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I've seen where others sites do a "guess who's birthday is today" kind of thing where they throw out random facts about a current/past player and then allow other commenters to guess using spoiler tags to not give it away to future guessers. People can even post how many facts they had to read before guessing correctly. I think this would be fun to do with Billikens and former Billikens. For today it might go something like this: Guess which former/current Billikens is celebrating their birthday today? 1. He played guard for the Billikens. 2. He was listed at 5'10" 3. His hometown is Milwaukee, WI 4. He played for the Billikens from 2009-13. 5. He went to Dominican HS where he was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Wisconsin. 6. We earned made 3 All-Atlantic 10 teams (1 2nd & 2 3rds) 7. He is 7th all time in career points for the Billikens 8. He is 3rd all time in both assists and steals 9. He wore #3 10. His name is Alternatively we could do this for famous/infamous Billikens.com posters as well.

I honestly did not even notice that when I 1st read the article a few months ago or just now when I looked it up again. Nice catch. Very ironic that an article referencing a SLU team's lack of dunking was written by someone who shares a name with one of SLU's best ever dunkers.

Obligatory link to the SI article about the 1993-94 team having only 4 dunks the entire season: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1004867/index.htm

Jerry Meyer ‏@jerrymeyer2475h Center Ben Lammers down to Georgia Tech, Marquette & Miami. @GrantMilner w the story. http://247sports.com/Article/Ben-Lammers-down-to-Georgia-Tech-Marquette-Miami-150521 … Might be time to take Lammers off the list.

This would make sense. Coach Stone has been tweeting a lot about being out recruiting.

Pistol, Prentiss Nixon's twitter handle is @AyeYooPrentiss_

Reddit's r/CollegeBasketball is doing a 150+ teams in 150+ days thing where someone does a write up on various college basketball teams including history & season outlook. SLU's is a couple of weeks old now, but I do not think it has been posted on here yet: http://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/1lg7fb/150_teams_in_150_days_saint_louis_university/ Decent write-up. Nothing earth shattering. Beware the comments section gets into the MVC debate a bit.

I should probably read Pistol's list. I guess I skimmed past that part usually just read the "updated" info and gloss over the rest. Thanks.

Any one know if this guy (also here) is related to Nai Carlisle? Seems it may be hard to lure him away from Purdue if he is.

Not sure who they were looking at, but I saw this on twitter: Derek Thomas ‏@coachDThomas841h Marian HS.(Mi). Had Saint Louis at our workout today.

GoldandBlack.com ‏@GoldandBlackcom17 Sep Saint Louis assistant coach Calbert Cheaney here at West Lafayette HS checking in on 2016 G Nai Carlisle in open gym.

Corey Evans ‏@coreyevans_1041m Josh Speidel has been seen by UIC, NIU, South Alabama, NKU, Saint Louis, IUPUI, Lehigh, SIUE, Lipscomb, & Wright State over the past 2 weeks

SpieceIndyHeat2015 ‏@IndyHeat201516 Sep Purdue and Saint Louis were in to Zionsville junior Derrik Smits today. @SmitsDerrik Butler and Clemson tomorrow.

Another name to add to the 2016 list: Cordell Pemsl Iowa Elites ‏@IowaElites1 Sep Purdue, Wichita St, Stanford, Wisconsin, Butler, VA, UNI, IA, St Louis, & Creighton are all in contact with 2016 super sophomore @c_pemsl40

Bringing this thread back from the dead to link this: Report: Illinois State's Daishon Knight suspended indefinitely I am sure glad he didn't wind up at SLU. Thank heavens for the slutty co-eds that lured him to Illinois State.

Yeah, I don't get the logic of putting it on Halloween night. I know it is only an exhibition game, but I would expect attendance to be very poor. There are too many other things going on (kids trick-or-treating, folks staying home to pass out candy, various other halloween related parties, etc.)

Sounds like Crews is getting some real studs in the classroom. As you say Gillmann is a great student and reports are that Bartley is also strong academically. I haven't heard anything specifically about Roby. In terms of the 2013 guys, reports are that Crawford is very smart, too.

Just saw this on the twitters. Soccer related, so I'll put it in this thread. Don't know anything about Geerling. CBC Soccer ‏@CBC_Soccer17h Senior captain David Geerling has committed to play ball next year at St. Louis University. Hard work pays off #Billikens

I finally made it through the 2nd 1/2 of segment 2 and segment 3. A few more notes: -Ugh. They ended it by playing a clip of Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus -I would really recommend listening to the interview with Jake Barnett (segment 2). It is the best part of the podcast by far. -The interview with Bob Ramsey (segment 3) is also good, but gets cut short because of technical issues. -They noted towards the end that there will be a fan event in October closer to when the season starts. They said it would not be a scrimmage like last year, but didn't have any details. -Hanchen also clarifies that he meant it will be the 1st time regular ESPN "the mothership" is at Chaifetz.

It seems the comparison is based mostly on looks. Bartley is a lighter-skinned black PG who is tall and has a slender frame similar to MCW. I've seen Jayson Tatum comparted to MCW in the same way. IMO the Tatum/MCW comparison is way off as well. Tatum has potential to be bigger and better than MCW with a better shot as well.

I doubt Ben has any direct control over the subscription payments. That is probably controlled by the Scout.com network rather than the writers for the individual sites. He might be able to tell you who to contact though.

I heard 160 somewhere else and that seems more reasonable. He does look pretty slender, but I would expect him to fill out.

They DIDN'T mean College BB Today pregame show. It wasn't clear if they were talking about the first "ESPN/ESPN2" game at Chaifetz or simply forgot about the ESPNU Dayton game. The comment did sound like it was off the top of their heads and not researched. Either way 1st game on ESPN/ESPN2 is a big deal because everyone has those stations while not many get ESPNU.

Nope. At the beginning of segment 2, he mentions that the intro they are using is from a Mizzou Podcast he used to do, but they are going to get a new intro and then he says the name of the Podcast "Full Court Press" is the old name from the Mizzou Podcast because it was when Anderson was coach.

So Roy, does Bartley being from Decatur, IL make him "local"? Lol. I'm very excited about Bartley. Crews is doing a heck of a job recruiting.