Matt Roth -- Still Considering BU, SLU, & IU

[mrcoachdude]

Matt is really struggling with his choice.....and who can blame him......I think he really likes BU and the option of playing close to home.....but SLU has plenty to offer including a good coach.....and then the Big Ten team comes calling.....

tough choices for sure

[Braves4Life]

I still think in the end he chooses SLU

[Beninator]

I am not sure this info is correct....I heard again that he has not decided yet, but was enamored(big word heh?) with IU...

Guess we will see very soon....

I can just imagine every "3" he hits for BU would errupt the crowd......at IU it would be a polite "golf" smattering of applause

Well said coach.... At IU he would have to know his "role"... At BU he would have the green light to shoot the 3, and would be treated like a rock star just like the rest of the team.

[Bballnut]

Boy, if would be difficult to be a coach at the "mid-major". You recruit a kid for months if not years and at the 11th hour, the so called major jumps in and tries to steal your prey. Kind of like asking the prettiest girl to dance............finally get enough courage and while you're en route, somebody jumps in and ........

[SFP]

Boy, if would be difficult to be a coach at the "mid-major". You recruit a kid for months if not years and at the 11th hour, the so called major jumps in and tries to steal your prey. Kind of like asking the prettiest girl to dance............finally get enough courage and while you're en route, somebody jumps in and ........

How about she said she has to go to the bathroom first and then on her way to you the captain of the football team steps in the way. Well I guess we will find out what he is looking for. With us there will be plenty loyalty from the first day he steps on campus.

[Big Mike]

WOW Pete........where have you been? Welcome Back!

[tornado]

Pete....PM me your e mail address if I don't already have it

[tornado]

Kyle Whelliston (ESPN) covers Rick Majerus & SLU

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2966581

But read on....Joe Lunardi says only ONE A-10 team will be in the 2008 NCAA Tourney (Xavier)

[Da Coach]

Here is something Matt Roth needs to see. In the newest U.S. News & World Report's 2008 list of "America's Best Colleges".

Bradley ranked sixth among about 70 Midwest regional universities that offer master's degrees, up from seventh last year.
In the "Great Schools, Great Prices" category, Bradley ranked second, directly below Creighton and up from fifth last year.--

http://pjstar.com/stories/081707/TRI_BE3H624C.044.php

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1univmas_mw_brief.php

Note that Illinois State University retained its position in the third tier (those ranking between 131 and 187) of national universities and increased its freshman retention and six-year graduation rates.

But Indiana dropped in the rankings to #75 among the national rankings, which is dead last among Big Ten Universities--

http://indiana.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=726&tid=98814537&mid=98814537&sid=942&style=2

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php

And their business program, which in past years has ranked highly and which Matt Roth was interested in, is nowhere to be found among the list of top business programs in the US.

[SFP]

WOW Pete........where have you been? Welcome Back!

I've been working my butt off but I've been keeping up with the Braves.

I plan to come back to Peoria for my 20th. Boy I feel old!