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11.15.2009 1:17 pm

Quick SLU-SEMO thoughts

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I’ve got another story to work on today, so I’ll make some quick thoughts about the SLU-SEMO game.

The big takeaway from the game is that the free throw shooting has to get better. SLU just can’t give away that many…

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11.13.2009 9:43 am

Recruit McCall’s letter of intent arrives

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The letter of intent of SLU basketball recruit Mike McCall has finally hit the athletic department offices.  (Actually, it arrived late last night, but the school didn’t announce it until today.) And they’re pretty excited about him. Associate head coach Porter…

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11.11.2009 9:27 pm

One recruit signed, another coming; Conklin still out

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SLU announced only one signing on Wednesday, that of 6-5 forward Dwayne Evans, who in addition to being able to play the 2, 3 or 4 spot may end up being the second smartest guy on the team behind Paul…

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11.10.2009 2:04 pm

SLU basketball will sign two on Wednesday

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Wednesday is the start of the early signing period for college basketball and, barring something really unexpectetd, SLU will sign two players.

One is Dwayne Evans, a 6-5 forward from Neuqua Valley High in Naperville, Illinois. He’s a 6-5 small forward…

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11.07.2009 11:52 pm

SLU-St. Ambrose afterthoughts

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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11.06.2009 10:19 pm

SLU-St. Ambrose exhibition notes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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10.31.2009 2:15 pm

SLU exhibition postscript

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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.…

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10.30.2009 9:28 am

An early start for the Billikens in exhibition

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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10.22.2009 9:44 am

SLU picked to finish 12th in Atlantic 10

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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10.16.2009 9:25 am

Practice begins tonight; about those heights; trip around the A-10

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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,…

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