gobillsgo Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 2 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Congratulations at your attempt at humor. Great job upholding a fine image of a Billiken fan. And you think Butler fans are crass? You’re a lot of fun at parties, aren’t you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post moytoy12 Posted November 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2018 Read the Butler board a little more and revising my prediction. Bills by 26. Goodwin, CAG and Tremaine with triple doubles. 3 Butler players will decide not to play after they recognize French as the werewolf he is. The morans from French Lick or Terra Haute or whatever godforsaken cornfield they're from will go back crying and their sisters will divorce them. Thanks to this ass-whoopin, Butler will decide to fold its bball program effective Jan. 1, 2019. SLU takes Butler's spot in the Big East. brianstl, Pistol, rgbilliken and 10 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 11 minutes ago, moytoy12 said: Read the Butler board a little more and revising my prediction. Bills by 26. Goodwin, CAG and Tremaine with triple doubles. 3 Butler players will decide not to play after they recognize French as the werewolf he is. The morans from French Lick or Terra Haute or whatever godforsaken cornfield they're from will go back crying and their sisters will divorce them. Thanks to this ass-whoopin, Butler will decide to fold its bball program effective Jan. 1, 2019. SLU takes Butler's spot in the Big East. Three of their top five scorers will announce at halftime they plan to transfer to SLU over the semester break. They will claim playing in front of a sold out crowd as a big factor in their decision. They will then give Backhand the home address of gmoser as their first act as Billikens. Littlebill, JMM28 and joe_davola like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macallan 18 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/butler/2018/11/30/butler-basketball-hits-road-face-stiff-test-vs-saint-louis-preview/2160748002/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 8 minutes ago, Macallan 18 said: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/butler/2018/11/30/butler-basketball-hits-road-face-stiff-test-vs-saint-louis-preview/2160748002/ french isnt even mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 1 minute ago, billiken_roy said: french isnt even mentioned. Simply saying his name scares the sh1t out of them. billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 17 minutes ago, moytoy12 said: Simply saying his name scares the sh1t out of them. There will be a boom of young Hoosier babies named Hasahn in summer of 2019 similar to the Dwayne boom in the hoosier state early fall of 2013. SLU_Lax likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 13 minutes ago, JMM28 said: There will be a boom of young Hoosier babies named Hasahn in summer of 2019 similar to the Dwayne boom in the hoosier state early fall of 2013. Francine for girls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 TOWEL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! johnbj14 and SouthSide_Billiken like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Butler is overrated this year. Gotta win this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, billiken_roy said: french isnt even mentioned. That is good, he may come onto them as a complete surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorydays2013 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I don’t think enemy teams can pick a guy to single out because 6 men can go off anytime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliken Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Macallan 18 said: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/butler/2018/11/30/butler-basketball-hits-road-face-stiff-test-vs-saint-louis-preview/2160748002/ What I love most about that article is remembering that Butler is 0-3 lifetime against the Bills when we were A10 conference mates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 rare to beat a team 3x.. home, road, and neutral. absolute domination Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 The Vegas spread for the SLU Butler game is 3 points. Expected scores are SLU 65.8, Butler 68.8. This game is winnable as far as Vegas is concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 8 hours ago, Old guy said: The Vegas spread for the SLU Butler game is 3 points. Expected scores are SLU 65.8, Butler 68.8. This game is winnable as far as Vegas is concerned. This is interesting to me....As I mentioned in a previous post...there is a 5 pt margin of error due to some inconsistency in the numbers , unusual variables (No away games for Butler) , injuries to both teams, SLU playing to the competition and some gelling of the team I have mentioned it in this game because it has been statistically significant. A more accurate spread for this game would actual be But by 3 to 8 pts. While there is some variance in every game it is usually insignificant. I was thinking about doing this variable spread concept at the beginning of this year.....There is always a lot of variance at the start of season because of small data sizes. Another game this would have helped was the Pitt game....I ran that game a few times and finally settled on the Bills by 1....but adding the variance for that game would have made it even plus or minus 2. In addition, using the variable spread would help in changing times. during the season ..such as significant injuries, players leaving or joining the team, team gelling or coming together. I think going forward, I will still list the point spread in the header but when I see a statistical variance, i will include it in the body of the post. In the Butler case, it doesn't change the outcome of the game but it does improve the Bills chance of winning....going from about 15% to 43%....thus making it a much more winnable game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliKat Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I’m so excited!!!! joe_davola likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 And I just can't hide it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 That title makes me want to vomit. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/slu/st-louis-u-will-take-on-role-model-in-butler/article_86f10437-1504-5d6d-98f9-2ff30c2b0c90.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Certainly we all would kill to have Butler's recent history of success. That said, I don't necessarily agree they're a model for us. Nova and Zaga would be an ideal to shoot for, however. Travis touched on the main reasons for success at these small schools, coaching stability. I hope he holds that thought when a P5 comes after him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Our strengths: rebounds, good D, and Gordon's inside game. Weaknesses that need to be rectified: get to at least 30% on 3s, 70% from the line, and take better care of the rock. Fix these, we win by double digits. I'm hoping Javon takes advantage of his open looks on 3s, because his shot looks good. Isabell and JGood cut down on the rushed TOs. French hits 50% of his FTs. Wiley recovers and hits some 3s to loosen up the inside. This should do it. And the crowd is raucous and raising the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 20 minutes ago, slu72 said: Our strengths: rebounds, good D, and Gordon's inside game. Weaknesses that need to be rectified: get to at least 30% on 3s, 70% from the line, and take better care of the rock. Fix these, we win by double digits. I'm hoping Javon takes advantage of his open looks on 3s, because his shot looks good. Isabell and JGood cut down on the rushed TOs. French hits 50% of his FTs. Wiley recovers and hits some 3s to loosen up the inside. This should do it. And the crowd is raucous and raising the roof. Pretty straightforward and accurate. Regarding the turnovers, I’d just like to see us cut down on the silly unforced TOs (lazy passes, backcourt violations, dribbling ball off the foot). Eliminating these would get our TOs down to 9-12 a game which would be really impactful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 X is the model. They are a Midwest Jesuit school that went to 21 of 28 NCAA tournaments before they joined a power conference. GoSluBills, JMM28, billiken class of 15 and 2 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 One big plus for us in this game is Butler doesn’t draw a town of fouls. They rank 209th so far this season and 286th last season in fouls drawn per game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Didn't realize they play such tough D per the A10 article. Good D meets mediocre O? Now I'm even more tense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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