Pistol Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 6-9 Bulgarian who played at Rolling Meadows HS (IL) and I believe is a walk-on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, Pistol said: 6-9 Bulgarian who played at Rolling Meadows HS (IL) and I believe is a walk-on. If he learns to score around the rim, he may earn a scholarship or get one elsewhere at a lower level. 6'9 that shoot's and hits a lot of 3's. See a few box scores where he shoots around 10 attempts a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 He definitely has an inside-out kind of game. More of a SF than a true big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenHudDude Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 20 minutes ago, Pistol said: 6-9 Bulgarian who played at Rolling Meadows HS (IL) and I believe is a walk-on. Oh boy. That’s a handle. Has Gus announced his retirement yet? juniorbill76 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 well it appears he can dunk willie likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, CenHudDude said: Oh boy. That’s a handle. Has Gus announced his retirement yet? Djordje Curcic Bruce Zhang Stef van Bussel Bradley Ezewiro Aboubacar Magassa Cian Medley Tim Dalger Alex Nokes Tsvet Sotirov The newcomers are going to give him all he can handle. By the way, SLU will go from 14 to 19 different countries represented on its all-time roster this season: Australia Bulgaria (Sotirov) Canada China (Zhang) France (Magassa) Germany Ghana Greece Iceland Israel Ivory Coast Mali Netherlands (van Bussel) New Zealand Nigeria Senegal Serbia (Curcic) Spain Sweden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 51 minutes ago, Pistol said: 6-9 Bulgarian who played at Rolling Meadows HS (IL) and I believe is a walk-on. It was reported on this board earlier that 6'9" Nokes was also walking on. If our new Bulgarian is walking on, that leaves only the one scholarship left as far as seats on the bench. The NCAA used to limit rosters to 15, but I don't know if that has changed. With the NIL rules, walk on's can get nice $ packages (yes even foreign players have found ways of doing this). Why do you believe he is a walk on? Is this a hedge on Ezewiro's waiver maybe not being granted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 So we have 4 walk ons? Nokes, Sotirov, evans and Jones. Is that the max? Feels like its gotta be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Pistol said: Djordje Curcic Bruce Zhang Stef van Bussel Bradley Ezewiro Aboubacar Magassa Cian Medley Tim Dalger Alex Nokes Tsvet Sotirov The newcomers are going to give him all he can handle. By the way, SLU will go from 14 to 19 different countries represented on its all-time roster this season: Australia (Ellis, Salecich) Bulgaria (Sotirov) Canada (Neufeld) China (Zhang) France (Magassa) Germany (Linssen) Ghana (Agbeko?) Greece (Vouyoukas, Psmitis sp?) Iceland (Ingvi) Israel (ohanon) Ivory Coast (Traore) Mali (Diarra) Netherlands (van Bussel) New Zealand (Loe) Nigeria (Franco) Senegal (Cisse) Serbia (Curcic) Spain Sweden (Lorentsson) Gave the rest my best guesses (in bold) Drawing a blank on Spain, and I may have countries mixed up for our recent bigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, gobillsgo said: Gave the rest my best guesses (in bold) Drawing a blank on Spain, and I may have countries mixed up for our recent bigs. Also Ruben Cotto was from Puerto Rico I believe…. Not technically a different country obviously but they do have their own Olympic team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: It was reported on this board earlier that 6'9" Nokes was also walking on. If our new Bulgarian is walking on, that leaves only the one scholarship left as far as seats on the bench. The NCAA used to limit rosters to 15, but I don't know if that has changed. With the NIL rules, walk on's can get nice $ packages (yes even foreign players have found ways of doing this). Why do you believe he is a walk on? Is this a hedge on Ezewiro's waiver maybe not being granted? 10 minutes ago, wgstl said: So we have 4 walk ons? Nokes, Sotirov, evans and Jones. Is that the max? Feels like its gotta be. I've seen that the roster limit is 15 but I'm wondering if there's a higher limit until the COVID bonus players work their way out of the system. There must also be exceptions for the Ivies and service academies, which often have 20-ish players on the roster. If SLU uses all scholarships, that would be 17. We're at 16 now with Nokes, Sotirov, Evans, and Jones as walk-ons. I can confirm that Sotirov is a walk-on, @HoosierPal. I don't think he is a hedge for Ezewiro; I think whoever gets the last scholarship will serve that purpose, combined with the bigs already on the roster. HoosierPal likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 46 minutes ago, CenHudDude said: Oh boy. That’s a handle. Has Gus announced his retirement yet? great one. he should lobby for just going with uni #s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, almaman said: great one. he should lobby for just going with uni #s. We will definitely be hearing “Checking in for the Billikens, a bunch of guys” fairly often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 12 minutes ago, gobillsgo said: Gave the rest my best guesses (in bold) Drawing a blank on Spain, and I may have countries mixed up for our recent bigs. Made some additions: Australia (Ellis, Salecich, Latimer) Bulgaria (Sotirov) Canada (Glaze, Neufeld) China (Zhang) France (Magassa) Germany (Linssen) Ghana (Agbeko) Greece (Vouyoukas, Psimitis) Iceland (Ingvi) Israel (Ohanon) Ivory Coast (Traore) Mali (Diarra) Netherlands (van Bussel) New Zealand (Loe) Nigeria (Franco) Senegal (Cisse) Serbia (Curcic) Spain (Garcia) Sweden (Lorentsson) majerus mojo and gobillsgo like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, Pistol said: I've seen that the roster limit is 15 but I'm wondering if there's a higher limit until the COVID bonus players work their way out of the system. There must also be exceptions for the Ivies and service academies, which often have 20-ish players on the roster. If SLU uses all scholarships, that would be 17. We're at 16 now with Nokes, Sotirov, Evans, and Jones as walk-ons. I can confirm that Sotirov is a walk-on, @HoosierPal. I don't think he is a hedge for Ezewiro; I think whoever gets the last scholarship will serve that purpose, combined with the bigs already on the roster. Are Evans and Jones currently practicing with the team? We saw Nokes in one video doing wind sprints with the team. Ezewiro stated that he no longer would have to play with his back to the basket, so I wonder who/what gets the final scholarship, a classical 5, back to basket or a classical 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 I have hard time with names we grew up with so I feel for him. That is an unreal group of names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 Just now, HoosierPal said: Are Evans and Jones currently practicing with the team? We saw Nokes in one video doing wind sprints with the team. Evans has been in a bunch of videos/photos. I'm pretty sure Jones is there, too. HoosierPal likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 27 minutes ago, Pistol said: Djordje Curcic Bruce Zhang Stef van Bussel Bradley Ezewiro Aboubacar Magassa Cian Medley Tim Dalger Alex Nokes Tsvet Sotirov The newcomers are going to give him all he can handle. By the way, SLU will go from 14 to 19 different countries represented on its all-time roster this season: Australia Bulgaria (Sotirov) Canada China (Zhang) France (Magassa) Germany Ghana Greece Iceland Israel Ivory Coast Mali Netherlands (van Bussel) New Zealand Nigeria Senegal Serbia (Curcic) Spain Sweden Students will have to get creative with their player chants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Just now, Pistol said: Evans has been in a bunch of videos/photos. I'm pretty sure Jones is there, too. Evans is maybe tied for the most appearances on the social media accounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, Pistol said: Made some additions: Australia (Ellis, Salecich, Latimer) Bulgaria (Sotirov) Canada (Glaze, Neufeld) China (Zhang) France (Magassa) Germany (Linssen) Ghana (Agbeko) Greece (Vouyoukas, Psimitis) Iceland (Ingvi) Israel (Ohanon) Ivory Coast (Traore) Mali (Diarra) Netherlands (van Bussel) New Zealand (Loe) Nigeria (Franco) Senegal (Cisse) Serbia (Curcic) Spain (Garcia) Sweden (Lorentsson) How could I forget Grandy Glaze? I also did not appreciate the ridiculousness of that name enough when he was here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 1 minute ago, gobillsgo said: How could I forget Grandy Glaze? I also did not appreciate the ridiculousness of that name enough when he was here. we all glazed over that VeniceMenace, dlarry, BuiltFordBills and 2 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 3 hours ago, gobillsgo said: How could I forget Grandy Glaze? I also did not appreciate the ridiculousness of that name enough when he was here. And who knew that ridiculousness was nothing compared to the ridiculousness of his post-basketball life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 stu durando @studurando Tsvet Sotirov will be a walk-on for SLU, leaving one spot to fill. He had other D-I scholarship offers. 7/7/23, 10:18 AM Responding to Other offers stu durando @studurando @lstritt11 I believe MVC-type programs. 7/7/23, 10:45 AM stu durando @studurando SLU is hoping to add one more big to round out the roster. Between scholarship players and walk-ons, that would give the Billlikens nine players 6-7 and taller. 7/7/23, 10:29 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 7 hours ago, Pistol said: Made some additions: Australia (Ellis, Salecich, Latimer) Bulgaria (Sotirov) Canada (Glaze, Neufeld) China (Zhang) France (Magassa) Germany (Linssen) Ghana (Agbeko) Greece (Vouyoukas, Psimitis) Iceland (Ingvi) Israel (Ohanon) Ivory Coast (Traore) Mali (Diarra) Netherlands (van Bussel) New Zealand (Loe) Nigeria (Franco) Senegal (Cisse) Serbia (Curcic) Spain (Garcia) Sweden (Lorentsson) Paul Nondas was a JUCO kid on a NIT team during Spoon’s era. He was from Greece and as for as I know the only Billiken to have an international arrest warrant issued for him by Interpool. He was charged with desertion in Greece for not reporting to mandatory military service. I think he got that cleared up, but he never returned to SLU for his senior season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 13 hours ago, Pistol said: Made some additions: Australia (Ellis, Salecich, Latimer) Bulgaria (Sotirov) Canada (Glaze, Neufeld) China (Zhang) France (Magassa) Germany (Linssen) Ghana (Agbeko) Greece (Vouyoukas, Psimitis) Iceland (Ingvi) Israel (Ohanon) Ivory Coast (Traore) Mali (Diarra) Netherlands (van Bussel) New Zealand (Loe) Nigeria (Franco) Senegal (Cisse) Serbia (Curcic) Spain (Garcia) Sweden (Lorentsson) Wasn’t Andrew Latimer the original Aussie Billiken? Also we had another guy from Greece who I don’t think played Tselentakis (sp?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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