billikenfan05 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Everyone sh!t on the old way of NCAA ranking and all of a sudden we take NET as gospel. It’s lazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenblue Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 18 minutes ago, Taj79 said: Not surprised at the outcome. Totally shocked with the quality of play. Agreed Taj. You can try to look for positives but it was an embarrassing display of basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills_06 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, Clocktoweraccords2004 said: WHERE DOES EVERYONE GET A POST GAME FROM FORD 101sports.com you can listen to him with Rammer or 101.1 if you are in the car in St. Louis on the way home from a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 The Bills are a pretty good but not great team.....Sucks but that is the case.... at this point any post season including the CBI or the USFL or whatever is a victory...….. joe_davola likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 2 hours ago, billikenbill said: Travis concerned about Javon's ankle. Last time he was concerned about Hasahn being out or limited he went off for 25. 25 from Javon tonight would be nice. Good call. (Too bad he had 6 turnovers to go with the 24 points.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthSide_Billiken Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Thus far, we've had a problem after emotional wins. After our big win at Seton Hall we laid an egg against Pitt. After the dominant win over Butler we failed to show up at Carbondale. I'd categorize our win against St. Joe's as a fairly emotional win especially after the scuffle at the end. Then we came out tonight and played our worst game of the year. For whatever reason we seem to lose our edge after big wins. Part of it is tired legs, but I feel like a larger part of it is a lack of focus which explains the ridiculous number of turnovers. As a veteran team with postseason aspirations, we have to find a way to overcome this. The coaching staff needs to find a way to help the players keep their edge. On to Saturday. It is absolutely a must win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I would limit Isabells minutes after that performance. He’s on a different page then the other 4 players on the court both offensively and defensively. We don’t have many option but I would drop his minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketbill Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Duq 38 FT made 25, we shot 22. Made 19. Definitely home cooking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJK Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 19 minutes ago, Billiken Rich said: The Bills are a pretty good but not great team.....Sucks but that is the case.... at this point any post season including the CBI or the USFL or whatever is a victory...….. I’ve said it for weeks now. We are an NIT team and that’s fine with me. We will have too many losses against the top tier in this league. I’m just being realistic. I’m enjoying watching this team. We stay in games and that is much better than recent years. Our path to the tourney relies on an A10 tournament victory. I just don’t see it but a deep NIT run is the logical next step for the bills and that’s what I’m rooting for going forward. Go bills!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsBeliever!!! Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 The last 4 years we had 6 wins combined through the first six game of the conference play. We have 5 this year. It sucks to lose but it could be so much worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenblue Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 minute ago, BillsBeliever!!! said: The last 4 years we had 6 wins combined through the first six game of the conference play. We have 5 this year. It sucks to lose but it could be so much worse Agreed but it hurts to lose the way we did when it was very winnable . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthSide_Billiken Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I really enjoy the official's comments on Ford's T. "A combination of everything." They had it out for the boys early tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 11 minutes ago, SouthSide_Billiken said: I really enjoy the official's comments on Ford's T. "A combination of everything." They had it out for the boys early tonight. We really need to be on the refs from the go on Saturday. A10 officials owe us one after tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenblue Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Could be worse. Porte and Loyola lose 70-35 at Missouri State. Ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouthBilliken Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Sucks. Nothing else to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 7 hours ago, BJK said: I’ve said it for weeks now. We are an NIT team and that’s fine with me. We will have too many losses against the top tier in this league. I’m just being realistic. I’m enjoying watching this team. We stay in games and that is much better than recent years. Our path to the tourney relies on an A10 tournament victory. I just don’t see it but a deep NIT run is the logical next step for the bills and that’s what I’m rooting for going forward. Go bills!! at this moment NET says we likely arent an NIT team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Anything can happen in a 3 game tourney. I just hope we go in with everyone healthy. At this juncture we can't have anyone missing. Didn't get to see this fiasco, and happy for that, but 23 TO's and 10 per cent from the Arc clearly isn't going to get it done. On to Davidson and praying for a big W. No let down, Bills. This game may have been a huge wake up call. The one thing I can't figure out about last night is giving up 77 points. That ain't been us all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 To me, the NIT and the CBI and anything else short of the Dance are useless ----- UNLESS the continued play gives you a chance to develop a younger team. That is not our case ---- we (Ford & Co,) gain nothing by playing additional games because we don't have the horses in the stable to develop and make those additional games beneficial. Foreman, Wiley, Isabell and Bess ---- four of our available players -- graduate. The only guys coming back would be Goodwin, French, Jacobs, Hankton and Thatch. Key parts for development will still be in high school. For me, it's the dance or I-don't-care. SLU_Nick likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 2 hours ago, slu72 said: Anything can happen in a 3 game tourney. I just hope we go in with everyone healthy. At this juncture we can't have anyone missing. Didn't get to see this fiasco, and happy for that, but 23 TO's and 10 per cent from the Arc clearly isn't going to get it done. On to Davidson and praying for a big W. No let down, Bills. This game may have been a huge wake up call. The one thing I can't figure out about last night is giving up 77 points. That ain't been us all year. the 77 isnt necessarily an indication of a defensive let down (didnt see the game, listened to ramsey and earl) it is more about the turnovers, 20+ turnovers is quite a handicap to overcome as it is more or less free opportunities and likely runout easy ones at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 hour ago, billiken_roy said: the 77 isnt necessarily an indication of a defensive let down (didnt see the game, listened to ramsey and earl) it is more about the turnovers, 20+ turnovers is quite a handicap to overcome as it is more or less free opportunities and likely runout easy ones at that. Maybe, but I thought our defense pretty much sucked last night. Way too many open looks from 3 and easy dunks and if Duq had been at all decent we would have lost by 20. slufan13 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyRican Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, kshoe said: Maybe, but I thought our defense pretty much sucked last night. Way too many open looks from 3 and easy dunks and if Duq had been at all decent we would have lost by 20. McBoom 2.0 kept us in the game, if he could shoot a lick it would have been over at the 10 minute mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastsidejoe Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I watched the Duq game when they played GW. I was not impressed with either team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, kshoe said: Maybe, but I thought our defense pretty much sucked last night. Way too many open looks from 3 and easy dunks and if Duq had been at all decent we would have lost by 20. 2 minutes ago, DirtyRican said: McBoom 2.0 kept us in the game, if he could shoot a lick it would have been over at the 10 minute mark. Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 hour ago, billiken_roy said: the 77 isnt necessarily an indication of a defensive let down (didnt see the game, listened to ramsey and earl) it is more about the turnovers, 20+ turnovers is quite a handicap to overcome as it is more or less free opportunities and likely runout easy ones at that. The time in the 1-3-1 in the last three or four minutes of the first half, combined with ballhandling carelessness, is what turned the tide. It turned a 6- or 8-point lead into a 1-point halftime lead. And Duquesne promptly erased that at the outset of the second half and led the rest of the game. The defense was not up to its usual standard. But — as 05 has pointed out — Duquesne is better than many people had been supposing, and they had a lot to do with how things went. Indeed, they're 5-1 (14-5 overall) and even with the Bills now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastsidejoe Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Duquesne is not a good team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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