tseugnekillib Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 imo, Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook (384 pages), is the most informative of the pre-season publications. Below is how they rated the A-10 for 2006-7. Last season's Blue Ribbon's pre-season ratings are in ( ). 1. Xavier(2) 2. SLU(12) 3. UMass(7) 4. Charlotte(3) 5. Fordham(8) 6. GWU(1) 7. Dayton(6) 8. St. Joes(5) 9. Temple(4) 10.LaSalle(10) 11.Richmond(11) 12.URI(9) 13.St. Bona(14) 14.Duquesne(13) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorB Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 XU is the only program that clearly deserves a vote ahead of SLU in preseason, IMO, mostly on talent and track record last year. But if there are 7 programs that deserve a vote ahead of St. Joe's, and if all 7 end up ahead of them by season's end, I will eat my hat at noon on a sunny day, in front of the Pine Gym. I a conference where team talent is pretty similar, coaching is the key. Who has a better coach in our league than St. Joe's, now that Chaney is gone? (I will resist the urge to sip some kool-aid and suggest audaciously that we do!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I agree with you on St. Joe and Martelli. I think you slightly overrate Chaney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Here's the link. Pretty positive. http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/insider/new...%3fid%3d2613269 I'm not an insider, but got in somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I ordered it the day guest posted this. I got it yesterday. It is expensive, but looks to be well worth it Official Billikens.com sponsor of H Waldman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 i am perplexed by this one line in the write up: "Liddell and Lisch have a chance to become the best guard tandem at Saint Louis since the mid-1980s." what guard combination in the mid 80's are they talking about? one would have thought they would have compared them to waldman and claggett or else went back to the 70's teams that were pretty good. i dont remember back court tandem's in the 80's that compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 They're probably counting Roland Gray, because he played on the perimeter, as a guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleBilliken Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I liked this quote by Soderberg re: Luke Meyer "I don't think we can make the NCAA Tournament with a 6-5 power forward," Hopefully his days at the 4 are up and moves to his natural position at the 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 even if you are counting gray/douglas/newberry as a mid 80's tandem when they had their day in the sun in the late 80's i would still take waldman/claggett/highmark over that, wouldnt you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 i agree with coach soderberg. and if we start seeing the return of luke meyer at pf and the four guard lineups again for extended periods of time, imo that will likely signal we are in trouble and no one from our pf's has sufficiently stepped up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Sure, but they were comparing two players to two other players. From an all-around standpoint, Douglas and Gray were the most productive perimeter tandem in Billiken history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 The quote by Brad regarding Luke is exactly what I have been saying for some time now along with others. Nobody every questioned Luke's desire, BB IQ, or heart but reality tells us that he was not going to be successful as a PF. Hopefully Brad will not change his mind and stick with the PFs we have until one of them gets it. If none of them rises to the top early on, he has to stick with it until some kind of combination at least delivers rebounds. Luke playing the PF position weakens us on the floor and any combination of PFs that can at least rebound will be better for the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 UB is quoted as saying the following about Ian: "He stepped out and shot at the NBA camp, and did it very well," Soderberg said. "We haven't used him in that capacity, but he opened my eyes to some things." I'm not bashing, but how does a coach not know that a to-be senior has some shooting touch? Especially when that senior is your go-to guy? Did Ian not have any shooting touch last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnark Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Will someone please post that quote in a very big font above Soderberg's desk so that he doesn't forget it when he gets frustrated with JJ and the freshmen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.