This week @willsaulsbery of #HoopsOnScoops goes one-on-one with Webster Groves Statesmen 2X state champion Head Coach Justin Mathes ( @CoachMathesWG ). They talk about the pressure of repeating as champions, the return of Gatorade Player of the Year Scottie Adkinson, travel, the perils and benefits of social media in the NIL age and a lot more! Get info on the Webster Classic here: https://www.statesmensports.org/webster-classic-tournament/

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This week @WillSaulsbery and H.T. Sims are back with more #HoopsonScoops. They kick off with a local basketball recap of the #SLU #Billikens, #Mizzou, and the Fighting #Illni. Then, (8:06) they are joined by Zach Joachim, Deputy Editor of the Richmond Times Dispatch to talk about the Atlantic 10 and Billiken rivals VCU. Follow Zach at @ZachJoachim on Twitter and read all his work at The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Sims and Sauls close the show (34:40) by going deep into the loss of the great Elden Campbell, Chris Paul's Clippers ending, and more Jordan Goodwin talk.

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This week Will Saulsbery and H.T. Sims start off with an update of hoops around the STL at #SLU #MIZZOU and with the #Illini . Then (7:30) they draft their all time starting 5's and Sims will shock everyone! After that it's clutch time (21:38) as they pick who they want taking the last shot in a game 7. They also go deep into all-time dunkers (26:00) and players they would take an injury away from (31:30) and how that would have changed history.

This week Will Saulsbery and H.T. Sims are joined by Tyler Tachman of the Des Moines Register (1:29) to preview the Iowa Men's Basketball season. How will new coach Ben McCollum handle moving from Drake to the Big 10? How do fans get engaged with a team that only has one returning player from last year's squad? Then Will and H.T. get into news from around the area (19:35) talking SLU, MIZZOU and ILLINI basketball. They touch on Bradley Beal's injury, Jordan Goodwin's tremendous start in Phoenix, and Jordan Clarkson still getting it done, now with the Knicks. They squeeze in some Big 3 talk and take it home rallying the hoops fans of STL.

Will and H.T. are back again with two guests to get you prepared for the #Mizzou Men’s basketball season. The voice of the Tigers, Mr. Mike Kelly hops on to go one-on-one with Will (1:46). They talk roster, team size, non-conference expectations, and what Coach Gates must do with this squad to meet expectations in 25-26. Then, Drew King of Power Mizzou joins (22:18) and he and Will shoot from deep about SEC expectations, when 7’5” Trent Burns will be back, and Drew’s predictions for the Tigers. H.T. and will then close out the show (37:35) with all the hot topics around the #NBA, play Fact or Fantasy, and get you ready for the week to come.

Will Saulsbery and H.T. Sims are back with more St. Louis area basketball coverage. This week they are joined by Brian Barnhart, the voice of Illinois Men's Basketball. Brian gives you everything you need to know to prep for this year's team, and creates his all-time 21st Century Illini team! Deron Williams leads the 5, who else makes the squad?

Later, Will and H.T. break down the first week of the NBA season and go deep on the gambling scandal that has rocked the NBA. What on Earth were Chauncey Billups, Scary Terry Rozier, and Damon Jones thinking and doing?

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Will and H.T. tip off Hoops on Scoops with Stu Durando of Stu on SLU and formerly of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Stu joins at 2:55 and the gents talk 2025-2026 SLU Men's Billikens basketball expectations, coach Josh Schertz, Atlantic 10 pre-season rankings, Robbie Avila's off-season and ceiling, and Stu's predictions for the season as a whole.

At 49:15 they discuss why St. Louis doesn't have an NBA team, the Lakers and Stu's Los Angeles upbringing, the "Lebron James nonsense" and the Luka situation. They close with discussion of the Nuggets and Stu's son, Bennett Durando's role covering the team.