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11.19.2009 2:52 pm

SLU-Nebraska afterthoughts

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Everyone at SLU felt very good about their win over Nebraska on Wednesday, and with good reason. Even if Nebraska isn’t all that good, it presented challenges that SLU hadn’t seen in any of games so far and the Billikens…

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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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11.07.2009 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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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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10.16.2009 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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07.11.2009 11:00 am

Australia falls in semifinals of the U-19 basketball tournament

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Billiken-to-be Cody Ellis had 8 points and four rebounds on 3 of 10 shooting as Australia lost to Greece 84-69 in the semifinals of the FIBA U-19 championships in Auckland, New Zealand. The Emus will now face Croatia in the…

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07.10.2009 8:29 am

Big game for Ellis as Australia reaches U-19 semifinals

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SLU recruit Cody Ellis scored 14 points and had 10 rebounds as Australia beat France 79-73 in the quarterfinals of the world under-19 championships in New Zealand. Ellis was 2 of 8 on field goals but 2 for 2 on 3-point…

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07.06.2009 11:27 pm

Ellis scores 16 as Australia beats Argentina, stays unbeaten

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SLU recruit Cody Ellis had 16 points and 8 rebounds as Australia held off Argentina 76-65. A really poorly written game story is here on the FIBA site, which as far as I can tell does not provide the final…

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07.06.2009 10:13 am

Australia wins again at U-19s, but Ellis has off day

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Australia remained perfect at the U-19 basketball championships in New Zealand, beating Kazakhstan 87-54, but SLU recruit Cody Ellis had an off day, making just 1 of 9 shots, including 1 of 8 on 2-point tries. He also had two assists,…

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