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2023-24 Atlantic 10 Team Preview: Saint Louis

11. Saint Louis Billikens Last Season: Saint Louis received another hard slap in the face to end their 2023. The Billikens were hopefuls for not only an at-large NCAA tournament bid but also the A-10 crown. Everything was in place for that to happen with a returning Javonte Perkins. Javon Pickett and Jake Forrester were …

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Saint Louis Blows Out George Mason 82-54, Advances to Semifinals

BROOKLYN – Saint Louis got it done on both ends of the court in one of their most impressive performances of the season as they won 82-54, eliminating George Mason and advancing to the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Saint Louis will face VCU on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. VCU dispatched Davidson earlier in …

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SLU Preview: NCAA Tournament or Bust

Repeat after me: NCAA Tourney or bust. We stand on the brink of one of the most anticipated seasons of Billikens basketball in recent memory, after what feels like one of the longest off-seasons in the history of off-seasons. But now we’re a mere four days away from tip-off. After years of good Billiken teams …

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Billikens Dispatch Explorers; Now Looking Ahead to the Bonnies

College basketball may be an amateur sport (at least the NCAA claims this is the case), but the Saint Louis Billikens put in a very professional effort in their first game in the A10 Tournament, dispatching the La Salle Explorers with ease, 71-51. Now the Billikens turn their focus to the St. Bonaventure Bonnies, who …

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Saint Louis Beats URI, 80-74, Key Takeaways and What Saturday Could Mean for SLU

A 14-point second half lead reduced to a deficit in a matter of minutes. Sadly, this is the story of the 2021-22 Saint Louis Billikens. Or at least it has been. Of their 10 losses, half have come in games in which the Bills held a double-digit lead. But instead of an 11th loss, SLU …

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Deep Breath Let’s Put the Travis Ford Era in Perspective

Losing to UMass and giving up 91 points in the process is a bad, bad loss for Travis Ford and SLU. There’s no way around it and no one is really saying otherwise. However, the loss brought out calls from a small minority of SLU fans for Travis Ford’s firing. To put it bluntly, such …

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SLU is Kinda Weird This Year

First, apologies for not writing as much so far this year. Turns out law school is both difficult and time-consuming, but I’m hoping I can get back to writing more consistently as conference play continues, especially since I suspect I am a better writer than I am a tweeter, frankly. Anyway, SLU is kinda weird …

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SLU Star Javonte Perkins Out for Season with ACL Injury; How Will Saint Louis Adjust?

Photo Courtesy of @SaintLouisMBB on Twitter In a seemingly innocuous exhibition against their cross state Jesuit counterpart, SLU may have suffered their worst loss of the season. One day before being named to the A-10 Preseason 1st Team, Javonte Perkins came down awkwardly while driving the lane in the first half against …

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4 Takeways from SLU’s Friday Scrimmage

Despite losing program legends Hasahn French and Jordan Goodwin, there is still plenty of hype hovering over Chaifetz Arena. (The Billikens came in at #2 in the A10 Talk Preseason Power Rankings.) Saint Louis held its first open practice this past Friday as it gears up for the season. Over the course of two separate …

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Billikens Revenge Week: La Salle Matchup, Preview, Picks, and Prediction

When the Billikens last met the La Salle Explorers in Tom Gola Arena at the start of February, things did not go quite as expected. SLU dropped their second consecutive game and third on the year to Ashley Howard’s upset-happy squad. SLU has followed up that disappointing result with impressive wins over St. Bonaventure and …

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