Around the Big East

[NCJohnnie]

Butler trails North Dakota St 31-16 in the first half…

Would be a really bad loss to a team that has lost to Illinois State, Cal State Bakersfield, Southern Illinois and Samford!

 

[espken]

Would be a really bad loss to a team that has lost to Illinois State, Cal State Bakersfield, Southern Illinois and Samford!

Just another example of parity across the nation thus far.

 

[NCJohnnie]

Butler getting destroyed 44-23 just before halftime.

 

[MugCostanza]

NDSU's leading scorer beating Butler 24-23 at half

 

[Andrew]

Would be a really bad loss to a team that has lost to Illinois State, Cal State Bakersfield, Southern Illinois and Samford!

It's not even close so far.

 

[Andrew]

NDSU's leading scorer beating Butler 24-23 at half

Guy is 9/10 and 6/7 from 3. They are also getting killed on the boards.

 

[NCJohnnie]

What a comeback by Butler. Down 23 at one point they are now only down 3 with 6:34 to go. Telfort & Brooks an impressive 1-2 punch

 

[RedStormRising]

What a comeback by Butler. Down 23 at one point they are now only down 3 with 6:34 to go. Telfort & Brooks an impressive 1-2 punch

Just grinding away, nothing spectacular. Basically just getting plus match ups and turning it into points. Bulter up 2

 

[dk423]

Butler takes the lead. NDSU missed wide open three and point blank put back.

 

[redmannorth]

Butler loosing by 1 right now. This would be a real bad loss.

 

[NCJohnnie]

That kid Moni has just killed Butler down the stretch.

 

[NCJohnnie]

Bad loss for Butler. They had every chance to win this one.

 

[MugCostanza]

Butler now with losses to Austin Peay and NDSU. With how weak the Big East this year relative to the past few years they might be drawing dead for an at large already

 

[Mullins Revenge]

Butler stinks.

 

[NCJohnnie]

Butler now with losses to Austin Peay and NDSU. With how weak the Big East this year relative to the past few years they might be drawing dead for an at large already

I think there's only 5 BE teams with any realistic chance of dancing - UCONN, SJU, Marquette, Creighton & Xavier.

 

[MugCostanza]

I think there's only 5 BE teams with any realistic chance of dancing - UCONN, SJU, Marquette, Creighton & Xavier.

Probably right. Both Villanova and Providence are capable of putting it together during Big East play to put themselves in the mix despite the holes they’ve dug for themselves already.

For some reason I’m bullish on Villanova figuring it out but Neptune kind of hinders all that.

 

[lawmanfan]

Probably right. Both Villanova and Providence are capable of putting it together during Big East play to put themselves in the mix despite the holes they’ve dug for themselves already.

For some reason I’m bullish on Villanova figuring it out but Neptune kind of hinders all that.

I certainly hope that Nova does *just* well enough to keep Neptune

 

[NCJohnnie]

Probably right. Both Villanova and Providence are capable of putting it together during Big East play to put themselves in the mix despite the holes they’ve dug for themselves already.

For some reason I’m bullish on Villanova figuring it out but Neptune kind of hinders all that.

Seems like they'd both have to go at least 13-7 in league play which seems highly unlikely for either one.

 

[dk423]

Bad loss for Butler. They had every chance to win this one.

Wow! They lost! I turned it off after they were up four to walk the dog in the rain.

Butler's done. Real rough for Matta to start the year that way. They're another team we gotta beat twice.

 

[dk423]

Probably right. Both Villanova and Providence are capable of putting it together during Big East play to put themselves in the mix despite the holes they’ve dug for themselves already.

For some reason I’m bullish on Villanova figuring it out but Neptune kind of hinders all that.

If Nova had a plus coach, I'd be more nervous of them with Dixon/Poplar