slu72 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 His final 4 : GZ, SLU, Miami, FL Then he has us in the final losing to Miami. Oh, man this is heady stuff, rare air, fine wine, the girl of your dreams (for Billykitty the man of her dreams), hitting Powerball when it's nine figures. He likes SLU for having chip on the shoulder, there is no one great team, most teams don't shoot that well, and we're mature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyRican Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 While I love all the pub let's win against NM St. first. Like one of the coaches said on Twitter, you are only guaranteed 1 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Definitely agree, Rican, one game at a time is the mantra. But you have to admit it's nice to be mentioned on a nat'l radio/tv show as a serious contender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyRican Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 It is all great but means nothing until we take care of business. It has been a special year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBills1101 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 While I expect a victory over NM State (probably in the 8-12 point margin) I am feeling more nervous about Ok State or Oregon (supremely underrated in the bracket) in round 3 than Louisville whom I feel we match up very well with...would be great to extract some revenge on Sparty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 His final 4 : GZ, SLU, Miami, FL Then he has us in the final losing to Miami. Oh, man this is heady stuff, rare air, fine wine, the girl of your dreams (for Billykitty the man of her dreams), hitting Powerball when it's nine figures. He likes SLU for having chip on the shoulder, there is no one great team, most teams don't shoot that well, and we're mature. He has SLU losing in a championship game with a Larkin at point guard. Sadly I remember this happening when I was a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorB Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 NMS looks pretty winnable; OK State about a toss-up. I think we match up OK against OK State, no pun intended. We play well this weekend and we get national spotlight against overall #1 seed. WOW. we are MUCH better this year than we were against a #1 one year ago (and could have won by just hitting a few shots). It's pretty hard to look past that match-up. I've not seen Louisville all year, actually -- how might we match up against them? How many 1st round picks do they have ? ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobile-iken Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 He has SLU losing in a championship game with a Larkin at point guard. Sadly I remember this happening when I was a kid. I was at that tournament and remember it well...Unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I was at that tournament and remember it well...Unfortunately. I was at that tournament and remember it well...Unfortunately. Market Square Arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 It's pretty hard to look past that match-up. I've not seen Louisville all year, actually -- how might we match up against them? How many 1st round picks do they have ? ? ? I look at Louisville as VCU if VCU had 5-star recruits. Their defense is unbelievable. They have some serious athletes. They have a fearless senior PG in Siva. There's no easy way around it; they're the top seed in the Tournament and deservedly so. As for NBA players, I'm not sure they have any lottery picks this year. Russ Smith scores 18 PPG but is 6-1, 165. Siva is small. Dieng might be picked somewhere; he's a 6-10 junior who rebounds and blocks shots. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. NMSU is up first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorB Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 great run down, Pistol. I know about their pressure defense, and press -- and I thought we started to look a little tired and with the lazy passes yesterday against VCU in 2nd half; so that is a bit of a worry. VCU got back in the game with the press and I think about 8-10 forced turnovers in 2nd half. We will be working on that next week for sure -- IF we can win 2 this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 It's pretty hard to look past that match-up. I've not seen Louisville all year, actually -- how might we match up against them? How many 1st round picks do they have ? ? ? Louisville was a Final Four team last year, so don't forget that. Now, I know that Louisville's pressure defense and VCU's aren't the same, but in the exempt tournament both they and Missouri were in in November, Louisville crushed Mizzou but VCU lost to the Tigers. I know comparative scoring doesn't work, but I think it just goes to show how tough it is to play against Louisville. They're the top seed in the Tournament (which might mean that they won't win it all!), so it's hard to pick SLU to win the game, should the match-up occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelaundry Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 More love from the ESPN family. SLU ranks 7th in the field in Grantland's snarky breakdown of all 68 teams, giving them strong praise: "Saint Louis (4) An unbelievably dangerous team with no obvious flaws except maybe team height." http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/54555/a-semi-insane-semi-logical-classification-of-all-68-tournament-teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 even if we somehow win our first three games, the cheating dukies await us. imo our frontcourt is our achilles and duke's bigs are a nightmare. probably all have sociology degrees anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I watched Louisville Saturday night at the Garden. The turned the tables second half against Syracuse ala VCU against Xavier. They have a nice makeup in Siva, Smith, Behanan, Deng, Hancock, Harrell and Blackshear. I really don't see too much in terms of one standout, NBA player. They fell behind by 16 in the first half because they could make nothing but then blistered Syracuse by 30 in the second half. I found them to be very VCU-like .... when it's going good, unstoppable. When it's going bad, horrid. Luckily, they had enough time to make the good better than the bad and overcome the Orange in the second half. Plus Southerland got his fourth foul at like the 16 minute mark second half and had to sit out. There went the Cuse's offense and Brandon Triche was downright a turnover in the making. I still hate Big East basketball ---- it's like a professional wrestling match at time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbizzle09 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Honestly, I give no credence to anything Cowherd says. He is nothing but a blowhard that likes to 'stir the pot'. I don't think he has any real insight to anything he spouts off about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showthebill Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Honestly, I give no credence to anything Cowherd says. He is nothing but a blowhard that likes to 'stir the pot'. I don't think he has any real insight to anything he spouts off about. He put up some good numbers on his NFL predictions this year.... might be luck, but the guy got em right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 even if we somehow win our first three games, the cheating dukies await us. imo our frontcourt is our achilles and duke's bigs are a nightmare. probably all have sociology degrees anyway. Dont worry about the dookies Roy. They got lehighed in round 1 last year and will get Albanied in round 1 this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Billiken Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 BAB's 1st bracket has Saint Louis winning the National Championship over Georgetown. BAB calls them as he sees them (which is not to be confused with A10 zebras). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillikenFriar Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 BAB's 1st bracket has Saint Louis winning the National Championship over Georgetown. BAB calls them as he sees them (which is not to be confused with A10 zebras). I have the same result BAB. We are both geniuses or idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 SLU over Michigan for the champ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I have the same result BAB. We are both geniuses or idiots. I have SLU vs. VCU after VCU beats Butler in the final four. I AM A10 ALL IN!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Honestly, I give no credence to anything Cowherd says. He is nothing but a blowhard that likes to 'stir the pot'. I don't think he has any real insight to anything he spouts off about. It's not really about the accuracy of anyone's predictions. It is more about garnering the national publicity and being considered a team that could win it all. That is extremely valuable to the program in a year where it really could use the push to take SLU to new heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Nice write-up on the Bills with mention as the darkhorse of the Midwest Region and the team to watch. http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-03-18/ncaa-tournament-2013-bracket-midwest-region-analysis-louisville-duke Then as the first of five teams poised to make a deep run. http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-03-17/ncaa-tournament-2013-bracket-analysis-north-carolina-saint-louis-memphi-villanov Sorry if this has already been posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliKat Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 His final 4 : GZ, SLU, Miami, FL Then he has us in the final losing to Miami. Oh, man this is heady stuff, rare air, fine wine, the girl of your dreams (for Billykitty the man of her dreams), hitting Powerball when it's nine figures. He likes SLU for having chip on the shoulder, there is no one great team, most teams don't shoot that well, and we're mature. Hahaha... You mean Lisch?! ... sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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