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Opening 2015 offer and interest lists. Let me know any new names you hear about. As always, updates on all names are appreciated.

2015 Offer List

Evan Boudreaux: Lake Forest, Lake Forest, IL - PF: 6-7, 220. Offers: SLU, DePaul, Northwestern, Iowa, Iowa State, Boston College. Interest: Butler, Georgetown, Kansas, Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Stanford, Virginia, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Harvard. Latest (9/9): Boudreaux has made unofficial visits to Purdue and Northwestern. He calls Northwestern intriguing, and respects what Collins is doing with the program; also likes the balance of athletics with top-flight academics and likes the idea of staying close to home. He is basically being tracked by the whole Big Ten. He plays for the Next Level Performance AAU team. Twitter: @EBoudreaux12

Chancellor Ellis: St. Andrew's, Barrington, RI - SG/SF: 6-5, 180. Offers: SLU, Iona. Interest: Many. Latest (9/18): Ellis told @GiveNGobball that he recently picked up a SLU offer. He's a well-built perimeter player from Queens, NY who transferred to St. Andrew's in RI after his freshman season at The Rectory School in Pomfrey, CT. Ellis had national attention coming into high school as a schoolboy legend from NYC, but seems to have been an early bloomer whose age group eventually caught up to him. Still, he's a high-level talent. His interest list is difficult to fill out for this reason; at various times since he's been 13, any school could be on there. Twitter: @NoChanceNoWay

Prentiss Nixon: Bolingbrook, Bolingbrook, IL - PG: 6-1, 170. Offers: SLU, SMU, Bradley, Drake, Northern Iowa, Colorado State, UIC, Northern Illinois. Latest (9/9): Nixon just took an unofficial visit to Bradley. He averaged 16 points as a sophomore at Bolingbrook, including 8 20-plus point games. He is considered one of the best shooters in Illinois and has a quick trigger. Many scouts see him as an undersized shooting guard, but Nixon is intent on proving he can run the show. He plays AAU ball with the Illinois Wolves.

2015 Interest List

Ralph Bellamy: Clayton, Clayton, MO - SG/SF: 6-4, 205. Offers: None. Interest: SLU, Virginia Tech, Missouri State, SIUC, Indiana State, SEMO, Northern Colorado. Latest (9/9): Bellamy is billed as a swingman with high-level athleticism. He plays for the St. Louis Gym Rats AAU team. Ben Weixlmann Tweeted that he's run into Bellamy at the gym numerous times, saying he's much improved since the summer, a big, athletic wing with a chance to make waves; talented prospect. Twitter: @HollaAtMeDotCom

Josh Speidel: North, Columbus, IN - PF: 6-7, 210. Offers: UIC, Evansville. Interest: SLU, Xavier, DePaul, Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, Charleston, Northern Illinois, Ball State, Northern Kentucky, South Alabama. Latest (9/9): Speidel has taken a number of unofficial campus visits: Michigan, Purdue, Indiana, Evansville, and more. He plays for Indiana Elite on the AAU circuit; his squad won the 64 in Vegas for his age level. He says he's interested in a college with good coaches, good facilities, a strong, competitive conference, and good academics. Twitter: @JSpeidel24

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@GiveNGobball: Chancellor Ellis, Class of 2015 SG of St. Andrew's HS (RI), tells me he recently picked up an offer from St. Louis.

Thanks. I ran across his name somewhere recently and can't remember where.

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I get what you're saying but slu has liked this kid for a while and it's still early. Hopefully he continues to improve and slu is still there

Only a joke. In all seriousness, I trust the staff with recruiting. Obviously, there are plenty of guys on the current squad with similar company.

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Evan Boudreaux: Lake Forest, Lake Forest, IL - PF: 6-7, 220. Offers: SLU, DePaul, Northwestern, Iowa, Iowa State, Boston College. Interest: Butler, Georgetown, Kansas, Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Stanford, Virginia, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Harvard. Latest (9/9): Boudreaux has made unofficial visits to Purdue and Northwestern. He calls Northwestern intriguing, and respects what Collins is doing with the program; also likes the balance of athletics with top-flight academics and likes the idea of staying close to home. He is basically being tracked by the whole Big Ten. He plays for the Next Level Performance AAU team. Twitter: @EBoudreaux12

