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St. Louis watches Selection Sunday at a Best Buy, just like the rest of us

Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament - Semifinals - St. Louis v Butler

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 16: Jim Crews, head coach of the St. Louis Billikens reacts during his teams game against the Butler Bulldogs in the second half during the Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament - Semifinals at the Barclays Center on March 16, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Jason Szenes/Getty Images)

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St. Louis had a pretty solid week in Brooklyn this weekend. The Billikens locked up the automatic bid out of the Atlantic 10 by beating VCU in the finals, capping a great run for interim coach Jim Crews who should no doubt get the interim tag dropped from his title as a result.

Then, in the only snag of the week, the team bus caught some traffic on the way to the airport and it could’ve meant the team wouldn’t get the honor of watching themselves pop up on the screen and announce their seed.

So what does any good team do? They improvise. By that, I mean they stopped at a Best Buy and camped out in the entertainment center to watch the action.

So cool.

I mean, it’s one thing to watch it. It’s another to watch it in a place where the public can watch you watch it.

Major kudos to Crews and the Billikens for making an in-game adjustment. It’s something they’ve been great at all season, so why should we expect any different now?

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