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https://www.a10talk.com/spiders-schedule-changes/ This is kind of weird, but in retrospect, maybe something the Bills should have considered coming off of the pause. But I'm equally not sure this is a proper game, D3, to schedule, when so many of the Spiders games have been postponed. Is the A10 trying to revive Richmond's season?

Lots of guessing. That's what a Basketball Forum is for. Both Perkins and Jacobs twisted ankles/knees during the St. B game. Both came back into the game. Goodwin hit the floor hard twice and was noticeably slow to get up. He may, or may not, be one of those referenced in Fords' comment.

https://dailycollegian.com/2021/02/theta-chi-placed-on-interim-suspension-pending-investigation/ Frat parties = spreader events at UMass.

You are free to think what you want. N. Texas has a NET of 79, MO ST 111, IN St 123, and Bradley 151. So I'll give you one and say no to the other. MO State will remain a solid Q2 game for the Ramblers, Indiana State would have to have a bad loss to go to Q3, but the Rambler's N Tex win could move over to Q2. Also, their loss to Richmond has a real chance to move to Q1.

This reads as if we won't know until the game develops. Everyone dresses out, so no hints there. 'How much they play, I don't know' says see how the game flows. He didn't mention "See who starts", but that doesn't necessarily mean as much as 'How much they play'. I'm sure this board will over analyze the minutes played in this upcoming game after it is over.

Not exactly the news we wanted to read. As mentioned by many, Perkins and Jacobs both had 'lower body injuries' (hockey talk) and Goodwin fell hard twice.

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The Big East would be a logical conference to move to Hinkle, but they seem intent on playing in Madison Square Garden, in front of no fans. That seems a little off base to me. They would have to have all potential NCAA teams stay in NY until Selection Sunday or Monday and then fly into Indy.

NC State is a Q3 win for us. Loyola has 4 Q3 wins and today is NET #13. St. Bonnie continues as our highest quality NET win, better than LSU. NET Team Sheet Loyola 0-1 Q1 3-2 Q2 4-0 Q3 8-0 Q4 NET Team Sheet Billikens 0-1 Q1 2-0 Q2 2-2 Q3 4-0 Q4

Rammer and the Coach this morning. Find it on KMOX Sports Facebook or tonight on KMOX. (No commercials on Facebook.) Coach didn't see much of a response from the team in the LaSalle game. Guys weren't connected. He saw a change in the St. Bonnie game. Saw the intensity, a sense of urgency. Coach said we were terrible in one on one defense against LaSalle. We were undisciplined and sometimes we just got beat. We were on our heals defensively. LaSalle hit more 3's then their average. This has been a common denominator in our losses. Mostly defense, but we forced too much against LaSalle, taking too many difficult shots. The coaches label each shot, good, bad or difficult. Bad shots are ones you shouldn't take. Difficult shots are ones taken in a wrong way, such as off the wrong foot making it a low % shot. Got to the plane in Philly at 11 pm. Got on the plane, fully loaded, guys in seats, and an engine doesn't start. Pilots tried for 30 min and then called maintenance. Team called the buses and hotel to see if they can leave. Guys got off the plane and went into the terminal. An hour later, it got called off. Players got to rooms about 1:30 am. Didn't leave the next day until 4:30 pm. Arrived STL 6:30 pm. Pretty much a lost day. One day to prepare for St. B. Coach likes to have practice over 24 hours before the game time. But couldn't get that done on Friday as the St. B game was early. Got onto court around 3 pm. Had a lot to do, but coaches saw the chemistry, the energy was better. They cut the practice shorter than planed, leaving Ford with a sleepless night as he worried that he didn't get enough done. Coach normally knows the feel of his team, like if they practice well day before a game, it carries over, or vice versa. This year, with the break, he doesn't have that same feel. St. B was the first early game we have had. It is a different prep. Dealing with young men who don't necessarily go to sleep as you want them to. Plus we are the only team in the Central Time Zone, so the game was 'later' for St. B. Rammer mentioned the football pass, pre-game. (Posted on the GDT) Goodwin QB, hits Yuri on a quick pass, then a alley-op pass to Strickland. Coach, they do this in practice some. "Team Together Time (TTT) without the coaches" is what Coach called this. The team did this every day pre-covid, but had stopped or skipped this. This TTT works due to the leadership on the this team. If he didn't have these good leaders, he would have to show the team how to lead and he would be more involved with TTT. Coach said the leadership on this team started with Davell Roby and then continued with Javon Bess. Javon was Team First. He didn't talk a lot, but when he talked everyone listened. Good for Jordan and Hasahn to be around these guys. St. B game: Bonnies had some of the best D numbers in the country. Our offense had to step up, from everybody includes everything - screening, passing, scoring. Coach was worried about their big wings. They run a ton of plays, a lot of action, most we have seen this year. Said the early O Rebound by French and pass out of Perkins for the three was a key for the start. Thatch's dish to Jacobs later on was what he wants. Thatch drove, the D collapsed, and he found Jacobs. Yuri had stayed after practice on Friday shooting. It paid off on Saturday with his early three. Had a few uncharacteristic TO's, but his positives highly outweighed his negatives. Linssen has great intentions. He just wants to play hard, sometimes too hard as he gets out of position. He is second most vocal on the team behind Goodwin. Hasahn did a lot of little things that helped, even though he didn't score. Team saw that. Coach said Bell played well in back to back games. Second half French pass out to Perkins for a three started his run. We know teams will double French, so we have a plan for that. Good to see the execution. French is unselfish as he doesn't mind throwing it out when doubled. Linssen's defense was good all night. St. B runs so many sets with the 5 setting screens, our bigs had a lot of responsibilities on the screens. Rhode Island: We had to take Sunday off as normal. First prep is today. This is a big game for SLU due to the few games we have played. Get back to 0.500 with a win. Fatts Russell seems like he has been around forever. Rhody has a lot of veteran transfers. A10 schedule has gotten more confusing these last few days with UMass pausing. Hasn't heard any schedule adjustments from the league for SLU. [No mention of any players being injured.]

