cheeseman Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I don't know how concessions and parking are divided, but giving away free tickets is a great idea. The parking and concessions have gone to pay off the arena's bond. That is how Biondi set it up but I do not know if it has changed since he left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Not necessarily. When you can usually get tickets for free how often do you feel like paying for the same tickets. Right now the women's team probably generates very little in ticket revenue. If giving away tickets results in thousands of fans, it is a good thing. It's all about getting people to their product at this point. Men's basketball would be a terrible idea because there is a market for those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soderball Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Right now the women's team probably generates very little in ticket revenue. If giving away tickets results in thousands of fans, it is a good thing. It's all about getting people to their product at this point. Men's basketball would be a terrible idea because there is a market for those. Yeah. People cant wait to get in there to see us get drubbed by 0-4 George Mason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 The women went on the road last night and clubbed George Mason to go to 17-4 on the season. They are currently in 2nd place in the A10, 7-1 in conference, along with the Bonnies. GW is in first at 8-0. The women travel to DC on Sunday to take on the first place and borderline top 25 Colonials. SLU's RPI before this last road win was sitting at 87, per the NCAA website. Sagarin has them at 86. This is probably the best women's team of my SLU lifetime. They will only lose 2 seniors next year as well, although both are rotation players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 The women went on the road last night and clubbed George Mason to go to 17-4 on the season. They are currently in 2nd place in the A10, 7-1 in conference, along with the Bonnies. GW is in first at 8-0. The women travel to DC on Sunday to take on the first place and borderline top 25 Colonials. SLU's RPI before this last road win was sitting at 87, per the NCAA website. Sagarin has them at 86. This is probably the best women's team of my SLU lifetime. They will only lose 2 seniors next year as well, although both are rotation players. -I wish the game on Sunday was on tv, if on the web I'll try to view -I need to get to a home game -Go SLU Lady Billikens!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Is the women's team getting any Top 25 votes yet? Also, is there a decent chance of their making it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time? (With that RPI ranking, it doesn't look like it.) At very least, they should get their second WNIT bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 The women went on the road last night and clubbed George Mason to go to 17-4 on the season. They are currently in 2nd place in the A10, 7-1 in conference, along with the Bonnies. GW is in first at 8-0. The women travel to DC on Sunday to take on the first place and borderline top 25 Colonials. SLU's RPI before this last road win was sitting at 87, per the NCAA website. Sagarin has them at 86. This is probably the best women's team of my SLU lifetime. They will only lose 2 seniors next year as well, although both are rotation players. I don't know that I'd call Jamesia Price a rotation player. She's 2nd on the team in minutes, 3rd in scoring, 2nd in assists and 1st in steals. Denisha Womack maybe, but even she is 5th in minutes, 2nd in rebounding and 4th in scoring. It does however appear that Womack's minutes are going down a little and Aliiah Covington and Olivia J's seem to be going up. I'm looking forward to making at least another game this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I was using rotation meaning they're in the rotation - not just losing bench fodder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I was using rotation meaning they're in the rotation - not just losing bench fodder. Gotcha. When I read it again, I can see that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Looks like they play next Wednesday at 11 a.m. Might be fun. They also play a day game on President's Day, Feb. 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SShoe Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 RPI doesn't look high enough at the moment since their OOC schedule was so soft. Still got games against Duquense, St. Bona, GW, and Dayton, which are all in the RPI Top 50 at the moment. I'd say getting 3 of those 4 and avoiding any other bad losses is a must. My hunch is that the team is better than its RPI, but didn't play the schedule to prove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 -not sure why the link won't paste but at SLUBillikens.com Coach Stone has a video discussing the lost to GW, very impressive -where's the men's equivalent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChosenOne Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I just went to slubillikens.com and was greeted by a photo of a large breasted tennis player, so good for us allowing women to play sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwyjibo Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 RPI doesn't look high enough at the moment since their OOC schedule was so soft. Still got games against Duquense, St. Bona, GW, and Dayton, which are all in the RPI Top 50 at the moment. I'd say getting 3 of those 4 and avoiding any other bad losses is a must. My hunch is that the team is better than its RPI, but didn't play the schedule to prove it. I think SLU still can lose one more game, win a game or two in the conference tourney and get an at-large. They do need more big wins so winning over St. Bona, Holy Spirit, and Dayton will give them a better profile. St. Bona and Duquesne have excellent records and will boost the RPI (particularly winning at St. Bona). The problem is a game like Dayton--they have a good RPI but not a great record (hard schedule); so it will be tough to win at Dayton with less of a pay-off RPI-wise. Anyway, I may do some formal bracketologizing soon. Also, WNIT is 64 teams. They just have to avoid a collapse to get a shot (the team who finishes best of teams not in NCAA for the A-10 gets an automatic and right now that would be SLU). