel grew up in Ommel, which has a population of about 1,000. He had little in the way of competition so would get up at 5 a.m. to reach the Basketball Academy Limburg in Weert by 7:30. The trip involved a 30-minute bike ride to a train station, an hour on the train and then a short bike ride to the academy. He would practice, go to classes, practice, and then go home. His days typically ended at 9 p.m. or later. He eventually moved to be closer to the club. That led to his opportunity to play in Germany and the game against Cal. It is the only measuring stick of his ability to compete against DI competition. “I felt like I was pretty able to compete,” he said. “But obviously, St. Louis, I think, is a better basketball level than Cal was. I’m sure with the right equipment, practice facility and coaching staff I can be more than able to compete at the DI level. It might take a few months to adjust, but I’m a big guy and strong, so I think I’ll be fine.” The change of heart regarding playing college basketball in the U.S. culminated with van Bussel undertaking a cram session on SLU. It probably didn’t hurt that the Billikens were looking for big men after losing all three of their players in the middle from the 2022-23 team. They have restocked with the additions of van Bussel, 7-foot-1 Bruce Zhang and 6-foot-9 Brad Ezewiro, a transfer from Georgetown who committed over the weekend. All van Bussel needed was his computer to find what he needed. “I saw the school, and I saw games that St. Louis played and felt the system really fit me,” van Bussel said. “I also spoke to the head coach, and he was really excited about me. I was convinced quickly. It felt really good, and there was no pressure on me to sign, but I was so convinced about this choice.” Van Bussel has been out of school for the last year, focusing on basketball. His team in Germany recently lost in the playoffs, and he returned to the Netherlands He’s unsure of the timeline for arriving in St. Louis but anticipates being on campus in June when players return for workouts. At that point, he’ll start to find out how he matches up with other big men. “I’m strong, athletic and tough above the rim,” he said. “I’m a physical player and have touch above the rim. I can post up and make the right pass or go to the rim one-on-one. General big-man things.”

Love it when new recruit sprouts up like this #teamblue

Seems to me Creighton had this sewn up before he officially decommitted. Those cheatin', tamperin' Jays

New assistant coaches (Tate aside) seems like a win to me. Either they stink and everyone is let go (just pretend) or they help Ford win some big games for a change

I realize we’re short at the 4/5 but it’s funny that everyone is convinced Vice was going to be the first FR big under Ford to come in and be an impact player immediately

Brock Vice’s offers for those who are looking to jump off a bridge:

It’s weird that NET favoring P6 schools is now a conspiracy theory rather than something that is based in fact relative to the previous #1 metric, but yea these are rough times around here so I get it

Yea it seems like most of our combo guards of late have been lacking in the “on ball” department — whereas back in the day all 3 of those dudes could bring the ball up with ease.

Isn't Medley our pass-first PG recruit? It's a pretty important position...

Winning. The. Offseason.

Yea, the "I'm not prepared to go on the record" part

"I'm not prepared to go on the record that JG has decided to come back to SLU, BUT I am here to say that as of yesterday late afteroon they are very optimistic he's going to come back. Could it change in the 11th hour? Yes." - Frank

That's 2023-24 Atlantic-10 POY Gibson Jimerson, Saint Louis

There is zero chance he's transferring from UNC to SLU

tease time: https://bustingbrackets.com/2023/03/28/ncaa-basketball-10-teams-target-unc-transfer-caleb-love/2/

Dare I say it’s off-season winning time

Not suggesting anyone would be dogging it but it’s a giant let down spot for them

Hate when people do this. Gee I wonder why a team wouldn’t be super up for a NIT game after getting their hearts ripped out on Sun. NIT results don’t prove a thing

NET favors P5 teams to a larger degree than RPI. I think most people agree on this, but it’s kind of hard to tell what’s going on here. We’re comparing RPI vs. NET because the former had been the #1 metric used by the NCAA for 40 years. I don’t think anyone is saying because our RPI is in the 50s we should be dancing, or we had a great season look at our RPI, etc. With RPI, mid-majors did have a path to “figuring out” the system — crazy stuff like scheduling road games and games vs. other quality mid-majors. Well what does NET do? It diminishes the importance of road wins, since the mid-majors were the ones going on the road while the P5s camped out at home in Nov/Dec. Now with NET, it appears that Q1 wins are the big ticket. Texas Tech made me double-take a month ago as a bubble team. Their NET is 63, because they have 5 Q1 wins. Good amount, but they had 18 (!) opportunities. A mid-major might get 2 or 3. On the road. VCU this season had 1. It seems that the current system for P5 is: Do whatever! Play no one good in Nov/Dec, win a few games during conference play and find yourself on the bubble. For mid-majors: Get on the bubble based on winning the quality Nov/Dec games you can schedule. Can only bounce yourself off during conference play.