Littlebill Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 This would be a bad loss right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Let’s get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBFan Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, Littlebill said: This would be a bad loss right? Yes it would if our team wants to do something special they must win games like this. GoSluBills likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Littlebill said: This would be a bad loss right? You got it. Losing to a plus 100 NET team, even on their court ain't gonna get us in the Dance. Having answered your question, we will not lose. If I was a betting person, I would take some of the LV odds, which have us a a 3-3.5 pt dog. While losing Jimerson and Thatch really hurts, those losses are somewhat counterbalanced by the improving play of Yuri and the greatly improved play of Perkins. I would also like to see Jacobs become more aggressive on offense, taking the ball to the basket like JG does. Jacobs need to start using his outstanding athletic abilities. If I remember correctly, he only took 3 shots in the UD game and made all 3. In a similar way, I would like to see TH Jr going to the hoop more so than taking shots from beyond the arc. As good as both of those players are at the line, they could both be real factors in our offense, especially against a team with Davidson's size (lack thereof) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazedandconfused Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Funny enough, by NET ratings, this will be our 3rd best win of the season (until we win @ Dayton). Plus being 4-2 (as opposed to 3-3) going into Fordham/La Salle/Joes section of our schedule will be huge Edited January 22, 2020 by glazedandconfused Took Bauman's advice RiseAndGrind likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, glazedandconfused said: Funny enough, by NET ratings, this would be our 3rd best win of the season if we can pull it out. Plus being 4-2 (as opposed to 3-3) going into Fordham/La Salle/Joes section of our schedule would be huge Sorry, but your "if we can pull it out" is playing straight man for Jimbo . I suggest replacing that phrase with "when we win." glazedandconfused likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I don't think it meets a technical definition of a bad loss, although if it ends up being our worst loss it might go in the "bad loss" column when the bracketologists are talking about SLU. Davidson is 110 today. Duquesne is 55, Auburn is 20, Seton Hall is 12, Dayton is 5. A road loss to 110 is not a season killer. It just forces us to be nearly perfect the rest of the season. It's the kind of game a bubble team has to win. I think the word I used yesterday was "ceiling" in terms of what it does to our season. SLU has a chance to win the next five heading into the Dayton rematch - @Davidson, vs. Fordham, @La Salle, @St. Joe's, vs. Duquesne. If we do that, I think we're solidly on the bubble again when we play at Dayton, putting ourselves yet again in position to grab a signature win and really boost the rating. A loss to Fordham, La Salle, or Joe's basically ends the season. Being ranked next to them and having lost the first one, we basically have to take the second Duquesne game, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 How can it be a bad loss when we are a 2 1/2 point dog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelC Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, bauman said: You got it. Losing to a plus 100 NET team, even on their court ain't gonna get us in the Dance. Having answered your question, we will not lose. If I was a betting person, I would take some of the LV odds, which have us a a 3-3.5 pt dog. While losing Jimerson and Thatch really hurts, those losses are somewhat counterbalanced by the improving play of Yuri and the greatly improved play of Perkins. I would also like to see Jacobs become more aggressive on offense, taking the ball to the basket like JG does. Jacobs need to start using his outstanding athletic abilities. If I remember correctly, he only took 3 shots in the UD game and made all 3. In a similar way, I would like to see TH Jr going to the hoop more so than taking shots from beyond the arc. As good as both of those players are at the line, they could both be real factors in our offense, especially against a team with Davidson's size (lack thereof) Yes, Davidson's post and interior defense is pathetic and they have no one providing rim protection. I expect them to play some zone and hopefully we will still attack the basket rather than settle for long jump shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 21 minutes ago, willie said: How can it be a bad loss when we are a 2 1/2 point dog? Vegas has this one dead wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 25 minutes ago, willie said: How can it be a bad loss when we are a 2 1/2 point dog? Theres two types of bad losses. Vegas and ncaa tournament chances. the last one is whats important, and would make this a bad loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Littlebill said: This would be a bad loss right? By the way, was "Mildcats" too obvious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 minute ago, wgstl said: Theres two types of bad losses. Vegas and ncaa tournament chances. the last one is whats important, and would make this a bad loss. I am not saying we don't need to win this for our NCAA chances I'm am just questioning the term bad loss on a game we are underdogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 minute ago, willie said: I am not saying we don't need to win this for our NCAA chances I'm am just questioning the term bad loss on a game we are underdogs. for one we shouldn't be underdogs. Davidson is trash. also id like to think people are saying its a bad loss because of the tourney chances, not so much vegas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Goodwin sounds locked in for tonight. “There’s history back and forth since I’ve been here with me missing the free throws. That’s part of it,” he said. “Then we beat them in the tournament. This, to me, is a big game.