Saint Louis Game Thread

[lhsgolf19]

Arch Baron Cup Part 1... Going to be a rock fest... Time to complete a successful 2 Game week in Missouri against Travis Ford's team which will be a white out at Chaifetz.

Game is on Friday Night at 7 PM and will be shown on ESPN2.

Starting Lineup:
G 1 Yuri Collins 6’0” 175 FR St. Louis, MO
G 15 Demarius Jacobs 6’2” 185 SO Chicago, IL
G 0 Jordan Goodwin 6’3” 200 JR Centreville, IL
F 11 Hasahn French 6’7” 245 JR Middletown, NY
C 32 Jimmy Bell Jr. 6’10” 270 FR Saginaw, MI

Goodwin (16.1 PPG 10.5 RPG) & French (12.9 PPG 10.2 RPG) definitely lead the way... Freshman Collins is really good at distributing the ball (5.7 APG)... This team as we know are fantastic on the boards so we are going to have to match the best of our ability on that aspect.

One thing to keep it mind, they are the 2nd Worst Free Throw Shooting team in the nation at 57.7%. French is amazingly bad at 33.7% from the stripe. No easy buckets, sometimes force them to make FTs.

Work on the Boards, Take care of the ball and match their energy.

Get the job on this business trip... Go UD!

[Radar]

Some really don't like us over in Budweiser country...

https://www.billikens.com/forum/inde...rch-baron-cup/

[EliteEight]

Originally Posted by Radar Some really don't like us over in Budweiser country... https://www.billikens.com/forum/inde...rch-baron-cup/

Comparing us to ISIS. Lord have mercy...

[T-Bone 84]

Originally Posted by EliteEight Comparing us to ISIS. Lord have mercy...

That dude must have us confused with TTDS.
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[maddog07]

Originally Posted by Radar Some really don't like us over in Budweiser country... https://www.billikens.com/forum/inde...rch-baron-cup/

Hope they really won’t like us tomorrow! Line is UD -7.5. Seems a bit high to me.
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[CE80]

Originally Posted by maddog07 Hope they really won’t like us tomorrow! Line is UD -7.5. Seems a bit high to me. Posted via Mobile Device

I agree unless we win by 12, then is too low but if we only win by 5 it is to high.

Vegas know what they are doing.

[Medford]

Lock up the children and leave the women folk at home, this is the battle for the Arch-Barron cup. Drub 'em by 30, then steal their women and bring back home, on second thought, leave that filthy trash on the other side of the river where it belongs; no need to bring down the Gem City!

[N2663R]

Originally Posted by Medford Lock up the children and leave the women folk at home, this is the battle for the Arch-Barron cup. Drub 'em by 30, then steal their women and bring back home, on second thought, leave that filthy trash on the other side of the river where it belongs; no need to bring down the Gem City!

[DGO67]

Originally Posted by CE80 I agree unless we win by 12, then is too low but if we only win by 5 it is to high. Vegas know what they are doing.

Vegas definitely knows what they're doing. Those buildings on the strip
aren't works of charity! Equal amount wagered on each team guarantees
a profit of 10% from the losing side. That equates to 520% annual return on all
losing wagers. Est are that sports books (Nevada) neted 300 million last year.
Vegas has zero concern about the final score (unless their kid attends one of the schools), they only care about the amount bet on each team.

[Radar]

SLU is closed today due to inclement weather...the game is still on but attendance is likely to be impacted. Why? Because it isn't DAYTON!

[Swampy Meadows]

Jon Rothstein
‏@JonRothstein

Dayton is the Atlantic 10's version of The Beatles and Obi Toppin is the league's John Lennon.

Flyers are "on tour" tonight at Saint Louis.

Every road game for Anthony Grant's squad will be an event moving forward.

[redbengal]

Revenge for the A10 Tournament loss on March 15th. That’s what I want.

[lhsgolf19]

11-6 SLU with 14 to go

[The Fly]

Sure wish Chatman could get it together. Would love to see him drop one three. Might get his confidence in gear.