Pre game warmup yesterday.

Fatts is reportedly on a minute limit. He did play 27 yesterday, but did not start. He has been playing all year while hurt. They Rhody board would like to see him sit for a while in order to heal enough for them to have a fighting chance in the A10 Tourney. Mitchell has turned in some impressive performances since the calendar turned. Measured from the start of the season to now, he might be the most improved player in the A10.

Yes. That is why it was a short term benefit for the Bills.

No, no discussion on Perkins or Jacobs (or Goodwin) possible injuries. Frankly it was a pretty weak session. But better than nothing.

A10 has moved St. Bonnie into the slot vacated by UMass to play @ VCU on Friday, 12th. That will be a huge game for both programs. The league also moved St. B's game against LaSalle up to Tuesday from Wednesday.

I looked up the game log. In his "home coming", Fletcher entered the game at 7:28 left in the first half, and was subbed out at 6:22. During that minute KY missed 2 three pointers, none by Fletcher, and Mizzou made 1 three pointer. Fletcher doesn't appear in the log other than in and out.

Mr Goodwin also scored 40% of our initial points. Without his fire coming at the tip we don’t open up our big lead.

Coach on The MightyMOX this morning. "A step in the right direction. Even without what we have been through, yesterday would have been a big win." Bad taste left over from LaSalle. He credited that as one reason for the fast start. Perkins, yes he has struggled. He struggled in the first half, but we ran 'quick hit plays' for him in the second half. He is doing a much better job in finding the open man when he is covered. Complimented Linssen on his game and his importance to the program. Early in the year (pre-pause), Linssen was a major factor with his experience. Goodwin showed joy and emotion on the bench and after the game, even though he didn't play as much as normal. Team has been wanting to turn it on, but they couldn't. Saw a beginning of a chance in mentality in the meeting after they finally got home from Philly. 8 pm tip for Rhody. Late game.

That would be nice, but it won't happen. The Sycamores have 5 scheduled Valley games left, one with N. Iowa, two with Evansville, and two with Valpo. I don't see any canceled/postponed Valley games on their schedule. They would have to make a deep run in the tourney to smell Q2 for us and that might not be enough. Today they are at NET 114 and would have to move up to 75 to get into Q2 for us. There is a better chance that Dayton at 86 moves up to Q2, which would make that loss just a little better. Right now the Dayton loss is in the same Quad bracket as the LaSalle loss.

Six teams with 2 losses (yes we are one of those). Four teams on pause. Bills still as of today, in the PIG, but we could be in the top half a week from now. Race for the Top 4 seeds still totally up in the air. Crazy.

St. B dropped to 40, from 30, so our Q1 win didn't last very long. The Bills sit at 43. Both teams are very much in consideration for the NCAA tourney. It is interesting to see that even though yesterday was a Q1 loss for the Bonnies, they dropped 10 slots. The St. B win is our Best NET Win of the year. LSU is at 42. NC State 77 has disappeared back to just barely at (a high end) Q3 win. The Bills are 0-1 Q1, 2-0 Q2, 2-2 Q3, and 4-0 Q4.

For those watching the game, there were two instances where Goodwin fell/collided to/with the ground and was slow getting up. He may have been hampered some by those meetings with the floor. Don't know for sure, but Goodwin is the motor that makes the Bills run. He does way more than what appears in the stat line.

For today we have a Q1 win. St. B was 30, so they will fall. 31 or lower will push this win to Q2.

Pretty cool graphic by SBUnfurled.