Saint Louis University Athletics
The 2021-22 SLU Basketball Preview Manifesto Part 4: Bold (& not so Bold) Predictions
The 2021-22 SLU Basketball Preview Manifesto Part 4: Bold (& not so Bold) Predictions This is the fourth installment in a multipart series serving as a preseason primer to all things Saint Louis University Men's Basketball for the 2021-22 season. Part Three can...
The 2021-22 SLU Basketball Preview Manifesto Part 3: Key Season Matchups
This is the third installment in a multipart series serving as a preseason primer to all things Saint Louis University Men's Basketball for the 2021-22 season. Part Two can be found here. Key Season Matchups Travis Ford and his staff deserve a lot of credit for their...
The 2021-22 SLU Basketball Preview Manifesto Part 2: The New Faces & Lineup Fits
This is the second installment in a multipart series serving as a preseason primer to all things Saint Louis University Men's Basketball for the 2021-22 season. Part One can be found here. As addressed in part one of this manifesto, the Billikens have a lot of...
The 2021-22 SLU Basketball Preview Manifesto Part 1
This is the first in a multipart series serving as a preseason primer to all things Saint Louis University Men’s Basketball for the 2021-22 season. Welcome Back College Basketball in St. Louis is BACK. This morning the Billikens kicked off their 2021-22 season with...
Jordan Goodwin Went ‘Where the Love Was’, Signs NBA Deal With Washington Wizards
The next Billiken to get an opportunity to play in the world’s best basketball league is an all-time great. Despite going undrafted, Saint Louis University Billiken star Jordan Goodwin has signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Washington Wizards. Potentially...
Paying it Forward: Fred Thatch Jr. Wants to Use New Name, Image, and Likeness Rights to Help His Community and Those in It
The hottest topic in College Sports these days is not recruiting like it is typically. It’s not coaching changes, it’s not scheduling, it’s not transfers or the fast-approaching college football season, and its “radically new” proposed playoff format that may or may...
SLU Athletics Makes Foray Into Creative Apparel Options, Fan-Oriented Merchandise
If you spend long enough within the Saint Louis University Billiken Athletics extended community, a prevailing theme and talking point has been “there are simply not enough ways for die-hard fans to support the program/department.” You walk into a sporting goods...
Remembering Ford Stuen
By Carter Chapley: Early in my first season covering Billiken Basketball for the University News, a routine began during the pre-practice media scrums that made me very nervous about being there in the first place. A smattering of reporters would gather on the edges...