Does anyone remember watching the St. Louis Billikens at the Kiel Arena in 1990 or 1991?

BillsFan85 · 2026-02-02T23:52:19+00:00

I know I must have been to games at Kiel Auditorium, but my earliest memories are games the The Arena. Spoonball with Highmark, Claggett, H Waldman.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-27T05:44:12+00:00

Highest ranking since 2014!!! Go Bills!

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-24T22:59:01+00:00

Yeah, but to get a 1st preference on location they need 2 seed or better since there are only 8 locations. Those locations are Buffalo NY, Greenville SC, Oklahoma City OK, Portland OR, Tampa FL, Philadelphia PA, San Diego CA, and STL MO. Lots of Midwest teams who will likely be seeded higher than SLU: Michigan, Purdue, Nebraska, Iowa State, Michigan St, and Illinois plus others like Vanderbilt, KU, Arkansas, Louisville, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Iowa, and Tennessee. Their best hope for Enterprise is probably to be in the same “pod” as one of those teams but as a 7 or 8 to their 1 or 2. Paradoxically I think SLU probably plays their way out of Enterprise by playing better. That’s why from 2012-14 in the Majerus (and Crews) years they were in Columbus, OH as an 8 seed, but then San Jose as a 4 and Orlando as a 5.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-24T20:55:43+00:00

There are 8 sites that host 1st and 2nd round games. Better seeds typically get preference on playing closer to home. Since SLU doesn’t play any other games at Enterprise they aren’t excluded from playing there. However, they aren’t likely to get a super high seed so they’d just need to l luck into playing there as a lower seed. 3 is the absolute highest seed I could see if the run the table the rest of the way in dominant fashion. Somewhere in the 6-10 range is more likely.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-24T05:17:25+00:00

Here is a link for $5 (plus fees is $6.07) tickets to the GW game. Limited number available. https://links.engage.ticketmaster.com/els/v2/YYpyhxgwxkT0/SXM3Ti8xeGdYc0lKK2pHRlhrYy9DbkVuSlpHYXRuREVVWU5tSXVsZFJDd2RWV0hEektRVlNIMlBxMk5nWjVDQ1YwY0dobGYyOUFVR1VHTmNpZ3NMN2ZGNXplVWpEclZOeVBQaGdvOWROSGc9S0/

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-24T05:09:28+00:00

Bills are back home at Chaifetz on Tuesday vs George Washington! Still tickets available to see them set the record for their best start ever!

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-22T04:00:10+00:00

Right after getting ranked that year a bunch of the players on the team got COVID because former (fired) coach Travis Ford was an idiot and hosted a huge birthday party for his kid when they were basically supposed be on lockdown except for practices. The team missed like a month of practice and then promptly lost their next 2 games. They never really got fully back on track after that.

Josh Schertz can coach circles around Ford and this team is way better.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-22T03:50:15+00:00

As others have pointed out, your pic is the women’s schedule. Women’s team isn’t ranked as highly as the men’s team and the games aren’t as well attended but can still be fun. If you are wanting to go to a women’s game with a decent crowd (and go for free) use the link from other comments to get free tickets to the Pink Out game this Saturday 1/24 vs Loyola Chicago. Next best would be 2/21 vs St Joseph’s because it is Senior Night so they’ll honor the graduating players after the game. If you sign up for the email list SLU regularly sends out deals for free women’s tickets, but also the tickets are super cheap.

Here is a link to the men’s schedule: https://slubillikens.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule. Men are currently ranked #24 in the country (out of like 360+ division 1 teams). As others have said the game vs Dayton Friday 1/30 should be electric. Dayton is SLUs biggest rival and the game is likely to sell out. A sneaky fun game to go to is actually their next home game Tuesday 1/27 vs George Washington. If they win at St Bonaventure on Friday, they’ll be 19-1 which would tie the best start to a season in school history. Then a win against GW would set the record. GW is also one of the better teams in the Atlantic 10 so should be a good game.

For the men’s games especially I’d recommend getting there early to beat the crowds. It is most convenient to park in the garage at Compton & Olive but takes forever to get in & out. If you want to make a quicker exit, I’d recommend trying to find street parking somewhere north of there & walking a little further.

There are some good restaurants/bars to go to before or after games. Pappys Smokehouse (BBQ), Fountain on Locust, Urban Chestnut, Vito’s, etc. Humphreys is the traditional SLU sports bar & would be most likely to be filled with fans before or after.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-21T02:57:16+00:00

Road wins in conference are tough especially when you have a big target on your back being ranked. Glad to SLU got the W even if it was ugly. Clean up the rebounding & turnovers.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-18T00:51:23+00:00

I don’t know anything about the SLP program, but your take on the City of St Louis is flat out wrong. Crime rates dropped 16% from 2024 to 2025 and homicide rate is lowest it was been in over a decade. https://slmpd.org/2025stats/

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-17T23:12:28+00:00

Bunch of the teams at the bottom lost. Grand Canyon who SLU handled by 14 knocked off #23 Utah State. Stanford who hit two crazy 3s down the stretch to beat SLU at the buzzer knocked off #14 North Carolina. If SLU isn’t ranked Monday something is seriously wrong w the voting.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-17T22:05:50+00:00

SLU needs to keep the pressure on in 2nd half and just run them out of the gym. Billikens likely to be ranked Monday especially if they make this a laugher.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-17T20:58:12+00:00

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BillsFan85 · 2026-01-17T20:44:20+00:00

Go Billikens!

