HoosierPal Posted January 8 New thread for new year. I'm throwing this graphic out simply because it is pretty neat. This SBUnfurled guy is the same who put the logos together. Click on it to make it larger and read what he is doing. And BTW, the game should be a close one. Osunnyi is back playing well after his injury, giving StB both an offensive and defensive presence. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Compton Posted January 8 Why the proliferation of threads? 1 billikenfan05 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoosierPal Posted January 9 Road wins tonight for the Bonnies at Mason and the Dukes at St. Joe. Rhody takes down Davidson (are they done?) and UMass recovers from their SLU loss with a home win over LaSalle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pistol Posted January 9 8 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: Road wins tonight for the Bonnies at Mason and the Dukes at St. Joe. Rhody takes down Davidson (are they done?) and UMass recovers from their SLU loss with a home win over LaSalle. That was the most intriguing A10 matchup heading into tonight. Both teams needed it badly and a loss would've felt like the end for either. So yeah, I'd say this is a big split game saying that URI is in the mix for the 3-4 spot in the league and Davidson is the disappointment of the year. Bonaventure over Mason also feels like a big one, as the Bonnies go 2-0 and Mason goes 0-2 after a nice non-conference performance. Bonaventure is having basically the same arc as last season, but maybe starting to break the right way sooner. I know they had injuries early, though. 1 HoosierPal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoosierPal Posted January 9 Osunniyi was hurt earlier this season, same as last season. Bonnies are pretty much run by sophomores. The Bonnies may have the easiest A10 schedule. They play VCU and Dayton each once (both on the road) and Rhode Island and Richmond once, both at home. Is this a formula for a Top 4 finish? FYI, SLU target Robert Carpenter has pretty much been absent this season for St. B. He has played in 7 of their 15 games and averages 0.6 ppg. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bay Area Billiken Posted January 9 Batten down the hatches. The Bonnies (10-5 after starting 0-3) are back, 2-0 in the A10 after last night’s big road win at George Mason. Bona was injury ridden early, lost 3 of 4 to the Western NY Big 4, but that Bona Coach can flat out coach. Why he hasn’t been snatched by some shark and hasn’t moved on up is a mystery. He’s no GQ candidate, but he paces that sideline like a caged lion, should wear a brown uniform instead of his trademark camel (couch) blazer, which doesn’t stay on long anyway. The Bonnies are a proud lot, salt of the earth, good people. I enjoyed my interaction with them last March at McMahon’s Public House. I went downstairs from the SLU gathering upstairs, and a whole host of Bonnies came over for a summit. One asked, "Why don't you want to be in the conference (A10)?" We reached a level of detente that night. Several days later, of course, the Billikens took down the Bonnies in the A10 Tournament Championship Game. SLU fans were outnumbered by the Bonnies about 10 to 1 at that game. But Team Blue prevailed when it counted the most. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Littlebill Posted January 9 54 minutes ago, Bay Area Billiken said: big road win at George Mason Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Compton Posted January 9 Their defeat of Rutgers to snap that three game season opening skid is increasingly impressive. But this Bonnie’s team - with Osunniyi fully back - lost to Buffalo 10 days ago (although he got into foul trouble) and beat Middle Tennessee by 1 before that. So, they have potential, but seems they also still have a lot to prove and improve. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3star_recruit Posted January 9 1 hour ago, Compton said: Their defeat of Rutgers to snap that three game season opening skid is increasingly impressive. But this Bonnie’s team - with Osunniyi fully back - lost to Buffalo 10 days ago (although he got into foul trouble) and beat Middle Tennessee by 1 before that. So, they have potential, but seems they also still have a lot to prove and improve. Winning on the road is tough. There are plenty of examples of good teams squeaking out victories against bad teams on the road or losing to average teams. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bay Area Billiken Posted January 9 42 minutes ago, 3star_recruit said: Winning on the road is tough. There are plenty of examples of good teams squeaking out victories against bad teams on the road or losing to average teams. Agreed. I would rate St. Bona and Mason as evenly matched, with the Bonnies having the better coach. Any conference road win is big. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoosierPal Posted January 11 Dayton overwhelms UMass, with Toppin spraining his ankle in1st half. He came back to the bench with a boot. Will he be ready for the big showdown Tuesday against VCU? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bay Area Billiken Posted January 11 URI Pagan Rams 65 @VCU Green Devils 56-Final. As usual, playing under control, not panicking and Havoc/Gimmick goes down. VCU fired up one bad shot after another. Get VCU in a half court game and that system loses against good teams. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillsBeliever!!! Posted January 11 Bonnie’s are gonna be top 4 in the conference record wise... just look at their schedule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gremio14 Posted January 11 Outside of the Billiken players ,Ryan DALY is my fave player in the A10. I think I played against him 20 times during my intramural/frat career. This guy is amazing. 1 billiken_roy reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moytoy12 Posted January 11 Insane!! 4 Gremio14, Zink, 3star_recruit and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bills10 Posted January 11 Who are we pulling for in Duquesne-GW? Duquesne because we play them twice or GW to help us in conference standings? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoosierPal Posted January 12 3 hours ago, moytoy12 said: Insane!! That has to be the throw of the year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
almaman Posted January 12 unbelievable. now I regret switching away from that one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 12 4 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: Ankle injuries can take a toll on giants, but imagine they'll ice it and tape him up, and he'll be ready to go for Friday, if not Tuesday. He won't be 100 percent, but 60 or 75 percent of Toppin is still formidable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy Posted January 12 15 hours ago, HoosierPal said: That has to be the throw of the year. -wow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glazedandconfused Posted January 13 JG 1 billiken_roy reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cgeldmacher Posted January 13 11 minutes ago, glazedandconfused said: JG Hard to believe that happened given the stuff that was written about JG in the game day threads. Great job Jordan! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 13 34 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said: Hard to believe that happened given the stuff that was written about JG in the game day threads. Great job Jordan! I wrote in the Rich GDT that if Goodwin weren't A-10 POW, it would be an injustice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoosierPal Posted January 14 No other updates today on Francis. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
