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46 minutes ago, gobillsgo said:
Rivera was always a stretch as an A10 level player. I’m not a fan of these “fill the roster” types Ford picks up late in the recruiting season from out of nowhere. Rivera, Diarra, Cisse… what’s the point?? Surely we could pick up a serviceable role player that at least fits in at the D1 level. I’d even take a shot in a Rashad Williams type over those guys… Rashad didn’t work out but the potential upside was greater than any of those fillers.
Hard disagree that a Rashad Williams type offers more potential upside than a Cissé. If you'd gone with almost any other non-highly recruited experienced transfer - Marten Linssen, Deandre Jones, even Tay Weaver - that comment would start to make sense.
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8 hours ago, gabriel said:
I still think Cuonzo would be a great fit, I really don't understand what people's expectations are.
Here's a somewhat objective critique of that hire - too much overlap with Coach Tate's recruiting strengths.
Many of Cuonzo's big recruits Jeremiah Tilmon, Torrence Watson, Javon Pickett, Mark Smith, Mario McKinney, Yaya Keita were local guys, some of whom we recruited and had a decent shot at, but they ended up choosing differently. Coach Tate covers the same ground - Jordan Goodwin, Terrence Hargrove, Javon Pickett, Yuri Collins, Jordan Nesbitt, Carte'Are Gordon.
We might be better off with an assistant who's recruiting strengths compliment Coach Tate's, instead of perfectly overlapping them.
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1 hour ago, cheeseman said:
Obviously somebody was not happy with the Forte situation - either Ford or Forte.
What makes you think that? I'm asking seriously. Forte is moving much closer to home, to a program that just won the NIT. He was basically the #4 coach at SLU, having come here from Sam Houston State in 2021. He might be #2 or 3 at UNT. Probably a good thing that being an Assistant at SLU can open up new opportunities for more junior coaches.
What makes you think there was any unhappiness by anyone involved in Forte's move?
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On 4/14/2023 at 1:55 PM, brianstl said:
Barry Odom hired his dad as offensive line coach at UNLV.
On 4/14/2023 at 1:15 PM, ARon said:Not saying he is going to North Texas. But sure would seem to be somewhat tied to Phil Forte leaving.
So his dad coaches UNLV football and the coach that recruited him is going to North Texas. The Mountain West had the NCAA runner-up. North Texas are the NIT Champions.
Brock Vice de-committing makes sense for some pretty clear, logical reasons, with no woe is us, sky-is-falling lamentations and Ford bashing required.
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I can't help but think that something was lost in Ray Giacoletti's depature. Hopefully whatever it was gets addressed with this move.
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16 minutes ago, slu72 said:
Been a problem for a couple of years now. Also, I’m having trouble recalling games where we came from behind to win.
The George Mason game.
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13 minutes ago, TaLBErt said:
Unpopular opinion: I like it. Like it or not, every one of these schools is at SLU's level and could have beaten us last year. This will be a fantastic barometer for next season.
Another upside is that each team plays three games. Bills fans will get more basketball for their money than any other MTE we've been a part of since Majerus.
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1 hour ago, Box and Won said:
So fly into Charleston and drive to Myrtle?
Southwest has non-stop seasonal Myrtle Beach flights out of Lambert. Allegiant has non-stop seasonal Myrtle Beach flights out of MidAmerica. Not sure when their respective seasons are though.
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1 hour ago, thetorch said:
This tournament to me is a concession that we can't compete for an NCAA invite next season.
No need to be so defeatist. If you look at recent MTE wins (at neutral sites, not campus games) by A10 at-large invitees, it's a pretty mixed bag.
2018-19 VCU: Beat Temple, lost to St. John's (no Q1 wins)
2020-21 VCU: Beat Utah State and Memphis, lost to Virginia (two Q1 wins)
2021-22 Davidson: Beat Penn and East Carolina, lost to New Mexico State (no Q1 wins)
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On 4/3/2023 at 5:37 PM, juniorbill76 said:
He looks very tall. But seriously, why would they not include his name, just his @? Or is that too old fashioned?
Whatever his name is he's apparently going to "sure up" their 3pt defense next season.
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4 hours ago, gobillsgo said:
Any positive contribution from Thames, MoMo or Rivera would be a pleasant surprise to me. They all seem to be on the Ingvi, Lorentsson, Diarra, Kramer, Strickland track
I think Cisse will make more of an impact than Diarra or anyone else on that list. Right now he's our most experienced 5, ahead of Zhang. Even if we sign a transfer Cisse should have have opportunities to contribute.
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13 minutes ago, Slu let the dogs out? said:
Excluding the Big East, and ignoring all of the logical reasons why it would not work, if you could pick one conference for SLU to play in outside of the A10 what would it be? Pretty easy decision for me: The West Coast Conference. We've done the East coast tour now let's do the West coast tour.
Pros (for me and SLU) - Basketball-centric league, smaller Catholic universities, 4 (?) Jesuit institutions, quality teams at the top (BYU, St. Mary's, and Gonzaga - assuming they stay), BAB behind the SLU bench during every away game, locations, locations, locations (experiencing some of America's finest culinary and art institutions on one road trip, while skiing down some black diamond runs or sunbathing on the beach in a thong the next), no Olean.
