Around the Big East 19/20

Sunday, November 24th:

2:00 PM - North Florida at Creighton (91.1%) - FS1
5:00 PM - Villanova (63.3%) vs. Baylor, from Myrtle Beach, SC - ESPN
8:30 PM - Florida vs. Xavier (28.1%), from Charleston, SC - ESPN

A discrepancy in that Xavier game. Despite BPI's projections, they're "only" a 1.5-point underdog.
 
Florida has been awfully shaky to start this season I have no clue how X isn't given more of a chance in that BPI predictor
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=364664]North Florida over Creighton at half 36-31[/quote]
Creighton takes it, 76-67.
 
Xavier down by 8 to Florida. 2:46 left in the first half. Villanova already lost to Baylor today. We need Xavier to win this game for the conference
 
It's been a decent start to the season overall. Not great, but certainly better than last year. Maybe a tiny bit below expectations, though 2 in the projected basement (DePaul and Butler) are still undefeated with several good wins. Georgetown is off to a good start. St. John's has been decent. Creighton is doing as expected (4-1). Providence is really the only disappointment thus far, but keep in mind our leader Nova lost to Penn last year. Nearly every conference (possibly every conference?) has worse losses than we do.

As for the top of our conference, tomorrow we should still have 3 ranked teams (at worst 2). Last year during this time we had a week or two without any ranked teams.

As long as we can keep up a solid winning percentage then conference play should be fun. Essentially every game may be winnable for every team.

Also, nice job by Xavier welcoming UConn back to the Big East. :)
 
Monday, November 25th:

7:00 PM - Butler (62.4%) vs. Missouri, from Kansas City, MO - ESPNU

Another discrepancy here, as I also see Missouri listed as being a 1-point favorite.
 
Johnnies first in rebounds per game in Big East. Who woulda thunk it? What a difference a year can make...
 
[quote="NCJohnnie" post=364893]Johnnies first in rebounds per game in Big East. Who woulda thunk it? What a difference a year can make...[/quote]

No more chuck and run offense for us.
 
[quote="NCJohnnie" post=364893]Johnnies first in rebounds per game in Big East. Who woulda thunk it? What a difference a year can make...[/quote]

Nice. That number could Steere in an even better direction soon.
 
Seems fair. Xavier would be a bit higher if they were winning by more (rather than in OT), but their loss was close at least. I'd say DePaul should get a few votes, though, given that they have road wins against KenPom #45 and #111. They and Butler will have opportunities to prove themselves over the next week.
 
Butler beats #31 Missouri (KenPom). Not just that, but it's a neutral court 11 point win. Excellent job by the undefeated Bulldogs, who have also beaten #73 Minnesota.
 
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Tuesday, November 26th:

8:00 PM - Central Michigan at DePaul (71.3%) - FS1
9:30 PM - Stanford vs. Butler (79.6%), from Kansas City, MO - ESPN2

Discrepancy time, again. Butler "only" a 3 and a half point favorite, but BPI likes them more then that.
 
[quote="SJU61982" post=365048]Tuesday, November 26th:

8:00 PM - Central Michigan at DePaul (71.3%) - FS1
9:30 PM - Stanford vs. Butler (79.6%), from Kansas City, MO - ESPN2

Discrepancy time, again. Butler "only" a 3 and a half point favorite, but BPI likes them more then that.[/quote]

Also DePaul is underrated by BPI given that they're favored by around 13. Generally I think a 7 point line should be around 75% odds of winning. I know that BPI isn't that accurate, but this year in particular it's been REALLY off. Maybe it's still sorting things out since it's the beginning of the season, but not a good look.
 
[quote="Adam" post=365051][quote="SJU61982" post=365048]Tuesday, November 26th:

8:00 PM - Central Michigan at DePaul (71.3%) - FS1
9:30 PM - Stanford vs. Butler (79.6%), from Kansas City, MO - ESPN2

Discrepancy time, again. Butler "only" a 3 and a half point favorite, but BPI likes them more then that.[/quote]

Also DePaul is underrated by BPI given that they're favored by around 13. Generally I think a 7 point line should be around 75% odds of winning. I know that BPI isn't that accurate, but this year in particular it's been REALLY off. Maybe it's still sorting things out since it's the beginning of the season, but not a good look.[/quote]

Actually, in terms of the final results, BPI has been more accurate, so far. They were the only ones who liked Vermont to beat us (though it was close all around). They liked Butler solidly last night, even though Missouri was a one-point favorite. They said Florida would have an easy time of it with Xavier (X made it close late in that game, but they were fighting an uphill battle, all night).
 
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UCLA, Georgetown, Kansas, and Virginia will headline the 2020 Wooden Legacy, per release.
 
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