You can call off your scrutinizing of conference tournaments. Majerus said after the game that SLU would accept a spot in the NIT, but not in the other tournaments, saying the team is too banged up and it would get…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — As frequent readers of this space may know, radio guy Earl Austin and I routinely look at each other and roll our eyes when SLU is in situations where it is working for the last shot,…

OK, I think I’ve got this right.

SLU can finish 5th, 6th, 7th or 9th. There might be a scenario where they finish 8th, but I haven’t seen it and in any event, it would likely be irrelevant since they would…

As of Wednesday, there were about 100 tickets left for Saturday’s season finale with La Salle and it is expected to be a sellout.

For those wondering about television of the games from Atlantic City, there is no broadcast of the…

SLU had the weekend off but has managed to move up to fifth place in the A-10 standings thanks to Duquesne’s loss to Rhode Island on Sunday. SLU, Duquesne and St. Joe’s are all 8-6 and if the season ended…

SLU lost to Richmond on Sunday and finished ninth in the Atlantic 10, giving them a first round meeting with Dayton on Friday in Charlotte at 11 a.m. St. Louis time. The winner faces No. 1 Xavier on Saturday. The…

It’s time for my anal retentive side to take over.

Xavier’s win over St. Joseph’s tonight pushes SLU back up into sixth place in the A-10, a half game behind Duquesne, a half game ahead of St. Joe’s and Richmond. SLU…

UMass’ game with Dayton on Saturday was played in Springfield, rather than Amherst, so the city could show off the MassMutual Center there as a potential site for the Atlantic 10 tournament. Matt Vautour of the Daily Hampshire Gazette reports…

Starting in 2010, the Atlantic 10 Conference will change the way it handles its postseason tournament, with the final pushed back a day and opening round games played at campus locations.

The site still hasn’t been set for the 2010 tournament —…

The SLU men’s soccer team got a berth in the NCAA tournament and will get a home game, playing Drake at Hermann Stadium on Friday night at 7 p.m. The winner of the match will then play Indiana on Nov.…