Bizziken Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 that through the first 6 games.... ...Kwamain would only score in double digits in 3 games ...Kwamain would be shooting under 40% from the field ...Brian Conklin was far and away our leading scorer (by 5+ points per game) ...Barnett would be averaging less than 5 minutes per game ...Evans would be averaging less than 5 points per game ...Loe would be averaging less than 5 points per game AND less than 2 rebounds ...and that NO ONE on our team was averaging more than 5 rebounds per game... I would have guessed 3-3 at best... Unbe-farking-lievable!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 imo the keys to the surprise of our success is for the most part the spectacular improvement of conklin and jett coupled with the calming influence of mitchell just being there. i have had a chance to watch the games and my gosh this is a fun team to watch. if i could take back my 20 win prediction now i would. i truly think this team has a chance to lose less than 5 games this season they have been that impressive. think about it: they are blowing out bcs teams. and folks, the likes of oklahoma, washington and villanova are likely going to be ncaa teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartanBilliken Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I'll add another to the list... ... that McCall would only be averaging 4.3 pts/game We all knew he would lose minutes with KM coming back, but IMO he has looked a bit frazzled when he gets his minutes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 that through the first 6 games.... ...Kwamain would only score in double digits in 3 games ...Kwamain would be shooting under 40% from the field ...Brian Conklin was far and away our leading scorer (by 5+ points per game) ...Barnett would be averaging less than 5 minutes per game ...Evans would be averaging less than 5 points per game ...Loe would be averaging less than 5 points per game AND less than 2 rebounds ...and that NO ONE on our team was averaging more than 5 rebounds per game... I would have guessed 3-3 at best... Unbe-farking-lievable!!!! I think a lot of people believed a 6-0 start was possible, but probably not likely. What has amazed me is how we've blown these teams out. The really amazing thing is how its been different players in different games. Conk and KM have been the rocks, but Jett, Cassity, etc. have had games when they step up big time. I still expect break-out games from McCall, Loe and Evans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I think a lot of people believed a 6-0 start was possible, but probably not likely. What has amazed me is how we've blown these teams out. The really amazing thing is how its been different players in different games. Conk and KM have been the rocks, but Jett, Cassity, etc. have had games when they step up big time. I still expect break-out games from McCall, Loe and Evans. -MM does have me a bit concerned, hopefully for no reason -when the matchups allow any or everyone will have a big game, but to this short point someone has every game and the rest contribute at a level we have not seen in sometime, amazing really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizziken Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 imo the keys to the surprise of our success is for the most part the spectacular improvement of conklin and jett coupled with the calming influence of mitchell just being there. i have had a chance to watch the games and my gosh this is a fun team to watch. if i could take back my 20 win prediction now i would. i truly think this team has a chance to lose less than 5 games this season they have been that impressive. think about it: they are blowing out bcs teams. and folks, the likes of oklahoma, washington and villanova are likely going to be ncaa teams. Absolutely right- it really is amazing to see how improved our team is, especially offensively...and don't forget Ellis stepping up/reverting back to Freshman form... I definitely thought we COULD go undefeated, but I would have assumed that Mitchell, Evans, and Loe would have been the ones to step up on the offensive end...it's definitely a pleasant surprise to see Ellis, Jett, and Conklin carrying the team with Mitchell as the caretaker... Come conference time, I fully expect Mitchell to be acclimated enough to balance out any offensive dropoffs that Ellis and Conklin may have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Absolutely right- it really is amazing to see how improved our team is, especially offensively...and don't forget Ellis stepping up/reverting back to Freshman form... I definitely thought we COULD go undefeated, but I would have assumed that Mitchell, Evans, and Loe would have been the ones to step up on the offensive end...it's definitely a pleasant surprise to see Ellis, Jett, and Conklin carrying the team with Mitchell as the caretaker... Come conference time, I fully expect Mitchell to be acclimated enough to balance out any offensive dropoffs that Ellis and Conklin may have... -to me CE is leaps and bounds ahead of the player he was as a frosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 how about the fact slu has the 17th best shooting % out of 340.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Come conference time, I fully expect Mitchell to be acclimated enough to balance out any offensive dropoffs that Ellis and Conklin may have... I was thinking like that earlier.....but then I realized that the teams we are playing now are as good or better than most of the teams in our conference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Did anybody else think that Evans looked frustrated in the game last night? Every time the camera showed him he looked frustrated to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 -to me CE is leaps and bounds ahead of the player he was as a frosh cowboy is exactly right. ellis is nothing like the freshman version. the freshman version was a one dimensional very good 3 point shooter. ellis right now is a total player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Did anybody else think that Evans looked frustrated in the game last night? Every time the camera showed him he looked frustrated to me. evans is learning a new position. he primarily played power forward last year. now he is almost exclusively on the wing. give him time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 evans is learning a new position. he primarily played power forward last year. now he is almost exclusively on the wing. give him time.I'm not expressing any displeasure with him, but I thought he looked frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 On another note, did anybody catch what was said specifically about Manning in the Villanova game? The guys calling the action said something about RM saying in a conversation to them that JM will be his next great big and referred to his bigs