bauman Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 51 minutes ago, Crewsorlose said: You're right. Guys also want to play. I suspect Yaya had someone tell him that he'd probably sit his entire first year at SLU. And you still have Bell/Okoro in 22-23. I suspect the staff is hoping to find a Bell-type talent that they don't immediately need to put in the fire. Bring along slowly, have ready for the rotation in 22/23, and then ready to start, or get recruited over, in 23/24. They won't sign anybody though, because Russell will probably play his way into a scholarship. Just a thought, I don't care at this point about Russell getting a scholly or giving it to a "big" That's the 3rd scholarship. I want the 1st and 2nd scholarships filled by J Nesbitt and N Kern. I say let's worry about the 3rd scholarship after we hear from JN and NK, hopefully this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, bauman said: Just a thought, I don't care at this point about Russell getting a scholly or giving it to a "big" That's the 3rd scholarship. I want the 1st and 2nd scholarships filled by J Nesbitt and N Kern. I say let's worry about the 3rd scholarship after we hear from JN and NK, hopefully this week. I of course want the big 2 also, but we also have a large need for a big that can get minutes as Frosh. Billiken fans are so used to figuring how to work with 2-3 real bigs that we seem so accustomed to it we think it is enough. If we don't get one, than in Okoro and Bell's Sr year our 3rd and if we can have some crazy over abundance of bigs our 4th also will be Frosh. I think we want and need a high quality big in this class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Travis Ford and the Billiken are sitting in the front row at the Cardinal game today. That should put us over the top. Major Majerus likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Pretty solid package deal we got four years ago. Major Majerus, slufanskip, BuiltFordBills and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUMedBilliken15 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Jordan Nesbitt now has a prediction on 247sports for Memphis. This just confirms that no one really knows, even though everyone thinks they know where he will go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 2 hours ago, slufanskip said: I of course want the big 2 also, but we also have a large need for a big that can get minutes as Frosh. Billiken fans are so used to figuring how to work with 2-3 real bigs that we seem so accustomed to it we think it is enough. If we don't get one, than in Okoro and Bell's Sr year our 3rd and if we can have some crazy over abundance of bigs our 4th also will be Frosh. I think we want and need a high quality big in this class Skip, I agree with you that it would be good to get a big in this year's class. My only point is I think the most important thing in the next class is to get the "big 2" as you have termed them. slufanskip likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 minute ago, SLUMedBilliken15 said: Jordan Nesbitt now has a prediction on 247sports for Memphis. This just confirms that no one really knows, even though everyone thinks they know where he will go... Was this a new crystal ball or was it a change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills_06 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 17 minutes ago, bauman said: Was this a new crystal ball or was it a change? New. Memphis writer it looks like and he has high confidence on it. A 9. Guessing scale of 1 to 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmart23 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 https://twitter.com/andrewa11en/status/1310298425167093761?s=21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills_06 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Nesbitt with another Memphis crystal ball and now a guy on rivals picking Memphis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCoBillsFan Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Bills_06 said: Nesbitt with another Memphis crystal ball and now a guy on rivals picking Memphis. Worth noting that the guy on 247 had previously picked us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCoBillsFan Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 You know, if Nesbitt does pick Memphis, I’ll be glad that it’s not Illinois. But at the same time, it’ll be disappointing to see him at Chaifetz in a different uniform next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmbilliken Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I understand the appeal of Memphis with Penny telling him you remind me of me and I can show you how I got to the NBA. The NBA is foremost on all these player's minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 10 hours ago, NoCoBillsFan said: You know, if Nesbitt does pick Memphis, I’ll be glad that it’s not Illinois. But at the same time, it’ll be disappointing to see him at Chaifetz in a different uniform next year. This. If it’s not Illlinois I won’t be as pissed. Not thrilled that he won’t be with us, but at least we will get to run him out of chaifetz next season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusam Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 It started as SLU was a lock for Nesbitt. Then it was Illinois and now it is Memphis. No really knows but I hope it circles back to SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills_06 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Our last crystal ball on 247 switched to Memphis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, kmbilliken said: I understand the appeal of Memphis with Penny telling him you remind me of me and I can show you how I got to the NBA. The NBA is foremost on all these player's minds. I'd imagine if you take a scientific look at it historically NBA players who become NCAA coaches have been worse coaches / developers of talent than coaches who never played in the NBA. Cherry picked examples - Penny's own coach (Larry Finch) never played in the NBA (he played briefly in the ABA). That did not stop Penny from becoming an NBA all-star. Meanwhile 3x NBA all star thunder Dan Majerle coached 7 seasons in the NCAA and none of his players have gone on to play in the NBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 minute ago, RUBillsFan said: I'd imagine if you take a scientific look at it historically NBA players who become NCAA coaches have been worse coaches / developers of talent than coaches who never played in the NBA. Cherry picked examples - Penny's own coach (Larry Finch) never played in the NBA (he played briefly in the ABA). That did not stop Penny from becoming an NBA all-star. Meanwhile 3x NBA all star thunder Dan Majerle coached 7 seasons in the NCAA and none of his players have gone on to play in the NBA. That is quite the scientific study you've performed there! Here's a statistical observation. Those coaches that can recruit the most McDonalds All-Americans to their school also have the most players in the NBA. Truly groundbreaking research, I know. BilliesBy40, TaLBErt, JMM28 and 2 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, kshoe said: That is quite the scientific study you've performed there! Here's a statistical observation. Those coaches that can recruit the most McDonalds All-Americans to their school also have the most players in the NBA. Truly groundbreaking research, I know. I didn't say I was doing a scientific study that's why I admitted my examples were cherry picked. I don't have the time or know-how to do the actual study. You'd have to weight the caliber of players coaches are bringing in versus how many they put into the NBA. Overall point is that Penny having played in the NBA should mean squat to Nesbitt if his ultimate goal is the NBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLURadioBoy Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Looks like Nesbitt's announcement will be made at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Michael Wilson liked this tweet, so maybe the staff is still feeling confident? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, RUBillsFan said: I didn't say I was doing a scientific study that's why I admitted my examples were cherry picked. I don't have the time or know-how to do the actual study. You'd have to weight the caliber of players coaches are bringing in versus how many they put into the NBA. Overall point is that Penny having played in the NBA should mean squat to Nesbitt if his ultimate goal is the NBA. Not to mention Ford's guy Marcus Smart is in NBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 37 minutes ago, Bills_06 said: Our last crystal ball on 247 switched to Memphis. So there aren’t any crystal ball predictions for The Bills anymore? My confidence level is dropping daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills_06 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, dlarry said: So there aren’t any crystal ball predictions for The Bills anymore? My confidence level is dropping daily. Nope, 3 for Illinois and 3 for Memphis. I guess they weight it based on the level of "expert" because they list Illinois at a 75% chance and Memphis 25%. Wasn't it posted that Memphis is over committed already? I only ask because saw John Camden is committing Wednesday and he is favored to go to Memphis. This MemphisMeech guy on twitter that Nesbitt retweeted seems confident it will be Memphis. No idea who he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCoBillsFan Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 47 minutes ago, dlarry said: So there aren’t any crystal ball predictions for The Bills anymore? My confidence level is dropping daily. Mine is too, but still holding out hope based on the way this recruitment has gone. It seems like it’s changing by the hour almost, so we could very well still pull this off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 this aint Jimmy Crews... highly capable SLU staff at work. color me bullish NoCoBillsFan, CBFan and dlarry like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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