Recruiting - 2014

[JMM28]

Boston sucks. Boston weak.

[moytoy12]

This Boston discussion is fascinating.

[Pistol]

Updated. 4 spots remain (1 2013, 3 2014) after the Roby and Gillmann commitments. As always, updates on all names are appreciated.

2014 Offer List:

Ore Arogundade: St. Viator, Arlington Heights, IL - SG: 6-3, 180. Offers: SLU, Creighton, SIUC, Murray State, Drake, Santa Clara, Loyola-Chicago, San Jose State, Wright State, Toledo, Northern Illinois, San Francisco, Utah State. Interest: DePaul, Xavier, Temple, LaSalle, Texas Tech, Wichita State, Missouri State, Oregon State. Latest (6/15): Arogundade vistied Drake and SLU. Previous: Arogundade said Murray State, St. Louis, Santa Clara, and Drake are strong right now. Texas Tech, Xavier, Temple and LaSalle are also looking. Twitter: @OreAro_23

Darius Austin: Cahokia HS, Cahokia, IL - SF: 6-6, 200. Offers: SLU, DePaul, Indiana State, SIUE, UMKC. Interest: Xavier, Indiana, Illinois, Mizzou, Michigan, Michigan State, Cincinnati, Iowa, Oregon State, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Murray State. Latest (7/5): Austin is working with a personal trainer to recover from an ankle injury that kept him sidelined in April and May and will be playing with the Illinois Wolves for the July evaluation period. DePaul seems to be his frontrunner of those that have offered and Oregon State is recruiting the hardest from the interest list. He wants to decide before his senior year starts. Previous: Austin visited Murray State at the end of June. According to IL Prep Bullseye, Austin is their pick for a mid-late summer high-major break-out recruit. He tore it up at the DePaul Team Camp and may have been the best player in the thing. Twitter: @DariusAustin23

Larry Austin, Jr.: Lanphier, Springfield, IL - PG: 6-1, 165. Offers: SLU, Mizzou, Illinois, DePaul, Memphis, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Wake Forest, Iowa, Florida State, Mississippi State, Bradley, SMU, Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Interest: Butler, Ohio State, Tennessee, Stanford, West Virginia, Harvard. Latest (6/5): Austin says that out of all the schools on his offer list, Oklahoma State is probably the one recruiting him the hardest. Twitter: @_LarryAustin2_

Jordan Barnett: CBC, St. Louis, MO - SF: 6-7, 185. Offers: SLU, Mizzou, Butler, Purdue, Florida, Michigan State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Iowa State, Stanford, Harvard. Interest: UNC, SIUC. Latest (5/22): Barnett mentioned that UNC had shown interest and been in contact several times. On 5/22, UNC got a commitment from 5-star SF Theo Pinson, which may lead them to back off Barnett. Previous: SLU and St. Louis Eagles alum Larry Hughes spoke to Barnett's Eagles team after a loss in Dallas on 5/16. Twitter: @JBounce33

J.P. Macura: Lakeville North, Lakeville, MN - SG: 6-5, 185. Offers: SLU, Dayton, Butler, Xavier, Creighton, Miami, NC State, Boston College, Iowa State, Kansas State, Florida State, Drake, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Vermont, South Dakota, South Dakota State, New Mexico State, Utah State, Toledo, Wyoming, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Nebraska-Omaha. Interest: Indiana, Wisconsin, Purdue, Iowa, Minnesota, Providence, Penn State. Latest (7/11): Macura picked up offers from Miami and NC State. Previous: Macura made an official visit to Butler and shortly thereafter was shocked by Brad Stevens' decision to leave the school, which was one of his leaders. Since then, he has been contacted by Minnesota, Miami, Purdue, and Penn State. Showing an elite three-point shooting ability, Macura has had a couple huge AAU tournaments (including the recent adidas VIP Exclusive Run) and is hitting the radar of Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC schools. He is looking for a school with a "family atmosphere." He is up to #89 in Scout's 2014 rankings. Twitter: @jpmacura

Kelan Martin: Ballard, Louisville, KY - SF: 6-6, 210. Offers: SLU, Butler, Xavier, Providence, Texas Tech, New Mexico, Indiana State, Ohio, Western Kentucky, IUPUI, UMKC. Interest: Creighton, Mizzou, Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota, LSU, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Boston College, Tulsa, Southern Miss. Latest (7/18): Martin picked up an offer from Butler. Previous: Martin picked up recent offers from SLU, Xavier, and Texas Tech. He said this about Butler: "I like their program and I think I'm a good fit for their school." Martin has had an impressive spring on the AAU circuit and the offers are starting to roll in. He has no top 5, though many presume Butler is the favorite at this point.

