prebilliken Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Fellow Bills fans, In an effort to focus some positive energy for the Bills during this trying season I recently volunteered to write the wiki entry for our beloved Billikens on the college basketball page of reddit- reddit.com/r/collegebasketball. If you are looking for a good, active, and civil place to discuss all things college basketball, I highly recommend it. It does require that you sign up for reddit, which is anonymous and free. Anyways, most of the criteria is pretty straightforward: Founding year of the University, campus location, traditions, yada yada. But one of the sections is pretty interesting: Greatest games. I have been following the Bills with passion since the early 2000's and am also a bit of a history nerd and therefore familiar with a lot of our history before that, but I wanted to get the board's opinion on some of our greatest games in the programs history. So far here is what I am thinking: 1948 NIT Championship: SLU 66- NYU 52 2000 CUSA Second Round "The Miracle in Memphis": SLU 68- Cincinnati 58 2010 vs Dayton "The Shot": SLU 68- Dayton 65 (2OT) 2012 @ Butler: SLU 65- Butler 61 I hoping to fill that glaring void from 1948 to 2000, or just overall curious at what people think are the greatest single games in our programs history. Many thanks ahead of time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 The NCAA win against NC State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Feb 2003....59-58 win over #2 ranked Louisville. Marquis Perry's winning shot with 3 sec left in the game broke the Cards 17 game winning streak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Man Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 we beat DePaul in the quarterfinal game of the NIT in 1990 to get to the final four. just an awesome game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 6 hours ago, The Wiz said: Feb 2003....59-58 win over #2 ranked Louisville. Marquis Perry's winning shot with 3 sec left in the game broke the Cards 17 game winning streak this. More crazy finishes Ian Vouyoukas tip game Vs SMS the comeback and 3 point buzzer beater vs Iowa at the family arena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 51 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: this. More crazy finishes Ian Vouyoukas tip game Vs SMS the comeback and 3 point buzzer beater vs Iowa at the family arena shouldnt have counted, but yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Beating MU and Kansas. Don't remember and are too lazy to look up the years. The Kansas win was marred by my dropping my wedding ring, which rolled a couple rows down before a kind soul gave it back to me. Missed the final moments of the game worrying about that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIKNS Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I call it the Valentine's Day Massacre, when beat Cincinnati , they were ranked, thinking #4, 2000 season timeframe. The Helicopter got SO pissed.. MInnesota win in '95 NCAA tourney, last 30 seconds took forever. Conklin Smash game vs. UW. Any win over X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 10 minutes ago, Billiken Rich said: Beating MU and Kansas. Don't remember and are too lazy to look up the years. The Kansas win was marred by my dropping my wedding ring, which rolled a couple rows down before a kind soul gave it back to me. Missed the final moments of the game worrying about that..... We beat KU in '98 78-64 and Mizzou in '99 75-72. Both at home, that was part of a back to back tourney run for the Bills led by Hughes the first year and a solid team the next. Scott Highmark will go to his grave believing that the Bills would have gone to the Final Four if Hughes stayed one more year. He brings it up every time they have Hughes on a broadcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, prebilliken said: We beat KU in '98 78-64 and Mizzou in '99 75-72. Both at home, that was part of a back to back tourney run for the Bills led by Hughes the first year and a solid team the next. Scott Highmark will go to his grave believing that the Bills would have gone to the Final Four if Hughes stayed one more year. He brings it up every time they have Hughes on a broadcast. Whoops, I have my own history wrong, we went in 97-98, then back in 99-00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 -games from the Spoon era in the packed Arena, those were fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I don't know if my offering calls for greatest games, but that year we won the Anaheim Holiday Tourney under RM in 2011-12 was probably some of the greatest BB I've ever seen SLU play. We were a friggin' well oiled machine out there. I'd also add the W over a streaking Memphis team in Columbus and then a real nail biter against the #1 seed MSU. We definitely had our chances to get to the Sweet 16 in that one. Obviously, the NC State game was something to behold. I've no argument w/ any of the games listed above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Some not mentioned but could be. - Any NCAA victory, but