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SPOONHOUR TO ST. LOUIS: Charlie Spoonhour was named basketball coachat St. Louis University today after building a highly successfulprogram at Southwest Missouri State. Spoonhour led SouthwestMissouri to seven consecutive 20-win seasons and five NCAA Tournamentappearances in six seasons. His record in nine seasons at the schoolwas 197-81. Spoonhour replaces Rich Grawer, who left April 1 in acontract dispute. Under Grawer, who was 159-149 over 10 seasons, St.Louis never won a conference championship and never made it to theNCAA Tournament. St. Louis was 5-23 last season and 0-10 in the newGreat Midwest Conference. Last season Spoonhour guided a team with12 new players to a 23-8 …