EternalOptimist

Like someone has already mentioned, I don't think much stock should be taken from who starts this 1st exhibition game, there will most likely be changes along the way. I would be surprised if we see King even play - it's really not worth it to push recovery. There are a couple others that are nursing injuries as well. No need to risk anything further.

Agreed! And if I were forced to put money on it, I'd bet he may be our leading scorer this year (if he stays healthy).

Time will tell. I'm not sure if I would have used the word stronger quite yet, but I do know they will be implementing some different defensive styles. More trapping in certain types of situations and pressuring the ball. I am also hearing they are putting more emphasis on defense than they maybe did in the past. Again, time will tell

The bar isn't high...

I'm not as familiar with her, but it sounds like she was very good in HS, but went to Alabama to play softball for 3/4 years, and now is going to switch back to basketball? Is that correct? If so, it will be interesting to see what many years of not playing does to her. Hope it works out for the best.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now as it is football season and he has recently posting about that, but it seems very odd to me that he wouldn't be excited share that he has committed.

Good Football player too!

Hockey and Football are the primary focus - basketball is the 3rd child. Basketball talk will pick up in a few weeks when we get closer to the exhibition games.

Yes - Fall schedule (full time) practices started this week. I'm looking forward to see how this team does and how they gel. There are a lot of new parts.

So can someone explain to me what happened in that game? What changed in the 4th quarter. I get up early for work, so after JJ threw his 1st NFL touchdown to the Chicago Bears, I went to bed. On the way into work I hear on the radio we won. We didn't look like we could win - what changed?

Nice to see all the home games as well as some solid opponents. There must be some type of tournament or jamboree in Macomb IL, since we play Costal Carolina and Western IL on back to back days there.

University of Winnipeg (2x) and University of Manitoba

I wonder what the returns are for St Thomas in this deal. It can't hurt the metro recruiting to having their games live on the local Fox channel in the metro area, but I wonder to what extent it helps them (if any) with recruiting or just income from the station? Link: https://tommiesports.com/news/2025/8/21/general-tommie-athletics-extends-broadcast-partnership-with-fox9

Looks like the men are in Canada to get some game experience, which is a very good idea since most haven’t played much at the D1 level. The overwhelming thought on the forum seems to be that we won’t be very good - for several reasons. Even as an optimist, I must agree wins will be challenging to come by, but I’m still really looking forward to the season and trying to keep perspective. I have a few things I’m looking forward to seeing this year. 1) How well can this team gel together and function as a unit? 2) What did we get with all the transfers and how will they fit at the D1 level? 3) Have the red shirts made enough progress to contribute. A couple of them have gained some weight, which is a good sign. 4) What changes may we see from our defense or offense?