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 -JGood and HAS will be the leaders, as always, but I anticipate in this game JBJr doing great damage on the offensive end to be one of the keys to our victory, like a 15 and 9 kind of night -if I knew how I would post one of those boxes where you could click and have Jethro Tull playing Locomotive Breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenbill Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Me and slu72 will be in the house tonight and we’re locked in as well. Bills better win as this is the first time in 10 years I’ve seen them in person. That last time didn’t go so well. Bills need to turn those Wildcats into Mildkittens before the night is through. CBFan likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 This one has me nervous. I know Davidson hasn't been very good but they still have two of the top players in the conference. If Grady and big Thor go off anything can happen. I think we pull it off but I’m not overly confident. billikenbill and Bizziken like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Littlebill said: This would be a bad loss right? 2 hours ago, CBFan said: Yes it would if our team wants to do something special they must win games like this. 1 hour ago, willie said: How can it be a bad loss when we are a 2 1/2 point dog? In my opinion a (hypothetical) loss at Davidson would not be a "bad loss" — by definition — just like the game at Duquesne was not a bad loss, by definition. However, it would, like at Duquesne, represent a massive missed opportunity. I think the way some of you are using the term, "bad loss," would better be stated, "missed opportunity." An A-10 fan likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazedandconfused Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, Quality Is Job 1 said: In my opinion a (hypothetical) loss at Davidson would not be a "bad loss" — by definition — just like the game at Duquesne was not a bad loss, by definition. However, it would, like at Duquesne, represent a massive missed opportunity. I think the way some of you are using the term, "bad loss," would better be stated, "missed opportunity." I think of this game much differently than the Duq game. Duqesne is currently a Q1 loss and could slip to a Q2 loss if Duqesne falters down the stretch. Losing this game is a Q2 loss and is just as close to slipping to a Q3 loss if Davidson falters (much more likely than Duquesne in my opinion). We can probably afford 1 or *maybe* 2 Q2 losses, but a Q3 loss would be pretty fatal for our tournament hopes. Littlebill likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU_Nick Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, billikenfan05 said: Vegas has this one dead wrong. This is how the big hotels are built. Just for the record though, I agree with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, SLU_Nick said: This is how the big hotels are built. Just for the record though, I agree with you. They have been not so great on the A10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJumpUp Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Cowboy said: -JGood and HAS will be the leaders, as always, but I anticipate in this game JBJr doing great damage on the offensive end to be one of the keys to our victory, like a 15 and 9 kind of night -if I knew how I would post one of those boxes where you could click and have Jethro Tull playing Locomotive Breath Gotcha covered Cowboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I think it's rather petty of posters to continually pin "bad post" reactions on posters' board reputations simply because they disagree, if the post was stated civilly. billikenbill and Pistol like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 26 minutes ago, glazedandconfused said: I think of this game much differently than the Duq game. Duqesne is currently a Q1 loss and could slip to a Q2 loss if Duqesne falters down the stretch. Losing this game is a Q2 loss and is just as close to slipping to a Q3 loss if Davidson falters (much more likely than Duquesne in my opinion). We can probably afford 1 or *maybe* 2 Q2 losses, but a Q3 loss would be pretty fatal for our tournament hopes. I agree that the games are on different levels, and it would hurt the Bills more to lose this game; I just don't think it's fair to consider it a "bad loss." All that said, I believe the Bills better and should win this game, to solidify their position at the top of the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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