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Mike Reis Press Box Poster
Joined: March 28, 2018 11:20 pm
Last seen: March 26, 2025 9:02 pm
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RE: SIU @ Illinois State 1/5/24 3:00 PM ESPN+

Murray State getting ready to beat Drake in Des Moines. Indiana State, with a new coach and roster, beat Evansville who dismantled SIU in Carbondal...

3 months ago
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RE: SIU @ Illinois State 1/5/24 3:00 PM ESPN+

I've tried not to be too against Nagy but I will say...hiring a guy who openly says he doesn't like or feel comfortable using the portal seems like a ...

3 months ago
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RE: SIU @ Illinois State 1/5/24 3:00 PM ESPN+

I'm not sure how Steffe was known as some sharpshooter in high school. Maybe he had some hot AAU tournaments or his high school(which was brand new, h...

3 months ago
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RE: Evansville @ SIU 1/1/25 1:00 PM ESPN+

I personally think Elliot would have come back down to earth hard. He was good but not a world beater as a 22 year old true senior in the Southland Co...

3 months ago
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RE: Evansville @ SIU 1/1/25 1:00 PM ESPN+

I think, fwiw, we are not too far from a massive lawsuit from non P5(with a few P5 schools as well) on anti trust grounds. Transfers will likely be ...

3 months ago
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RE: Evansville @ SIU 1/1/25 1:00 PM ESPN+

Mullins is probably my favorite Saluki of all time, and how his tenure ended is exactly why I was worried about him being hired to begin with.

3 months ago
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RE: Evansville @ SIU 1/1/25 1:00 PM ESPN+

I really wanted Ben Howlett from West Liberty. Young(37). Has been at that program for 13 years. 6 as top assistant, 7 as head coach. As top assista...

3 months ago
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RE: Evansville @ SIU 1/1/25 1:00 PM ESPN+

I will say the one worry I had when listening to what Wright State fans talk about Nagy when SIU hired him was that he was kind of too old fashioned f...

3 months ago
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RE: SIU @ Northern Iowa 12/29/24 1:00 PM ESPN+

That was almost 10 years ago. And college basketball is a completely different animal now.

3 months ago
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RE: High Point @ SIU 12/21/24 1:00 PM ESPN+

Of their 8 wins, 2 came against bible schools who aren't part of the NCAA and another was against an NAIA school. If you consider that decent that is ...

3 months ago
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RE: High Point @ SIU 12/21/24 1:00 PM ESPN+

I more misworded than was wrong. Isiah Jackson is the one I left out because he just isn't very good and probably should have stayed at the D2 level. ...

3 months ago
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RE: High Point @ SIU 12/21/24 1:00 PM ESPN+

4 players from his old college. 3 players from the portal. 1 JUCO. And 2 freshman. And his players were still D2 players. It's not 1997, there is adva...

3 months ago
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RE: High Point @ SIU 12/21/24 1:00 PM ESPN+

4 players followed and one barely plays. 2 were grad transfers who were going to try their brand at D1 for a year anyway. Even with 4 that isn't eve...

3 months ago
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RE: High Point @ SIU 12/21/24 1:00 PM ESPN+

I am not against Nagy but the excuse that this is a new roster doesn't really hold. That is a lot of rosters now. Drakes coach was hired after Nagy an...

3 months ago
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RE: SIU @ Austin Peay 12/14/24 4:00 PM ESPN+

It's not really age discrimination. Will be so happy when the covid era players are all graduated. There is nothing entertaining about watching guys...

3 months ago
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