johnbj14
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3 minutes ago, wgstl said:
This is a schedule a first year coach would put together when their team is a complete unknown. Pretty big step down from the last few seasons…
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55 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:
Top 144 has Dayton coming in at #53, 2nd in the A10 and destined for the NIT.
Recapping A10 teams on their list:
126 St. Joseph
112 St. Bonaventure
79 Loyola
73 Fordham
53 Dayton
I wonder how much influence Joe Bamisile's inclusion on VCU's roster had when they obviously picked VCU to win the A10. Wonder if they a mulligan now.
I bet they are picking Duquesne.
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13 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:
Which VCU player you talking about "double name"?
Kuany Kuany
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9 hours ago, Cowboy II said:
-the conference we are in isn't the problem, the problem is our lack of success to make us attractive
This is the most important thing, period. SLU would be in consideration if the BE is told to expand by their TV partners if men’s basketball won consistently at a much higher level. Unfortunately the performance the last decade hasn’t indicated we’d be anything more than DePaul in the BE. The A-10 is, for better or worse, the best fit for now.
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I’ll be going to the game at Loyola regardless, because SLU only plays close to home so often, but it is a huge letdown that the game is on a weeknight. Regardless of how either program projects to be, those games should be on a weekend. Let’s face it, we don’t have many actual rivals in this conference, largely due to geography. Getting these games on the weekend could help us actually grow one with Loyola.
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15 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:
The Billiken roster page says Dalger has two years eligibility. He was in JUCO the Covid year.
The roster page is poorly worded, but it does not say he has 2 years remaining. He has one year of eligibility remaining and is listed as a senior. SLU lists players based on how many years they have left. With the waiver, guys get 5 healthy years, including JUCO time. This is Dalger’s 5th year of college ball, making it his final year.
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32 minutes ago, gobillsgo said:
Any chance Curcic factors into the ball handling mix? Frank labeled him a “difference maker” when hinting at his commitment. Any truth to that, or is it typical Frank carrying the water for Ford and the program?
He looks good in euro clips, but so did Ingvi and Andre.
As much as it is nice having someone in the media to advocate for the program, Frank basically parrots whatever he’s told. Curcic could be a difference maker, but as a late arrival to campus, might not play a ton early on.
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1 hour ago, SLU_Nick said:
100% agree, our "best" defenders could not defend at all. Losing them is a net positive.
Larry Hughes Jr had about 8 of the best 10 defensive plays of our team last year and he played 8 mins a game.
Yuri’s position as one of our two best defenders is probably debatable enough to the point where I shouldn’t have said that. Francis Okoro was a good defender though. He wasn’t the same level as French, but there will be a significant drop off from last year to this one on the inside, if what people have seen on Bruce is accurate. His length made up for a lot of missed rotations from other players on the court.
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10 hours ago, SLU_Nick said:
I do not think the defense will be worse.
It’s kind of a mixed bag, but I think I land on the thought our defense will be slightly worse. We lost our two best defenders, Yuri and Francis. We also lost some guys who weren’t exactly fantastic on that end, so maybe a little addition by subtraction. Of the people who are stepping up in playing time/are new this year, I’m only really confident that Larry will be good on defense.
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Don’t think this was Harriman who was lead on Meadows. SLU was in contact with him before Chris came on staff. Travis coached Mike Meadows Sr. in high school, so guessing that had a lot to do with it.
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9 minutes ago, wgstl said:
Parker was arguably the best player on the team since Jan 1st, at least offensively. A mix of MM and LHJ I think alongside Parker and Gibby give us the best 1-3 pos in the conf - granted that's not saying much. The reason we're not higher on the list is because I dont know about Dalger, and we know what THJ will be. And we have nooooo clue about the bigs.
That’s fair. I can see the logic there. Sincere was 3rd on the team in ORating in conference, but in a much smaller role. Who knows how it will translate to more of a focal point in the offense.
