SLURadioBoy

If you're not at the game and are able to listen to it on the radio, can someone possibly post updates for those of us who can't be there or listen to it. Anyone's help would be very appreciated! "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Is November 11th the first day of the fall signing period? It sounds like we'll have a great week next week! Just out of curiosity, will we have to worry about Tommie's eligibility again? I wasn't sure if you had to take the ACT if you came from a Prep school or not? "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Bernie's Pressbox Forum has their own thread about Brad's contract extension. It seems that almost everyone is excited about it, except for maybe one guy. http://forums.stltoday.com/viewtopic.php?t=209051 "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

I'm all for keeping Brad around as long as possible! I think he has done/will do great things for this University. Now if we can get Tommie and Kevin to commit next week, this will be a really exciting time to be a Billiken! "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

I also doubt that Mizzou will beat Kansas this year too. If they lost to them 3 times last year with their seniors, I doubt if they'll be able to beat them with a team that lacks experience. That's just my opinion, however. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Well first of all, it was Kansas STATE that played EA Sports, not Kansas. Second of all, I really don't care about either team. I was just wondering if there was a reason why we were playing other colleges in the exhibition season instead of "All-Star" teams? Sorry if I struck some kind of nerve with you! "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

I was sitting here at work and scrolling through the A-P wire and noticed that Kansas State beat the EA Sports All-Stars 71-59 tonight. The reason I bring this up is because I thought the NCAA made a rule saying collegiate teams couldn't play "All-Star" teams anymore and had to play other colleges now? I thought that's why we're playing UMSL and Truman State? It's not really a big deal to me, in fact, I'd rather play other colleges. I just thought it was interesting. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Well what I meant was that we'll have a lot of quality guards at SLU and they should be around for a long time. It would probably be a while till Leonard could be "the man" and I didn't know if he'd be willing to wait or not. But you're probably right, I'm sure Big Ten schools are in the same situation. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Think we're still the favorites for Jarod? I hope the acquistions of Liddell and Lisch wouldn't scare him away, thinking he would be spending a lot of time on the bench since they'd be around through his junior year. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Dang! If only I wouldn't have graduated! "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Since next year we're (hopefully) getting both Kevin and Tommie, I thought it might be fun of those who have seen both play to compare the two. Who do you think is the best overall player? Who is the more athletic? Who is the better outside shooter? Who finishes better? And so on and so forth... "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Hmmm, from what I've heard if Matt Lawrence is the second best player in the area, it sounds like the talent around Stl might be a little thin this year. Maybe Leonard will have his breakout season this year? "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Thanks Nate, I figured someone would be doing a feature on Kevin since he's possibly the best player in the area. I also assumed he'd be the favorite for Player of the Year since he's been an All-Metro first teamer twice now. Do you think he'll have any stiff competition for the award or is he hands down the best player in the area this year? "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Nate, just wondering if you (or anyone at the Post) will be doing a feature on Lisch when the high school basketball season gets underway? Shouldn't he be the favorite to win Post Player of the Year? "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Did he and Brad have their meeting yet? I don't remember hearing about it if they did. I thought it was supposed to happen around the 1st? "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

I thought he did a pretty good job on this one and didn't make us sound TOO inferior to all other schools. Actually the only thing he said was, "If Soderberg can convince the top local kids to stay home to play, he can restore the Billikens' roar." Although he forgets that we already have 4 of the top 5 players in Stl. All in all though, a pretty good article by Gordo. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

think Tommie will change his mind again and decide to come UNLV (or another school) once he goes to prep school. Check it out... http://unlv.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=107...style=2&Reset=1 "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Sorry, I didn't think using the word "boy" would be that big of a deal. After all, I'm SLURadioBoy and I'm 5 years older than Tommie. Plus I wasn't even trying to classify him as a child. It was just something I said in the excitement of the moment. It's all good though...Sorry, Lon, Ricky, and UNLV, this young man/stud/playa/balla/or any other way you descibe him is our's! "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Let me be the bearer of great news.... http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/st...ns+to+go+to+SLU Sorry Lon, Ricky, and UNLV, this boy is our's! Let's just hope he doesn't change his mind again. Welcome back Tommie! "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Can you elaborate a little for those of us who can't wait till morning? Is there new news regarding Tommie? "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Very good point Roy. Calling him a coach is giving him WAY too much credit. I sincerely apologize to all coaches everywhere, especially Brad. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Well I know Tommie's an adult and can make his own decisions, but if what p diddy says is true, I would think Tommie's parents can be more persuasive than that loser Lewis. I know that I would trust my parents more than any of my friends, and especially some sleezy AAU coach. I hope this scum won't hurt any other ball players in the future, but you know he will if he's still allowed to coach. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Well that's certainly surprising and would be a big blow to the team if it's true. I knew Verdad was good, but I didn't think we was quite that good YET. I mean, only the best of the best play professionally is Europe. If this is true, hopefully Dan can convince him to stay for a least one more year for a chance to win a National Championship. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Anyone care to predict how the team will do this year? After last year's trip to the Elite 8, I certainly don't think a trip to the Final 4 or the National Championship is out of question for this year's squad. Besides, we're due!!! "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer

Somewhat alarming/surprising news, but after reading the PD last week and knowing his relationship with Brad and Polk, I think he'll still be wearing Billiken blue next year. That's a very impressive list of schools though and it shows how good this guy is, if there were any doubts. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer