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Alright, SLU vs VT is right around the corner and a busy weekend of games is ahead of us. I’ve been trying to write an article every day of the week and it seemed like a good time to do a SLU mailbag. It ended up being more of a…

Since breaking out against La Salle, Tramaine Isabell has been the scorer that Billikens fans expected they were getting from Drexel, and probably even exceeded them. Leading SLU’s late season resurgance, and incredible A-10 Championship…

It's official -- the Atlantic 10 is a 2 bid league. Normally, this isn't much to brag about, but in one of the worst non-conference showings for the league as a whole in a long time, we will take it. For anyone who missed this year's…

If I’m being honest, Travis Ford wasn’t my first choice for SLU job after the team fired Jim Crews. I’d loved Ford’s teams with Marcus Smart and Phil Forte, but I figured that Bryce Drew, with his ties to the city and success at a…

If you watch closely during when Javon Bess, Jordan Goodwin or DJ Foreman are shooting free throws, you’ll notice a small script tattoo on their shoulder. If you look really close, you’ll see that it reads “Team Blue”. Team Blue, of…

So far it’s all went down just like everyone thought it would in Brooklyn, with St. Bonaventure versus Saint Louis playing for a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament. Yep, no surprises there. Travis Ford’s Billikens pulled off an emphatic…

The first semi-final is over in Brooklyn and SBU triumphed over URI 68-51. It’s a quick turnaround to next game, so I’ll keep this brief, but here are my takeaways from the matchup: Bonnie Freshman are legit: The trio of Kyle…

Saint Louis University lives to see another day. Tramaine Isabell’s 24 points led the way as SLU triumphed over the Dayton Flyers to get to A-10 Tournament semifinals and, far more importantly, win the season series in the ArchBaron…

My beloved fellow A-10 fanatics, It’s been a long and exciting day of basketball here in Brooklyn. Fans have travelled from all over to root for their teams and engage in merriment. Fans from the Commonwealth of Virginia and upstate New…

SLU basketball is a lot of things, but good for one’s health is not that. The Billikens’ 20th win was in many ways a typical Saint Louis effort: dominant rebounding, atrocious free throw shooting, and incredibly nerve-wracking. I’m glad…