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A little off-topic but didn't want to start a new thread just for this: SIU Salukis will go on late summer basketball tour (last time they went was 2008) with 3-5 games in august and 10 extra practices

Interesting that SIU is going to do the Summer tour, as it was reported that Bradley will be doing a similar trip this summer as well. That may have been part of the reason they turned down the CBI/CIT invitation.

Majik45 wrote:Interesting that SIU is going to do the Summer tour, as it was reported that Bradley will be doing a similar trip this summer as well. That may have been part of the reason they turned down the CBI/CIT invitation.

Hinson says SIU get's more bang for the bucks by going on foreign tour--3 games and 10 full days of regular practice in August--the kids get a "reward" for last season with the trip

NCAA lets you do the international tour once every 4 years. Drake will get to do it next in 2020.

Wow! They just announce on facebook that the SIU Saluki basketball team will go to CUBA for their summer trip!!! Exact date has not been set yet!

underdawg wrote:Wow! They just announce on facebook that the SIU Saluki basketball team will go to CUBA for their summer trip!!! Exact date has not been set yet!

underdawg wrote:Wow! They just announce on facebook that the SIU Saluki basketball team will go to CUBA for their summer trip!!! Exact date has not been set yet!

My next door neighbor went to Cuba for a week last summer. When he got back he had to spend 6 days in the hospital, and was on a respirator for a couple of them. No reason was ever found.

A lot of love for SIU on here. Why to Saluki fans hate Barry Hinson so much? At least the ones on their message board do. Seems like they're a lot better now than they were before he got there. He inherited a mess.

ACECARD wrote:

underdawg wrote:Wow! They just announce on facebook that the SIU Saluki basketball team will go to CUBA for their summer trip!!! Exact date has not been set yet!

underdawg wrote:Wow! They just announce on facebook that the SIU Saluki basketball team will go to CUBA for their summer trip!!! Exact date has not been set yet!

My next door neighbor went to Cuba for a week last summer. When he got back he had to spend 6 days in the hospital, and was on a respirator for a couple of them. No reason was ever found.

here is the address of that facebook announcement about Cuba trip;



https://www.facebook.com/SouthernIllino ... 814251899/

uniguy wrote:A lot of love for SIU on here. Why to Saluki fans hate Barry Hinson so much? At least the ones on their message board do. Seems like they're a lot better now than they were before he got there. He inherited a mess.

Hinson Haters think Coach Hinson has had too long to prove he can take the team to post season--even though next year they may go--so they say even with 5-6 starters (Bol coming off injury too) coming back we should chuck all that and hire Bryan Mullins to rebuild. Yes that sounds strange but the Saluki Nation site is closing down so I guess they're taking the ball and going home--Hinson will be back for at least one year more (contracted for two)

underdawg wrote:

uniguy wrote:A lot of love for SIU on here. Why to Saluki fans hate Barry Hinson so much? At least the ones on their message board do. Seems like they're a lot better now than they were before he got there. He inherited a mess.

Hinson Haters think Coach Hinson has had too long to prove he can take the team to post season--even though next year they may go--so they say even with 5-6 starters (Bol coming off injury too) coming back we should chuck all that and hire Bryan Mullins to rebuild. Yes that sounds strange but the Saluki Nation site is closing down so I guess they're taking the ball and going home--Hinson will be back for at least one year more (contracted for two)

In SIU's last 4 games of the conference season, they played three Thursday night teams and Loyola. They got blown out by Loyola and one of the Thursday night teams and needed overtime to beat the other.

They got outplayed by MSU in their first Arch Madness game for 39 minutes and only won due to some extremely poor coaching from Lusk in the last 45ish seconds.

SIU has lost badly to any half decent team they have played. They are completely uncompetitive against actual decent teams and have no business being on the same court against actual good teams, as showed by the game against Louisville earlier in the year.

This SIU team lost at home to SEMO as well as to a heavily depleted SLU team.

Yes, they bring everyone back, but what they are bringing back is not very good. Every other Valley program will also be better, and have been bringing in much better players than SIU.