Chancellor Ellis: St. Andrew's, Barrington, RI - SG/SF: 6-5, 180. Offers: SLU, Iona. Interest: Many. Latest (9/18): Ellis told @GiveNGobball that he recently picked up a SLU offer. He's a well-built perimeter player from Queens, NY who transferred to St. Andrew's in RI after his freshman season at The Rectory School in Pomfrey, CT. Ellis had national attention coming into high school as a schoolboy legend from NYC, but seems to have been an early bloomer whose age group eventually caught up to him. Still, he's a high-level talent. His interest list is difficult to fill out for this reason; at various times since he's been 13, any school could be on there. Twitter: @NoChanceNoWay

Prentiss Nixon: Bolingbrook, Bolingbrook, IL - PG: 6-1, 170. Offers: SLU, SMU, Bradley, Drake, Northern Iowa, Colorado State, UIC, Northern Illinois. Latest (9/26): Nixon is visiting SLU this weekend to attend the opening practice. Previous: Nixon just took an unofficial visit to Bradley. He averaged 16 points as a sophomore at Bolingbrook, including 8 20-plus point games. He is considered one of the best shooters in Illinois and has a quick trigger. Many scouts see him as an undersized shooting guard, but Nixon is intent on proving he can run the show. He plays AAU ball with the Illinois Wolves. Twitter: @AyeYooPrentiss_

2015 Interest List

Ralph Bellamy: Clayton, Clayton, MO - SG/SF: 6-4, 205. Offers: None. Interest: SLU, Virginia Tech, Missouri State, SIUC, Indiana State, SEMO, Northern Colorado. Latest (9/24): Illinois State is visiting Clayton HS this week to see Bellamy. Previous: Bellamy is billed as a swingman with high-level athleticism. He plays for the St. Louis Gym Rats AAU team. Ben Weixlmann Tweeted that he's run into Bellamy at the gym numerous times, saying he's much improved since the summer, a big, athletic wing with a chance to make waves; talented prospect. Twitter: @HollaAtMeDotCom

Nick Rogers: Traders Point, Whitestown, IN - PG: 6-1, 170. Offers: Ole Miss, Nebraska, Illinois State, Loyola-Chicago, Kent State, Toledo, Valpo, UIC, UWM, NIU, IUPUI, Kennesaw State. Interest: SLU, Michigan, Wisconsin, Memphis, Tennessee, Mississippi State, South Florida, Central Florida, UAB, Old Dominion, Ohio, Wright State, Detroit, Ball State, Troy. Latest (9/20): SLU visited Rogers, who already has a bunch of offers. Rogers has taken unofficial visits to Purdue, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Memphis, Ole Miss, Nebraska, and others. He is scouted as a heady point guard with extraordinary awareness who distributes well and limits turnovers. His shot is considered inconsistent but he has high lift on it. He is very athletic and gets to the basket in traffic. Twitter: @iAm_nick10

Derrik Smits: Zionsville, Zionsville, IN - C: 6-11, 215. Offers: Butler, Xavier. Interest: SLU, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, Notre Dame, Boston College, Clemson, Tennessee, Ball State, IUPUI. Latest (9/20): Smits received visits from SLU, Purdue, Butler, Xavier, and Clemson recently. Butler and Xavier are his offers so far. He is taking an unofficial visit to Clemson at the end of September. He has also taken unofficial visits to Indiana, Purdue, Butler, Xavier, Notre Dame, and Tennessee, and played in Purdue's camp this summer. He is indeed the son of NBA legend Rik Smits. Twitter: @SmitsDerrik

Josh Speidel: North, Columbus, IN - PF: 6-7, 210. Offers: UIC, Evansville. Interest: SLU, Xavier, DePaul, Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, Charleston, Northern Illinois, Ball State, Northern Kentucky, South Alabama. Latest (9/20): In the first two weeks of the fall period, Speidel has been visited/seen by SLU, SIUE, UIC, NIU, IUPUI, Northern Kentucky, South Alabama, Lipscomb, Lehigh, and Wright State. Previous: Speidel has taken a number of unofficial campus visits: Michigan, Purdue, Indiana, Evansville, and more. He plays for Indiana Elite on the AAU circuit; his squad won the 64 in Vegas for his age level. He says he's interested in a college with good coaches, good facilities, a strong, competitive conference, and good academics. He is a high school teammate of Elliott Welmer. Twitter: @JSpeidel24

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I get what you're saying but slu has liked this kid for a while and it's still early. Hopefully he continues to improve and slu is still there

Agreed- if SLU sees something in him, he's worth staying on. He's a teammate of Elliott Welmer at Columbus North and if Twitter is any indication, they're pretty close friends, too. We seem to have a strong pipeline going on with the state of Indiana right now. I'm hoping these Columbus North kids are late bloomers with a lot of potential that SLU has scouted correctly; both appear to like us a lot.

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