Looking forward to the game. Saint Louis looks like a young team.

2009-10 Roster
Coaches


NO NAME YR POS HT WT Hometown (Last School)
3 Kwamain Mitchell SO G 5-10 175 Milwaukee, Wis. (Dominican)
10 Paul Eckerle JR G 6-1 175 Washington, Mo. (St. Francis Borgia)
12 Justin Jordan FR G 5-9 170 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northside)
13 Femi John RS FR G 6-2 205 St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer North)
14 Brian Conklin SO F 6-6 230 North Eugene, Ore. (North Eugene)
15 Christian Salecich FR G 6-3 190 Gold Coast, Australia (Institute of Sport)
20 Darrin Young FR G 5-10 165 Kirkwood, Mo. (Kirkwood)
21 Jon Smith FR F 6-5 190 Columbus, Ohio (Grove City)
22 Jeff Reid FR G 6-4 185 Topeka, Kan. (Hayden)
23 Kyle Cassity SO G 6-3 200 Tamaroa, Ill. (Pinckneyville)
24 Cody Ellis FR F 6-8 240 Perth, Australia (Institute of Sport)
32 Cory Remekun FR F 6-7 205 Dallas, Texas (Mesquite)
33 Willie Reed SO F 6-9 220 Kansas City, Mo. (Bishop Miege)

Here is a link regarding their first game. SEMO was a three win team last year.

http://www.slubillikens.com/sports/m-bas...09aaa.html

I like copying my format on the thread title :) Good work kr - for some reason uniformity and organization always appeals to me. They are very young. They graduated some big time players last year, so they will have a lot of uncertainty just like us. I like our chances of competing. These games are not scheduled for an upset, so our guys don't have anything to lose. We can only outdo the expectations of our squad in these sort of high-major guarantee games.

This tournament should be a great learning experience for our team. Playing a lot of good teams in a short time span will only accelerate the maturation process. I'd love a win or two out of this tournament but as long as it prepares us for conference play I'll be happy.

One thing that might be overlooked in our early scheduling is the timing of our games. Think about it...our first two games were against non-D1 opponents, which means that we wanted to get off to a good start - however, Ingle did schedule these two games in back to back nights. The only reason I can think of doing this is so that to start the season our players get a feel for what a post-season tournament might feel like. Granted we played N. Greenville & N. Georgia, but playing back to back nights is an experience that our players will be able to draw on later in the year when we are in the ASun tournament.

Now we are going to play in a true tournament where we face 4 teams in 6 days. This will be another learning experience for our players that have never played in collegiate post-season tournament. I think it is a brilliant move, that should pay off in the long run in the maturation and mental development of our team.

SLU plays Nebraska tonight. It will be interesting to see how their young guys perform at home against the Huskers. Nebraska appears to be a little deeper that SLU.

Will be very interesting to see.

As of right now, SLU is up 17 with 4 min left.

St. Louis took Nebraska out to the woodshed. I was hoping that due to their young roster they wouldn't be very good, but it looks like Kennesaw is up against a really good team this Sunday. Majerus must have gotten him some big time recruits.

Should be interesting to see where we stand vs. an upper tier mid major.

http://www.ksuowls.com/news/2009/11/20/M...95036.aspx

http://www.slubillikens.com/sports/m-bas...09aaa.html

Found this forum. This is what they have to say about us. Hope our team gets a look at this.

"This is one of the worst Div 1 teams in the country. We could put Coach into play and still win. "

http://www.billikens.com/forum/index.php...opic=17523

(11-21-2009 01:01 PM)kr983 Wrote:  Found this forum. This is what they have to say about us. Hope our team gets a look at this.

"This is one of the worst Div 1 teams in the country. We could put Coach into play and still win. "

http://www.billikens.com/forum/index.php...opic=17523

Not surprising. Their just going off last years record. I think their going to be in for a bit of a shock when they see our team run onto the court. We actually look like a division 1 team now.

We pass the airport test this year, but that doesn't always equal wins :) If our young guys play with intensity and confidence I feel good about us competing for 40 minutes. It is always tough to win on the road, especially against a Rick Majerus coached mid-major like St. Louis, so I don't expect a win by any means. We just need our guys to continue to improve in every game...win or not.

I don't expect to win either. However, I do feel we will compete for most of the game.

Go Owls!

sounds like refs arent calling SLU travels.

GO j MAC!

25-19 8 minutes left in the first ! Ten second count! Ball back in our hands.

full court press is paying off

Refs are awful!

We're at least playing hard. Definetly a good sign.

Sounds like Markeith just got tackled and it was a no call.

31-28 at the half.

31-28 at half! Started out down 14. Lets go Owls! Sounds like if its close the officials will blow it though haha