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But we all love Fordham because they bring the NY market to the A10.

Top drawer soccer ranks SLU #6 this week: https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men

SLU beat St. Joes 3-2 in 2 OT last night.

Kyle Engstler still has that post on his twitter feed as the first post, so I'm guessing he is still planning to walk on at SLU. You can check his twitter: @kyle_engstler Also, he does appear to be enrolled at SLU per SLU people finder: (Search for Kyle Engstler on this website: https://ws.slu.edu/peoplefinder/index.php )

Vote for Perkins here: https://aausullivan.secure-platform.com/a/gallery?roundId=1

As long as that assistant is better than Jim Crews...

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#WeAreAllBillikens?

Is Moberly now SLU's minor league team?

The new recruit is.... Sincere Parker! Welcome!

JORDAN NESBITT: He will easily be way better here than his limited mid-season role at Memphis. (Also, just transferring from Memphis to SLU is a step up )

Now we just have to beat UIC...

Is Jones also a legitimate ball handler? He averaged 6 assists per the article. It is good to have so many options at the point!

College sports madness ranks us 69. https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/19762 Saint Louis Billikens 2021-2022 Overall Rank: #69 Conference Rank: #4 A-10 Saint Louis Team Page Saint Louis has been a very good team over the last three years. Last year included an entire month of cancelled contests and it was tough for the Billikens to regain their form through a start and stop season. Still, Coach Travis Ford’s team went 14-6 during the regular season and earned a spot in the NIT. That was not the tournament SLU was aiming for but, all things considered, it was not a terrible way to end the campaign. 2020-21 Record: 14-7, 6-4 2020-21 Postseason: NIT Coach: Travis Ford Coach Record: 89-65 at Saint Louis, 434-322 overall Key Departed Players: Jordan Goodwin, Guard, 14.5 ppg Hasahn French, Forward, 9.2 ppg Demarius Jacobs, Guard, 4.9 ppg Jimmy Bell Jr, Forward, 1.9 ppg Key Returning Players: Javonte Perkins, Senior, Guard/Forward, 17.1 ppg Gibson Jimerson, Freshman, Guard, 7.8 ppg Marten Linssen, Junior, Forward, 5.5 ppg Fred Thatch Jr, Sophomore, Guard, 5.4 ppg Yuri Collins, Sophomore, Guard, 5.1 ppg Terrence Hargrove Jr, Sophomore, Forward, 4.2 ppg Markhi Strickland, Freshman, Guard/Forward, 2.6 ppg Andre Lorentsson, Freshman, Forward, 0.5 ppg Key New Players: Kyle Engstler, Freshman, Guard/Forward DeAndre Jones, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Central Arkansas Jordan Nesbitt, Freshman, Guard, Transfer from Memphis Francis Okoro, Junior, Forward, Transfer from Oregon Lassina Traore, Freshman, Forward Rashad Williams, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Oakland Projection: Losing the dynamic Jordan Goodwin could keep the Billikens at the NIT level. Goodwin averaged 14.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.0 steals last year. He is now with the Washington Wizards. Forward Hasahn French is also playing professionally after tallying 9.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 blocks in 2020-2021. Saint Louis does have a superstar returning though. Javonte Perkins led the team with 17.1 points per game and knocked down a team high 38 three-pointers. At least to start the season, Perkins will be asked to cover even more scoring in 2021-2022. Gibson Jimerson, Yuri Collins and Fred Thatch Jr. are all young guards with a lot of potential. Jimerson is the shooter of the bunch and Collins averaged an impressive 6.1 assists per game during his second season with the program. Marten Linssen and Terrence Hargrove are the most experienced returning frontcourt options and they will be joined by Oregon transfer Francis Okoro. Okoro was never much of a scorer during his time with the Ducks, but the two-year starter will help keep Saint Louis solid on the glass and block a shot or two as well. Coach Ford also picked up a couple new scorers for the backcourt. DeAndre Jones was a four-year starter at Central Arkansas and averaged 12.9 points and 6.0 assists during a great 2019-2020 season. In that same year, Rashad Williams averaged 19.5 points with Oakland.

