johnbj14

I sincerely hope if this bit about former coaches is true it only pertains to Romar and Bennett. Harriman as well. But absolutely not porter, brad, or any of the current assistants.

I don't think Bay Area is coming off as obsessive over Butler. Merely listing facts.

Butler is located a mere 15 minutes from where the game was held. Students were given transportation from the campus according to my friends there, and a ton of students and many local alumni attended. While Purdue is larger, I severely doubt they had more fans there. Even if they did, watching on TV didn't make it seem like they impacted the game at all. It was very loosely a neutral site game for butler.

He would fit a good bit of the mold that has been outlined. Someone who is here to develop players both on the court and off the court in the ideals laid out by the university. Coming from Notre Dame, he has experience at a major program based at a Catholic university. Throw in the fact that he also played for ND, and you have someone who has a good idea of what environment his bosses are looking for. His work with Demetrius Jackson, Jerian Grant, and Pat Connaughton in recent years is a huge plus as well. I could get behind him being looked at.

Butler making this field is a joke. Bona, as well as others should be in over them. Rewarding a team who schedules weak OOC and then finished only 10-8 in a top heavy conference is absurd. Tulsa is another one. Absolutely ridiculous how this field and seeding was done.

Where did this fan voting occur? I just saw all of those awards on Twitter and confused as to where they came from. Edit: Nvm found it.

According to some people on Twitter, the choices were made up largely before this weekend and didn't factor in KenPom. Mainly RPI and some other factors.

Valpo didn't make the tourney, time for Drew to start talking to SLU.

I just think it would be a cool thing to happen, considering we would be in the tourney and all. That is the thing I want to see more than anything else. SLU dancing again, quickly, is the primary goal with whoever comes in.

Re-watched Crews' presser again today and it led to me to a conclusion. While the entirety of the sophomore class will not be at SLU next year (not here to advocate for them to leave/stay), I would like to see them be successful in a twist of irony to Crews career here. Just as the players Rick left to Crews grew into the best stretch of SLU basketball we have seen, I would love to see the men Crews left behind do similar things for the next coach. These last two years have been rough, but what a fitting end to the Crews era it would be to see him sitting in the crowd at an NCAA game in two years, watching his guys prove him right. That would be a beautiful twist (since Rick never got to see the product live) on history repeating itself.

This could turn the program around faster than it fell off. Make it happen, future Billiken basketball coach.

Godwin Boahen is a 2016 out of Canada. Smaller guard similar in stature to bishop. Not a ton on him aside from a couple videos I posted over in the 2016 thread.

While there is a good chance the stats are off because of the general unreliability of high school statistics, Moore is an elite shooter or appears to be. I think he will be a good local find and a real under the radar addition to the program. This is based on the limited film of him but he has decent form. I'd love for him to be a surprise, kind of like Bishop ended up being. I remember liking what I saw of JB when he signed and for some reason Zeke gives me the same optimism.

No. No. No. No. No.

That is one of the best press conferences I have ever seen. Incredibly classy.

A quick glance at this clown's Twitter infuriates me.

Goodwin and Bishop in the back court would be money.

Wonder how much fallout there will be roster-wise. These next few weeks shall be very interesting.

Wouldn't it usually be the new coach who decides that fate? I would imagine Platt will be gone based on recruiting. Calbert would seem likely to leave since Crews and him had that Indiana connection. Tanner is really the only guy I don't know about.

Wouldn't it usually be the new coach who decides that fate? I would imagine Platt will be gone based on recruiting. Calbert would seem likely to leave since Crews and him had that Indiana connection. Tanner is really the only guy I don't know about.

Incredible how quick that was. There is no way Crews didn't know right?

I think the A10 Facebook has them.

Wow that was fast. I think it is the right move. At the end of the day I think Jim Crews is a good man, and I'm thankful for what he did with Rick's guys. However, his time has passed. It is the right move and hopefully we can rebound from these last 2 years and one day look back and be thankful for the good times under him.

Continuing my post above, there are very good Spanish players. I just don't think we look at them.

Basketball is, at best, an second-tier sport here. Unfortunately it plays second fiddle to soccer which is incredibly dominant. Even more so than the NFL. I believe there could be a way for us to better utilise the fact we have a school over here to recruit internationally, but it would require some planning by the AD that I don't believe they could properly handle.