Occasionally you see some strange defenses employed to try and stop certain players, like the old Ted Williams shift that's been used on guys like Bonds and Giambi. Well, last night Loyola (Md.) totally stopped the nation's leading scorer, Stephen Curry, who's averaging 35 points per game. And they did it by double teaming him the whole game. Yes, the whole damn game.

An interesting strategy, and it succeeded masterfully, as Curry was held to zero points. Only problem is that, you know, Loyola basically played 3 on 4 for the game against Davidson because of that.

Naturally, they lost by 30.

So, uh, why in the hell did they do this, exactly?


Man, what I'll remember most is that you held Curry scoreless and still sucked so bad that you lost by 30.

By the way, if you're wondering what the fans thought of this travesty (it was played at Davidson), they were none too thrilled. Boos and catcalls rained down on Pastos and Loyola for basically the whole game. In fact, Davidson head coach Bob McKillop was so pissed at Loyola's move that he had Curry stay in the game until the final minute - long after the game had been decided - to just hang out on the side of the court doing nothing as two Loyola players guarded him.

It would seem like Pastos was simply trying to make a name for himself judging by his lame post game comments.


I'm sure Gary Williams is proud to be associated with this dumbass of a coach. Seriously, what a jackass. Nothing like completely compromising the integrity of the game to make a name for yourself. At least on the plus side, we know this fool Pastos stands no chance of ever becoming a coach at any major school now. 

I can live with that.

Curry held scoreless on 3 shots, but Davidson still blows out Loyola. [ESPN]