cgeldmacher

This may have been discussed multiple times previously over the years, but what qualifies as school for being on a kids "Interest" list? Does that mean the kid has indicated interest in the school? Does it mean that the school has indicated interest in the kid? How does that list come about?

If your way to fix the problems with the NCAA is to allow players to get paid, then I have to disagree. At its core, the problem with the system is the players are supposed to get paid to play professionally and are not supposed to get paid to play in college. If a college player wants to get paid, then leave. Go play in the NBA or in another country if you are good enough. College is for getting an education (by any definition you can look up). Because kids are forced to go to college to have a chance at later getting to the point of getting paid by a professional sports team, we have our current mess. That is it. 100%. It isn't hard to make rules that essentially say that college is for people that want to be there and who are willing to work on the purpose of being in college (education) and the pros are for people who want to get paid. Get the rules in line with that basic concept and all the problems are fixed.

Wasn't Dr. Chaifetz wanting to get into the professional sports team ownership game? I would think his connection to St. Louis may be considered "local" enough.

If you are 6'5", then why are you "Littlebill?"

I love that Ford keeps recruiting guys, at all positions, that love to rebound.

Remember when people on this board really wanted Kevin Stallings. Whatever issues guys have with Chris May, he has to get credit for hiring a coach with this sort of recruiting ability.

Question: Does Ramey's father have a job outside of basketball, or is running the AAU program his means of earning a living?

Also found this interesting - UConn, of the AAC, is ranked #24 in the country. They are 15-9. They've played 22 road games and 2 home games.

Just looked. The AAC has three top twenty five teams. Two of them are in the top eight.

This is another reason why a switch to the AAC might be good for SLU if hope for the Big East appears lost or too distant into the future.

Pearson seems to me to be one of those guys that will take a year or two to figure out how to use to talents and body type to create a niche that will allow him to succeed at the collegiate level. Once he (if he) does that, he will be a star that will be a big part of our success.

My bad. I must have been thinking football. Yes, there are 2 rounds. It needs to be increased to fill up the minor league system I'm proposing. The number of rounds would have to be determined. Maybe 20 is too many, but 2 would definitely be too few.

Ha! I actually almost typed "Not to be a square, but..." I should have just to not leave you the opening.

If a kids chooses to go to the draft, it shows you where his head was in the first place. Baseball has like 40 rounds. The system I described above works perfectly for baseball. Some kids go right from high school into the draft. Some kids spend a few years in college before going pro. Some end up with degrees. There is not a single person, not even yourself, that would say that baseball should change and require kids to go to college for a year or two. The only reason we accept it in basketball is that we've lived with these rules for years. If the NBA is allowed to continue having 7 rounds, the rule changes won't matter, because kids who aren't one and done types will still not have reasonable access to making the league without being forced into college ball.

So, are all these guys just dropping their classwork to go play in this non-NCAA sanctioned event? That seems to work against what we want for a student who spent four years working toward a degree.

I've been advocating a fix for a long time that some are just now discussing. I don't claim that I'm the only one that's thought of this, but here goes: 1. Eliminate the one year after high school rule. 2. Make the NBA create a multilevel (at least 2) developmental program; as a corollary to this one, the NBA expands its draft to 20 rounds. 3. Raise the academic standards to play NCAA college basketball 4. Require those who sign with a college to play college ball for at least two years Some kids go to college to because of the current rules. Some want to try to make that one year run for a championship. If you make it clear that college basketball is only for guys that can handle the classwork, then you will change who decides to go to college. You will start to only get guys that really want a degree, or, at the very least, guys who can handle the academics and want to work on their game to, hopefully, someday, get drafted by the NBA. If the above happens, coaches will be forced to look for guys that can cut it academically. Also, players that know they can't cut it in the classroom have an outlet to still get to the league.

7 spots above Marquette 25 spots above Gonzaga 31 spots above Duquesne 37 spots above Creighton 40 spots above DePaul 53 spots above Dayton And the #1 ranked Health Law program. Guess you forgot these comparisons when you decided it was appropriate to compare the law school to Loyola Chicago and Villanova.

I still think that the American (AAC) would strongly consider taking us. It provides stronger competition and regional rivalries.

Seems like there is a simple fix to this. Just make the grad transfer rule apply only if you haven't already transferred previously.

I'm okay with a whole roster of 3 stars that are willing to defend and rebound. Thought it before, but now K-State and Loyola Chicago have driven that point home.

If Loyola Chicago ends up being the top dog in the MVC for a while, can we please get them on the schedule for a four year run of alternating home and home matchups. SLU fans need a road trip away game every year, and Chicago would be perfect.

That may or may not be true. If he goes to Louisville, yes, he's locking in more money. However, he's entrenched at Xavier. He knows how to recruit to Xavier to be a top level program, and he's been successful in doing so. If he goes to Louisville, he now has to recruit to compete with Duke and North Carolina. Pressure is higher. Expectations are higher. Chance of getting fired at some point is much, much higher than if he stays at Xavier and keeps cashing his $3.2 million dollar checks every year from now until he retires. Coaches are starting to realize this (Few, Marshall). I think he might actually be using this situation to cash in at Xavier. I think he'd be smart to stay, even though there is a difference in salary.

There is no question that SLU was the national champion in 1947/48. The competition in the NIT was much better at the time. The following year, the very first AP rankings came out and guess who was Number 1; not Kentucky, it was the Billikens. I totally agree with changing the banner to say "National Champions." Even if it stirs up debate, we have the stronger argument, and getting people talking about that championship will only be a good thing.

By my count, the Billikens played 10 of their games against teams that were in the tournament this year (Houston, Murray State, VA Tech, Providence, Butler, Bonnies (2), Davidson (2), and Rhode Island). Someone will probably come up with a team that had more, but I think that this may be the most games played against tournament teams by a team in a non-power conference. My point is that we are doing a decent job of scheduling in difficult circumstances. By this, I mean teams not wanting to come to Chaifetz. I hope this level of scheduling continues.

Loyola Chicago hasn't been good in forever, and he made it happen. I'm just saying that if built the program from the ground up without the flashy Chicago recruits, but with a group of guys that are slightly more talented than what he has at Loyola, he could have success at DePaul. Anyone who has any amount of success at DePaul would have some serious job security for a while.