Logan McLane: Greenfield School, Wilson, NC - PF: 6-8, 210. Offers: SLU, Seton Hall, Miami-Ohio, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Greensboro, Buffalo, Winthrop, Mercer, High Point. Latest (6/19): McLane is currently recovering from a torn ACL, which is why higher-level schools have not offered, but he aims to be ready for an AAU event in July. He just visited Miami-Ohio. Previous: McLane gives some reasons why he likes his current list of offers. Twitter: @LMcLane4

Mack Mercer: Plymouth, Plymouth, IN - PF: 6-9, 210. Offers: SLU, Boston College, Miami (Ohio), Indiana State, Illinois State, Kent State, Belmont, Loyola-Chicago, Valpo, Rice, Ball State, Vermont, William & Mary. Interest: Butler, Xavier, Mizzou, Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, Notre Dame, Clemson, Mississippi State, Northwestern. Latest (7/19): Jim Crews went out to see Mercer play this week. Iowa and Belmont were also in the house watching him. Previous: Mercer picked up an offer from SLU. Prior to that, Mercer's most recent official visit was to Boston College. He previously called Boston College, Indiana State, and Belmont his top three, but hinted that he might be expanding that "top" list now that some Big Ten schools and others have shown increased interest. Twitter: @MackMercer

Shavar Newkirk: Cardinal Hayes, Bronx, NY - PG: 6-0, 175. Offers: SLU, UMass, St. Joe's, Providence, Seton Hall, Iowa State, Georgia, Manhattan, Hofstra, Iona, Towson, Florida International, Middle Tennessee State. Interest: Rhode Island, Dayton, Xavier, Temple, St. John's, Kansas, Syracuse, Stanford, Minnesota, Rutgers, Miami, Clemson, Yale, Fairfield. Latest (7/15): Newkirk picked up a SLU offer. He already had several, primarily from Northeastern schools, that piled up over the course of his junior season. He does not have a favorite, nor has he narrowed his list, though he hopes to have a top 5 by the beginning of his senior year.

Ikenna Okwarabizie: St. Louis Christian, St. Louis, MO - C: 6-10, 240. Offers: SLU, Illinois State, Southern Miss, SIUE. Interest: Rutgers, Marquette, Oklahoma, Tennessee, LSU, Auburn, Rice. Latest (7/15): Okwarabizie picked up offers from SLU and Illinois State. Previous: Okwarabizie is just starting to emerge this spring and picked up his first offer from Southern Miss. He is drawing "serious attention" from SLU and Rutgers and visited Illinois State. He is playing with the St. Louis Eagles on the AAU circuit this summer. He is not a major contributor at this point but has tremendous size and potential. Twitter: @iykerulez1

Sean O’Mara: Benet Academy, Lisle, IL - C: 6-9, 240. Offers: SLU, Illinois, DePaul, Marquette, Xavier, Dayton, LaSalle, Boston College, Virginia, Iowa State, Georgia Tech, SIUC, SIUE, Loyola-Chicago, UIC, Oakland, Lehigh, Columbia, Ball State, Eastern Michigan. Interest: Michigan, Notre Dame, Purdue, Iowa, Wisconsin, Northwestern. Latest (5/21): Considered one of the best centers in the Midwest, O'Mara is in the belly of the Big Ten and has their attention. He was dominant in an AAU Tournament in April. Offers are starting to cascade in. Twitter: @S3AN_54

