Saint Louis’ season hasn’t been one to remember, but the Billikens had a night that few will likely ever forget Wednesday.
After losing to St. Bonaventure, 70-55, Saint Louis was, quite naturally, ready to get on their way back home to lick their wounds.
Only problem was, their bus driver had split.
That’s right. St. Louis got ditched by its bus driver, and the story only gets weirder from here.
Insult to injury...
— Bob Ramsey (@RammerSTL) February 9, 2017
Lose to Bonnie's and our nutty bus driver leaves without the team!
The state troopers are tracking her down!
Serious!
Just chilling in the Reilly Center while we try to find our missing bus. #SCNotTop10 pic.twitter.com/Au9LwpofO1
— Saint Louis Men's Basketball (@SaintLouisMBB) February 9, 2017
The driver’s location was, and this is pretty amazing, discovered by using the tracking function on coach Travis Ford’s iPad, which he left on the bus.
Now, here’s where it gets even more wild. When the cops found the bus, it apparently didn’t immediately pull over.
The cooky runaway bus driver has been stopped by the state troopers about 30 miles from Olean. The lady reportedly wouldn't stop at first
— Earl Austin Jr. (@earlaustinjr) February 9, 2017
Thankfully, we got to our original bus, got all of our stuff and are headed to the airport for a very late flight pic.twitter.com/8BUIGnQJDQ
— Earl Austin Jr. (@earlaustinjr) February 9, 2017
I haven’t been this interested in a bus driver since ‘Speed’ came out in 1994.
Was there a misunderstanding? Did she just get sick of waiting for the team and had dinner reservations? Trying to catch a late movie? Was she trying to make for Canada to make it rich on the basketball equipment black market?
God bless college basketball and all the wackiness it inspires.
UPDATE (9:00 a.m. ET): Whoa:
The driver of the SLU bus was arrested for driving while intoxicated with a reported BAC of .22 percent, according to NY State Police.
— stu durando (@studurando) February 9, 2017