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Sorry I'm not a betting man. But great for you that you are a SPUMAC fan. I hope no one else on the team gets shot or arrested for the rest of the year.

Please go post your delusional tiger predictions at tigerboard or powermizzou

Mizzou sucks and I hate them. Most hated programs 1. Mizzou 2. Everybody else

Mizzou has really been racking up those NCAA victories lately haven't they? And MO St too. I've thought we should be playing SIUE now. They have had a much better program than UMSL. Better competition for the exhibition schedule. Every year exhibition games with one or both SIUE and Mckendree, those are the two best D-2 and NAIA schools in the area bar none.

SLU has a handful of games on TV this year. Due to the A-10's contract with CSTV SLU will never be on FSN and CSTV has to allow a game to be aired by a local affiliate like KPLR or KSDK.

We had already been eliminated.

No

Andy Strickland, on the roll home w/Bernie and Randy, after reporting that ESPN would be covering SIUC midnight madness practice and have a college gameday in Carbondale (when the salukis play Creighton) made mention of how he has been unable to get into contact with Majerus. Seems Majerus has severely limited personal appearances and interviews. Bernie said he would try to have him on the show soon. Strickland then proceeded to make some comments about the program in general, basically SLU sucks good luck Rick. This is the second sports personality after Mo Scott (I use the term sports personality loosely when referring to both of them) to question what Majerus is doing this offseason. I guess netiher of them got invites to the MAC.

That was the year before. Pretty Q chickened out playing us for Perry's senior campaign.

Completely agreed. The off topic stuff is just as bad or worse than the infighting. I hope the friday tradition never comes back.

I'm not participating in a pissing match!!!!!!!!

Several years were extremely memorable. 88-89 and 89-90 getting to go to NYC with the team as a youngster was one of best times in my life. Claggett and Highmark's jr and Sr years it was just a madhouse every game. Trip to Atlanta was fantastic. I was 18 and roadtripped down there with a bunch of buddies. Marque Perry's senior year was also great. He wasn't the best player ever, the team wasn't that great but he just willed games for us. So many times he would completely take over the game singlehandedly. Perry may be my favorite billiken ever.

Another huge story broken by Nate

Olympiakakos Eurobasket says Ian is on Ago Rethimno but I thought Olympiakakos signed him. Rethimno just moved into the upper league for this season. Their roster doesn't appear to have the starpower that some other teams in the league do. European Bball is kind of complicated. Each country has a league with different levels kind of like major and minor league baseball here. If your team excels in a lower class it can move up to the higher classes and vice versa. The top teams in each countries' league play against other countries top teams for the european championship. They also have national teams which play each other. Hellas is the name of Greece's national team. Ian is not on that team.

IT says Wisniewski scored not Patterson

Big win with 2 key guys hurt.

Agreed great work

I bet they really like it when your site gives them 2 stars instead of 5 too.

V keep posting these articles. While this is a SLU basketball forum, I think in posting local HS hoops comes a close second. Any D-1 prospect in the area is a worthy topic. Lord knows we've posted on Brandenberg ad nauseum and he never really considered us at all. SLU's best teams have always been filled with STL area players. The success of our program is really dependent on the success and development of high level players in and around STL. Local kids who are D-1 prospects will always be a pertinent topic here.

slubillikens.com Kyle Patterson took advantage of an Indiana miscue to give the Saint Louis a 2-1 victory over the Hoosiers to close out the Saint Louis/Nike Soccer Classic Saturday evening at Robert R. Hermann Stadium. The victory handed the Billikens a share of the tournament title with Creighton. Josh Aranda was named co-MVP of the tournament, while Patterson, Calum Angus and Ross Kaufman were SLU's selections onto the All-Tournament squad. "To get a win over a top 10 team like Indiana is a great result," Billiken head coach Dan Donigan. "We made one mistake, and (IU's) Brad Ring scored a beautiful goal. But I like how we bounced back and tied the game before halftime on Brian Grazier`s goal. Kyle Patterson was overpowering tonight. Indiana had possession, but he took the ball away and scored. I'm very happy and pleased with how we played." In the 26th minute, the Hoosiers struck first when Brad Ring took advantage of a SLU defensive miscue. He collected the ball from 20-yards out and launched a low drive into the left side of the Billiken net to put IU up 1-0 early. Kyle Hayes had a chance to equalize when Brandon Barklage flighted a long ball into the IU box. Hayes ran onto the ball and pushed it forward, but IU keeper Chay Cain covered up the ball to keep the Hoosiers in the lead. With three minutes left in the half, Brian Grazier scored his career goal when he tapped in a ball after a cross from Hamzagic for the equalizer. In the 60th minute, it was the Billikens turn to take advantage of a defensive miscue. Indiana turned the ball over deep in their own defensive end, then Kyle Patterson sprinted into the box and pounded home the shot to boost the Billikens to a 2-1 lead. The Hoosiers nearly tied the game midway through the second half when Kevin Noschang's long shot from the left side rang off the right SLU goal post and trickled away. IU continued to push forward in an attempt to tie the game, but the Billiken defense kept the Hoosiers off the scoreboard. Kaufman made five saves to pick up his second win of the season. Dado Hamzagic had the first good scoring chance 17 minutes into the game when he took a ball down the right side and hit the post. Patterson then collected a pass from Hamzagic and launched a shot wide right of the Indiana goal. Hamzagic had another strong scoring opportunity, but Cain stretched to his right to make the save. The Billikens improve to 2-1-2 on the season, while the Hoosiers suffer their second straight loss and drop to 3-2-1. The Billikens return to action on Sat., Sept. 22, when they travel to Peoria, Ill., to take on Bradley. ============ This is an absolutely huge victory over a real rival program who has built their program partially out of talent from the STL area.

I've been on wait with the county library for months. They called me yesterday saying it was in. I should be done with it by the end of the weekend.

Nobody hates mizzou more than I do but you have to admit Anderson is a very good coach. He got his UAB team to the sweet sixteen. Given a little more time recruiting players to a high major and playing in his system he has a chance for real success.

It would be ridiculous for Tommie to leave early to go in the second round. Unless he has an enormous season like averaging 20 ppg and leading the team deep into the tourney along with gaining about 20 lbs he has no chance of being drafted.

From what I've read KM seems to be a Marque Perry type guy. PG skills but more at home filling it up. I wouldn't mind another PG or another wing in the class. You can never have enough good guards in D-1 hoops.

Apparently. Liddell would have to have a year like Larry had to be able to come out after this year. He is a 4 year player.