NoCoBillsFan

Time is a flat circle

What happened the last time we played a team in the conference tourney that we were 0-2 against that season?

The last thing I want is another road game against Fordham…. If they had 8500 there for the quarterfinals, imagine what it would be like in the championship game. If we beat VCU, I hate to say it but I’ll be rooting for Dayton.

Thank you for adding this perspective. Ford’s results have been disappointing so far but I’m more willing to give him more time after seeing this. I am curious to see what he does with a new core of players that might be a better fit for the kind of systems he likes to run?

So is the current standard four-year all Americans? I think Jordair should be there (Honorable Mention or not, idc). What if Yuri is named an all-American? It’s not likely but could be possible since he’s already been named a top 5 pg in the country.

Just curious, what all Americans don’t have their jersey retired?

Definitely not all-defense but there’s absolutely no way you can leave a guy averaging a double-double with assists off of first team.

It was 27 but not far off. Xavier Johnson of all people gave him 23 in the non-con. Wendell Green 22 pts. Noah Fernandes scored 26. Dae Dae Grant had 22. Jason Nelson had 17 off the bench and the dagger late in the game. And of course the aforementioned Ace Baldwin’s 37. I’ll give him a little bit of credit for out playing Foster Loyer and Kendric Davis. But outside of those two, anytime we play a team with a talented lead guard they usually have their way.

http://bit.ly/3yBmY7z Yuri made 1st team all conference and the all defensive team Gibson made 2nd team all conference and the all academic team

POY: Holmes COY: Urgo (should be a lock imo) First team: Holmes, Oduro, Baldwin, Collins, Bishop, Camara Don’t follow the other teams enough to fill out the other teams but feel like Jimerson should be second team. We shouldn’t have anyone on the all defense team imo.

Went from receiving votes in the pre-season poll to having to win A10 tourney games to get onto the NIT bubble. Horrible.

The Billiken clap and the Saint Louis chant are corny. I know it’s mostly for the kids but the high five cam is bad too imo. And I know my opinion might be skewed as someone who has been to nearly every home game this year but I would like some variation to the game experience. It’s always the same chants, the same crowd games, and the same songs at the exact same times.

Nm

Oh yeah fully recognize that defense is the problem, but I also think that not being able to create turnovers limits the offense’s capabilities. Additionally, when Ford runs out the same lineup for the entire second half, guys are gassed in the final minutes of the game and unable to run in transition OR play defense.

I think the offense looks so ugly at times because this team is at it’s best when it’s on the break. Yuri is great at finding guys ins transition. Yet we’re rarely on the break b/c we can’t force any turnovers or we’re forced to slow down in transition late in the second half because the team (mostly Yuri) is gassed.

This is where I’ve been at all year. Ford is a lock to blow some games we should win, but can never pull out an upset to offset those Ls. The only recent one I can think of was Boise St last season. You gotta go back to 2019-20 to find more and even then, those weren’t huge upsets, just tough wins.

I agree.

Questioning why he was given a scholarship in the first place is fair. I think asking him to transfer after this season is also fair. But suggesting that his scholarship should be pulled mid-year and given to a walk on is wild and unethical.

So let me get this straight; we recruit Daniel, tell him to come join our basketball team and we’ll give him a full ride scholarship. He breaks his foot, which is out of his control, and can’t practice for the year as a result. So in return, we should pull his scholarship, effectively leaving him to have to foot a 60k bill from SLU on his own while giving his scholarship to the walk-on that has a father that was a former NBA player that can easily afford the cost of SLU?

I mean he’s given him the keys to the offense all year despite him playing hero ball every single game… essentially telling him it’s okay

Well that’s happened once with Schmidt. How many times has Ford failed to meet pre-season expectations? It’s every other season. 2018-19, 2020-21, and 2022-23.

Also, can we stop undermining any and all criticisms of Ford by this point? If it’s directed at posters who have had nothing positive to say since they’ve joined (BC, Banghegotit, Joelabs, Bonner, etc.), then I get it. But there are a lot of us (myself included) that have been Ford defenders up until this season. Personally, my breaking point was blowing an 18 point lead against SIUE (who is 223 in the net btw) at home. How some of you find that acceptable, I will never understand. When you have lifelong Billikens and unquestionable supporters like BRoy becoming apathetic, something is very wrong. It’s no longer just Ford haters looking to find something to complain about; people actually have valid criticisms.

Why are you disregarding context to make a point? It’s completely disingenuous to disregard the fact that Dayton was ranked 3rd in the country prior to the 2020 NCAA tournament being cancelled. Ford can’t even reach 3rd in the A10!! our only tourney appearance under Ford took a Hail Mary conference tourney win. And yes, Dayton doesn’t have an appearance under grant; but we all know they would’ve been a one seed if not for COVID while we were on track for the NIT. So in six seasons, our high point has been a lucky tourney run and fourth place in a weak A10 while Dayton’s high point has been a sure fire one seed and undefeated in the A10. And you’re trying to say we’re on par with Dayton?