Butler narrowly escapes St. John’s

JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL, APFirst of all, Happy New Year. I hope you woke up this morning with only the slightest of hangovers, eager to jump out of bed and start tackling a couple of those resolutions that you drunkenly scribbled on that filthy napkin at 3 AM. That napkin was gross. It had ketchup on it. Next time, just use the notes section in your phone or something. Okay, now that that’s out of the way: did you see that game between Butler and St. John’s last night? No? Oh man, have I got a story for you…

The Butler Bulldogs came into their conference opener against the St. John’s Red Storm as the toast of the Big East. They had it rolling at 12-1 (despite a recent slump by star guard…