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I just went to slubillikens.com and was greeted by a photo of a large breasted tennis player, so good for us allowing women to play sports. Ihad to look at this. Madison Cook is nice. The whole women's team is strong. I may attend some matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Looks like they play next Wednesday at 11 a.m. Might be fun. They also play a day game on President's Day, Feb. 15. Is the parking garage open for Chaifetz parking for these matinees? I park on the street for night games but the meters are limited to 2 hours so that won't work for me for a day game. OR, can an MBM park in the VIP lot behind the arena for women's games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 fan Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Is the parking garage open for Chaifetz parking for these matinees? I park on the street for night games but the meters are limited to 2 hours so that won't work for me for a day game. OR, can an MBM park in the VIP lot behind the arena for women's games? Usually, the Weber lot is open to the public for $5.00 for a women's game. I don't know about a week day, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thanks 72, I'll try the Weber lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwyjibo Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I think SLU still can lose one more game, win a game or two in the conference tourney and get an at-large. They do need more big wins so winning over St. Bona, Holy Spirit, and Dayton will give them a better profile. St. Bona and Duquesne have excellent records and will boost the RPI (particularly winning at St. Bona). The problem is a game like Dayton--they have a good RPI but not a great record (hard schedule); so it will be tough to win at Dayton with less of a pay-off RPI-wise. Anyway, I may do some formal bracketologizing soon. Also, WNIT is 64 teams. They just have to avoid a collapse to get a shot (the team who finishes best of teams not in NCAA for the A-10 gets an automatic and right now that would be SLU). I just did a more formal estimate of what it would take to get up to RPI that gets SLU consideration by the committee and I am a slightly more pessimistic than I was above. It would be possible to win out and then go 1-1 in the tourney and not get an at-large bid based solely on RPI (it may only get them to around 50). However, winning out would give them an excellent profile (two possible top 5 road wins and excellent top 50 record with a more mediocre top 100 record as well as great down the stretch record) so they would likely be selected. This means that 22-6 and 1-1 would be more tenuous than I thought above--it would largely be deep bubble so could go either way. That also means that 22-6, 2-1 would have a pretty good chance of getting them in. The big picture is that with their RPI of 84 they have a ways to go. They have difficult games at St. Bona and Dayton as well as a tough home game against Duquesne. Win them all and they will likely be dancing but even 20-8 and then 1-1 in tourney stretch and they will be hanging on to an NIT spot (guaranteed if they finish the conference 4th and the top 3 teams go to the NCAA). So 24-7 (23-7 maybe) or better gets them in NCAA and 21-9 or better in NIT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouthBilliken Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I just did a more formal estimate of what it would take to get up to RPI that gets SLU consideration by the committee and I am a slightly more pessimistic than I was above. It would be possible to win out and then go 1-1 in the tourney and not get an at-large bid based solely on RPI (it may only get them to around 50). However, winning out would give them an excellent profile (two possible top 5 road wins and excellent top 50 record with a more mediocre top 100 record as well as great down the stretch record) so they would likely be selected. This means that 22-6 and 1-1 would be more tenuous than I thought above--it would largely be deep bubble so could go either way. That also means that 22-6, 2-1 would have a pretty good chance of getting them in. The big picture is that with their RPI of 84 they have a ways to go. They have difficult games at St. Bona and Dayton as well as a tough home game against Duquesne. Win them all and they will likely be dancing but even 20-8 and then 1-1 in tourney stretch and they will be hanging on to an NIT spot (guaranteed if they finish the conference 4th and the top 3 teams go to the NCAA). So 24-7 (23-7 maybe) or better gets them in NCAA and 21-9 or better in NIT. Just stop with this nonsense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Just stop with this nonsense ??? What's wrong with assessing the chances of Lisa Stone's squad playing in a postseason tournament? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 ??? What's wrong with assessing the chances of Lisa Stone's squad playing in a postseason tournament? -I wonder the same thing, I hope they make it and we can keep the coach, would be great for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 The Billikens are slaughtering Richmond right now 65-39. About 5 minutes left. Watch here if you're bored at work like me. http://www.atlantic10.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27200&&db_oem_id=31600&mid=80412 http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=103673 It is nice watching a Billiken basketball team execute a game plan and crush an inferior opponent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Bills won 73-48 over the Spodders. A few thousand middle school students there on a "field trip". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 ??? What's wrong with assessing the chances of Lisa Stone's squad playing in a postseason tournament? I'm guessing big mouth had a bit to drink and missed the point of the thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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