Hoops on Scoops – Episode 1 – with guest Stu Durando

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 preseason 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.