JohnnyJumpUp Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 3 hours ago, RiseAndGrind said: Yeah if Thatch is now an outside threat I see no reason he's not a starter. Slide him in between Goodwin and Bess. Goodwin Thatch Bess Gordon French ---- Johnson Foreman Santos (Graduate Transfer) Jacobs Pearson (Someone else) (Welmer?) RiseOfTheBillikens, Spoon-Balls, RiseAndGrind and 2 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 26 minutes ago, willie said: I think Ford had a short leash for DJ this year. Agree with Roy,we became a better team when DJ played. He will play. Santos is the big question for me. Agree Foreman made us a better team this year for sure. I think he's the first big off the bench and I think most SLU teams would have Foreman as a surefire starter. The depth of our big men is very impressive. Long gone are the days of John Manning, Brett Jolly, and Tanner Lancona battling it out for minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, billiken_roy said: i will never forget the build up. hughes had just left for the nba draft and spoon announced he had the new york public league mvp or scoring leader or something spectacular coming in ricky cranford to replace hughes. the first game, cranford doesnt even get off the bench. the second exhibition game cranford gets in the game at the end and as soon as he touched the ball he seemed so ackward and non skilled. i looked at my son and said, "what the hell?" did he finish the year? i dont remember. i just remember he was awful. thereafter i hesitate hyping any player i have not personally seen and not buying into the publicity we read online etc. the cranford syndrome is real. I was 13 or 14 at the time, but before Hughes left, I remembered think we were going to have such an embarrassment of riches that it would be ridiculous. We'd have Hughes, Justin Love, AND Rickey Cranford. JLove ended up being great, but Cranford, not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 55 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: add greg hardin to that list. wow. Well you made me go back and find your post - I guess because it was only one line I must have just skimmed past it. As you said, Spoon was not someone who liked recruiting and would take the word of others at times. Ford has seen all these kids play and we have had enough info on them throughout the season that I am not worried about a Cranford situation - I doubt you do either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenblue Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Matty Light said: I don't even remember Ricky Cranford coming in. I remember being excited for Love and Tatum coming in as transfers but that was it. Roy is so right. Thought we were getting Larry Hughes 2 and after the first viewing you knew he was not even close to a D1 player. I think he was gone before the season was over . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I'm pretty comfortable predicting that Pearson will be a better college basketball player than Cranford. (FWIW, I've also said repeatedly that he probably won't be a star out of the gate, and that he'll need time for strength and conditioning, adjusting to the speed and physicality of the college game, learning Xs and Os, and so forth. Pearson isn't fool's gold.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Pearson seems to me to be one of those guys that will take a year or two to figure out how to use to talents and body type to create a niche that will allow him to succeed at the collegiate level. Once he (if he) does that, he will be a star that will be a big part of our success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 hours ago, billiken_roy said: i will never forget the build up. hughes had just left for the nba draft and spoon announced he had the new york public league mvp or scoring leader or something spectacular coming in ricky cranford to replace hughes. the first game, cranford doesnt even get off the bench. the second exhibition game cranford gets in the game at the end and as soon as he touched the ball he seemed so ackward and non skilled. i looked at my son and said, "what the hell?" did he finish the year? i dont remember. i just remember he was awful. thereafter i hesitate hyping any player i have not personally seen and not buying into the publicity we read online etc. the cranford syndrome is real. I can't recall how long he lasted as a Billiken. He transferred to N.Eastern where he had a pretty good career. I think he avg something like 13 ppg. Needless to say he was not anywhere close to the Legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, JohnnyJumpUp said: You really have to wonder what this guy is really doing here. VeniceMenace likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 whatever he's doing a ding a ling is involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 53 minutes ago, slu72 said: You really have to wonder what this guy is really doing here. It is a bell. He's ringing the bell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 22 minutes ago, Littlebill said: It is a bell. He's ringing the bell. 50/50 VeniceMenace likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 36 minutes ago, Littlebill said: It is a bell. He's ringing the bell. That’s what he wants you to think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 48 minutes ago, Littlebill said: It is a bell. He's ringing the bell. Indeed. Nevertheless, it's a visual double entendre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 3 hours ago, slu72 said: You really have to wonder what this guy is really doing here. What do you mean? It's pretty obvious he's jerking off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, dlarry said: What do you mean? It's pretty obvious he's jerking off. If so, then he must be one very gifted individual. He's in the wrong business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 9 hours ago, slu72 said: I can't recall how long he lasted as a Billiken. He transferred to N.Eastern where he had a pretty good career. I think he avg something like 13 ppg. Needless to say he was not anywhere close to the Legend. Averaged 16.6 ppg in his lone season at Northeastern: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/charles-cranford-1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniceMenace Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Going with Jacobs as the fifth starter, mainly due to quickness, ball-handling and experience beyond high school in playing nationally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 5 hours ago, VeniceMenace said: Going with Jacobs as the fifth starter, mainly due to quickness, ball-handling and experience beyond high school in playing nationally. “Experience beyond HS” >>> actual college experience 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniceMenace Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 2 hours ago, majerus mojo said: “Experience beyond HS” >>> actual college experience 😂😂 OK, prep school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 On 3/30/2018 at 11:08 PM, Box and Won said: Averaged 16.6 ppg in his lone season at Northeastern: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/charles-cranford-1.html Most likely he'd have been useful here that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 -just noticed there are first and second round games in Columbus, OH NextYearBill likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 13 minutes ago, Cowboy said: -just noticed there are first and second round games in Columbus, OH That has me very excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 1 hour ago, billikenfan05 said: That has me very excited. This news probably didn’t sit well with @BACKHANDtheRICAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 5 hours ago, Cowboy said: -just noticed there are first and second round games in Columbus, OH Notify Effingham McDonalds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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