Pilots vs. Rick Majerus & the SLU Billikens

by **PilotNut** on Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:13 am

First of all, what the hey is a Billiken? confused

This should be another good test against a solidly coached team in SLU, and another opponent who played in the post season last year...

Portland (4-2) vs. Saint Louis (2-2)
Tuesday • Nov. 30 • 7:00 p.m. • Portland, Ore. (Chiles Center – 4,852)
Radio: 800 AM (KPDQ)
Live Video/AudioStats: PortlandPilots.com
Series: First Meeting

About Saint Louis
• Head coach Rick Majerus is in his fourth year at Saint Louis after an illustrious career coaching the University of Utah.
• The Billikens two losses came by two points each to Austin Peay (64-62) and Georgia (61-59). Wins have come against Rockhurst (72-45) and Tennessee State (78-50).
• This will be the first road game of the 2010-11 season for Saint Louis.
• Sophomore F Cody Ellis was named to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Third Team, while freshman F Rob Loe was named to the Preseason All-Rookie Team.
• The Billikens went 23-13 a season ago and competed advanced to the championship of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI).
• Portland and Saint Louis will meet for the first time on Tuesday.

by **up7587** on Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:35 am

PilotNut wrote:First of all, what the hey is a Billiken?

From wikipedia:

The Billiken was a charm doll created by an American art teacher and illustrator, Ms. Florence Pretz of St. Louis, Missouri, who is said to have seen the mysterious figure in a dream.[1] In 1908 she patented the Billiken who was elf-like with pointed ears, a mischievous smile, and a tuft of hair on his pointed head. His arms were short and he was generally sitting with his legs stretched out in front of him. One point on Billiken luck: To buy a Billiken gives the purchaser luck, but to have one given to you is better luck.[2] The Billiken was one of the first copyrighted dolls and the first likenesses of the Billiken, banks and statues, were produced in 1909. After a few brief years of popularity, like many other fad toys, the Billiken faded into obscurity. The Billiken should not be confused with baby-like Kewpie figures that debuted in the December 1909 Ladies' Home Journal.

Today, the Billiken is the official mascot of Saint Louis University and St. Louis University High, both Jesuit institutions, and both located in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Not the cutest little guy, is he.

by **Stonehouse** on Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:48 am

The Billiken should not be confused with baby-like Kewpie figures that debuted in the December 1909 Ladies' Home Journal.

Gosh, I always make this mistake.

by **DaTruRochin** on Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:59 am

I thought I was the only one!

It kind of looks like an alien version of the fat, happy Buddha... Methinks Gautama might have grounds for a copyright infringement case on his hands with Mrs. Pretz. Silly Jesuits and their golden calves!

by PurpleGeezer on Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:06 pm

just sayin'...

by blacksheep on Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:09 pm

Purplegeezer wrote:

just sayin'...

by **DaTruRochin** on Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:11 pm

Last time I checked, the happy Buddha didn't sit on kid's heads...

The NSFW stories in case anyone needs refreshing:

http://deadspin.com/5445469/rick-majerus-serial-child-squasher

http://deadspin.com/5439875/ahole-coach-digest-special-rick-majerus-edition

by **up7587** on Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:15 pm

Rick Majerus = Mark Mangino? Aren't they really the same guy? Smack!

by onetouchfutbol on Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:19 pm

We're playing tough at home. We've got a lot of time on the road after this game... I had no idea.

Pilots up 11 early: 25-14. It sounds like both Hannibal has a season high 6 pts, and Sikma is sure to pass his average with 10 pts early...

We're up 8 at halftime: 36-28. Overall, we played pretty well St. Louis made a little run toward the end, and at times our freshmen played like freshmen... Sikma has already matched his career high for points with 17...

Dang. Sikma and Hannibal are dominating... Sikma with 22 pts so far...

by **DaTruRochin** on Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:53 pm

And to think I thought all black had a slimming effect... Ricky M. proved me wrong, very very wrong...

Very nice win 69-60! Nice job by Nem and Kramer knocking down 4 freebies down the stretch.

We love free throws!!

by **up7587** on Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:46 pm

St. Louis really focused on our three point shooting, but Rev had the team work an inside game instead. 48 points tonight from Luke, Kramer and Jasonn. Only 4 from Jared. Very nice counter strategy. cheers

Coach Majerus had quite a few words for Luke in the post-game handshake line. I am sure he was very complimentary, as Luke had an outstanding performance.

by PurplePrideTrumpet on Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:48 pm

That to me was a very good quality win. It took a lot of work on both ends to get out to the big lead and lots of work to keep it around double digits the whole second half. SLU was able to get good looks against our D.

Sikma was a monster, but also check out Jasonn's 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting Shocked

. Kramer had a bunch of rebounds, and also a nice collection of assists, as did Nem and Waterford. Eric is playing the PG well.

Before the season I said it would be fun to see how this team comes together...

by VillaGorilla on Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:52 pm

From listening to the pre-game show on the way there, this win puts us at 30 wins in our last 35 games played in the Chiles Center. Now that's a home court advantage!

Our entire senior frontcourt was a monster out there. Career highs for both Luke and Jasonn. Totally dominated from the start. Great to see Jasonn getting back into the form he showed at the end of last year with those sweet hook shots in the lane.

by onetouchfutbol on Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:55 pm

Yeah, another big part of the win was the 2-3 zone. Every year Rev seems to get the guys to play it more and more consistently at home. Now, we've got many road games next to really learn what this team is made of... Basketball

by PurpleGeezer on Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:36 pm

I thought is copied pretty good...and it keeps the headers. Wink

I thought our free throw defense was top notch tonight....

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