RUBillsFan Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Note that the thread starter says your 5 "favorite" Billikens making this even more subjective. It is not the 5 best or the best lineup using 5 players. This is tough. I'm trying to factor in sheer enjoyment I got watching them with some level of off court stuff as well. I'll go with: Evans - on court numbers speak for themselves. A-10 all-academic member. He also always seemed to be taking pictures with kids after games and seemed to play a pretty big role in / be a favorite of Joshua (little kid with cancer who team sort of adopted) Conklin - great player, fun to watch set brutal screens. Academic all-american. Stuck around during some rough years and put in a lot of hard work to be great as a senior. Cody Ellis - would probably not be on anyone's list of 5 best, but he was really fun to watch because opposing fans hated him so much. For a guy from Australia who got screwed around by the NCAA before he could come here, it really seemed like he bought in to all things SLU / Billikens. Blue hair, #RiseoftheBillikens hashtag creator, etc. Also seemed to be a favorite of Joshua. Jett - super fun to watch with his dreads flying as he crashed his way to the basket and finished at the rim, volleyball spike blocks on defense, etc. Goodwin - I hesitate here because major parts of his game aren't all that "fun" to watch. Are offensive rebounds / put-backs and missed FTs really "fun"? No. However, Goodwin exudes positive vibes / enjoyment when you watch him on the court. He's clearly having fun and that make it fun to watch him. Quote
wgstl Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Its also tough because you want to put together a team who could compete. I could go with 4 guards and a SF and be happy but I cant expect to win games. Quote
HoosierPal Posted December 23, 2019 Author Posted December 23, 2019 1 hour ago, brianstl said: Reed doesn’t qualify for this decade. Mr. Reed did play on the 2009-2010 team, so he did play SLU hoops this decade. Maybe 1/3 of the 67 games he played for SLU were in this decade. Quote
Old guy Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 My uneducated choices for such a team are: Jett, Mitchell, Conklin, Bess, and Loe. Corrected name. Quote
RUBillsFan Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 36 minutes ago, wgstl said: Its also tough because you want to put together a team who could compete. I could go with 4 guards and a SF and be happy but I cant expect to win games. Putting together a team to compete isn't part of the listed criteria though. In fact, @HoosierPal says there are no rules on positions. The topic header is misleading by saying "team' because based on his criteria it is really just your top 5 favorites. Quote
JohnnyJumpUp Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, Old guy said: My uneducated choices for such a team are: Jett, Mitchell, Conklin, Bess, and Loeb. Littlebill and Box and Won 2 Quote
HoosierPal Posted December 23, 2019 Author Posted December 23, 2019 12 minutes ago, Old guy said: My uneducated choices for such a team are: Jett, Mitchell, Conklin, Bess, and Loeb. Who is Loeb? Do I assume Rob Loe? Quote
slu72 Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 5 favorite: not necessarily the best team. ELLIS: Loved his flopping ability. CONK: Tough, hard nosed, The Screen JETT: I have his T, but you just knew when he started his drive you were about to see something special. EVANS: He was an assassin his last 2 years. JGOOD: He's inspiring and he gave SLU a second chance. He easily could have hit the road after we effed him over those final games. Quote
Quality Is Job 1 Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, slu72 said: 5 favorite: not necessarily the best team. ELLIS: Loved his flopping ability. CONK: Tough, hard nosed, The Screen JETT: I have his T, but you just knew when he started his drive you were about to see something special. EVANS: He was an assassin his last 2 years. JGOOD: He's inspiring and he gave SLU a second chance. He easily could have hit the road after we effed him over those final games. Wrong pronoun here. Quote
billiken_roy Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Bess and then whoever. No one else compares. Total team leader on and off the court and the man ALL billikens forever should aspire to be. bauman 1 Quote
CenHudDude Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Mitchell, Jett, Goodwin, French, Bess Quote
slu72 Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Quality Is Job 1 said: Wrong pronoun here. She? Quote
slu72 Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 1 hour ago, billiken_roy said: Bess and then whoever. No one else compares. Total team leader on and off the court and the man ALL billikens forever should aspire to be. Your grandson write that? Quote
slu72 fan Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Mitchell, Conk, Jett, JGood and Bess. Quote
Duff Man Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 3 hours ago, billikenfan05 said: I’m saying currently, French would probably have it if both played out their 4 years but Willie as a 4 year player and French halfway through Jr, Willie would be the all time leader Willie would have naturally broken Melvin Robinson's career blocks record in this implausible alternate universe. Quote
Billikens4life Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Evans, Jett, Goodwin, Bess, and Conklin Quote
MusicCityBilliken Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Mitchell, McCall, Evans, Jett & Conklin Quote
billikenfan05 Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 56 minutes ago, Duff Man said: Willie would have naturally broken Melvin Robinson's career blocks record in this implausible alternate universe. The whole point was to note that if we include Willie he probably should be included based on pure talent but based a well rounded player and personality, Has has him beat Quote
HoosierPal Posted December 23, 2019 Author Posted December 23, 2019 Interesting results. Twenty have weighed in so far on their Top 5 Decade, Top Team, whatever you want to call it. Here are the results from the 20 five-somes Jett 20 Mitchell 15 Goodwin 14 Evans 13 Conklin 12 Bess 12 French 7 Reed 2 Ellis 2 Loe 2 McCall 1 Quote
3star_recruit Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Evans is a two-time first-team All-Conference player in a tougher A-10 than we're playing in now and he finished fourth. It's a guard's world. MusicCityBilliken 1 Quote
NH Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Some love to a couple guys who understandably miss out on a lot of these lists but were valuable Billikens: Rob Loe Mike Mccall Cory Remekun Davell Roby DJ Foreman MusicCityBilliken 1 Quote
BrockL Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 32 minutes ago, NH said: Some love to a couple guys who understandably miss out on a lot of these lists but were valuable Billikens: Rob Loe Mike Mccall Cory Remekun Davell Roby DJ Foreman Roby makes my list as well. His perseverance, leadership and commitment to the program were a bright spot in an otherwise dark time for SLU basketball. My other favorites of the decade are Conklins, Jett, Bess and Goodwin. Quote
RiseOfTheBillikens Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Roby, Jett, Evans, Goodwin, French Quote
Zink Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 Fun thread! First team of Jett, Mitchell, Goodwin, Evans, French. Second team of Loe, Conklin, McCall, Bess, Ellis. Think it’s hard to disagree with anyone’s preference within this group of 10. majerus mojo and ACE 2 Quote
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