[312to937]

Need Ibi - loosen them up with a couple 3’s.
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[steve snyder]

This game is going to test UD's toughness. So far....looks like they didn't study hard enough!

[T-Bone 84]

SLU just playing better right now. Need to regain composure and play our game.
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[frisco flyer]

What a frikin flop

[pmcmullen]

Weakest foul call ever

[udx2]

SLU and FTs. Showing their weakness.

[EliteEight]

Terrible and the announcer said it was a foul. That was ridiculous

[312to937]

Mikesell not playing well at all at start.
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[EliteEight]

And we don't rebound and they still get two

[pmcmullen]

Foul crap aside, we're getting trashed in every way this far.

[lhsgolf19]

14-7 SLU with 11:45 left in the half

[longtimefan67]

Nothing but ????
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[Swampy Meadows]

Not liking how ESPN2 comes out of the break with an top 25 upset video
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[The Fly]

Trey sitting on the bench with two fouls hurts. He’s the glue and energy guy.

[BeckysTXA]

Shots need to start falling. To be honest I’m surprised we aren’t down more. Might want to get it inside to get it rolling. Too long without a bucket.

[BeckysTXA]

Two boards by Jordy helps.

[312to937]

Needed that!!
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[udx2]

Would love a good run like last game to shut up the SLU fans.

[EliteEight]

Is there an actual rim tightness regulation...my gosh

[pmcmullen]

Jordy gets burnt then turns it over. Ugh

[312to937]

Press them IF we can get a score.
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[longtimefan67]

They are calling Dayton for everything
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[pmcmullen]

Bye jordy. Trey or Chip need to step up.

[frisco flyer]

Jordy needs to be careful with the fouls. We need him to play 20 minutes or more.

[lhsgolf19]

Refs screwing us early

21-16 SLU with 7:40 left

[T-Bone 84]

Obi getting hammered, but not drawing any foul calls. So much for “Star Treatment”.
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[312to937]

Originally Posted by pmcmullen Bye jordy. Trey or Chip need to step up.

Yep. Seniors need to step up tonight. Tough road game.
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[The Fly]

Obi’s been hacked twice (at least) while shooting. No call. Having our worst shooting night in a long time. We need to go on a run and change that.

[DGO67]

Flyer run will happen...

[CJ2etc]

Obi got fouled twice on that shot and of course after the replay showing him getting hacked twice the announcer says "good contest". OMG

[pmcmullen]

Refs? It's not their fault we're shooting 14%

[312to937]

Can we quit whining about refs? That’s part of winning on the road
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[312to937]

Originally Posted by pmcmullen Refs? It's not their fault we're shooting 14%

Agree
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[BeckysTXA]

4 boards by Jordy. Got hits some shots. 14% won’t win it. Still can’t believe we are only behind 5.

[EliteEight]

Good job Jordy

[312to937]

Originally Posted by BeckysTXA 4 boards by Jordy. Got hits some shots. 14% won’t win it. Still can’t believe we are only behind 5.

Yep. Still tight game. We need to hit 3’s and we should be fine
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[BeckysTXA]

Go Jordy Go. 5 boards and a put back. Go Ibi Go. Bench came to play.

[pmcmullen]

Sweet spin by ibi!

[EliteEight]

Ibi showing the full skillset

[BeckysTXA]

Woo hoo Chip.

[pmcmullen]

We cannot do anything with stout bigs this year. French is having his way too much.

[T-Bone 84]

Cheap-a$$ foul call on Obi.
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[pmcmullen]

Case in point about French...

[T-Bone 84]

Originally Posted by pmcmullen Case in point about French...

Did he get a point for that takedown on Chip?
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[redbengal]

French fouls Mikesell 3 times and throws him down in front of baseline ref. No call. Just wow.

[frisco flyer]

We just need to calm down and run some offense. Taking quick shot isn’t going to get it done.

[lhsgolf19]

27-20 SLU with 3:11 left

[BeckysTXA]

Chapman was all ball on initial contact, but the ref doesn’t call it.

