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Even if you don't have a chance to listen to all the interviews, I'd suggest going into the Podcast App (or whatever you use to listen) and giving the House That Rick Built a 5-star review. 1) it helps encourage Zac and Colin to keep doing good work and 2) it gives further proof to any media member moving forward that people really do care about Billiken basketball content.

That's a lot of filler for a guy who just wanted to know about Hankton. His injuries were the persistent and nagging but not shut-down level, as I understood it. He really added to his frame between freshman and sophomore year. He can stretch it with his shooting. He's a smart player who moves well and has a knack for spacing and timing but we saw him more frequently as a freshman and he got outbodied a lot - e.g. he'd be right where he needed to be for a rebound and often not come up with it. Bottom line is he's kind of a mystery to us because we didn't get much of a chance to see him. A year off will/would (depending on potential waiver) probably do him well. I could see him being a solid contributing role player at Chattanooga if he gets healthy and is well suited for the system there. Hope it works out for you guys, @GoMocs.

Marcus Relphorde was a tweener, but ended up being a pretty good player at Colorado and I remember thinking that one was a big mistake at the time.

Certainly not defending [dead]'s ability to recruit, but just wanted to add a little additional commentary on the above list. Drew, Carter and Glaze were all Majerus recruits (as was Austin Mcbroom, who also transferred away). Carter and Glaze ended up being good at their next schools, bummer we never saw that here. Lancona, Jolly, Gillmann and Neufeld were all Crews big man recruits who did nothing after SLU. Gillmann didn't even transfer, he just stopped playing basketball. Of Crews' guard recruits, Reynolds, Yarborough and Bishop all had good college careers after leaving Yarborough has been the best, with a 2nd team all-MVC and a 1st team all-MVC. Marcus Bartley was a solid role player at SIUC, about the same quality of player he was at SLU. The only other Crews recruit I can think of who transferred was Zeke Moore. He did nothing at Tulsa for a year before having a decent season for SIUE last year. Other guys who left during the Majerus era include: Christian Salecich: Was an ok player at SIUE Jon Smith: Had a good career at Ohio University as a valuable role player Jeff Reid: Didn't play D1 again, think he went to Washburn in KC Justin Jordan: Went to IPFW for a little but basically dissapeared Ruben Cotto: Dissapeared Brett Thompson: Went to Lindenwood From the Soderberg era of recruits: Marcus Relphorde: Had a very good career at Colorado Adam Knollmeyer: Went D2 Anthony Mitchell: Role player on some bad SIUE teams Dustin Maguire: Left D1 to go to Northern Kentucky Horace Dixon: Very brief stint at Southern University Obi Ikeakor: Did just about nothing at New Orleans Darren Clarke: Had one okay season at UTEP As an aside, going back through those Soderberg rosters was a striking reminder of how few even average players he recruited. It is incredible that he won as many games as he did with that little recruiting success.

I think the mold is already broken. Pretty much every Crews recruit that transferred has gone on to a better career at another institution.

Bottom line: Billikens that transfer don't do particularly well elsewhere. I tried to stay away from Rick's boys and Sodie's boys because that wasn't the question. I am uncertain as to what involvement if any [dead] had with Glaze, Drew and Carter but threw them in there just the same due to time frame. Once again, if the postives are Reynolds, Bishop, Carter and Glaze, I woudl counter that Pepperdine, Norfolk State, Valpo and Grand Canyon are at levels that might have been better suited to their "talent level" all along.

I disagree. I say he was trouble no matter where he went and who the coach was/is. Ford has not demonstrated he will put up with nonsense and coddle headcases.

Hargrove’s mom and Nesbitt seem to be pretty close.

After a few weeks off we are back and trying something new. ‪Episode 76: An Interview With Ford Stuen‬ ‪Our first video episode as well, which is now up on YouTube‬ ‪Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-house-that-rick-built/id1450098755#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.spreaker.com%2Fepisode%2F30117500‬ ‪Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vX5NxSVD3BcM2gV8awGfa?si=jjo8fSaxSyqpIaRGPnkHbQ‬ ‪Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/30117500‬ ‪YouTube:

Hello from Moc Nation. I am reading yall's thoughts on KC and it seems like he is a good kid. I am led to believe he will redshirt a year and get healthy. We really don't need him this coming season as much as the following season. I would like to ask, what are the injuries that held him back at SLU? Thanks. I am somewhat familiar with STL. I lived there in 1987-88, went to alot of Cardinal games and spent quite a few late nights in the basement at Blueberry Hill in U City. Still not sure about that STL style pizza though.