The House That Rick Built

Already have a new one in the works. Stay posted.

We are back. Episode 29, with Anthony Drejaj is out now. Check it out down below! iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-house-that-rick-built/id1450098755#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.spreaker.com%2Fepisode%2F17835998 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/74kbaFRq8Wh2654BkZnUvB?si=-IEvGUn8QEeNJcuZALhqqw Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/show/3301391/episodes/feed Make sure to rate and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Thank you to everyone for your continued support of The House That Rick Built.

New Article from @Pistol out now: https://www.bigredworld.org/post/slu-in-the-hunt-for-grad-transfer-bigs

Coming Sunday, our interview with former Billiken Anthony Drejaj.

Announcement number two for the day: @Pistol has joined us to write about the recruiting side of SLU basketball. We are excited to have him join us, and his first article about new recruit Mike Lewis out now. https://www.bigredworld.org/post/mike-lewis-ii-transfers-to-slu

We waited on posting this due to the busy day in sports and television, but now it is here: Cody Ellis Part Two - Strong Language Present iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-house-that-rick-built/id1450098755#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.spreaker.com%2Fepisode%2F17643574 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/3sJBCZlIniQxcN6qu0XtU4?si=fsBKBXqoQnOQWRqudWnOBQ Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17643574 Big news coming sometime tomorrow, and more announcements hopefully on the way eventually.

Episode 22: Sit down with 3 Bid League's Tyler Cronin to talk about - 3 X 3 U tournament - League wide turmoil iTunes: https://https://t.co/S7EWSr6uHp Spotify: https://https://t.co/2Lzy9x8b6X Spreaker: https://www.https://t.co/vU2sgUOs6P

Photo or it didn't happen.

Here's some random after season thoughts from me (Collin) with some quotes from Zac about the Billikens and the importance of Travis Ford to this program in a league full of change. View down below: "We will have frustration next year, there is no doubt about that. We will have learning curves to get past, as every team does. But under the leadership of Travis Ford, we hopefully won't have a problem buying in to the program and the university, but most importantly the team." https://www.bigredworld.org/post/billikens-buck-the-2019-off-season-trend

Plan yourself another trip and get ready for part two next Sunday!

Cody Ellis Interview: Part One iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cody-ellis-interview-part-one/id1450098755?i=1000434321817&mt=2 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/3efngUn9mWqH9B17SEeP1K?si=5vvrI8EETTSuvD_81eR7bg Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17558544 In order to provide a genuine account of some stories in the Billiken experience we recount, we encourage our guests to be honest and be themselves in a matter that is authentic. In that spirit, some strong language was used during both parts of this podcast, and so we put the explicit label on these two episodes. Part two out next Sunday. Thanks for following guys.

Thank you for listening. Don't forget the Cody Ellis interview comes out tomorrow. Part One. Definitely don't want to miss this there are some really great stories in this.

I think you will be pleased with the Drejaj Interview. Another interview ran 2 hours plus. High quality content.

Episode 21: Season Recap, with Rammer and @Pistol - Recap the season with Rammer - Talk recruiting class with @Pistol This is a long one, about 2 hours. Thank you to everyone who has been following, Cody Ellis interview part one is on Sunday. iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-house-that-rick-built/id1450098755?mt=2&i=1000434002275 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/6aYfxFrBJZxamvoRKtc5j2?si=vys0F-aCRWWBMFAouyzHbQ Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17515754

Episode 20: - Virginia Tech Recap - Quick End of Season thoughts - Baseball/Softball We have an in-depth season recap on the way. Cody Ellis interview Part One drops April 7th. Part Two Drops April 14th. iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-house-that-rick-built/id1450098755?mt=2&i=1000433631036 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UZcaeESvylYTRVBWQWRYB?si=C8jVe2SCREuPmTbWkpd9HQ Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17460140

I'll be doing some video from the watch party as well. Anything that either of us records will come out in some video form after the fact. It may not be a "vlog" but it will be close.

Round of 62 Episode: - Preview Virginia Tech - Interview Ross Chaifetz - Interview SLUnatics Matt Mosley and Andrew Rettig - Talk with Bo Pamatot about the trip to Brooklyn If you are in St. Louis, or watching from home, Collin will be running a live show pregame starting around 8 PM from the Fieldhouse in St. Louis, so check that out as well. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-house-that-rick-built/id1450098755?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TeWk6Pu77WQNAaNr58Y3y?si=b-BKrAH_R6eB9Frf1_-9vw Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17400031

A10 Champions Episode: - Recap the Tournament - Zac's trip to Brooklyn Sunday - Quick Preview of Virginia Tech iTunes, Spotify, Spreaker

Episode 19: Zac Miller sits down with Jack Godar to preview the A10 tournament. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-house-that-rick-built/id1450098755?mt=2 Spotify : Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17311703

It's definitely a good thing I have a post limit still.

Ya I see my stupidity in the joke now. Still think the bulk of what I said stands. Irregardless, we have to find a guy who's willing to listen to us, and come play for us. There are some great JUCO transfers out there, but some of them wouldn't give us the time of the day, and so we would be wasting time on them when we could be spending time on young guys willing to commit to the program for 4 years. Thats all that I was really trying to get at, misread it as you saying you wanted us to go after Zion in a sarcastic tone. Village idiot for the day.

Next interview on the way with Cody Ellis. To try and simplify this for ourselves, we have set up a google doc for submissions. Name is optional, its only if you would like a shout out for your question. Thank you guys for following along. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_2HV767ukFs_4cQpMw_y_KlztbFi82WPxqOdXkNzhKxSHIA/viewform

Interesting thing with this conversation about recruiting is the fact that I've always heard people speak on Travis Ford as a great recruiter, so why couldn't he recruit some big transfer names. And while I think we could all agree he has gotten some good transfers, I bet we would love to see another upperclassmen come in to solidify our roster along with adding depth so we can stop talking about SLU being short handed every year. Are we expecting too much out of Travis Ford? Is he underperforming? Have to again remember Bess, Foreman, and Isabell all were transfers who turned out to be great, or at least Bess and Isabell of late have been great. Where would you guys rate Travis Ford's recruiting thus far in his tenure with SLU?

I would say it's pretty unreasonable to use Zion Williamson as your example to begin this. Had you said someone like Isabell which came up later, I would consider that a reasonably high expectation. Saying we should want to get Zion is just ludicrous, not because we wouldn't love to have him, but because we'd rather build a team of 4 year guys that develop into great players because they would actually take our call. The issue with looking for these transfers and the high level players that you are talking about is the possibility that you overlook or undervalue guys who can develop into good/great players.

Here's some more on Perkins if you are interested: https://www.ksdk.com/video/sports/swics-javonte-perkins-getting-big-time-attention/63-ed2eebf9-58fb-4e4b-af17-166238ea1038