at Utah. We've all seen how Conklin has developed under RM. I can't wait to see the same development of RL and JM over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I'm not expressing any displeasure with him, but I thought he looked frustrated. i think both evans and mccall have looked frustrated thus far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbizzle09 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I'm not expressing any displeasure with him, but I thought he looked frustrated. It might have been more about being a little winded instead of being frustrated. DE is now playing at the 3, and with that it means guarding smaller, quicker players than he was used to last season. Combine that with it being the 3rd game in 4 days and and he played 25 minutes against OU, and I can see where it might look like he was frustrated when the camera panned on him, where it is just as possible that he was merely tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizziken Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 -to me CE is leaps and bounds ahead of the player he was as a frosh Yeah...Cody is definitely a TON improved; completely different player...I guess I meant that he regained his shooting touch...He couldn't hit the broadside of a barn last year. And other than his slump at the end of his freshman year, he hit some big buckets last year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Did anybody else think that Evans looked frustrated in the game last night? Every time the camera showed him he looked frustrated to me. DE always seems to have a scowl. When da dude is on the court, you know what time it is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhN93rFZuJs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB73 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 imo the keys to the surprise of our success is for the most part the spectacular improvement of conklin and jett coupled with the calming influence of mitchell just being there. i have had a chance to watch the games and my gosh this is a fun team to watch. if i could take back my 20 win prediction now i would. i truly think this team has a chance to lose less than 5 games this season they have been that impressive. think about it: they are blowing out bcs teams. and folks, the likes of oklahoma, washington and villanova are likely going to be ncaa teams. Exactly. Incredible improvement from Conklin and Jett. Ellis improved, well rounded player, Remekun too, also Loe and Evans are tougher in the paint. And Mitchell being in place again steadies everything, with Cassity, McCall their good reliable selves. And so many shots suddenly are going down. From everyone. WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueSLUBlue Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Alright I've been a dedicated SLU fan since I was like 7, I'm 16, and I've had season tickets ever since then, I go to every game possible and watch all the ones I don't make. If anyone would have told we were going to be 6-0 with the kind of schedule we had and we were going to blow out all of these teams, I would've laughed at them. I would've believed we'd be .500 or better but this season is just unbelievable, cinderella story for sure. Conk's been straight stud, boss in the paint, and everybody's been contributing in a solid way. We're playing such a balanced inside-outside game, it's crazy. The rest of our schedule should be fairly easy and I'm looking for anywhere between a 2 loss season to an undefeated season. TrueSLUBlue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueSLUBlue Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Alright I've been a dedicated SLU fan since I was like 7, I'm 16, and I've had season tickets ever since then, I go to every game possible and watch all the ones I don't make. If anyone would have told we were going to be 6-0 with the kind of schedule we had and we were going to blow out all of these teams, I would've laughed at them. I would've believed we'd be .500 or better but this season is just unbelievable, cinderella story for sure. Conk's been straight stud, boss in the paint, and everybody's been contributing in a solid way. We're playing such a balanced inside-outside game, it's crazy. The rest of our schedule should be fairly easy and I'm looking for anywhere between a 2 loss season to an undefeated season. TrueSLUBlue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukeebill Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Alright I've been a dedicated SLU fan since I was like 7, I'm 16, and I've had season tickets ever since then, I go to every game possible and watch all the ones I don't make. If anyone would have told we were going to be 6-0 with the kind of schedule we had and we were going to blow out all of these teams, I would've laughed at them. I would've believed we'd be .500 or better but this season is just unbelievable, cinderella story for sure. Conk's been straight stud, boss in the paint, and everybody's been contributing in a solid way. We're playing such a balanced inside-outside game, it's crazy. The rest of our schedule should be fairly easy and I'm looking for anywhere between a 2 loss season to an undefeated season. TrueSLUBlue! pump the brakes. LMU is a trap game (should win). New mexico is incredibly tough to play at.(my predicted first loss). Dayton to open conference will be hard the way they are playing. we have at xavier. don't expect temple and st. bonnie's to be easy. never doubt a chris mooney richmond squad. let the boys play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Did anybody else think that Evans looked frustrated in the game last night? Every time the camera showed him he looked frustrated to me. Honestly, he always looks pissed off, one of the things I like about him, kind of like he's ready to kick someone's a$$. He is always intense, never satisfied. That said, I fully expected him to be our leading scorer until Kwamain became comfortable with his game. I think playing the 3 is a much bigger adjustment for him than anyone expected. Come to think of it, Dwayne looks like he's ready to rain a shower of nachos on someone...sound familiar? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBilliken07 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 There's a fine line between playing pissed off and playing so pissed off that it has a negative impact on your game. Evans appears fine for now, but it's definitely something to keep our eyes on. Hopefully the early success of the team can help him understand how important of a role he can have this season if he can transition into a new position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billslasttermdropout Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 This is the first time DE has been spotted on court without the zone face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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