almaman Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 We, like the coach take 'em 1 game at a time so now bring on NC A&T who last we heard were down in the lowest of echelons in points with us. I'm guessing our recent improvement has lifted us out of the lowest 2% but if someone can post where we're at in the rankings before the weakling weekend wingding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkelsey55 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Kenpom: 297 Saint Louis (7-15) Billikens · St. Louis, MO Head coach: Travis Ford Atlantic 10 Conference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenbill Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 283 on Sagarin before last night's win over 127 George Mason. I'm guessing we'll be a 14-15 point favorite Saturday. N.C. A&T lost to UMass by 6 and Ga. Tech by 7 so they've got some ability, but 7 of their 9 MEAC losses have been by double digits. Got to be tough to keep a team together when the losses keep piling up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 283 on TeamRankings this morning. One thing we must keep in mind is that N.C. A&T looks at us like we probably are the only team they can beat and will be hungry for the win, this may be a more difficult game than we are anticipating. Agree it is tough to keep a team together when the losses keep on piling up, this season we have had a whole load of experience with exactly this type of situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 So we're in the top 300? Cool. Doin' better than I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Speaking of Kenpom rankings, how in the world is Mizzou still ranked as high as #194 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I just looked up NC A&T. They are an astounding 1-21! Holy crap, we better win that game. They won their opener against Greensboro and have a 21 game losing streak. And why are we even playing them? Won't Rockhurst return our calls anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 4 minutes ago, wgstl said: Speaking of Kenpom rankings, how in the world is Mizzou still ranked as high as #194 The mighty SEC, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 25 minutes ago, White Pelican said: I just looked up NC A&T. They are an astounding 1-21! Holy crap, we better win that game. They won their opener against Greensboro and have a 21 game losing streak. And why are we even playing them? Won't Rockhurst return our calls anymore? After the last couple years Rockhurst didn't want to take a chance that we would hurt their strength of schedule ranking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 32 minutes ago, White Pelican said: I just looked up NC A&T. They are an astounding 1-21! Holy crap, we better win that game. They won their opener against Greensboro and have a 21 game losing streak. And why are we even playing them? Won't Rockhurst return our calls anymore? That's not UNC-Greensboro, either, but a smaller division school. NC A&T is the only D-I team without a D-I victory this season. They're 350 out of 351 in the RPI right now, 349th in KenPom, and 350th in Sagarin. Alabama A&M is the only team below them in all three, and I think that's a combination of the fact that AA&M played a slightly easier non-conference schedule and has a slightly lower chance of winning a conference game in the remainder of the season. Still, NC A&T plays in the worst conference and there's a chance they won't win a game in it. In short, NC A&T is abysmal this season, even by their very low usual standards. Even with a depleted roster, this should be an easy win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 5 minutes ago, brianstl said: After the last couple years Rockhurst didn't want to take a chance that we would hurt their strength of schedule ranking. Ha, that or they demanded a 2 for 1, and the 2 at their place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 12 minutes ago, Pistol said: That's not UNC-Greensboro, either, but a smaller division school. NC A&T is the only D-I team without a D-I victory this season. They're 350 out of 351 in the RPI right now, 349th in KenPom, and 350th in Sagarin. Alabama A&M is the only team below them in all three, and I think that's a combination of the fact that AA&M played a slightly easier non-conference schedule and has a slightly lower chance of winning a conference game in the remainder of the season. Still, NC A&T plays in the worst conference and there's a chance they won't win a game in it. In short, NC A&T is abysmal this season, even by their very low usual standards. Even with a depleted roster, this should be an easy win. Not that it would matter much, but I noticed they've only played 7 home games out of the 22 so far. They have 6 of their last 8 at home after playing here Saturday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Just do not make fun of NC A&T before we beat them, they are very bad and will most likely lose against us. Just do not jinx it before it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 6 minutes ago, Old guy said: Just do not make fun of NC A&T before we beat them, they are very bad and will most likely lose against us. Just do not jinx it before it happens. There is no jinx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 good posts, but my 350 thing was in reference to someone on here (Wiz?) posted that we were 349? out of 351 in one or maybe all 3 slash line stats; points, 3 pointers and total foul shots made. As I recall both teams were in the bottom 3 of that stat. Love it when #1 and 2 ever play each other and never even thought of a battle between lowest 2 teams in D-1. good to be rising in rankings also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Pistol said: Even with a depleted roster, this should be an easy win. -we do so few things easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, White Pelican said: Not that it would matter much, but I noticed they've only played 7 home games out of the 22 so far. They have 6 of their last 8 at home after playing here Saturday night. That's not uncommon for the bottom-tier D-I conferences. They're a buy game for almost everyone, so they can only get a few non-conference home games a season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 36 minutes ago, Old guy said: Just do not make fun of NC A&T before we beat them, they are very bad and will most likely lose against us. Just do not jinx it before it happens. They lost at Umass 65-59 in December. We barely got by Umass 74-70 here a week or so ago. So there's that. But still, we should blow the doors off of them. But we seem to do everything the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 3 hours ago, White Pelican said: I just looked up NC A&T. They are an astounding 1-21! Holy crap, we And why are we even playing them? Won't Rockhurst return our calls anymore? NC AT&T is historically bad. They are usually good for 9-12 wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Anyone else getting the ominous feeling that this Billiken team is getting ready to punch us in the gut. Just starting to get the good feelings flowing. Emotional draining win this week. Team that we are expected to beat. I'm worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 We followed up the first GM win with the clunker against SB. That first half was easily the worst 20 minutes of the season and right up there with the infamous first half against Morehead State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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