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.