Cons (for me and SLU) - travel times, travel costs, 9 and 10pm tipoffs for those not on the West Coast, Mormons
ACC. Brings the prestige and fun rivalries with doable travel - Louisville and Notre Dame.
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Great news! Finally! Good to have you Gibby!
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Great post-season for our OLD conference.
Conference USA
NCAA Final Four:
- FAU
NIT Final:
- North Texas
- UAB
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27 minutes ago, Brighton said:
backing from the BOT, donors, and fanbase. None of which SLU has nor has had in my lifetime.
The donors supported Ford's signing, probably some of Ford's requested facilities upgrades (locker rooms, etc...), likely the re-signing of Coach Bailey, maybe keeping Yuri, the list goes on. A $20m center for athletic excellence is being built right now. We play in one of, if not the, nicest, newest purpose-built on-campus arenas in the conference (if not college basketball). We also consistently have among the highest attendance in the A10. These all reflect the support of donors and the fanbase (not sure about BoT, I can't really speak to that).
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28 minutes ago, Soderball said:
This is now a sub-100 program.
Is that a preseason projection for next season's team? For 2022-23 we were Top 100 and SLU's rankings over the last 3-5 years don't indicate "sub-100 program".
KenPom - 96
NET - 99
RPI - 53
Sagarin - 84
And from the last few years:
KenPom: 106, 68, 53, 62, 96
NET: 52, 66, 99
RPI: 110, 61, 53
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On 3/19/2023 at 11:48 AM, WVBilliken said:
How in the heck is Jordan hitting almost 37% of his threes in the NBA? The NBA 3 point line is significantly longer than the NCAA (except in the corners of the court). The guy must have worked his tail off improving his shot!
All credit to JGood. But it still leaves me wondering if VCU, Davidson, Dayton, and Bonnies (especially in JGood's day) actually presented tougher defenses, contesting more shots, than the likes of today's Pistons, Pacers, Hawks, Hornets, and Magic.
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29 minutes ago, slufan13 said:
Now we need to be discussing what changes Ford is making to his staff and/or recruiting/coaching philosophies. I guess it's possible we are just going to run it back with the same staff and styles but man I hope not. I really think 1 or 2 small adjustments would be all Ford needs
Tate's not going anywhere. Coach Bailey was just lured back last off-season. I think the only option would be to replace Forte with someone who brings a different style, approach, philosophy, experience, skill set, etc.... to the table. But that would be more of a "small adjustment" than shaking things up.
Some schools have more experienced hires in the Director of Basketball Operations role: Oklahoma State's has Barry Hinson. Fred Quartlebaum at Kansas has decades of coaching experience. Butler has Greg Oden. Iowa State's DOBO was an assistant at UNI and SIU-C for over 15 years. That's just a few examples of how that role can add something to the mix.
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3 minutes ago, Billiken Rich said:
That team not getting to the NCAA tournament has to be one of the most horrific situations ever for Dayton and the A10. Can you imagine having a possible one seeded Billiken team getting obliterated by covid cancellation????
Actually, unfortunately, yes. I can.
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1 hour ago, cheeseman said:
How did that work out for Missouri?
It's a bit different.
Kim English - 34 years old - 2 D1 seasons (finished 9th and 5th)
Dennis Gates - 42 years old - 3 D1 seasons (finished 7th, 1st, and 1st - 1 NCAA, 1 NIT)
Cuonzo Martin - 45 or 46 year old - 9 D1 seasons (2 NCAAs, 4 NITs)
As we've seen with Penny Hardaway, Jerry Stackhouse, Patrick Ewing, etc.... I think there's currently a premium being paid for coaches with NBA experience and ties, even if it's nowhere close to the level of success those guys had (e.g., Kim English or the mentions by some on this board of Blake Ahearn).
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3 hours ago, ACE said:
I'm always amused this time of year how a coach can pull off one upset in the tournament and then get a new job.
For the Iona's of the world trying to catch a future superstar coach on the way up seems like a not unreasonable strategy. It's certainly a gamble, but I don't think they'll scare up another Pitino anytime soon.
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21 hours ago, HoosierPal said:
Six year deal. Fringes include maintenance on a walker.
Farleigh Dickinson's Tobin Anderson to replace Rick Pitino at Iona. Five year deal.
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New goo. Blue goo. Gooey. Gooey. Blue goo. New goo. Gluey. Gluey.
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2 hours ago, cheeseman said:
This idea that we did not play a full season in 2 of the 7 years is nonsense
Unfortunately, it wasn't nonsense. The tournaments (A10 and at least NIT) and games (12 or so) we missed were very real.
Rivera into the portal
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I think that one video caused a lot of undo hype. His stats from his prior two years at Oakland were nothing to get excited about (34% fg, 33% 3pt, 1.5 assts, 2.1 TOs). Jones and Weaver were better in each of those categories, but they never put up 36 on MSU.