SIU loses Bola

[Rollbird5]

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.
http://www.siusalukis.com/sports/m-bask ... 16aaa.html

[BirdsEyeView]

Big loss. He was becoming a major force in this conference.

[Wufan]

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.

[kcmsaluki12]

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.

[Red]

Has he graduated? Can he play immediately next season somewhere else?

[underdawg]

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 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

[tribecalledquest]

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 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?

[Wufan]

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

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

[uniftw]

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

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

Can't wait to see the hate come to me from this fan base but...Evansville?

[2livewu]

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.