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11.07.2009 6:57 pm

Conklin update: They’re not sure yet

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I’ll have more on the St. Ambrose exhibition later — it may be one of the least convincing 14 point wins ever — but first, an update on SLU forward Brian Conklin, who was last seen hobbling out one of…

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09.03.2009 4:20 pm

A-10 releases conference schedule

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The release of the conference schedule is never as much fun as the nonconference schedule. You know who you’re playing. All that’s new are the dates.

Still, here are a few nuggets from SLU’s conference schedule:

I’ve been lobbying for years for…

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08.28.2009 11:30 am

Majerus on scheduling; my schedule thoughts

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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08.27.2009 3:59 pm

SLU’s nonconference basketball schedule

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Here’s SLU’s full nonconference schedule. Well, it’s almost full. They still haven’t decided if they’ll do one exhibition or two. That will be decided soon. Just about every local DI school, except Mizzou and Illinois (and SIUE) are on the…

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06.30.2009 10:34 am

Billikens begin play in world under-19 tourney on Wednesday/Thursday

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A lot of summer competitions are nice but not particularly relevant, but it will be very interesting to see how two incoming SLU players, Cody Ellis and Christian Salecich, do at the FIBA U19 World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. The…

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02.09.2009 11:17 am

A brief history of SLU basketball’s close calls

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As I mentioned yesterday, SLU hasn’t had many situations like Sunday’s, where Kevin Lisch hit a 3 at the end of the second overtime to keep SLU alive to win in triple overtime. Over the past few years, the list…

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01.29.2009 5:54 pm

SLU basketball health update: Mitchell yes, Thompson no

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DAYTON, OHIO — Kwamain Mitchell is on the court for pregame shooting and he’s gotten the OK to play. He went through a full contact drill on Wednesday and passed all the tests this morning.

Brett Thompson sprained his ankle and…

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01.09.2009 10:42 am

SLU-Xavier recap

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

First, a reminder about AD Chris May’s online chat today at 1. He’s ready to answer.

CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE, ST. LOUIS — If at the start of the SLU season you’d taken the schedule and said which game does SLU have the…

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01.06.2009 12:43 pm

SLU season-to-date plus-minus numbers (not quite complete)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In response to requests (well, request) for the full tally on SLU’s plus-minus numbers, here we go, though I have to say they’re not complete. I don’t have the numbers for the Nebraska and Detroit games. So here are the numbers…

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01.05.2009 9:26 pm

SLU basketball and NCAA stats

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The NCAA updates its stats on Mondays. Here’s where SLU stands in some categories nationwide:

SLU is sixth in the nation in scoring defense, or fewest points allowed, at 55.6. On the other end, SLU is 297th (out of 330) in…

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