gabriel
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1 hour ago, cgeldmacher said:
The fans at any power conference school in the country will only be mildly excited about Caleb coming to their program after his performance last season. The fans in his hometown would be over the moon if he came here.
I hope he thinks to himself that he is better off showcasing what he can do against lesser competition in the A-10 than in the grinder that is the ACC or other conferences like Big10 or Big12.
I don't think it's that crazy to believe that there is a chance he could come home to play for the Billikens. Signing him could start the snowball rolling downhill for signing other transfers who want to come in and put together a team that can make a run in the tournament without having to fight their way through a big conference schedule (see San Diego State, FAU, Gonzaga, Princeton, etc.)
agreed, a love commit would put us on the map in a big way.
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Agreed- we're not the front runner by any means, but everyone quickly ruling us out seems to be overlooking the fit and connections that we offer.
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I wouldn't put our chances at zero. He was objectively bad this year at UNC and the fans let him know about it. Might want to go to a school where he can take 20 shots without the national pressure and develop his shot more before making a run at the league.
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1. I'm curious on what the perfect scenario for the 'Fire Travis' contingent is?
2. Is there a single realistic candidate out there that right now that would be a smart business decision to get rid of travis right now and give him his massive buyout?
After seeing Providence settle for Kim English, it gave me a whole different perspective on what coaches are out there for this year.
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SLU didn't fire Travis last week so it's not happening this offseason. When do we hit the point, where we stop crying about Travis and start trying to get behind him to land some transfers?
It's not a great look when trying to land recruits when the entire fanbase is consistently pouting and wanting something that's not going to happen.
The fire has been lit under his seat and Chris May knows it. Next year will be a make or break year, so rather than rooting for SLU's and Travis' downfall, let's support him for the time being and if things go wrong next season, then we can all cancel our season tickets if Travis is still at the helm.HenryB, SLUMedBilliken15, billikenbill and 2 others like this -
3 hours ago, Pistol said:
Really, there is no typical timeline. It can be days, weeks, months. Every situation is different. We've signed guys in mid-late summer. We could get a commitment this week.
Appreciate your work breaking down all of these recruits, make my life a lot easier. Hoping we get some good news in the coming weeks.
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I like the early moves we have been making - what is the typical timing for players to enter the portal? decide on a school?
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Chris Collins had one of the hottest seats in college basketball heading in this year, will be a front runner for national coach of the year after the job he had done with Northwestern.
Let's light some fire under Travis for the first time in his tenure and see how he performs. If he doesn't perform, good riddance.Dr. Holly Hills likes this -
I haven’t read the whole thread yet, but I thought we played great yesterday. Considering the punch duquense threw at us, shooting over 50% on nearly 30 threes is insane.
great win yesterday over a solid team, can’t complain about that.
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I'm not saying this is the correct way to look at things, but I think the AD at SLU should be judged 90 to 95% on the success of the basketball team. I, along with many of the other graduates in my circle of friends, truly only care about the success of the basketball team.
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Based on the ticket sales, going to be an unreal crowd tonight in the jewel. We are also going to roll VCU tonight, not a doubt in my mind.
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Going to be an awesome game tonight. And were going to win.
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If we go undefeated until the conference tournament, there is a 100% chance we get into the tournament.
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1 hour ago, BC1764 said:
The Athletic Department is full of pretty horrible people who don't actually care about the students. There have been multiple reports of mental health issues from the students with no action taken, they don't communicate plans or events where students are expected to be in attendance until very short notice (part of the mental health concerns), the staff who actually care are the ones directly interacting with the students and unfortunately are only able to escalate their students concerns to the Athletic Department leadership but it's fallen on deaf ears. A few of these staff have already either quit or announced that they're quitting at the end of the season since they can't do their job successfully and protect the students due to the AD not caring about anything but money.
Chris May and Jan Oberle have either been willfully ignorant of these issues or just don't think they matter since the team is still winning and the money is coming in. SLU in general has been woefully failing at their mission statement for a long time, and this is just another example of this.
Being a student athlete is a difficult and stressful task - any evidence that SLU has more of an issue of this than any other university? Would love to see some evidence to back up your lofty criticisms.
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Stating the obvious here, These next two games are so important for the billikens to get back into the national bubble conversation. NEED to be at 16-6 and 8-1 going into the game against VCU. That will escalate that Friday night matchup to the national radar. Winning national radar games is what puts you into the bubble. One big win can do more than you think for getting you into the conversation.
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I'm probably beating a dead horse, but I can't get over how much of a joke the NET rankings are. The Bradley Braves at ranked 10 points higher than the Saint Louis Billikens. I want to hear a possible logical explanation that says Bradley's resume can even be brought up in the same sentence as ours.
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Interesting weekly pod from national media perspective on the atlantic 10
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This is a ton of hindsight bias, no one was crying when Traore left after last year. He obviously made giant leaps this off-season, he was a liability on the court last year.
Jimmy Bell was a solid role player and if you look at his stats this year, is still a solid role player, nothing more.
Neither guy changes the trajectory of this years season for us.
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We have a group of about 30 alums in the chicago area going. Should be a lot of blue in Gentile arena.
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Great win, saturday scares me. Need to get to 6-1
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Let's win this one and start off conference play with two solid road wins. Need to go on a streak.
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9 minutes ago, Old guy said:
Thanks Gabriel. I looked at it several times. JG came from behind and the injury looked to me like it happened after the other player's initial impact upon the floor. It seemed to me that the other player hit the court with his butt as JG approached and impacted JG's knee with his torso (as part of the fall). It does not look to me like JG broke the fall of the other guy with his knee. It looks to me that the primary force of the impact was probably absorbed by the other player's butt. However, the impact upon the knee may still have been considerable. I cannot be sure how much of a hyperextension happened. If it happened at all, it happened very rapidly. I could not see it in the video, but this does not mean significant hyperextension and damage did not happen. JG was left on the court with his knee pointing backwards, in the correct direction, not forwards as far as I can see in the video.
That is all I can say from the video. I am pretty sure that whoever was in the back checked the knee, made a preliminary diagnosis and applied measures to stabilize it overnight. This morning they will do enough tests to determine the severity of the injury and how to deal with it. The knee is likely to be swollen by now.
DC has more academic medical centers and medical research centers than most cities. He will be tested, the diagnosis will be firmed and a therapy plan made, probably today. We have to wait.
Appreciate the analysis. Hoping for the best.
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I thought Parker was solid on the defensive end last night. He's light years better than TJ on the offensive end after just three games. Parker will be a force come conference play.
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Gibson Jimerson Returning?
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LFG, that’s amazing news for the Billikens. Jimmerson fits with any team, praying that this news is correct.