Podcast Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Season 3 of the Midtown Madness Podcast is brought to you by Two Men and a Garden! That’s right they are fueling this podcast with not only delicious pickles, but salsas and most recently Harissa sauce. They are the real deal! Their products are delicious and more importantly local to St. Louis. You can pick up their many products at any local grocery stores or online where they ship nationwide! https://twomenandagarden.com/ https://twitter.com/2mensalsa https://www.instagram.com/2mensalsa On This Episode Tim Ream has been nails on the US Soccer back line at the World Cup, Billiken fans should be watching with pride. Men’s Basketball What is there to say about Paul Quinn? Auburn Review - Did missed free throws cost Billikens a quad 1 road win Tennessee State Preview SIU Carbondale Preview Peter will be in town! Billiken Trivia! Around the A10 What is happening in Ohio? Is Davidson good? Women’s Basketball Gulf Coast Showcase Gauntlet Baylor Belmont Air Force https://twitter.com/MidtownMadPod https://www.instagram.com/midtownmadpod/ View the full article Pistol likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Who can name all 14? Honor system, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Iceland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Greece, Canada, France all come to mind but I will be darned if I can recall the others. How many years back is the first foreign player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 We have had a number of players from Africa, Okoro is from Nigeria, cannot remember the others but there have been more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU_Lax Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Matty Light said: Iceland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Greece, Canada, France all come to mind but I will be darned if I can recall the others. How many years back is the first foreign player? Who was from France? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 55 minutes ago, Old guy said: We have had a number of players from Africa, Okoro is from Nigeria, cannot remember the others but there have been more. Reggie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 25 minutes ago, wgstl said: Reggie Wasn't Reggie A from Buffalo NY? Diarra was from Africa, I believe. Not sure which country. And MoMo is from Senegal. I read that on every Game Day Notes. Traore also is from Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Matty Light said: Israel Call me a dummy, but who was from Israel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 57 minutes ago, SLU_Lax said: Who was from France? Hasahn! Lol I think I was recalling one of our Francophone African players, so France may not be on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Just now, BrettJollyComedyHour said: Call me a dummy, but who was from Israel? Wasn't Isak Ohanon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, Matty Light said: Wasn't Isak Ohanon? yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_w Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 44 minutes ago, Matty Light said: Wasn't Isak Ohanon? H? i know he played inf israel post grad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Matty Light said: Iceland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Greece, Canada, France all come to mind but I will be darned if I can recall the others. How many years back is the first foreign player? I'd have to confirm who the first-ever foreign player was but the longest gap between an individual country producing a player for SLU and today is 30 years. Every other country is represented at least once post-2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, HoosierPal said: Wasn't Reggie A from Buffalo NY? I thought he was from Ghana, but just played prep in NY, I could be way off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 H Waldman is from Vegas. He is Jewish, just not from Israel. Izik is indeed from Israel. I had an Israeli roommate for my last semester and Izik would come over and hang out with him. They'd speak almost exclusively in Hebrew. Agbeko did not move to Buffalo until he was about 15. He went to HS there for a couple years and finished up at South Kent School in Connecticut. His country of origin is on our list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 28 minutes ago, Pistol said: I'd have to confirm who the first-ever foreign player was but the longest gap between an individual country producing a player for SLU and today is 30 years. Every other country is represented at least once post-2000. I thought we had one in the 80s. I think we had a couple walk on types at least one with Spoon. I think Latimer was the first foreigner to play real minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 13 minutes ago, thetorch said: I thought we had one in the 80s. I think we had a couple walk on types at least one with Spoon. I think Latimer was the first foreigner to play real minutes. We had one in 94. PF from a usual suspect nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenHudDude Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 3 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Wasn't Reggie A from Buffalo NY? Diarra was from Africa, I believe. Not sure which country. And MoMo is from Senegal. I read that on every Game Day Notes. Traore also is from Africa. Reggie came from Buffalo, but was originally from Ghana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 56 minutes ago, thetorch said: I thought we had one in the 80s. I think we had a couple walk on types at least one with Spoon. I think Latimer was the first foreigner to play real minutes. Paul Nondas. Lost him to mandatory military service. As Spoon said, "I always figured I'd lose a player to the draft. I just didn't know it would be the Greek army." billikenfan05 and Pistol like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 49 minutes ago, Box and Won said: Paul Nondas. Lost him to mandatory military service. As Spoon said, "I always figured I'd lose a player to the draft. I just didn't know it would be the Greek army." Did Ian have to do mandatory military service? I know he went back to Greece after SLU to play professionally but I don't know if he was a reservist or they changed the conscription laws in the time after Nondas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 We had another Greek back in the spoon days. Name escapes me but there weren't many vowels. Psmitis, or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Matty Light said: Did Ian have to do mandatory military service? I know he went back to Greece after SLU to play professionally but I don't know if he was a reservist or they changed the conscription laws in the time after Nondas. I don't think he did, but don't quote me on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, HoosierPal said: We had another Greek back in the spoon days. Name escapes me but there weren't many vowels. Psmitis, or something like that. Marco Psmitis was actually Majerus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I don’t think Mali and Sweden have been mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Paul Nondas is not in the Billikens All time roster. He did play in at least a few games. He was supposed to be good. 6'9 and could shoot the three. Never was ready to play. He went on that Hawaii opener trip where Johnson torched LSU for 30 points and then we lost to Hawaii. While the team was gone Harris & Macauley's room was burglarized and their NCAA tournament rings were stolen. Apparently you could get a waiver from the Greek Army if you went to school. Greece didn't accept Nondas' time at JUCO as advancing his education. He was labeled a deserter and wasn't able to come back to the country unless he went into the military so he went back after his JR year here. Nondas was Bernie's favorite player to rip. He mentioned him in columns multiple times as an example of poor recruiting by Spoon. Easy target as he wa a foreigner I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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