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I’m not saying the athletic department should not have put something together for Kansas City, but I think the tradition has always been the local alumni group organizes those parties. Usually the alumni group put something together and then people traveling from out of town get invited to join them.

Maybe we found a player here. Sometimes the coach has to see someone perform in a game to realize that their game play might be different than what the coach sees in practice.

My understanding is offering a kid a scholarship and agreeing to pay that kid some NIL money would be two different things. Technically, SLU could pay NIL money to someone who is a walk-on or on half scholarship and then not pay NIL money to someone who is on scholarship. I don't think that's how they would do it, but they could.

This ended up being pretty dead on. Anya ended up with 5 rebounds. If he gets 11 and the extras were all on the defensive end, meaning taking 6 offensive rebounds away from VCU, that would have probably made a big difference in the game. Wiz, is there any way to quantify how much of a difference that would have made?

This ESPN article says that St. Joe's Rasheer Fleming is a possible lottery pick. We held him to 13 points. Sounds like a good sign to me. https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/43402156/2025-nba-draft-10-risers-radar-players-prospects If you are behind they paywall, here is the part of the article about Fleming... Rasheer Fleming, PF/C, Saint Joseph's Age: 20.5 | Height: 6-9 | Weight: 240 Projected draft range: 20-40 Why there's intrigue: Fleming is one of college basketball's most improved players, increasing his production in every category. Coming off the bench in high school and AAU at Camden and with the New Jersey Scholars behind Aaron Bradshaw and D.J. Wagner, few could envision Fleming surpassing his former top-10 recruit teammates as a draft prospect, but that's exactly what has transpired. 2025 NBA draft • New mock draft! All 30 first-round picks • Execs weigh in on Cooper Flagg | His rise • Risers, fallers in our Top 100 rankings • Projected lottery teams: Who's at No. 1? • Top international players to know | More With a 7-foot-5 wingspan, Fleming is a prototypical NBA big man. He's hitting 44% of his 3-pointers, ranks fifth among projected draft picks in dunks and is filling up the stat sheet with rebounds, steals and blocks, making highlight-reel plays with his exceptional length. Fleming's lack of experience manifests itself with mistake-prone moments, running into brick walls or turning the ball over under duress. He's a somewhat mechanical player who doesn't process the game quickly and shows questionable awareness off the ball defensively. What scouts are saying: "Workouts are going to be huge for him. He's having an awesome year individually, but why aren't they better with all that talent they have? He's making a ton of 3s, but only 68% of his free throws, so how good of a shooter is he actually? Our analytic model loves him. Sometimes I see him and he looks like a lottery pick. Other times he looks like a G League project. He's a tough one to figure out. Just the question is, can he actually think the game?" Outlook: St. Joe's is having a turbulent season, with wins against Villanova and Texas Tech interspersed with losses to Central Connecticut State and Duquesne. Making the NCAA tournament via a run in the Atlantic 10 tournament would benefit Fleming's draft outlook but won't be an easy task. Fleming will be well-scouted regardless. A strong end to the season will be essential to solidify his first-round outlook. -- Givony

Went to the game last night. Here are some observations: * I thought the attendance was good all things considered (weather and non-conference performance). First time in a while that the crowd was into the game in a way that makes going to Billiken games fun. * Every time Schmidt called a time out, you could tell his staff drew up some offensive set to right the ship and get the momentum back in their favor. Every time we came out in a zone that their called play was unprepared for. You could see the look on Schmidt's face each time it happened and it was like "how did we not anticipate that they were going to do that again" * The chemistry is definitely clicking better on offense and defense than it had in the non-conference schedule. * With the additional chemistry on offense our passing is now off the charts. It's like was have several Yuri's out there looking for passes (obviously not to Yuri's level). Very fun to watch. * Warlick looks like a keeper. He's not overly skilled, but he makes up for it with effort. He did get a little addicted to passing and passed on a few shots he should have taken. * Wondering where Pikaar has disappeared to. Must be something going on in practice or that they feel his defense wasn't there to be able to cover their #24. * When Jimerson is on, he's one of the best players in the country.

This also helps the big donors. The money they are deducting is coming out of the highest possible tax bracket. Now, they can either feel better about donating at their present level, or donate more given the tax break they are getting.

I'm certainly not a tax person, but perhaps a creative solution is that the Billiken Club creates a way to donate to the Billiken Club with the understanding that it will then turn around and donate equivalent funds to the NIL Collective. EDIT: New info in another thread makes this point moot.

Remember the last couple years, where we couldn’t put games away and melted at the end?

How can you say that. McCottry is the freshman with the best upside in the history of the program. [Blue Font]

I don't even know if I agree or disagree with what you say anymore. I just know that it is nauseating reading your posts.

Wish the coaching staff would have known that. I bet they would have made sure he got it.

If that strategy ends up getting us in the tournament (most likely not this year) a few times then fans will show up if we are a top 50 program even if the competition is not the best.

More that game please

Thank you