2021-2022 Season

[Old guy]

37 minutes ago, bauman said:

OG, I have to disagree with you about @ Boise St being the toughest.  I think Auburn will be harder.  This 6 game stretch is one that can make us a favorite to get in the NCAA (by sweeping the 6) or making our only chance to get in, going at least 16-2 in the league or winning the A 10 tournament (3-3 or worse in the next 6).  By degree of difficulty, i would line them up as follows---Auburn, Belmont, @ Boise St, UAB, Drake (N), Boston College.

This may be totally correct considering the strength of the teams, however Boise is an away game which adds difficulty to obtaining a win. It really does not matter, I hope we win both.

[almaman]

2 hours ago, Old guy said:

This may be totally correct considering the strength of the teams, however Boise is an away game which adds difficulty to obtaining a win. It really does not matter, I hope we win both.

Wonder if they have a blue court like the  football turf?

[White Pelican]

54 minutes ago, almaman said:

Wonder if they have a blue court like the  football turf?

Don't know if this is current, but it came from an article titled "The 20 ugliest basketball court designs". Giant horse heads at each end. Could be worse I guess.

 

[billikenbill]

3 minutes ago, White Pelican said:

Don't know if this is current, but it came from an article titled "The 20 ugliest basketball court designs". Giant horse heads at each end. Could be worse I guess.

 

But not much. That’s horrific. 

[billiken_roy]

horse head bookends!

[White Pelican]

17 minutes ago, billiken_roy said:

horse head bookends!

Yeah, don't know whether to think chess or The Godfather.

[cheeseman]

53 minutes ago, White Pelican said:

Don't know if this is current, but it came from an article titled "The 20 ugliest basketball court designs". Giant horse heads at each end. Could be worse I guess.

 

That floor painting must make it hard for the officials to see critical markers - it is way to busy for me.

[billiken_roy]

33 minutes ago, White Pelican said:

Yeah, don't know whether to think chess or The Godfather.

i was thinking the classic B movie student bodies.  

[BilliesBy40]

1 hour ago, White Pelican said:

Don't know if this is current, but it came from an article titled "The 20 ugliest basketball court designs". Giant horse heads at each end. Could be worse I guess.

 

Way easier on the eyes than that throw up mess in Memphis

[Taj79]

Memphis is worse.   Coastal Carolina plays football on s Teal-colored turf field in Myrtle Beach.  Teal Nation.

[Aquinas]

Boise State should be favored by about a point at home.  This will be a good win to get. I trust the Wiz will provide a detailed game breakdown. 

[Old guy]

Talking about SLU vs Boise St. Here are the current stats as per team ranking for both teams, you can see that the stats favor SLU, which does not mean we will win the game, but we have a good chance of doing so.

Offensive Stat Comparison

Stat	SLU	BSU
Points/Game	82.0	61.3
Avg Score Margin	+15.8	+4.8
Assists/Game	13.7	11.8
Total Rebounds/Gm	40.5	35.7
Effective FG %	50.0%	44.9%
Off Rebound %	37.9%	29.8%
FTA/FGA	0.435	0.260
Turnover %	15.5%	15.1%

Defensive Stat Comparison

Stat	SLU	BSU
Opp Points/Game	66.2	56.5
Opp Effective FG %	47.4%	45.5%
Off Rebounds/Gm	12.8	10.3
Def Rebounds/Gm	24.5	22.0
Blocks/Game	3.7	2.8
Steals/Game	8.5	6.3
Personal Fouls/Gm	18.3	14.7

[Crewsorlose]

On 11/26/2021 at 10:58 AM, NH said:

When was the last time that the conference's lack of strength kept us from getting an at-large bid? Probably never. For teams like SLU, at-large bids will always be made in the non-conference. 

The A-10 being a little down this year hurts because it makes less money for the teams in the conference and doesn't raise the profile of the conference in terms of future recruiting, scheduling, etc. But I think it's impact on SLU's ability to make the NCAA tournament in a given year is always overstated.

The problem is that if only 5 of the 14 teams are in the top 100, it makes it hard to find places for Quad 1 and Quad 2 victories. Ideally you have 7 or 8 of these in your conference. 

[NH]

18 minutes ago, Crewsorlose said:

The problem is that if only 5 of the 14 teams are in the top 100, it makes it hard to find places for Quad 1 and Quad 2 victories. Ideally you have 7 or 8 of these in your conference. 

I understand how strength of schedule works. But the next time the performance of our conference mates keeps us out of the tournament will be the first time. 

[slufanskip]

1 hour ago, NH said:

I understand how strength of schedule works. But the next time the performance of our conference mates keeps us out of the tournament will be the first time. 

I can name plenty of years when the performance of our conference mates kept us out of the tourney. Had we never lost to a conference mate, we'd be in every year. 

[White Pelican]

6 hours ago, slufanskip said:

I can name plenty of years when the performance of our conference mates kept us out of the tourney. Had we never lost to a conference mate, we'd be in every year. 

[wgstl]

Slight drop for SLU in the massey composite this week, fell 3 spots to #59.  This week we had @ #73, then H vs #58;  then Belmont at #55. Likely our most important 3 game stretch of the season.  Cant do less than 2-1.

