cgeldmacher

+1. I absolutely cannot listen to their radio show.

Agree. The Cardinal Hall of Fame is going to start having the same problem. They induct four every year. Pretty soon, we're going to be ending up with guys like Hrabosky and Pendleton getting in.

You got a chuckle out of me, Old Guy.

Great shirt. Better future Billiken. Nice work.

We should try to get in that CBE tournament in Kansas City as often as they will allow us. Great access for our fans. Why is it that St. Louis doesn't have some sort of tournament like this?

It appears as if his best skill is getting people to hire him.

Grawer gets more credit for taking a program that was nowhere and returning it to being average to above average. I would argue the NIT runs were above average years. Those years also returned energy and buzz to the program. Going from nothing to respectability is Grawer's legacy. His time allowed the Spoonhour years to occur. Crews took a team that had been to the tournament twice in a row and got them back there one more time before absolutely destroying it. Romar was doing some positive stuff before leaving. Soderberg kept the seat warm for Majerus.

Even though I would have preferred he go to SLU, I actually appreciate Tilmon staying home to play for his home state team. Better than him going to KU or other top schools. I don't think there was a chance of him coming to SLU anyway.

That's funny. I can see someone whispering in his ear while Borzello was typing his Tweet, "you were supposed to mention Mizzou also."

Pistol, Jr.: SG, 1'10", 8, Cincinnati, OH (High School TBA) – Offers: None. Interest: SLU. Latest News: Two* drawing strong interest from all over the country. He can dunk and likes the transition game. Still needs to work on his basic motor skills. Needs to add some weight if he wants to be able to take the ball inside at the college level. Twitter: none yet. Congrats, Pistol.

As if there were not enough ammunition, if Grandy even ended up getting looked at by NBA teams, that would be the greatest indictment of the Crewsplatt era. As said above, it also would give us hope that the current guys may not be as bad as they were when they were shoulder deep in the dumpster fire of the past two years.

Great move by Chris May. The only better move was hiring her in the first place. The question was going to be whether Stone wanted to parlay her success at SLU into another BCS job like the one she had a Wisconsin. Signing this deal is, hopefully, a sign that she plans on staying here long term. Get ready for some NCAA appearances by our women's team.

5. Watching Anthony Bonner and the Bills play in the NIT at Kiel Center with my father when I was a kid. Our seats were in the very top row. It's where my love of the Billikens began. 4. The Bills beating ranked Butler at home. My profile pic is the view from my seats as the students stormed the court. 3. Road trip I took with three other guys in approx. 1995 to see the Bills play Memphis (St.) at the Pyramid. Drove there in the morning and drove back after the game. We crammed about three days of stuff into one day. The Bill tied the game with seconds left on a half court shot, but lost in overtime. Two of our guys mooned the Pyramid and the Memphis fans out the side windows as we drove away. 2. Beating Butler at Hinkle Field House. Went with seven friends this time. Like a previous poster said, there were several hundred Billiken fans there. Whole weekend was a blast, including trying the shrimp cocktail at St. Elmo's. 1. Columbus weekend. Went with my father and my 9 year old son. Amazing memory. My father passed away a year and a half later. So glad we took that trip. So excited that the next batch of great Billiken memories seems to be on the way.

Can players sign during a dead period, or a quiet period? If not, a decision could be made, but they have to wait out making it official.

Odd that we are offering two star guys so early. I can only assume that Ford thinks the recruitment of these guys is going to blow up, and he wants to be able to tell them that he recognized their talent early on.

I would guess that there are a lot of kids out there that just want to have their friends back home see that they declared for the NBA draft. With the new rules making it easier to do so, it is not surprising that it is happening so often. These kids were probably the same kids that were offer collectors in high school. The ones that constantly tweeted how they were blessed to have an offer from each big school they could snag one from.

Forgot to mention that Chris May was there as well. He told to me that the program had been using 360 as a wine and dine location for recruits. Apparently, they have good relationship with the manager.

I went. It was nice, but very informal. The Billiken crowd got mixed in with folks who were there getting drinks before the Cardinal game and Blues game. Coach Ford was there with his family. He shook hands and had polite, short conversations with the folks that showed up. You could tell that he was more interested, quite understandably, that his family was in town to see him throw out the first pitch at the Cardinal game than in working the room. When I briefly spoke to him, he said that he family still had to go back to Oklahoma to finish things up before being able to rejoin him in a few weeks. Coach Stone from the women's team was also there. Not sure as many people recognized her. I had a great conversation with her about the past season and the future of the program.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/05/17/hell-hath-no-fury-like-the-scorned-wife-of-the-fordham-mens-basketball-coach/ Check out this article about the wife of Fordam's Coach, Jeff Neubauer, going off on him on Twitter for his "indiscretions." He just got a contract extension in April until '20-21.

Well said. Am I sad that Jolly is leaving? - No. Did he deserve the crap he is getting from this board? - Definitely no.

+1

They recently had an opening on their roster for a player with a super cool name.

Bringing in these transfers is going to put us in a great situation in a few years. We all seem hopeful for a turnaround in year two when these guys start playing. Assuming we do right the ship in a big way that year, this will coincide with Ford being able to give out four scholarships to kids coming in the following year. The year after that, he'll have five available. The timing will be perfect for him to fully showcase is recruiting chops for a program in the rise.

That article makes the move seem very unlikely. I wonder if Wichita State floating this to let other conferences, like the Beast, know that they are available and considering a move.

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2016/05/03/report-wichita-state-approaches-mountain-west/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs For those that think that the Missouri Valley is a destination for the Bills, probably not many on this board, please consider that Wichita State may move to the Mountain West. I mention this, because if Wichita State considers the Mountain West to be a step up, then clearly going to the MO Valley would be a big step down for us. Actually, if Wichita State joins the Mountain West, the Mountain West would be rather comparable to the A-10. It would be like having an A-10 on the west coast.