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SIU loses Bola

Postby Rollbird5 » June 27th, 2016, 10:13 pm

Bola granted release from scholarship. He was a nice player for the Salukis, and I'd assume would be the starting center again next year.
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Re: SIU loses Bola

Postby BirdsEyeView » June 28th, 2016, 12:32 pm

Big loss. He was becoming a major force in this conference.
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Re: SIU loses Bola

Postby Wufan » June 29th, 2016, 5:46 am

Huge loss IMO. It's not that he was totally dominant, but a consistent big like that is so hard to find in the Valley and can anchor the middle against 90% of college basketball.
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Re: SIU loses Bola

Postby kcmsaluki12 » June 30th, 2016, 7:09 am

Wufan wrote:Huge loss IMO. It's not that he was totally dominant, but a consistent big like that is so hard to find in the Valley and can anchor the middle against 90% of college basketball.


Agreed. It's a very big loss. He was making great strides each season and was poised for a big year this year. SIU is once again dangerously thin in the post (both literally and figuratively). What was one of SIU's strengths is now likely a weakness, though I think Thik Bol will be a solid inside presence. We can probably chalk SIU up as a Thursday team now with Bola leaving.
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Re: SIU loses Bola

Postby Red » July 1st, 2016, 9:39 am

Has he graduated? Can he play immediately next season somewhere else?
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Re: SIU loses Bola

Postby underdawg » July 22nd, 2016, 11:13 pm

kcmsaluki12 wrote:
Wufan wrote:Huge loss IMO. It's not that he was totally dominant, but a consistent big like that is so hard to find in the Valley and can anchor the middle against 90% of college basketball.


Agreed. It's a very big loss. He was making great strides each season and was poised for a big year this year. SIU is once again dangerously thin in the post (both literally and figuratively). What was one of SIU's strengths is now likely a weakness, though I think Thik Bol will be a solid inside presence. We can probably chalk SIU up as a Thursday team now with Bola leaving.


Thursday team? Please stop now :roll: We will probably start four seniors and a junior--maybe thin at five spot but with Bol, you'll think twice before you try to take it in the paint on him--no open lay-ups
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Re: SIU loses Bola

Postby tribecalledquest » July 25th, 2016, 3:13 pm

underdawg wrote:
kcmsaluki12 wrote:
Wufan wrote:Huge loss IMO. It's not that he was totally dominant, but a consistent big like that is so hard to find in the Valley and can anchor the middle against 90% of college basketball.


Agreed. It's a very big loss. He was making great strides each season and was poised for a big year this year. SIU is once again dangerously thin in the post (both literally and figuratively). What was one of SIU's strengths is now likely a weakness, though I think Thik Bol will be a solid inside presence. We can probably chalk SIU up as a Thursday team now with Bola leaving.


Thursday team? Please stop now :roll: We will probably start four seniors and a junior--maybe thin at five spot but with Bol, you'll think twice before you try to take it in the paint on him--no open lay-ups


Name the four teams SIU is clearly better than at this point?
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Re: SIU loses Bola

Postby Wufan » July 25th, 2016, 6:15 pm

tribecalledquest wrote:Name the four teams SIU is clearly better than at this point?


Drake, Bradley, ummm.... :huh: er, southwest indyville state of Chicago? :? :Cheers:
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Re: SIU loses Bola

Postby uniftw » July 26th, 2016, 6:30 am

Wufan wrote:
tribecalledquest wrote:Name the four teams SIU is clearly better than at this point?


Drake, Bradley, ummm.... :huh: er, southwest indyville state of Chicago? :? :Cheers:

Can't wait to see the hate come to me from this fan base but...Evansville?
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Re: SIU loses Bola

Postby 2livewu » July 27th, 2016, 8:26 am

I don't know about "clearly" but there isn't much to separate Drake, Loyola, Bradley and Evansville right now for me.

SIU can't be far off, one way or the other.
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