Stu Durando of the The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that St. Louis has hired Travis Ford as the Billiken’s new head basketball coach.  Ford was released as the head coach at Oklahoma State earlier this month.  In his eight seasons as the Cowboys head coach, he compiled a 155-111 record (55-65 Big 12).  Ford, who played at Kentucky, has also been the head coach at Eastern Kentucky and UMass.

More on this developing story as it becomes official.