especially the Memphis win in Columbus (first NCAA win since Larry, guaranteed a weekend stay, Mizzou had just lost to Norfolk St.) - Hughes led win against Illinois in the dome in front of 28k or so. - Clags and Highmark win against Cinci in 94, virtually secured first NCAA bid since the 50s - Conklin senior night against Xavier, virtually secured an NCAA bid - Any of the 2012 home A10 wins over LaSalle, Butler and VCU. Absolutely dominated those games and all 3 were NCAA teams - The NIT win at New Mexico in 89 to advance to the Final 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 11'-12' Blizzard game against X at Chaifetz. Sold out, an utter shellacking of X. Those were the nights even the most ardent of Biondi-bashers would just look around and say "Thanks, Padre." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizziken Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 2012-13 A-10 Championship against VCU in Brooklyn. Was a nail-biter at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 11 hours ago, Duff Man said: Why did Orlando Stewart (RIP) only play one season for the Bills? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 The 1948 NIT win has to be at the top since there is a legitimate argument that this was a national championship. The next season, SLU started out ranked #1 in the very first AP poll. After returning home from the win by train, they were greeted by 15,000 at Union Station. The team was immediately put into cars decorated in blue and white and driven to campus for a celebration. That certainly seems like the top win to me. There may be other wins in that era that were big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken class of 15 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Young fan here, but here are my favorites from my college years (I was extremely lucky to experience the Golden Age of Billiken basketball) Conklin Smash game vs. Washington Downing Xavier on Conklin's senior night to all but seal a tourney bid Beating Memphis in the tourney Losing to Michigan St in the next round. Even though it was a loss, the way we played against a top team was admirable. Probably the proudest I've ever felt after a loss. Destroying New Mexico on New Years Eve 2012 and watching Steve Alford get ejected Beating Butler at home in 2013 Beating Butler on at Hinkle in 2013 Clinching the A10 regular season title on Senior Day for Kwamain and Cody Beating VCU for the A10 tourney championship in 2013 Taking down VCU on ESPN in 2014 (a win that would vault us into the Top 10) Jordair's game-winner at UMass to end a losing streak and clinch the 2014 A10 title The NC State game. Enough said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 32 minutes ago, billiken class of 15 said: Young fan here, but here are my favorites from my college years (I was extremely lucky to experience the Golden Age of Billiken basketball) Conklin Smash game vs. Washington Downing Xavier on Conklin's senior night to all but seal a tourney bid Beating Memphis in the tourney Losing to Michigan St in the next round. Even though it was a loss, the way we played against a top team was admirable. Probably the proudest I've ever felt after a loss. Destroying New Mexico on New Years Eve 2012 and watching Steve Alford get ejected Beating Butler at home in 2013 Beating Butler on at Hinkle in 2013 Clinching the A10 regular season title on Senior Day for Kwamain and Cody Beating VCU for the A10 tourney championship in 2013 Taking down VCU on ESPN in 2014 (a win that would vault us into the Top 10) Jordair's game-winner at UMass to end a losing streak and clinch the 2014 A10 title The NC State game. Enough said. This was truly the Golden Age. It feels so long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adman Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 UW Conklin Smash game. Set a tone early for what that season would become. Absolutely electric atmosphere at the Fetz, perhaps most electric ever. With the rare 11:00 start on a Saturday morning for the national (or regional) audience, truly a coming out party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmbilliken Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 On 12/29/2016 at 0:06 PM, prebilliken said: Why did Orlando Stewart (RIP) only play one season for the Bills? As I recall the story, he sucker punched John Duff and took off running. I think Duff is still chasing him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 -make sure to leave space for our future success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 March 1st 1990 at Loyola Probably only a handful of Billikens fans at this game. OT Bonner with 45 points and 20 rebounds, the best single game performance by a Billiken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 On 12/29/2016 at 1:33 PM, billiken class of 15 said: Destroying New Mexico on New Years Eve 2012 and watching Steve Alford get ejected This was a good one. First win over a ranked team that year, and IIRC we held them to something like 38 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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