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22 minutes ago, wgstl said:
really? I mean, I *think* we also finish higher but not much higher. 6-8 sounds right to me. UD, VCU, Bonnies, and Dukes are clearly ahead by a lot. I think the joeys and Loychi are are also ahead of us.
I think we have the best 1-3 or top 2 in the conference fwiw. The bigs are way too unknown and not in a good way.
Man I wish I had your optimism. Gibson Jimerson is the only proven guy right now that is at the 1-3 spot who would start on any team in this conference. Sincere and Larry have upside, but need to materialize into actual production. Meadows should be solid, if nothing else. Medley is a frosh with huge shoes to fill. Hard to say that’s an elite A-10 backcourt as of today.
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33 minutes ago, shempie said:
The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if the coaches know Ezewiro will be denied and there will be another scholarship available and Dandridge is still in play. Difficult to like what collge sports are turning into.
If Ezewiro is denied, his scholarship isn’t open unless he leaves the school. He would just be a redshirt and still count against the limit.
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Looks like the final scholarship has been filled. Mike Meadows II, formerly of Portland, transfers to the Billikens. Welcome!
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39 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said:
Very true. Feel to believe the numbers if you want, I can’t prove it isn’t true, not even going to try.
For what it’s worth, some transparency with NIL is coming at some point. Whether through NCAA decree or a number of proposed, or close to being proposed, federal bills, eventually there will be some deals that have to be publicized.
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10 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said:
There is no hard proof, just someone who knows a guy who knows a guy who heard from an anonymous source that it was six figures. Feel free to make up any amount of money you want, no one will prove you wrong.
I guess my counterpoint would be that no one can prove that isn’t the case either. There are large sums of money being thrown around at the mid major level, but hard numbers aren’t ever going to be revealed, except through the BVF tax returns according to Troy’s radio interview from launch day.
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1 hour ago, slu72 said:
So, if we land Dandridge do we knock off St B, Joeys, and the others above us?
Joe’s- maybe. They have talent but arguably the worst coach in the league.
Bonaventure- no. Schmidt is a wizard and they have a great mix of returning players and incoming transfers/freshmen. Wouldn’t be surprised to see them win the league at all.
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WVU currently has 4 open spots. Plenty of room for both guys there.
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12 minutes ago, TheChosenOne said:
Are we arguing with computer rankings and analytics now? At least give the computer a chance to defend itself.
I wasn’t. Think it’s quite fair actually based on the number of complete unknowns. All we can do is wait and see.
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T-Rank basically doesn’t account for any non-top 100 freshman because they’re hard to predict accurately. Just like our beloved Wiz, he runs a statistical model that’s an imperfect science. His stuff right now is more of a starting point than true predictions, and teams with higher numbers of returning players usually are valued higher.
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25 minutes ago, 3star_recruit said:
I think we can all agree that a 20 win season where a team goes say, 8-10 in conference is not impressive. The whole point of the non-conference is to prepare you for the conference season.
However a 20 win season and say, an 11-7 conference record would be impressive for a team with a bunch of question marks. And we haven't seen this many question marks for a Billiken team in a minute.
11-7 in a conference that is looking like a single bid one isn’t anything to write home about. 20 wins will get you a nice view from the couch when the tournament rolls around just like this year.
I think that’s the ultimate point a lot of frustrated fans are trying to make. We’re being sold that 20 wins is a big accomplishment, when in reality the program isn’t progressing to higher levels of success.
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20 wins isn’t an accomplishment that will get him coach of the year. There’s still talent on the roster and early indications are that the OOC schedule will be significantly lighter than the past few seasons.
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Just now, HenryB said:
Lol...are you suggesting things will be any different on day 119?
There will be an actual game to talk about on that day, so yeah
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Only 118 more days of high quality off-season board discussion
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There isn’t really a regular season finish this year that gives me faith the direction is correct, but you’re right that being picked 9th is fair. If the team finishes 9th, there better be changes at the top of the program in the spring.