WHAT THE F*CK IS A BILLIKEN?
One of the men pictured above is responsible for the success of the Saint Louis Billikens basketball program and the other is a goofy looking talisman, but they both enjoy a good luck belly rub. Neither one of them is doing their job all that well.
Last night Sweet Saint Lou set a new benchmark for shitty offense that will remain on the books for the rest of Rick Majerus’s life. That’s right, two full years! The Billikens were in my own backyard for a matchup with the Colonials of GW in what will surely go down as the worst basketball played in the District since the halcyon days of Craig Esherick. The team managed to eek out 20 points in the whole fucking game.
The numbers were about what you’d expect, 5% 3-point shooting, 14.6% overall from the field, and one 18 minute scoring drought. Jesus Christ, I got bored just typing that, imagine if I’d actually sat through the entire two hours of action basketball utter crap. If I had I can guarantee you that I wouldn’t be back here writing about the game. They’d still be picking little pieces of my corpse off of the Metro train.
By the way, Saint Louis lost by 29.
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Bmghoya says:
Obligatory inane-Georgetown related comment: I wonder if Majerus used the fist offense.
January 11th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
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UkraineNotWeak says:
Go Colonials!!!!
January 11th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
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Eirishis says:
Thanks for bringing up Esherick. I “enjoyed” the first four of his five years with the Hoyas whilst an undergrad. In what I’m sure is a totally unrelated note, “Hoya Paranoia” was practically nonexistent when I was there. Same goes for quality basketball. I fucking hate Craig Esherick to this day, because I look at what GU undergrads have now under JTIII and think of what could have been.
[takes slug from bottle] … anyone got a smoke?
[/fat joke re: majerus]
January 11th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
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yak says:
I once scored 23 points in a half. In 8th grade. I ruptured my appendix halfway through the second quarter, and had to go to the hospital at half-time. I had 5 pts while holding my side, stumbling up and down the court. Maybe they need more Lithuanians. Nope. It is certain.
January 12th, 2008 at 5:57 am