[Bay Area Billiken]

While we await The Wiz's stellar assessment, Sagarin has the upcoming, Tuesday night @Boise State game as BSU -2.

SLU has the better Sagarin ranking 45 vs. BSU's 72.  SLU has the better Sagarin rating 82.28 vs. 79.82.  But BSU gets Sagarin's 4 point home court advantage boost, which makes BSU the 2 point (rounded off from 1.54) favorite.

Other ratings:  NCAA NET- SLU 52 (SLU has work to do there) BSU 53;

                         RPI (the archaic)- SLU 112, BSU 102;

                         ESPN BPI- SLU 52, BSU 79;

                         Pomeroy- SLU 91, BSU 68.

I expect a very tough road game at Boise State, despite and frankly more so, after BSU lost 46-39 at home Friday vs. Cal State Bakersfield.  Boise State is 3-3, with a home win over Utah Valley 76-56, neutral court wins over Temple (AAC) 82-62 and Ole Miss (SEC) 60-50, a 58-50 road loss at UC Irvine (Big West) and a 67-61 neutral court loss to St. Bonaventure.

 

 

 

[billikenbill]

On 11/27/2021 at 1:32 PM, Old guy said:

Talking about SLU vs Boise St. Here are the current stats as per team ranking for both teams, you can see that the stats favor SLU, which does not mean we will win the game, but we have a good chance of doing so.

Offensive Stat Comparison

Stat	SLU	BSU
Points/Game	82.0	61.3
Avg Score Margin	+15.8	+4.8
Assists/Game	13.7	11.8
Total Rebounds/Gm	40.5	35.7
Effective FG %	50.0%	44.9%
Off Rebound %	37.9%	29.8%
FTA/FGA	0.435	0.260
Turnover %	15.5%	15.1%

Defensive Stat Comparison

Stat	SLU	BSU
Opp Points/Game	66.2	56.5
Opp Effective FG %	47.4%	45.5%
Off Rebounds/Gm	12.8	10.3
Def Rebounds/Gm	24.5	22.0
Blocks/Game	3.7	2.8
Steals/Game	8.5	6.3
Personal Fouls/Gm	18.3	14.7

To Win: Defend and Rebound... oh, and make a few three point shots while you're at it.

[Bills By 40]

1 hour ago, Bay Area Billiken said:

While we await The Wiz's stellar assessment, Sagarin has the upcoming, Tuesday night @Boise State game as BSU -2.

SLU has the better Sagarin ranking 45 vs. BSU's 72.  SLU has the better Sagarin rating 82.28 vs. 79.82.  But BSU gets Sagarin's 4 point home court advantage boost, which makes BSU the 2 point (rounded off from 1.54) favorite.

Other ratings:  NCAA NET- SLU 52 (SLU has work to do there) BSU 53;

                         RPI (the archaic)- SLU 112, BSU 102;

                         ESPN BPI- SLU 52, BSU 79;

                         Pomeroy- SLU 91, BSU 68.

I expect a very tough road game at Boise State, despite and frankly more so, after BSU lost 46-39 at home Friday vs. Cal State Bakersfield.  Boise State is 3-3, with a home win over Utah Valley 76-56, neutral court wins over Temple (AAC) 82-62 and Ole Miss (SEC) 60-50, a 58-50 road loss at UC Irvine (Big West) and a 67-61 neutral court loss to St. Bonaventure.

 

 

 

SLU's NET will improve inevitably after this stretch of games we have ahead of us. Performing well in that stretch is also important but even close losses should move the needle.  

[Old guy]

I have no doubt we can win against Boise St. However, it is an away game and assume that the Vegas line will be well over 2pts in favor of Boise St. We will see.

[Bay Area Billiken]

Boise State starts 6'8", 6'5" and 6'2 guards, 6'7" and 6'10" bigs.  BSU has 3 6'5" guys, including the coach's son, 2 6'7"'s and a 6'10" Center coming off the bench, plays 10 players.  Three players average in double figures, 12.3 (the 6'8" point guard, Emmanuel Akot), 10.5 (Devonaire Doutrive, 6'5" guard), and 10.3 (Abu Kigab, 6'7" forward), with another at 9.4 (Marcus Shaver, Jr., guard), and the 5th starter at 7.8 (Mladen Armus, 6'10" from Serbia).  Two bench players average 5.0 and 4.8.

BSU has hit a mere .277 from 3-point range, .394 in FG percentage, and .593 at the free throw line, has averaged 61.33 PPG and allowed 56.50 PPG.  So the Broncos look like a good defensive club.

BSU Coach Leon Rice, age 58, is in his 12th year at BSU, is 218-138 there, .612.

[Compton]

We got 3 votes in the Coaches Poll. Tied for 41st in the nation. 

Keep winning. 

[Bills By 40]

5 minutes ago, Compton said:

We got 3 votes in the Coaches Poll. Tied for 41st in the nation. 

Keep winning. 

Performing VERY well in our upcoming schedule could find us ranked by conference season. Boldfaced and underlined emphasis on the very 

[NoCoBillsFan]

57 minutes ago, Bills By 40 said:

Performing VERY well in our upcoming schedule could find us ranked by conference season. Boldfaced and underlined emphasis on the very 

I suggest we simply finish the out of conference schedule 12-1