Doman2 Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 On the post game show of the Heartbreaking loss to the billikens coach Steve Alford said that St.louis will travel to Iowa next year around late december for a game. anyone can you confirm this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schasz Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 It would not surprise me as we need to schedule at least one team from one of the power conferences. I'm sure if we are playing that we only did it on a home and home basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 I never saw the point playing two nonconference games against the Valley anyway. I'd like us to get more diversity in the schedule -- playing against an SEC or a Mountain West school would be a nice change of pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STLfan Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 I am glad that we are getting a tougher non conference schedule. We could have used one this year and once we get to the A10 we are going to need one to have a good shot at the dance. That isn't a slam on the A10 but they just don't have the reputation that even CUSA has much less the so called power conf. If we start a Home and Home with Iowa now, wouldn't the second year of that be the year we move to the A10. Also wasn't there a thread a while back about adding a game with Duke. In a year or two our non. conf. schedule maybe very fun to watch. Keep up the good work Coach Soderberg and staff. Now go kick ND ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alonzo P Hawk Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 IMO the Bills will be able to make the tournament an unprecedented number of times just because the conference tourney in the A10 should be a breeze. [wrap]http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/resources/drejaj155sloan04nit031704.gif[/wrap] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STLfan Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 I don't know there are some good teams in the A10(some crapy ones as well). But I would feel better if we didn't have to rely on the conf. tourny to get us into the big dance. I do believe that we will consistanty finish in the to 4 or five of the new A10 but I don't know how many bids they usually get to the NCAA's I know this year they got four but I got the feeling that this is the exception rather than the rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alonzo P Hawk Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 true. will there be any other teams joining the a10 besides charlotte and slu? [wrap]http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/resources/drejaj155sloan04nit031704.gif[/wrap] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 the a-10 has had 3 or more teams make the tourney for a number of years now. they have consistently been a top 8-9 conference. now you add st louis and charlotte to the league (both consistent to 75 teams) and the conference gets even stronger. plus it is obvious that the a-10 will now pass up conference usa who lose 6 out of their top 8 schools to the a-10 and big least. i agree the a-10 has 2-3 bottom feeders that are probably even weaker than the tulane and houstons of cusa, but it has been rumored that the a-10 has mandated that those teams must improve over the next few years or they will be asked to leave the conference. lopping off those couple of teams as well would then raise the flag even higher. imo, what we have done by going to the a-10 is put ourselves in a conference just as strong as we are in right now, plus it is a conference that has members with similar off court makeups in academics and ethics. no longer are we in with a group of pirates. which will also help recruiting imo. the only scenario that could have been better imo is the formation of the long yearned for papal conference that may still come to be once the big least figures out they have now created a 16 headed monster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 I can't beleive anyone replies to this jerk. Anyone who has what he has as a footnote does not deserve any response. If you are on our board have some respect or get lost. Official Billikens.com sponsor of H. Waldman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p diddy Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 i don't think our non-conference schedule was that soft. our "money" games were bad teams that deflated our strength of schedule and that can be easily rectified, but otherwise: arizona: perennial power, not a great season for them, but it's still arizona. one of the biggest names in the sport dayton: NCAA team on the road georgia tech: top-flight acc team (top 10 most of the season) on the road west virginia: still alive in the nit (on the road) smsu: won 19 games and made valley finals (again, on the road) butler: rebuilding this season, but coming off sweet 16 season and about 24 victories a year for the past five years. kansas state: big 12 team that we've lost to four consecutive times. add those games to the loaded conference schedule which included two meetings with cincinnati, memphis, charlotte, depaul (ncaa teams) and marquette. if this is a "weak" schedule, i'd hate to see what a strong schedule is for slu. bad boyz for life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Agreed There is a major flaw in the SOS rankings. Why should playing a team ranked 300 be much worse than playing a team ranked 200. If you have any right to claim to be a top 50 team ... what difference does it make either way they are easy wins. I have said this numerous times ... Take 2 five game stretches one team plays teams with the following rankings 4, 8, 75, 250, 300 The next plays teams ranked 40, 52, 78, 85, 110 The current SOS formula would rank the 2nd group higher though most top 25 teams should come out of that schedule 5-0 and most top 25 teams would come out of the first schedule 4-1 or 3-2. I don't have an answer on how to fix it ... but maybe if they would assign SOS points according to groupings ie... So many points for teams ranked 1-15 ... 1pt 16-30 ... 2pts 31-50 ... 3pts 51-100 ... 4pts 101-200... 5pts 201+ ... 6pts Then add a point if a game was on the road Either way for the top 50 teams playing the 201st ranked team at home shouldn't be worth anymore than playing the 299th ranked team ... it should be an easy victory either way. Official Billikens.com sponsor of H. Waldman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 If it's true, a home and home would also expose use to Iowa high school recruits. The basketball talent in that state has been on the upswing the last couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doman2 Posted March 21, 2004 Author Share Posted March 21, 2004 I said im gonna leave you alone congrats on the win and have fun with ND and good luck to SLU and you.Im sorry for how i acted it was in the heat of the moment! i couldnt believe we lost. we lost so many times like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 you tell us how sorry you are, yet you sign your post, "st louis sucks". real good. we can tell you are real sincere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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