billikenbill Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 On 8/3/2018 at 3:21 PM, brianstl said: He’s the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about. You see this cat Thatch is a bad mother Hush your mouth I’m talking bout Thatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 SIAP Brighton and Littlebill like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slu72 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 That is not the typical body of a FR. I cannot recall ANY Billiken team having this kind of athleticism and strength. They are gonna be fun to watch. Brighton and bauman like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 couldn't find a towel in my office prebilliken and NashvilleBilliken like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 22 hours ago, billikenfan05 said: couldn't find a towel in my office HE HAD 30????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Tyler Coleman is super close with Gordon (cousin, I think?), pictured on the left in his Twitter profile pic. I like having him as a SLU cheerleader. He's a super positive guy. Wired into the local HS sports scene, too, and is JV lacrosse coach at WGHS, and an assistant for Trinity basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Nice information Pistol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 58 minutes ago, Pistol said: Tyler Coleman is super close with Gordon (cousin, I think?), pictured on the left in his Twitter profile pic. I like having him as a SLU cheerleader. He's a super positive guy. Wired into the local HS sports scene, too, and is JV lacrosse coach at WGHS, and an assistant for Trinity basketball. He is all aboard the SLU train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 according to the gram, Santos is down 14 lbs since late June. Looks likes he getting in really good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, wgstl said: according to the gram, Santos is down 14 lbs since late June. Looks likes he getting in really good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 The new strength and conditioning coach seems to be getting really fast results with these guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Nice package too.... rgbilliken likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 On 8/5/2018 at 10:46 AM, brianstl said: Yes I can. And I've been waiting such a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniceMenace Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 1:55 PM, Pistol said: 2 categories the 2018-2019 team should be SLU's all time leader in: blocks and dunks. Does anyone know if SLU keeps dunk records? They must somewhere, because I've seen tweets before about dunk leaders in Chaifetz. But I can't find anything publicly. Block numbers go back to 1986. SLU's five best shot blocking teams: 2017-2018: 146 blocks (46th in D-I), led by French (59). 2013-2014: 138 (101st), Loe (41), Manning (33). 2009-2010: 169 (28th), Reed (73). All three of these are school records - total blocks, rank among D-I colleges in blocks, and individual blocks in a season. 2006-2007: 142 (51st), Vouyoukas (57). 1999-2000: 126 (66th), Tatum (29), Heinrich (28), Baniak (23). I see no reason why this upcoming team won't challenge that record set in 2010, and if I had to guess, this team is going to take it. French is back, we add Santos (0.8 BPG in 17.1 MPG as a sophomore) and Gordon (2.0 BPG as a senior), we have good sized guards, and we should play more than 33 games this year. 146 blocks / 33 games last year = 4.42 BPG, which I think they should be able to beat. 169/36 in 2010 = 4.69 BPG, so there you have it: 4.7 blocks per game in a 36-game season would do it. That team crapped out in the conference tournament, losing to Rhody in their first game, but they got 5 games in the CBI. Another cleaner way to look at it: 5 BPG in a 34-game schedule gets them to 170 and the record. This should easily be SLU's best dunking team of all time but I can't back that up with numbers at this point. Predict an increase in 3-point shots by most teams as they attempt to copy Villanova’s model of play. No other NCAA champion had as many 3-point attempts in a season. SLU will undoubtedly succeed in tough D and rebounding & it will be interesting to see how their 3-point shooting and 3-point D evolves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillIkenFan_Dan Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Luis was showing these off an hour ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 It seems there is a general consensus that the biggest team weakness going into this season is 3 point shooting. But reflecting on Gordon's commitment that "we have it all". I was thinking of the team, position by position trying to identify the teams strongest and weakest position. My projected starting 5 are Goodwin, Isabel, Bess, French and Gordon. While there are questions to be answered by those new to the team this year, I'm finding it difficult to clearly pick the weakest. I will go with Goodwin for the strangest. And if I have to, Isabel for the weakest only because he hasn't played with these guys. My overall thinking is that this team is pretty balanced and that the weakest isnt very weak. So who is your strongest and weakest pick of the starting 5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 minute ago, BillIkenFan_Dan said: Luis was showing these off an hour ago. Conklin 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 55 minutes ago, Quality Is Job 1 said: Conklin 2.0 I’m not sure SLU has ever had a player that appears to be as physically dominant as Santos. He is the type of guy that was always on UC’s team in the mid to late 90’s. Billiken Rich and brianstl like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Lord, I would just love to see a repeat of that video where the other guy bounces off Conklin and goes down, this time starring Santos. That would be something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 40 minutes ago, moytoy12 said: I’m not sure SLU has ever had a player that appears to be as physically dominant as Santos. He is the type of guy that was always on UC’s team in the mid to late 90’s. French Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Aquinas said: It seems there is a general consensus that the biggest team weakness going into this season is 3 point shooting. But reflecting on Gordon's commitment that "we have it all". I was thinking of the team, position by position trying to identify the teams strongest and weakest position. My projected starting 5 are Goodwin, Isabel, Bess, French and Gordon. While there are questions to be answered by those new to the team this year, I'm finding it difficult to clearly pick the weakest. I will go with Goodwin for the strangest. And if I have to, Isabel for the weakest only because he hasn't played with these guys. My overall thinking is that this team is pretty balanced and that the weakest isnt very weak. So who is your strongest and weakest pick of the starting 5? I like your starting 5, but what I like even more are the guys off the bench; Santos, Wiley, Thatch, Foreman, Jacobs, Wellmer (?). Lot of guys that can give us different looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 For soooo many years I wished we had just one big body guy like a French, Gordon or Santos and now we have these 3, plus Forman, its incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 -has Thor arrived? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Cowboy said: -has Thor arrived? Based off his Instagram, it does not appear so. The sooner we can get the whole team together, the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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