2023-2024 Season

[Dr Bird]

2 hours ago, Compton said:

Money as the great equailzer will undermine - to varying extents - the prior selling points that were emphasized to players, including: winning tradition, great coaching, great facilities, and the best opportunity to play in the NBA. 

Smaller schools with less funding, but winning traditions, seem particularly poorly positioned. Davidson, Saint Mary's, Gonzaga, Providence, Butler, Xavier, Creighton, Seton Hall all come to mind.

But yeah, theoretically it could help schools like Fordham or LaSalle turn things around. If they were to ever land some major boosters they wouldn't have to wait around for them to build a new arena, locker rooms, weight rooms, etc... or hire a big dollar coach who takes 2-3 to implement their program. The money could make such schools competitive in the marketplace for talent in a single off-season.

Creighton is preseason #8 and Gonzaga is #11 so they seem to be doing fine.  Whether it lasts beyond McDermott and Mark Few is tbd, but they both seem deeply rooted at each school.

[cheeseman]

16 hours ago, billiken_roy said:

nobody or at least very few, believed the relaxed transfer practices and "influence" of NIL was going to effect the game as it has so quickly.   i cant blame ford for where we are today for the sudden reaction in the opposite direction to what has worked for years for ford and constructing his roster.  

that said, it better the F has woke all concerned up now.   to continue business as usual would be a relatively slow death suicide for the program imo.  and i dont think this requires a gradual change/adjustment.   this is major off court manuevers requirement imo.  

I understand you position but the person in charge is the one who has the responsibility to be prepared unless something happens that nobody could have seen coming.  The NCAA had been ignoring the NIL issue so to say this was something that sneaked up on everyone is not a correct context.

[Compton]

9 hours ago, Dr Bird said:

Creighton is preseason #8 and Gonzaga is #11 so they seem to be doing fine.  Whether it lasts beyond McDermott and Mark Few is tbd, but they both seem deeply rooted at each school.

Whether it lasts beyond having players that were recruited pre-NIL is tbd. Gonzaga will have a rude awakening this year with Timme and Strawther gone. Creighton will when Kalkbrenner and Scheierman graduate. That will tell the tale of whether their sales pitches to recruits and transfers hold up. Coincidentally, Gonzaga is off to a solid start  by luring Ryan Nembhard from Creighton.

[3star_recruit]

31 minutes ago, Compton said:

Whether it lasts beyond having players that were recruited pre-NIL is tbd. Gonzaga will have a rude awakening this year with Timme and Strawther gone. Creighton will when Kalkbrenner and Scheierman graduate. That will tell the tale of whether their sales pitches to recruits and transfers hold up. Coincidentally, Gonzaga is off to a solid start  by luring Ryan Nembhard from Creighton.

Creighton has the Scott family, many Berkshire Hathaway multi-millionaires and occasionally Warren Buffett himself to support the athletic program. Gonzaga, on the other hand, may have to settle for lesser recruits than they've become accustomed to.

[HoosierPal]

 

[billikenfan05]

On 10/18/2023 at 9:41 AM, billikenfan05 said:

-more depth than he's ever had up front ---- if TJ is in the mix to play the 5 I have to really wonder about this one

We don't even have a front court right now. As of right now you shouldn't count on Bruce, Ezewiro or SVB playing. 

-CFord was very complimentary of Bruce, I hope this means when he gets healthy we Bruce getting minutes

You better hope he's eligible AND healthy.

 

[crymdg2]

27 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:

I assumed Ezewiro would not be eligible, but if the other 2 are not, that would really be a kick in the junk. At this point, we just need available bodies in the post.

[ACE]

1 hour ago, HoosierPal said:

 

This is really messed up

[billikenfan05]

16 minutes ago, ACE said:

This is really messed up

Honestly this is beyond what I was aware of. 

[HoosierPal]

1 hour ago, ACE said:

This is really messed up

Here is the NCAA bulletin on International Student Athletes Initial Eligibility Standard and the steps to obtain the referenced clearance. 

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/International_Information/Intl_IE_Flyer.pdf

[billikenfan05]

15 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:

Here is the NCAA bulletin on International Student Athletes Initial Eligibility Standard and the steps to obtain the referenced clearance. 

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/International_Information/Intl_IE_Flyer.pdf

The NCAA is awful. But this isn't on the NCAA. Hell I wouldn't even put most of it on the basketball staff

 

[SLUMS81]

First game in a few hours, and these guys are even cleared yet? Seriously?

[BrettJollyComedyHour]

Lol we're constantly the unluckiest team in the conference.

[johnbj14]

9 minutes ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said:

Lol we're constantly the unluckiest team in the conference.

Some of it over the years is luck, but a degree of it is self-inflicted. Hopeful the international issue is resolved, with many other schools going through the same process right now. Not confident on Brad though. 

[almaman]

got 2 weeks first real game. if we had to wait for Perk 2 years ago no season ending injury

[thunderdan]

Billiken app has the wrong date, for the first exhibition game.  

[DeSmetBilliken]

12 minutes ago, thunderdan said:

Billiken app has the wrong date, for the first exhibition game.  

I’d expect nothing else.

[almaman]

Did it happen already?

[HoosierPal]

The Website is correct.

https://slubillikens.com/news/2023/10/23/mens-basketball-mbb-preview-bills-open-exhibition-play-tuesday-vs-kentucky-wesleyan.aspx

[Lord Elrond]

Not the first time the app is just wrong. The first was when they were advertising for a watch party for the women’s game against URI that URI decided it wasn’t going to broadcast. This is stupider though, because this is all SLU controlled.

[thunderdan]

If anyone is planning on heading to the SIUC road game, on December 2nd, those tickets go on sale November 1st at 10:00 AM.

https://siusalukis.com/sports/2019/3/14/basketball-season-tickets.aspx

 

[VeniceMenace]

6 hours ago, billikenfan05 said:

Honestly this is beyond what I was aware of. 

Yeah but you called it regarding a couple international players with eligibility issues…

[Scoop]

11 hours ago, thunderdan said:

If anyone is planning on heading to the SIUC road game, on December 2nd, those tickets go on sale November 1st at 10:00 AM.

https://siusalukis.com/sports/2019/3/14/basketball-season-tickets.aspx

 

A game time would help. SIU has only National TV game times posted.

[slu72]

So just to clarify our roster status: 

Zheng - good to go but injured

Ezwiro- up in the air pending waiver approval

Brussel- awaiting NCAA approval for Int players

Magassa- same as Brussel

And the reason for the last two is the woman that left the AD didn’t do her job re the Int’l players? 
 

[billikenfan05]

Just now, slu72 said:

So just to clarify our roster status: 

Zheng - good to go but injured

Ezwiro- up in the air pending waiver approval

Brussel- awaiting NCAA approval for Int players

Magassa- same as Brussel

And the reason for the last two is the woman that left the AD didn’t do her job re the Int’l players? 
 

I have heard that he should be eligible, but not a reliable confirmation.