Avery Patterson: Wheeler, Decatur, GA - PG: 6-1, 175. Offers: SLU, Richmond, Butler, Boston College, Kansas State, Central Florida, Murray State, Western Kentucky, Boston. Interest: UAB. Latest (7/16): Patterson was low on offers until this past weekend, when a slew of new ones came in from SLU, Richmond, Butler, BC, KSU, UCF, Murray State, and WKU. Most of those schools had already been in contact. He's a left-handed PG with a strong frame and very long range on his jumper. Has also drawn a lot of scouting attention for his leadership and control; a pure PG who gets it done at both ends. Twitter: @Showtime_AP

Jalyn Patterson: Montverde Academy, Alpharetta, GA - PG: 5-11, 170. Offers: SLU, George Mason, Minnesota, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Georgia, Texas A&M, Tulane, Georgia State. Interest: Houston, Tennessee, Florida State, South Carolina, Charleston, Tennessee Tech, Georgia Southern, Tennessee State, Kennesaw State. Latest (7/17): Patterson picked up offers from SLU and Tulane. Previous: Of the three schools recruiting him hardest lately, he says, “I am planning on trying to get out to St. Louis and George Mason and probably Houston,” he said. “I am still thinking about other schools and choosing which schools I would like to visit but those are three that I am definitely hoping to get to.” Twitter: @jalynpatterson

Quadree Smith: Paul VI, Fairfax, VA - PF: 6-7, 290. Offers: SLU, St. Joe's, George Mason Nebraska, Tennessee, Tulsa, Kent State, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida International, Drexel, Siena, Fairfield, Rider, Radford, Quinnipiac, UNC-Greensboro, Kennesaw State. Interest: Xavier, Virginia, Albany. Latest (7/2): Smith picked up offers from SLU and Florida Gulf Coast. No, the "290" is not a typo. He's a man mountain of Bill Brasky proportions. He was not allowed to play pee wee football because of his size so he picked up hoops instead. He transferred into Paul VI at over 300 lbs, but the school has a good strength and conditioning coach working with him. He's billed as a relentless worker. He averaged 9 PPG and 13 RPG his junior season and was a key factor in a double overtime win over Oak Hill (13 and 19, with 2 free throws to seal it). Twitter: @Dont_Hate_Q

Delshon Strickland: Holy Angels, Minneapolis, MN - SG: 6-4, 180. Offers: SLU, Richmond, Rhode Island, Virginia Tech, Missouri State, Drake, Toledo, Lehigh, Vermont, North Dakota, Northern Colorado, Hampton. Interest: Butler, Gonzaga, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Iowa State, Northwestern, Florida State, Washington State, Northern Iowa, Utah State. Latest (6/28): Strickland has picked up a SLU offer, one week after receiving one from Missouri State and two weeks after Virginia Tech. Twitter: Delshon_11

Andre Walker: Bullis School, Clarksville, MD - C: 6-10, 210. Offers: SLU, VCU, Xavier, DePaul, Cincinnati, Temple, UMass, George Mason, SMU, Fairfield, Delaware. Interest: Georgetown, Indiana, Kansas, NC State, Maryland, Miami. Latest (6/6): Walker now has offers from VCU and DePaul. Previous: This guy is hard to Google. Xavier recently had a player by the same name, and there's another HS recruit with the same name. He wears rec specs. Twitter: @Andre_Walker21

Hunter Ware: North Cobb Christian, Kennesaw, GA - PG: 6-2, 165. Offers: SLU, Murray State, Cornell, Brown, Tennessee Tech, Jacksonville, Gardner-Webb, Appalachian State, Stetson, Radford, Middle Tennessee, Georgia Southern. Interest: Mizzou, Butler, Charleston, Charlotte, UAB, Nevada, Buffalo, Charleston Southern. Latest (6/19): Interesting offer list. I guess we're in early on a guy we think has more potential than shows with his current list, and I'm guessing he's also a pretty solid student with two Ivy Leage offers. He's considered one of the fastest-rising players in the state of Georgia's class of 2014. On The Radar Hoops says: "Hunter showcases a great change of speed and high basketball IQ, he constantly gets a piece of the paint and pushes the tempo off the rebound. He fills the middle and goes until he is stopped either scoring or dishing off the ball for the easy basket for his teammates." But this is my favorite profile of him. Twitter: @Hunter_Ware1

