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I follow SIU basketball pretty closely. Last year we were slow and old and short a scholarship because of Tony Freeman, who is a stud and gets to play this year

Tomorrow they are on the road at UNLV, and they are getting 8.5. I really think SIU is a good play to at least keep it close, and they have a real good shot to win outright

We have improved 10 fold on the offensive side of the ball, put up 84 and 91 in the first two games (against medicore opponents, although Indianapolis beat Valpo, who played NC to 11) and last year there were games where we only put up 48-51pts.

I expect SIU to be good this year, top 2 in the Valley, make the tourney and probably make win a game, but next year, they are Elite 8 material.