Around the Big East 18/19
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NY Post on Villanova and BET
https://nypost.com/2019/02/26/what-villanovas-free-fall-could-mean-for-big-east-tournament/
https://nypost.com/2019/02/26/what-villanovas-free-fall-could-mean-for-big-east-tournament/
[quote="NCJohnnie" post=325823]Mike Zaun wrote: Man, what a bad year for the conference in terms of bids. We have 3 near locks including us and then every time someone has a chance to claim the 4th they lose to some lower level conference team that isn't going dancing. At the end of the day, I really only care that we make it but it doesn't look good for the conference at all this year in terms of national respect. Yes many programs are rebuilding this season, but we will likely finish the year with 1 ranked team and quite possibly 3 bids unless Seton Hall steps up. Just seems every big game for our bubble teams are lost.
Yup, the American Athletic Conference could possibly wind up with as many teams in as BE. Houston & Cincy are locks and Temple & UCF could have cases to be made, depending how they finish up. However UCF has three tough ones left against Temple, Houston & Cincy (two of those on the road) and could easily lose all three. Actually very unlikely that AA gets more than 2 or at most 3 bids looking at remaining schedules of Temple & UCF.[/quote]
You guys may see it that way. But there isn't enough emphasis on the fact that every team in our league is over 500. Most of the big conferences are top heavy and so is the big east to an extent. But to me that shows the level of competition day in day out. In fact it hurts the league from a bid perspective because these teams beat each other up all year.
Yup, the American Athletic Conference could possibly wind up with as many teams in as BE. Houston & Cincy are locks and Temple & UCF could have cases to be made, depending how they finish up. However UCF has three tough ones left against Temple, Houston & Cincy (two of those on the road) and could easily lose all three. Actually very unlikely that AA gets more than 2 or at most 3 bids looking at remaining schedules of Temple & UCF.[/quote]
You guys may see it that way. But there isn't enough emphasis on the fact that every team in our league is over 500. Most of the big conferences are top heavy and so is the big east to an extent. But to me that shows the level of competition day in day out. In fact it hurts the league from a bid perspective because these teams beat each other up all year.
If we don’t win the big east tournament I hope someone does who otherwise wouldn’t make the dance. Xavier, Providence, Creighton, GTown, DePaul, Butler. Any of them.
As long as the automatic bid to one of the lesser lights doesn't knock SJU out.
[quote="Room112" post=325907][quote="SJU61982" post=325850]Tonight's games:
7:00 PM - Depaul at Georgetown - CBS SN
9:00 PM - Marquette at Villanova - FS1
We're the only game tomorrow.[/quote]
Need Georgetown and Nova to win so our wins against them remain Quad 1.[/quote] I don’t know about Nova. It sure looks good to have swept a top 10 team.
7:00 PM - Depaul at Georgetown - CBS SN
9:00 PM - Marquette at Villanova - FS1
We're the only game tomorrow.[/quote]
Need Georgetown and Nova to win so our wins against them remain Quad 1.[/quote] I don’t know about Nova. It sure looks good to have swept a top 10 team.
[quote="Sju grad 13" post=325947]This Marquette nova game is getting good.[/quote]
Samuels on Nova having the game of his life
Samuels on Nova having the game of his life
And I thought we couldn’t rebound...
Of course Markus Howard misses a free throw