Thomas Welsh: Loyola, Los Angeles, CA - C: 7-0, 245. Offers: SLU, UCLA, Gonzaga, California, USC, Arizona State, Rice, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Pacific, Portland. Interest: Arizona, Colorado, Wake Forest, Brown, UC-Santa Barbara. Latest (7/5): Welsh picked up a UCLA offer from Steve Alford. Previous: SLU is said to be one of Welsh's early offers, which is interesting, given that he's a Southern California kid with otherwise exclusively West Coast offers. Welsh has spoken with Andy Enfield at USC quite a bit. He just recently visited Cal. He played very well at the recent Pangos All-American Camp and is now ranked #75 in Scout's 2014 rankings.

2014 Interest List:

Marcus Bartley: MacArthur, Decatur, IL - PG: 6-2, 175. Offers: Oklahoma State, SIUC, Bradley, Northwestern, Illinois State, Eastern Illinois, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Tennessee-Martin, Southeastern Louisiana, William & Mary. Interest: SLU, Mizzou, Iowa, Georgetown, Harvard, Tennessee. Latest (5/21): Northwestern is recruiting him very hard. Oklahoma State is the biggest program to offer so far but he may be on the cusp of a few more. Twitter: @MB3_Dreamville

Aaron Brennan: Guerin Catholic, Noblesville, IN - PF: 6-6, 200. Offers: Indiana State, Loyola-Chicago, Belmont, Cornell, Columbia, Toledo, IUPUI, UNC-Greensboro. Interest, SLU, Butler, Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa, Wright State. Latest (7/11): Brennan contracted foot-in-mouth disease last June and was quarantined for the rest of that month. He had a rough AAU season the rest of last summer after returning, sluggish from lingering effects. Several Big Ten schools have shown interest but, according to Brennan, want to see if he grows more. He just made an unofficial visit to Toledo in late June and has also visited Butler, Loyola-Chicago, and Indiana State. Twitter: @Aaron_Brennan_

Brandon Cheeks: Meadowbrook, Richmond, VA - SG: 6-1, 190. Offers: None. Interest: SLU, George Mason, Delaware, Radford. Latest (7/2): Seems to be considered a lower-tier D-I recruit at this point.

Josh Cunningham: Morgan Park, Chicago, IL - SF: 6-7, 195. Offers: Mizzou, Oklahoma, Iowa, DePaul, Nebraska, South Carolina, UMass, Bradley, Northern Illinois. Interest: SLU, Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota, Illinois State, UIC. Latest (5/21): Cunningham opened some eyes at the recent Nike EYBL in Hampton, Virginia when he filled in for an injured 5-star player. He's said to be a gamer with explosive leaping ability and a nice 3-point stroke. Twitter: @JoshMCunningham

Mory Diane: Detroit Country Day, Franklin, MI - SG: 6-3, 170. Offers: Detroit, Kent State, Indiana State, Toledo, Northern Illinois, Eastern Michigan, Central Connecticut. Interest: SLU, Xavier, Butler, DePaul, Michigan State, Iowa, Iowa State, Texas Tech, Ohio, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, IPFW, Robert Morris, Buffalo. Latest (7/2): Diane hopes to have his list down to 5 by the end of July or possibly just before school starts in late August. He expects a few more offers to come in by then. Billed as a strong perimeter and mid-range scorer, solid defender, and natural shooting guard with PG skills if necessary. Twitter: MDiane_20

Jacob Hammond: Home School United Prep, Oklahoma City, OK - C: 6-10, 240. Offers: Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Nebraska. Interest: SLU, Indiana, UCLA, Mizzou, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Wake Forest, Creighton, Wichita State, TCU, Tulsa, Loyola-Marymount, Navy. Latest (6/25): Hammond previously committed to Oklahoma but recently backed out. He reportedly played very well at the Pangos Camp. He has played his three years of HS basketball at three different schools in Oklahoma and Kansas. Twitter: @J_ham_24