College Sports Madness ranks us #69 https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/19762

SLU ranked #25 by top drawar soccer: https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men Of note (past and future opponents and A-10): Missouri State is ranked #9 SMU is ranked #13 Davidson is ranked #22 VCU is ranked #24 - Also interesting, Fordham was ranked #24 in their week 1 rankings. *** I did not realize how good the A-10 is at soccer this year.

Does Willie Reed count?

I really like Fred Thatch. Glad he is a part of Team Blue and think he is an important part of the team and can play a significant role coming off the bench, but I am not bullish on Thatch... Thatch prides himself on defense (which is a great attribute), but in my opinion, he fouls way too much to be effective. Also, he has not done near enough to prove to me that he can be a dependable offensive threat/"scorer."

My thoughts on our current schedule below. I really really like the schedule. I am all for playing other competitive mid majors especially if we can't get Power 5 conference teams to schedule us. Of note, Barrtorvik ranks below are projections for next season and KenPom ranks are from the end of last season. 11/20 vs. Mercer (Barttorvik -160, KenPom - 131) - Buy Game and hopefully easy win for the Season opener to work out any kinks - I am not opposed to an easy game to start the season 11/23 vs. Buffalo (Barrtorvik -80, Kenpom -77) - top 100 neutral site game against a very competitive non-power conference team. (Their Head Coach is Jim Whitesell). I like this game. Good winnable neutral site game. (Of course, I would love a better early season tournament....) 11/24 vs. IL State/SFA in Cancun (IL State Barrtorvik -189, Kenpom -198/SFA Barrtorvik -319, Kenpom -151) -I'm not excited about this game, especially as an early season tournament game... Both of these teams have been relevant in their conferences in recent years, but doubt they will be this year. Championship game of our early season tournament? Ugh.... Oh well... If this is the only part of the schedule I'm not excited for, I'd say it's a pretty good schedule. 11/30 at Boise State (Barrtorvik -68, Kenpom -61) - Top 100 away game against a very competitive mid major. I also really like this game. Good winnable road game. 12/22 vs. Drake in Las Vegas (Barrtorvik -60, Kenpom -55) - Top 100 game against a very competitive mid major. I also really like this game. Another Good winnable neutral site game. TBA vs. Auburn (Barrtorvik -18, Kenpom -60) - Good Power 5 conference team. Home court advantage gives us a chance. Any time we can get a potential top 25 power conference team into Chaifetz is a scheduling coup. TBA vs. UAB (Barrtorvik -87, Kenpom -102) - Good Conference USA team. Should be a top 100 team. I really like this game and think we can win. TBA vs. Boston College (Barrtorvik -136, Kenpom -148) - I know others won't be as excited as I am, but I really like this game too. Jesuit school from a Power 5 conference. Once again, any time we can get a Power 5 team into Chaifetz is a good game. TBA @ Memphis (Barrtorvik -10, Kenpom -31) - I really like this game. I think this will be our toughest game of the year. Memphis has had huge success in recent years recruiting with Coach Hardaway. I think we have a chance.

Has Jordan Goodwin officially decided not to come back? I haven't seen that anywhere yet other than this post. Source?

Maybe Russell will decommit from SEMO again and join the team as a walk-on?

LIKE: CBB: The Billikens, Butler, Kansas State, Vanderbilt, Any A10 team, Any non-conference team the bills beat that season, Any team Majerus used to coach for, Any Jesuit school including Gonzaga, Any decent mid major team. NBA: Celtics (Marcus Smart, Jayson Tatum, coached by Brad Stevens) MLB: Cardinals NFL: None NHL: Blues MLS: STL City, Atlanta United

I will miss Jacobs. Best of luck to him. I always root for Ball State. Majerus' old stomping grounds.

Anyone know what is going on with Coach Stuen? Will be praying for him and his family.

Dayton likely near the top as well with all the talent they are bringing in.