From the Betting Window: Two Underdogs to consider on Tuesday’s Basketball Slate
With March Madness and baseball right around the corner, as well as hockey and the NBA cruising towards the postseason, I decided it was a perfect time to dust off…
NCAA Basketball
With All SLU’s Issues, Travis Ford Deserves A-10 ‘Coach of the Year’ Consideration
Before this college basketball season started, Travis Ford’s Saint Louis University Billikens were picked by the media covering the league to finish seventh in the Atlantic-10 conference. The Bills had…
NCAA Pick-Six: Big Ten Comes to Play While the ACC Lays Several Eggs
After a dull opening day but a wild weekend, here are six thoughts on the NCAA Tournament. 1. I was wrong about the Big Ten, and we were all wrong…
Seven Coaching Candidates Who Could Help Mizzou Back to the NCAA Tournament
Last week, University of Missouri Athletic Director Jim Sterk deemed it necessary, because of numerous requests, to issue a statement regarding the future of basketball coach Kim Anderson. With losses…
NCAA Tournament: Absolutely the Most Exciting Way to Crown a Champion
The NBA and NHL have the fairest ways of crowning a champion for the following reasons: Both leagues start with an 82-game regular season, which is long but not the…
Billikens Lack Commitment Necessary for Regular NCAA Tournament Appearances
My friend Frank Cusumano raised a good question on Twitter Sunday night, as NCAA 2-seed Xavier lost to Wisconsin on a heart breaking buzzer-beater in St. Louis. The question; “Can…
St. Louis Shines in NCAA Tournament Spotlight
Wow, it could have been a really crummy weekend on the St. Louis sports scene, but a great Sunday salvaged some happiness. Some takes on what happened: Our city absolutely…
Storybook Surge Gives Billikens New Life
What we thought was a swift and dramatic fall by the Billikens instead turned into a swift and dramatic comeback against North Carolina State in their first NCAA tournament game…
Billikens Should Shake Off Duquesne Loss
I’m a strong believer that there’s such thing as a good loss for a good team, and that’s exactly what SLU’s 71-64 loss to Duquesne was Thursday night at Chaifetz…
NCAA, EA Sports Should Be Out of the Game of Profiting from Student-Athletes
Since 1993, the NCAA has had a deal with EA Sports to allow EA to produce a college football video game, first called Bill Walsh College Football and then switched…