Avery Johnson, Jr.: Cooper, The Woodlands, TX - PG: 5-9, 173. Interest: SLU, LaSalle, Baylor, LSU, Rutgers, Florida State, Rice, Charleston, Santa Clara, Bucknell, Columbia. Latest (7/2): LaSalle has contacted him. Previous: Johnson has visited SLU but called Baylor his leader at one point. He now says Baylor, SLU, and LSU are recruiting hardest. He has only visited Baylor and SLU so far. The son of former NBA player and coach Avery Johnson, he recently made headlines when he Tweeted taunts at the Nets after losing to the Bulls in the playoffs (his dad coached the Nets before being fired).Twitter: @itsaveryjohnson

Bryant McIntosh: Greensburg, Greensburg, IN - PG: 6-4, 175. Offers: Rhode Island, Davidson, Creighton, Mizzou, Memphis, Iowa, Northwestern, Clemson, Florida State, Auburn, Indiana State, Bradley. Interest: SLU, Indiana, Michigan, Purdue, Xavier, Wake Forest. Latest (7/16): Northwestern and Creighton are the latest offers for McIntosh, who was also recently contacted by SLU, Dayton, Wake Forest, Xavier, and others. He was a former ESPN 60 name who faded, committed to Illinois State, decommitted in early July, and has since drawn attention (and offers) from top programs again after a couple big AAU weekends. He's considered a high-level shooter who may play more of a shooting guard in college. Twitter: @BryantMac30

Austin Pope: ?, Los Angeles, CA - PG: 6-6, 200. Offers: St. Bonaventure, Cincinnati, Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon State, Washington State, New Mexico, UC-Irvine. Interest: SLU, Marquette, Georgetown, USC, UCLA, California, UNLV, Texas, UConn, San Diego State. Latest (7/15): Pope appears to know Austin McBroom. He has had an interesting path, having committed to Louisville at one point, then Colorado, but both schools wanted to redshirt him for a season and he didn't want to sit. The reasons for the redshirt are unclear, as he was a very highly rated PG out of prep school (class of 2013), with offers from those schools, Baylor, Oregon, Gonzaga, and more. Once UL and CU were out, he made it sound like UCLA was leading the way. Since then, more have gotten involved. He's quite a talent, but after all the bouncing around and reclassifying, there must be some academic-related baggage here. Twitter: ThePope_LOE

Darreon Reddick: Belleville East, Belleville, IL - PG: 6-3, 200. Offers: DePaul, Valpo, Missouri State, Detroit, Toledo, Indiana State, IUPUI. Interest: SLU, Mizzou, Butler, Michigan, Xavier, Tennessee, Iowa, SIUC. Latest (5/21): Reddick visited Valpo with C.J. Rivers and both picked up offers. Twitter: @_14Reddick

C.J. Rivers: Cahokia, Cahokia, IL - PG: 6-2, 180. Offers: SIUC, SIUE, Miami-Ohio, Valpo, Toledo, Cornell, Brown, UIC, Wright State, Northern Kentucky. Interest: SLU, Illinois, Mizzou, Xavier, Tennessee, Drake. Latest (5/22): Rivers will visit Drake on June 12. Previous: Rivers visited Valpo with Reddick and both picked up offers. Rivers has visited SLU already. Twitter: @Cj_Rivers05

Marial Shayok: Blair Academy, Blairstown, NJ - SF: 6-6, 205. Offers: Marquette, Villanova, Seton Hall, Providence, LaSalle, Cincinnati, Boston College, Minnesota, Rutgers, Kansas State, West Virginia, Texas A&M, Georgia. Interest: SLU, VCU, Dayton, Illinois, Purdue, Gonzaga. Latest (7/8): Shayok picked up a Marquette offer. Previous: In early June, Shayok listed West Virginia, Providence, Boston College, VCU, Cincinnati, and SLU as the schools recruiting him the hardest. He said Minnesota, Rutgers, Kansas State, Seton Hall, and Villanova are also in the mix. He has not decided on any visits yet and doesn't plan to do so until August. He is considered one of the most athletic wings in the class of 2014. He's from a big-time basketball family: His father played at Dayton, his sister plays at Detroit, and his brother just transferred to UMKC from Bradley. Twitter: ToOffical_11

