By Carter Chapley St. Louis, MO Twitter: @ChapleyMedia Never in Travis Ford’s tenure as the Head Coach of the SLU Billikens has his squad scored as many as 89 points. But that’s what Team Blue did in their season opener downing Florida Gulf Coast to the...
By Carter Chapley St. Louis, MO Twitter: @ChapleyMedia For the last time this year, I can repeat the fact that Billiken basketball season is here. This is the third “official start” I’ve proclaimed, the first being Billiken Madness, the second being the exhibition...
The season starts tomorrow at home against well-known Florida Gulf Coast. We talk to Coach Ford about his approach to the media good or bad and how his history with Kentucky shaped his public profile. We also talk about what winning the A10 tournament last year did...
By Carter Chapley St. Louis, MO Twitter: @ChapleyMedia In the lone official exhibition on the calendar for the Saint Louis University Billikens, things were less than optimal. The Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers and their band of scrappy undersized shooters made...
By Carter Chapley St. Louis, MO Twitter: @ChapleyMedia Billiken season is finally here. After taking a 222 day break after the loss to Virginia Tech in the NCAA tournament, SLU will be back on the floor for the first time officially tonight. While the game is only an...
By Carter Chapley St. Louis, MO Twitter: @ChapleyMedia The Billikens are back, and while they will certainly don their tradition blue, white, and black uniforms, they are also decidedly greener than ever. The reigning Atlantic 10 champions have welcomed seven new...
By Carter Chapley St. Louis, MO Twitter: @ChapleyMedia Major League Baseball players, it is routine to head south in the weeks and months ahead of the season. While the functional reality of Spring Training has morphed, the ideology of its purpose has not. Once upon a...
Depth is a word Billiken fans can expect to hear a lot in the upcoming season. With the program welcoming in more new players to the locker room this season, than players who actually saw significant minutes last season, there is a justifiable reason to be excited...
By Carter Chapley St. Louis, MO Twitter: @ChapleyMedia “Billiken Blessed” read the caption attached to Orlando native Markhi Strickland’s Instagram post, along with the line “100% committed”, and with that, the Bills can officially add one piece to their future...