[longtimefan67]

Hard to watch this unfold. Who are these Flyers?
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[Jaco2112]

Refs own this game...

[EliteEight]

We're bad against teams that can offensively rebound and play physically. We need to man up. Stop whining, play solid, rebound and man up

[steve snyder]

No toughness own this game...and its clear who is the toughest team!!!!!

[BeckysTXA]

No way that call should have been Chip

[T-Bone 84]

Is it time for CAG to get “T”-ed up?
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[Jaco2112]

EVERYONE pushes off on foul shot rebounds... we get called for it... BS

[pmcmullen]

Jordy... How do you miss everything there!?

[CJ2etc]

What a f'n disaster

[pmcmullen]

Originally Posted by T-Bone 84 Is it time for CAG to get “T”-ed up? Posted via Mobile Device

He totally pushed off. You kidding?

[BeckysTXA]

Biggest deficient this season at 9 but I’m not worried yet. We are too good of shooting team. Shots will begin to fall. Our offense hasn’t kicked in but I believe it will. And the coaching staff is too good at making adjustments.

[EliteEight]

Yikes. Looks like Ibi is competing. No sure who else is

[Flyer Dave]

Finally!

[BeckysTXA]

Jalen a little quite so that as a nice job.

[T-Bone 84]

Obi gets mugged, but they call ticky-tack on Jordy. In-effing-believable.
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[redbengal]

Jordy is just a foul machine at this stage in his development.

[Flyer1995]

This half has been tough to watch. I had to turn it off. 2nd half will be a huge test to see how we respond....will tell us a lot about this team.
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[MikeFlyer]

what development?

[pmcmullen]

Originally Posted by redbengal Jordy is just a foul machine at this stage in his development.

Like a fr/so Nate Green

[redbengal]

Fundamentals. Gotta box out much better than that on FT’s.

[BeckysTXA]

Jalen for 3 would be perfect

[udx2]

Worst half of the year. Want to crush SLU in the second half.

[longtimefan67]

Just lay it in.........
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[lhsgolf19]

33-25 SLU at the break

[pmcmullen]

Geez. That was an abysmal half of basketball. And we have more excuses on here than the Epstein hanging. Lol

I hope the boys in the locker room own up the they just got smoked.

[BeckysTXA]

25 points on 33% shooting and 40% from the line. Obviously we are better than that and I expect we will bring it in the s3cond half.

[EliteEight]

Gotta rebound and shoot better than 33%. I think Obi is 2/12

[Schebby]

Originally Posted by 312to937 Can we quit whining about refs? That’s part of winning on the road Posted via Mobile Device

Can you quit b*tching and moaning about people who complain about the refs? That's part of your appeasement of being robbed on the road (highway robbery).

[rasta man]

to paraphrase an old Van Morrison album/song "Mamma said there would be halves like this"

[T-Bone 84]

Like VCU on Tuesday, we played the opponent’s game in the first half. We need to force our will on SLU in the second half. Would help if we could hit the open shots.
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[redbengal]

Grant was asked on his most recent radio show whether he prefers the one-hand slam or two. He said he prefers the one that goes in. Good reminder for Obi and the boys tonight. Stop worrying about showtime and start making some buckets.

[Swampy Meadows]

SLU’s sh*tty FT shooting will be their undoing in the 2nd half
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[jack72]

Mikesell (0 pts and 0 rebounds) with the worst game of his career, Obi 2-11 and Crutcher with no threes and outrebounded by 11. That about sums it up.

[Viperstick]

Somewhere James Naismith is rolling over in his grave right now

[longtimefan67]

Originally Posted by Viperstick Somewhere James Naismith is rolling over in his grave right now

He’s watching the senate impeachment proceedings right now
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[Lowd&ProUD]

SLU is our kryptonite.

Toughness, toughness, toughness.

Put Landers on the bench in foul trouble and it exacerbate things.

[T-Bone 84]

Larry just said 2 assists for our guys in the first half. 2. Need to get that into double figures over the next 20 minutes.
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[longtimefan]

Seems like half of our misses went "in and out."