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espken said:
Coming into this season, his D1 record as head coach was 33-33. Jury still out.
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Right but the one year at Fordham (16-16) was very impressive considering they were 2-12 and 9-22 before he got there and only had 4 seasons of .500 in my lifetime (since 1991). A lot of his talent was there last year.

Agree the jury is out but I think people are forgetting his bonafides
 
espken said:
For me, the jury is still out on Neptune.
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OK Ken, Vegasman and others,

I opined that Villanova will contend for the Big East title. You say the “jury is out”.

Where do you believe Villanova will finish in the final Big East standings? Thanks.
 
Middle of the pack would be my guess.
If Jay Wright was still coach, then this team would “contend for a Big East title.”
 
otis said:
OK Ken, Vegasman and others,

I opined that Villanova will contend for the Big East title. You say the “jury is out”.

Where do you believe Villanova will finish in the final Big East standings? Thanks.
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Otis, I agree with you that Villanova has a chance to win the league based on the talent that they have and watching them play this week. What I think will ultimately hold them back from winning is that there are seven coaches in this league who are better coaches than Kyle Neptune. That’s just my opinion based on what I see. I just think there will be a few close games where Neptune will get out coached and that will keep them from winning the championship. But, lord knows I’ve been wrong before.
 
Saying that Nova will contend for a Big East title after a few games would be like saying the Johnnies would finish last in the Big East based on a blow out loss to Michigan and poor games against North Texas and Dayton. Way too soon to determine anything until we see how teams do head to head in conference especially as visiting teams. Let’s not forget that Marquette was predicted to finish 9th last year in conference based on prior games.
 
Agree. Knee jerk reactions to a game and predictions. Nova was always going to be top 5 with Moore and Dixon. Creighton will be fine as well even though the way they lost to Colorado state wasn’t a good look. And we too will be just fine even after our gross Michigan loss.
 
Georgetown in a big struggle with Jackson state who has played a pretty tough schedule including beating Missouri last game. They are 1-5.
 
Have watched a lot of college hoops these past few days.

My main takeaway is I’m pretty terrified of having to play Villanova. When they have their best 5 out there it’s just five dudes with huge NBA bodies and frames. They can’t all shoot consistently which may be their one weakness but god they can be scary to deal with athletically

a split with Villanova would be a massive victory for our team
 
DePaul now 1-5 on the season. Is it possible they could go winless in the Big East this year??
 
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