iamitalian85

If we were only adding KM and WR I would agree. However, consider the freshmen and sophomores gaining a year of experience. Another year of maturing and growing bigger and stronger. Add Barnett coming off of his year out due to transfering and adding another legitimate 5 in Manning. I don't know that it will matter if CS finds his shot again, he may not be on the floor that much. Rob Loe will get a better chance to pick and pop with a legitate 5 scoring threat. Assuming Ellis doesnt get mono this offseason or burn his hand on any more firecrackers he should be better. I would say that there is a very real chance we are "absolutely loaded" next year.

Come on, let's not be totally blind to the situation. While they may have not done anything illegal, they aren't completely innocent. It was probably (and all things considering turned out to be)a horrible choice to run a train on a girl. A choice doesn't have to be illegal for it to be a bad one. I don't think the players should have been suspended in this fashion, but it is naive to think that all parties involved didn't make "horrible choices" that night. Sometimes those horrible choices come back to bite you,even when it seems unfair...that's life.

It has to get better. Remember: "The night is always darkest before the dawn."

Haha softball...Nice. Our womens Field Hockey team was terrible this year too if you want to take shot at that.

I think if there is one thing you can say about Majerus, it is he is honest...brutally honest. Just look at some of the things he has said about his own players.

Scholars? They came here to play basketball. Have you ever taken statistics? 2 people is not a representative sample of SLU's student population. Just like I won't assume that you represent the ****** bagginess (sp?) of all of Missouri State student population. Perfectly fine to mention their names. It's Voldemort's you can't mention. Go back to reading Harry Potter.

Whoops. Guess I accidently mention it...my apologies.

He is right. Our academics draw people from around the country, not from the meth labs of rural Missouri like an unnamed missouri state school.

Went over to the Missouri State board to see what they were saying about the game...The bold gave me a chuckle. Originally Posted by The Valley Bear

To be honest, I am still very excited about Rob Loe. The problem is SLU's circumstances have forced him into a different role than was originally planned for him. We have seen how effective he can be when Loe gets out onto the wing. I like his shot for the most part. Just a little physically unmature, but add some weight on him and I think he will be a pretty good player that can help create a lot of mismatches. With that being said, still not sure how he got his shot blocked twice in one series.

That makes me feel a lot better.

I checked out rivals: Both were 3 star recruits. Willie is 2 inches shorter but weighed 15 more lbs. Sigh...I wish we could get a 5 that was a bruiser...

I am pretty excited about Manning, but does anyone know how he compared to Willie coming out of High School?

Are we counting the Rockhurst game as a win? If so, I think it is a definite turning point. Big mental difference between 3-5 and 4-4.

I like their prediction a lot better. Just have to have someone step up and play down low. I don't think replacing Kwamain is going to be as tough as replacing Willie; by virtue of being able to spread the scoring at the 1, 2, and 3.

66. The preseason loss of Kwamain Mitchell and Willie Reed will prevent Saint Louis from contending for an NCAA tournament bid. Not anything we all didn't know...at least we got mentioned? Hope they are wrong though. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Sixty-eight-predictions-entering-the-new-college;_ylt=ArD3NGtPaDQF6TUm3vj3IPQ5nYcB?urn=ncaab-283102

Dave is coming to Dayton????!!!!!!!! Wow that is a surprise. Whatever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paper boy, the evening tv...

hey dave...forgiveness is also a catholic principle.

Just to clarify, is it an apology to the girl or to the University for not living up to moral standards? If it is to the University it is a whole different story.

On the bright side, if Mitchell really is coming back, our freshmen will get some valuable playing time against a weak non-conference schedule. Just weather the storm until January and then look to make a splash in A-10 conference play.