cgeldmacher

If I were Chris May and the BoT, I would call the Big East and tell them that if they add us, we will only make the Big East pay us the current financial payout we are getting from the A-10 until the Big East renegotiates a TV deal or gets a new one. Once that happens, we move to an equal share with everyone else in the league. If we don't get into the Big East, we'll be getting that A-10 money anyway. Better to give them incentive to put us in and take the bigger payout later, especially if what Pitino is saying is correct and expanding the Big East will result in a better TV deal down the road.

I don't know if that requires a line-up change. Probably just a strategy/scheme change.

That mascot story is in the top ten, along with, of course, the Billiken.

When I last looked the SEC had 7 teams in the top 15

I'd rather see both of them get more time and a little bit more rest time for Robbie. I don't say this because I'm upset at his recent performances. Everyone has bad games, and we know what Robbie can do. I say this, because I think if Robbie knows he's going to get a little bit more rest every game, he may be able to amp up his effort knowing that he doesn't have to conserve as much.

Would VCU win a tiebreaker with us if we both went 14-4? We would be even head to head. I'm not sure what the next tiebreaker is.

I agree, but the discussion was which is more likely to happen; a conference championship or winning the A-10 tournament and going to the dance. I think we have a better chance at a conference championship. I'd love both, but winning the conference seems more likely to me.

That's an interesting thought. What do we have a better chance at, winning three straight in the A-10 tournament against the best teams in the A-10 or being regular season champs? We're one game back of VCU and there is no head to head advantage for a tiebreaker with them. We have to play GM at home. I am assuming we beat them just for purposes of setting the stage for this scenario. If we beat them, we have the tiebreaker on GM which essentially means we would be a half game back of them. Looking at the schedules, VCU still has Dayton twice and a game against GM that one of them will have to lose. GM's schedule seems pretty light the rest of the way. Our schedule is pretty light other than the GM game and on the road at Dayton. If we beat GM in our game against them, lose to Dayton and win the rest, we go 14-4 in the conference. If we beat, GM and they also lose to VCU, then they will also go 14-4 in the conference, but we would have the tie-breaker on them. If we beat GM and VCU also beats GM, then the question is what does VCU do in their two games with Dayton. If they split, with Dayton and win the rest, they also go 14-4. I would certainly rather win the A-10 tournament and go to the big dance rather than with the A-10 regular season, but if you had to ask me which is more likely, I think I would say us winning the regular season, because that only requires is to win one more game against a top A-10 team rather than 2. Also, with our short bench, we may be at a disadvantage in a three games in three days situation.

Totally agree, Nick. I was about to post something similar. We often say its hard to be a Billiken fan. Games like this one and the Hargrove game last year are the reasons why we love being Billiken fans. Those games remind us of the pure energy and joy that the Billikens can provide us even if they don't meet our expectations every season. I knew that McCotry had a very nice game and very much contributed to the win, but seeing the highlights made me realize that this WAS his win. He had a nice game otherwise, other than some typical freshmen stuff. However, he made so many plays in the last two minutes (rebounds, steals, passes) that, had he not made any single one of the plays, we would not have won. He didn't hit the three, but he was responsible for getting Swope both of his chances at hitting that three. He didn't block the shot, but he took away UMass's under the basket option which allowed Anya to get the block. McCotry had three, let me repeat THREE, steals in the last 43 seconds of the game. He's got a long way to go, but my goodness that was a game by Mr. McCotry.

I disagree. If we aren't going to make the tournament this year, I want an A-10 regular season championship. If GM loses and then we beat them, we pass them in the standings on the tiebreaker.

Let’s not forget Hargrove scoring 11 points in something like 35 seconds at the end of the game Edit: just saw several other guys mentioned it

UMass gave us that one with terrible decision, making down the stretch.

Wow

That one play earned McCotry a lot of credibility in my mind.

I don't think that's a Billiken jersey? Do we see anything connecting it to SLU? I think it just says St. Louis Basketball.

Or alternate between inflating one while deflating the other.

I get the impression that they have a diagnosis, but the coaches don't want to talk about it unless Kellen releases the info first. Basically, when Schertz is asked "what's wrong with Kellen?" he's rather consistently saying you will find out if and when Kellen tells you.

I like it. Have them up and then deflate them right as he's looking at the rim to take his shot.

Opposing teams are shooting about 97% from the FT line when staring at the new wind sock guys we have now.

I feel like this two game home stretch is like Michigan playing Ohio State in football after a disappointing season. Get the win over your rivals and it helps make a lot of the bad feelings go away.

I haven't reached that magical age yet. I still embarrass myself almost every game.

Agree with you, but with all of our injuries, Sincere could have been a serious contributor at SLU this year.

Agree. My son, who is 15 now, participated. We registered and heard much later. I think they collect registrations, figure out how much space they have, and then notify everyone.

BTW, as my wife and I were walking into the game against VCU, there was a line of students outside the building that I am pretty sure did not get in. As soon as we passed them and entered, we went to our seats and the student section was completely full. Also, I guarantee that the students who packed the student section for that game are hooked and will be back. You don't get a much better experience than they got that night. #studentsectionisback

I thought the same thing: Strong hatred toward Chris May - check Long rambling opinions in opposition to anything Chris May does or doesn't do - check Often the first one to reply to his own long rants - check