The list of things you could come away with feeling good about from the SLU-St. Ambrose seems pretty limited. Jeff Reid played an excellent 12 minutes. Christian Salecich and Justin Jordan hit some nice threes. Kwamain Mitchell had 23 points. SLU held St. Ambrose…

Well, it doesn’t get much bigger in exhibition hoops than the Billikens vs. the Fighting Bees of St. Ambrose, or Davenport, Iowa.

Cory Remekun didn’t practice Thursday — I’m not sure about Friday, but on Friday morning, Rick Majerus told me Remekun…

People who have been to SLU’s practices this season have said that the practices are very stop and go, that with so many freshmen on the team Rick Majerus has to constantly stop what the team is doing to explain things.…

The SLU basketball team has had less than two weeks of practice before tonight’s exhibition game against Arkansas-Fort Smith. The school’s record on exhibition games are spotty — they don’t get listed in the media guide, for instance — so…

It’s Atlantic 10 Conference media day and, as part of a growing trend, the league is doing it all by teleconference because fewer and fewer people were going to the thing. That means the league releases its preseason poll, in…

At 5:01 p.m. on Friday night, the SLU basketball team will hit the court at Chaifetz for its first practice of the season, and coach Rick Majerus has two-a-days planned for the next several days after. With no scrimmage this season,…

If, like me, you’ve read a few hundred thousand press releases over the years, your eyes tend to gloss over when you get to the quotes in them, which are unfailingly banal. They seldom have a pulse. If you haven’t read it…

Australia coach Marty Clarke did a Q and A with FIBA.com after the Emus’ game with Argentina and had this to say about SLU recruit Cody Ellis:

Q: Cody Ellis really stepped up late in the game with a couple of big…

A few odds and ends:

If you haven’t been paying attention, the SLU softball team has a shot at the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the A-10 tournament this weekend at George Washington. SLU is currently tied for…

Cody Ellis’ LOI finally crossed the Pacific and reached SLU, so he’s officially there now and, while I hate to make conclusions without having seen a guy play, but he could be a very significant acquisition for the Billikens.

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