thetorch Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 The men are nearly preseason top 25, returning the best team in a decade. The Women have a new coach with nearly all new players. Seems like the strangest year to NOT have a Madness type of event. Do we just not do these anymore? Everyone else does. There is hundreds of reason to have one. Especially this season I can't come up with a reason not to. rgbilliken, NoCoBillsFan, majerus mojo and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Ya I dont get this at all, I thought I was going insane cause I couldn't find anything on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 minute ago, wgstl said: Ya I dont get this at all, I thought I was going insane cause I couldn't find anything on it. Me too. I just assumed I missed it. I couldn't believe no one else was talking about it. I saw UMASS had one the other night. How does UMASS who's been under .500 since Chaz have one and we don't. Wasted oppurtunity for the men and women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSluBills Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I was wondering about this too. I think last couple years pre-COVID they did indeed do one. It's a great opportunity to interact with fans and hype the team up so it should 100% be done every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 am i imagining this or did we get invited to an open practice back when the team was getting ready to go to europe? maybe they thought that was good enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: am i imagining this or did we get invited to an open practice back when the team was getting ready to go to europe? maybe they thought that was good enough? Yeah, it was Billiken Madness Lite. As far as the real thing, I'm not sure I want to attend a Billiken Madness where Perkins and Okoro are being held out as a precautionary measure. That's 40% of the starting lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, 3star_recruit said: Yeah, it was Billiken Madness Lite. As far as the real thing, I'm not sure I want to attend a Billiken Madness where Perkins and Okoro are being held out as a precautionary measure. That's 40% of the starting lineup. I think injury concerns are part of it, I'm sure Ford is a leaning towards paranoid these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy II Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 -a Madness event is a good way to get kids in the building and get the hooked on Being Billikens -however, I am more excited to see $10 upper level seats - that makes it easier for a family to attend games and if I had to choose I want butts in seats at games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 28 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: I think injury concerns are part of it, I'm sure Ford is a leaning towards paranoid these days. Coach Tillett wasn’t here last year, but anyone who saw the WBB team play games with only 1 healthy sub available would be paranoid about injuries too. She did have a different event for season ticket holders, kind of a meet and great the coaches and players. I didn’t go, so I can’t speak about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 2 hours ago, GoSluBills said: I was wondering about this too. I think last couple years pre-COVID they did indeed do one. It's a great opportunity to interact with fans and hype the team up so it should 100% be done every year. For what it's worth, they did a students-only "pep rally" event to hype up students for the season. I saw a flyer somewhere for it and heard the attendance was somewhere below 300. GoSluBills likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 hour ago, 3star_recruit said: Yeah, it was Billiken Madness Lite. As far as the real thing, I'm not sure I want to attend a Billiken Madness where Perkins and Okoro are being held out as a precautionary measure. That's 40% of the starting lineup. It wasn't. The open practices were months ago. Injury concerns are a cop out. Sit them then. We can still watch Hargrove and Thames dunk and get to know the teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 minute ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said: For what it's worth, they did a students-only "pep rally" event to hype up students for the season. I saw a flyer somewhere for it and heard the attendance was somewhere below 300. The event was announced maybe 36 hours before it took place on socials. Weak. BrettJollyComedyHour likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 19 minutes ago, thetorch said: The event was announced maybe 36 hours before it took place on socials. Weak. I don't love that we're not getting an event and it's probably a poor choice. Personally I could take it or leave it, I think I just get bummed out when they aren't well attended. BrettJollyComedyHour, Young Charles and RUBillsFan like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 hour ago, thetorch said: It wasn't. The open practices were months ago. Injury concerns are a cop out. Sit them then. We can still watch Hargrove and Thames dunk and get to know the teams. Without Madness how will we know who the next Donnie Atkins is? billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy II Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 25 minutes ago, willie said: Without Madness how will we know who the next Donnie Atkins is? -great point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 3 hours ago, thetorch said: The event was announced maybe 36 hours before it took place on socials. Weak. Gives students plenty of time to schedule around midterms, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Why did they schedule this during mid term exam week? Maybe sometime not during exam week would draw a bigger crowd? Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 4 hours ago, willie said: Without Madness how will we know who the next Donnie Atkins is? I see no Donnie Atkins, Judy Jeffries, Sekue Barentines, Adam Knollmeyers, or Greg Hardins on this squad. We are 9 deep with legit D-1 starting caliber players with 4 freshman who could contribute on most SLU teams over the years but will compete for garbage time. If there was any year to showcase SLU basketball this was it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Maybe you can't have one when you get to do a European trip? Sounds like an investigative journalism adventure for intrepid podcasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 For whatever reason, and I assume there was a reason, there was no Billiken Madness before the start of the season this year. Maybe they will have one before conference play starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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