Tarin Smith: St. Anthony's, Jersey City, NJ - PG: 6-0, 175. Offers: LaSalle, St. Joe's, UMass, Penn, Princeton, Brown, Bucknell, Detroit, Holy Cross, Delaware, Quinnipiac, Wagner, Stony Brook, Buffalo. Interest: SLU, Creighton, Boston College, SMU. Latest (7/18): Smith is the starting point guard at NJ powerhouse St. Anthony's, whose past point guards include Bobby Hurley, Tyshawn Taylor, Tray Woodall, and recent Temple addition Josh Brown. He says St. Joe's, Bucknell, Stony Brook, Princeton, and Penn have been in contact the most and that SLU, SMU, Creighton, and Boston College have all contacted him to let him know they're coming out to watch him this July. St. Joe's has had a few recent St. Anthony's grads, including Ahmad Nivins and Dwayne Lee. (There is also a 2016 recruit from McCluer North by the same name.)

Dmitri Thompson: Orlando Christian, Orlando, FL - SG: 6-4, 195. Offers: Purdue, Miami, Oklahoma State, Mississippi, Georgia, South Florida, Central Florida, Murray State, Georgia Southern. Interest: SLU, Georgetown, Butler, Kansas State, Virginia, Alabama. Latest (7/18): Thompson and teammate Adonys Henriquez had publicly mentioned the possibility of being recruited as a package deal, but Henriquez committed to Miami this past fall, while Thompson continues to explore his options. The two have won a state championship together already and expectations are high for their senior season. Twitter: @BigMeech_2014

[Quality Is Job 1]

Oh, I don't know. When Jason Sutherland and Derek Grimm were Tigers, I didn't really like them, even though I was a Tigers fan. I wasn't necessarily glad to have them. I felt they were dirty;

What? You have a problem with my reasoning? Or was it my writing? Even though I was a fan of the team, I didn't like players I felt were dirty. If I felt any SLU players were dirty, I'd dislike them, too, but I don't feel Conklin and Ellis were dirty.

[Cowboy]

-Pistol, remind me next time Steve does a fund raiser to kick in a few more dollars in recognition of your fine work on keeping track of recruiting, thank you

[Old guy]

Me too Pistol I will be happy to contribute as well in recognition of all you do to keep track of recruits.

[Pistol]

-Pistol, remind me next time Steve does a fund raiser to kick in a few more dollars in recognition of your fine work on keeping track of recruiting, thank you

I'll just go ahead and give you my PayPal account.

Just kidding, Steve. I'm pitching in next time around, too.

And really all I'm doing is aggregating a list so we have an easy visual with which to keep track of our recruits. A lot of people around these parts are doing just as much legwork by keeping an eye on Twitter and such.

[Westy03]

What? You have a problem with my reasoning? Or was it my writing? Even though I was a fan of the team, I didn't like players I felt were dirty. If I felt any SLU players were dirty, I'd dislike them, too, but I don't feel Conklin and Ellis were dirty.

Was just a little confused. Did you go to billikens.com instead of tigerboard.com?

[NH]

Just an idea but would it be at all possible to sticky a list of the 2014 recruits and for pistol to just continue editing that one list?

[NextYearBill]

Ellis wasnt dirty. Conklin most certainly was. If you just focused on Brian for a few plays you could see a lot of school yard bullying going on behind the scenes. I asked him in Columbus if he does that stuff to get in his opponents head...... his response, "im an angel" with a smile

[Quality Is Job 1]

Was just a little confused. Did you go to billikens.com instead of tigerboard.com?

Are you still confused? There has been discussion in this thread comparing Brian Conklin to Bobby Brannen (or however it's spelled), implying that Conklin -- and Ellis, too -- might be considered dirty players, yet while opposing fans might hate them, fans of that team love them. Well, having no examples in mind of dirty SLU players that I disliked, I turned to examples of Missouri players I disliked, since that's my other team. Since the discussion was happening here at Billikens.com, not at Tigerboard, I had no reason to post this there. And I'm sure I would have met with a mountain more of vehemence there than here.

[kwyjibo]

BC is in Newton, Mass. Not Boston.

Parts of the BC campus are in three cities (including Boston and Newton). Well the third one is officially a town.