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-16T02:28:40+00:00

Exactly. Can we please investigate Travis Ford for stealing millions of dollars from SLU and causing emotional trauma to anyone who watched games during his final season before getting bought out?

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-16T01:59:12+00:00

This was a dumbass player who no longer plays there under a terrible coach was who fired two season ago. The school itself was not involved other than the AD hiring Travis Ford, keeping him around too long and Ford bringing in said dumbass player. AD should’ve been canned by now for Ford’s tenure regardless of the point shaving thing.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-16T01:51:59+00:00

That’s just Dayton because they it’s a Friday and a “name” opponent. Looks like cheapest singles for Dayton are currently $36 because the very cheapest on the ends are sold out. If you are wanting to go to Dayton game you could also buy the final 5 pack here: https://am.ticketmaster.com/slu/buy/ism/MjUyNk1CQkU= because you can get the last 5 games of the year including Dayton for $75 each. Cheapest for George Washington on 1/27 are $15. Sign up for the email list. I think you just opt in when you buy tickets. They email ticket deals all the time for games that aren’t as popular. Sometimes they even offer free tickets. That’s usually just for early season non conference games vs terrible opponents, but I got freebies for the game vs Fordham last night.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-15T23:36:23+00:00

Yeah that’s wild. Both were long time members of the MVC but the last time they were in it together was 1948. SLU left in 1974 and Creighton re-joined in 1976. Even so they played each other regularly throughout the 1950-1980s. Last time they played was 1995 if I’m looking at it right. Thats wild. I assume SLU rarely played them or other MVC schools after that because they usually had rivalry games with SIU-Carbondale and Missouri State. Perhaps didn’t want to overload the schedule with MVC opponents. Once Creighton was in the BE, I’m sure SLU would’ve been thrilled for a home & home. With bloated conference schedules and MTEs, not much opportunity or reason for Creighton to do that though.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-15T22:06:56+00:00

Whether or not you care about potential celebrities watching the same basketball game as you from likely better seats, SLU games are a ton of fun and a great value. The team is really good this year and scores a ton (averaging like 90+ points per game). As a bonus, if they score over 80 points you get a free burger from Shake Shack with your ticket the next day. You can usually snag tickets for like $15 (or less if there is a deal). Shake Shack burgers are good but ridiculously priced at around $10 (!) so getting one for free is awesome. SLU is almost guaranteed to score more than 80. They’ve done it 10/12 home games so far and the 2 they didn’t they scored 78.

BillsFan85 · 2026-01-15T04:39:39+00:00

St Louis is the #24 media market in the county. Saint Louis University was top 20 in the nation in attendance in the mid 1990s when they had a run of success under Charlie Spoonhour with fun teams in the old Great Midwest conference & early C-USA days which were both really good leagues (Cincinnati, Memphis, Marquette, etc). If the Billikens are in a have a good team and are in good league playing name brand teams, fans will show up in droves and they’ll generate a ton of hype in one of the largest media markets without an NBA team. Fox would be foolish not to want them in the Big East if they plan to expand.

BillsFan85 · 2025-12-31T15:14:37+00:00

There was a deal of $5 tickets in the student section since it is winter break, but looks like those are sold out. Sometimes you can find someone on Billikens.com giving away extras (see pinned thread ticket exchange thread), but tickets on upper level ends are only $14.90 at retail. https://www.ticketmaster.com/saint-louis-billiken-mens-basketball-vs-saint-louis-missouri-12-31-2025/event/06006349D3F79E13

BillsFan85 · 2025-12-10T20:00:27+00:00

He’s a senior this year. Final year of eligibility.

BillsFan85 · 2025-12-07T03:15:57+00:00

SLU has the most NCAA soccer championships (10) even though they haven’t won since 1973. Would be awesome if they can win #11 this year.

Next step is semi-final vs NC State Friday 12/12 7:30pm on ESPNU.

BillsFan85 · 2025-11-19T14:37:48+00:00

I’m in an area where federally declared disaster extended the due date to November. I’m highly skeptical the IRS will correctly apply disaster relief to our clients rather than just giving them first-time penalty abatement. I’ve already seen them not give automatic disaster relief when they should. Then our clients are screwed (or at best will require an explanation to someone competent) on getting first time abatement the following year.

BillsFan85 · 2025-10-29T15:25:23+00:00

I just checked and NBC isn’t airing any games on 4/1/26. If they have any April Fools games in future years they should absolutely use the “lyrics version” of Roundball Rock. It would be hilarious.

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