Midtown Madness Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 We're planning on doing a mailbag for an upcoming episode and want to get our fellow Billikens.com MBMs who may not be on twitter a chance to drop questions. We may not have the answers to your questions but we can promise you some fun discussions and banter. We are also working on a guest that may be able to provide real answers, but that's still unsure. Reply to this thread here, DM @Midtown Madness or @Pistol or drop us an email at [email protected]. Pistol and MusicCityBilliken like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Was talking with a friend about this, would like to hear what you guys think. We were trying to think who from the 12-14 rickma team's would start, or see a lot of minutes on this team. Pistol likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Who was the toughest player to guard in your A10 career and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stmdragons Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 From the group of: Yuri, Fred, TJ, and Gibson who do you guys believe will still be on the team after this season? Pistol likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 On 9/15/2022 at 10:49 AM, wgstl said: Was talking with a friend about this, would like to hear what you guys think. We were trying to think who from the 12-14 rickma team's would start, or see a lot of minutes on this team. If you’re combining this team with those players I’m rolling with: Yuri Kwamain Perkins Evans Loe Bench Jett Jimerson McCall Okoro Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Conklin has got to start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 the season got to start. we're getting silly on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 We're recording tonight. Send some more questions our way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 I would like to know how the new players are looking. Especially Momo and Parker. It might be cool in the future to interview players with NIL deals that are promoting products. Let them pitch their products and of course talk some basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 when we host a recruit for a campus visit, please describe everything that goes into it. where do they eat, stay, visit, etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 What round would you knock out Austin McBroom in a boxing match? Are either of you subscribers to Grandy Glaze’s only fan page? And a special one for 05. could a randomly selected team of 6 MBMs take down the volley ball team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, dlarry said: What round would you knock out Austin McBroom in a boxing match? Are either of you subscribers to Grandy Glaze’s only fan page? And a special one for 05. could a randomly selected team of 6 MBMs take down the volley ball team? hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 18 hours ago, majerus mojo said: If you’re combining this team with those players I’m rolling with: Yuri Kwamain Perkins Evans Lowe Bench Jett Jimerson McCall Okoro Ellis Okoro over Lowe. stmdragons likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 22 minutes ago, slufanskip said: Okoro over Lowe. You're entitled to your opinion. My opinion is that this is either recency bias or revisionist history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Okoro's junior season over Loe's junior season? Absolutely. brianstl and CBFan like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 51 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: You're entitled to your opinion. My opinion is that this is either recency bias or revisionist history. Or you following your heart which seems to distort your memory. Okoro played less minutes and scored about the same. Is a better rebounder, more efficient scorer and a better defender. People tend to remember Loe as this fabulous stretch 4, but the reality never matched the perception. He had his moments and was a good piece of one of the best Billiken teams ever. He avg’d about 10 ppg under 6 boards and really wasn’t a very good 3 pt shooter despite what you may remember. gabriel, willie and BilliesBy40 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU_Lax Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 I remember Loe's abilty to make space in the lane for the Jett's and the Evans's of the world. I think he made them better players. I'd love to see what he could do for the Yuri's of the world. Now, maybe I am giving too much credit to Loe and not enough to RickMa's schemes. I still think Loe understood on his own how to make space for others in the lane. dlarry, billikenfan05, RUBillsFan and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUMedBilliken15 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 According to https://barttorvik.com/team-history.php?team=Saint+Louis, Loe and Okoro's overall statistical rank is similar. Each has their strengths and weaknesses. A reasonable argument could be made either way. Littlebill likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills By 40 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 19 hours ago, Aquinas said: I would like to know how the new players are looking. Especially Momo and Parker. It might be cool in the future to interview players with NIL deals that are promoting products. Let them pitch their products and of course talk some basketball. Fantastic idea^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Loe was a much better fit for Majerus' system, whereas Okoro is a better fit for Ford's system. Hypotheticals like this are almost always absurd (and fun), but the coach matters too. RUBillsFan likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 32 minutes ago, SLUMedBilliken15 said: According to https://barttorvik.com/team-history.php?team=Saint+Louis, Loe and Okoro's overall statistical rank is similar. Each has their strengths and weaknesses. A reasonable argument could be made either way. Okoro was clearly more productive in his junior season than Loe was. What we don't know is what Okoro's senior season will look like. He will get more minutes so the assumption is his stats will be better than last year's, possibly even the best big man in the conference. But that's just an assumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Thanks, everybody. We didn't address everything that came in - including @Aquinas question about how the new guys look - due to a combination of time, sensitivity around health/injuries, and not having a good answer. We will definitely do this again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUMedBilliken15 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Pistol said: sensitivity around health/injuries Is someone injured??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midtown Madness Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 7 minutes ago, SLUMedBilliken15 said: Is someone injured??? We tend to avoid discussing injuries/medical information as a matter of principle. Whether Perkins is 100% or not or if Fred Thatch is back to his pre-medical mystery form. It's not our place. Neither of us have any medical background. Now if the question is: what does Player X being out for X time do to the rotation or team performance. Fair game. But speculating on health/fitness just isn't something I'm interested in. Mostly "how the new guys look question" was not answered due to not really knowing anything more than what we all saw at the open scrimmages and discussed right after, there's not anything new we could add. Pistol likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Midtown Madness said: We tend to avoid discussing injuries/medical information as a matter of principle. Whether Perkins is 100% or not or if Fred Thatch is back to his pre-medical mystery form. It's not our place. Neither of us have any medical background. Now if the question is: what does Player X being out for X time do to the rotation or team performance. Fair game. But speculating on health/fitness just isn't something I'm interested in. Mostly "how the new guys look question" was not answered due to not really knowing anything more than what we all saw at the open scrimmages and discussed right after, there's not anything new we could add. Speculating on injuries should be verboten! dennis_w likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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