[ACE]

Was just a little confused. Did you go to billikens.com instead of tigerboard.com?

Just steer clear of saying SPUMAC and you will be fine I agree with roy on this one. No doubt that if Conklin and Ellis played on conference rival teams, we would have hated them... but sure glad they were Billikens.

[Quality Is Job 1]

Just steer clear of saying SPUMAC and you will be fine

Grrr! (j/k)

If you look at Tigerboard, they seem still to be scandal-plagued, what with their cries to "free Frank Haith," based on the investigation of Miami, even though it has nothing to do with Mizzou.

[For-DaLove]

Grrr! (j/k)

If you look at Tigerboard, they seem still to be scandal-plagued, what with their cries to "free Frank Haith," based on the investigation of Miami, even though it has nothing to do with Mizzou.

Except it DOES have to do with you guys considering you hired that piece of scum (who can't coach, btw) as your head coach.

And to not get too far off topic, Conk and Cody were both what I would call a dirty player. And we needed both of them to be like that.

[TheChosenOne]

And to not get too far off topic, Conk and Cody were both what I would call a dirty player. And we needed both of them to be like that.

I think Conklin was definitely a dirty player and I think it was a huge benefit to the team. He was able to take some quality bigs out of their game by pushing them around a bit. I am not sure what to call Ellis, he was certainly a flopper and got away with it, kind of like some of the euros in the NBA. I personally did not care for the way Cody played the game. I cringe when I see basketball players flop like they got shot by a cannon

[slu72]

For B'Roy comparing Brannen to BC is like comparing Jack the Ripper to Mother Theresa. Isn't Brannen doing time for some kind of scam? BC was physical but he wasn't dirty. Of course those UW fans night disagree but that kid should have been watching where he was going. If I drive my Subaru into a parked semi, it's my fault not the trucker's.

[slu72]

I think Conklin was definitely a dirty player and I think it was a huge benefit to the team. He was able to take some quality bigs out of their game by pushing them around a bit. I am not sure what to call Ellis, he was certainly a flopper and got away with it, kind of like some of the euros in the NBA. I personally did not care for the way Cody played the game. I cringe when I see basketball players flop like they got shot by a cannon

Ban this poster. He's chosen to bash two Billiken immortals.

[Quality Is Job 1]

Except it DOES have to do with you guys considering you hired that piece of scum (who can't coach, btw) as your head coach.

And to not get too far off topic, Conk and Cody were both what I would call a dirty player. And we needed both of them to be like that.

Me and us guys? Really? Let the record show that, just as I don't write "we" or "us" to refer to SLU, I don't write "we" or "us" to refer to Mizzou. Be fair.

[TheChosenOne]

Ban this poster. He's chosen to bash two Billiken immortals.

The only negative thing I said was that I personally did not care for Cody's flopping. I loved what Conklin brought to the team and hope some of the young bigs on our roster have that kind of toughness and old school mentality.

[billiken_roy]

For B'Roy comparing Brannen to BC is like comparing Jack the Ripper to Mother Theresa. Isn't Brannen doing time for some kind of scam? BC was physical but he wasn't dirty. Of course those UW fans night disagree but that kid should have been watching where he was going. If I drive my Subaru into a parked semi, it's my fault not the trucker's.

Pretty sure brannon is a big vice Pres w one of the biggest and best wholesale mortgage companies in the nation, franklin American in Tennessee. He wouldn't be allowed in the mortgage industry if he was an x felon

[willie]

Come on Roy it didn't stop you.

[RiseAndGrind]

Pretty sure brannon is a big vice Pres w one of the biggest and best wholesale mortgage companies in the nation, franklin American in Tennessee. He wouldn't be allowed in the mortgage industry if he was an x felon

True. Mortgage industry likes to make its own felons.

Kidding!

[JMM28]

Being a VP in the banking world is very impressive. There aren't many of those.

[jimbofive]

True. Mortgage industry likes to make its own felons.

Kidding!

all this talk about felons makes me think of the wonderful "felon girls" from baseketball. disturbingly impossible to find images or video of said slags, so i guess the beers girls will have to do...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDkPEIzNdCk

i'm the fuok out of here.