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Big win if Gtown can hold on down the stretch. Meanwhile moron Johnnie fans seem to be rooting for MState under the basket .
Don't they know that this win is needed desperately for the league.

Agree. I was rooting for GT...a bit of a brouhaha in my section between some well behaved GT fans and a moron and his son from Mich State...GT fans loved us because we told the security guards to toss the Mich State fan

 

[Moose]

how could that be? Gtown is just a middle of the pack Big East team. You've told us yourself, the league is down. Surely this can;t happen against a
Big Ten powerhouse.

Um on any given day a team can beat anyone. We went toe to toe with Cuse. That doesn't mean we are the top of the Big East. I'm the biggest pro BE person out there but there are 2 good teams in the conference. The rest is a total toss up. Gtown came in after losing what 6 in a row? I'm happy they won today. Any right-minded SJU fan should have been pulling for them today.

But we need 2 teams to really step up and not have the remaining 8 teams beat up on each other. You need 4 bids or 1st year is a big disappointment.

 

[Marillac]

Michigan State did not have their full team out there. Been battling injuries for awhile.

G'town also down a few men.

Great point. I haven't heard that mentioned by anyone who was making excuses for MSU.

Just a great win for the conference...a real resume booster that will be used dozens of times in selection Sunday. The best part is it came from a middle of the road team with a losing conference record.

 

[Andrew]

how could that be? Gtown is just a middle of the pack Big East team. You've told us yourself, the league is down. Surely this can;t happen against a
Big Ten powerhouse.

Um on any given day a team can beat anyone. We went toe to toe with Cuse. That doesn't mean we are the top of the Big East. I'm the biggest pro BE person out there but there are 2 good teams in the conference. The rest is a total toss up. Gtown came in after losing what 6 in a row? I'm happy they won today. Any right-minded SJU fan should have been pulling for them today.

But we need 2 teams to really step up and not have the remaining 8 teams beat up on each other. You need 4 bids or 1st year is a big disappointment.

Right now the conference would have four teams in the tournament. A fifth team is still possible but a long shot. Not terrible for the first year.

 

[Moose]

how could that be? Gtown is just a middle of the pack Big East team. You've told us yourself, the league is down. Surely this can;t happen against a
Big Ten powerhouse.

Um on any given day a team can beat anyone. We went toe to toe with Cuse. That doesn't mean we are the top of the Big East. I'm the biggest pro BE person out there but there are 2 good teams in the conference. The rest is a total toss up. Gtown came in after losing what 6 in a row? I'm happy they won today. Any right-minded SJU fan should have been pulling for them today.

But we need 2 teams to really step up and not have the remaining 8 teams beat up on each other. You need 4 bids or 1st year is a big disappointment.

Right now the conference would have four teams in the tournament. A fifth team is still possible but a long shot. Not terrible for the first year.

Guess what.
The season doesn't end right now. The other 8 teams in the conference are beating each other up. Ala Seton Hall today.

 

[Marillac]

how could that be? Gtown is just a middle of the pack Big East team. You've told us yourself, the league is down. Surely this can;t happen against a
Big Ten powerhouse.

Um on any given day a team can beat anyone. We went toe to toe with Cuse. That doesn't mean we are the top of the Big East. I'm the biggest pro BE person out there but there are 2 good teams in the conference. The rest is a total toss up. Gtown came in after losing what 6 in a row? I'm happy they won today. Any right-minded SJU fan should have been pulling for them today.

But we need 2 teams to really step up and not have the remaining 8 teams beat up on each other. You need 4 bids or 1st year is a big disappointment.

Right now the conference would have four teams in the tournament. A fifth team is still possible but a long shot. Not terrible for the first year.

Guess what.
The season doesn't end right now. The other 8 teams in the conference are beating each other up. Ala Seton Hall today.

Yeah, that is one advantage the AAC has over us. After the top five, it falls off faster than the Grand Canyon. They can just rack up ten easy wins and hope to take a few from the other big boys. St. John's would be going nuts in that conference. AAC has 5/10 teams ranked 147-208 in the RPI and St. John's is currently 9-0 against teams ranked 125 and worse. Hopefully the selection committee understands that. The Big East is much more unforgiving. Cincy is 9-0 (5-0 away from home) in the AAC, but they are 0-1 against the Big East, getting waxed by 17 points on a neutral court by Xavier. I think St. John's would win 14-15 games in the AAC. I find it hard to believe that Creighton and Nova wouldn't beat them as well, and we've at least split with them, even in the darkest years, because of their sloppy style of play.

I think the Big East has four teams in right now. Providence is inside the bubble and has to be careful, but Xavier is very safe for now--but has to win at least five to maintain that status. They have an excellent RPI that will help.

Gtown and SJU are the only two really left in the hunt for what could be the fifth bid. Both teams have strong RPIs relative to their record and nearly identical schedules remaining. The only differences are Gtown has five road games and SJU only has four, they play @ DePaul and home against Providence (reverse of us), and, of course, they play @ St. John's. Five bids is not out of the question if the quartet of Xavier, Providence, Gtown, and St. John's beat up on the bottom of the league and take a few from Xavier and Nova.

 

[bamafan]

Nice RPI boost for the Big East

Michigan State. 60
Georgetown. 64

Also, Nova beat Temple on the road (at least for RPI purposes) by 15. Wins away from home carry big impacts in the RPI. These two wins were very big for the conference this late, especially since every team plays G'town and Nova twice.

The Michigan Stat wine is a big resume builder for a very disrespected conference--and from a team in the middle of the pack. Creighton has been tossed from the top 25 after each loss, in spite of its 10th ranked RPI. It is just total disrespect for a team that advanced in the tournament and then returned 7/8 key players.

Unfortunately Temple is something like 6-13 so even though Nova win was on road doubt it helps RPI

 

[Andrew]

how could that be? Gtown is just a middle of the pack Big East team. You've told us yourself, the league is down. Surely this can;t happen against a
Big Ten powerhouse.

Um on any given day a team can beat anyone. We went toe to toe with Cuse. That doesn't mean we are the top of the Big East. I'm the biggest pro BE person out there but there are 2 good teams in the conference. The rest is a total toss up. Gtown came in after losing what 6 in a row? I'm happy they won today. Any right-minded SJU fan should have been pulling for them today.

But we need 2 teams to really step up and not have the remaining 8 teams beat up on each other. You need 4 bids or 1st year is a big disappointment.

Right now the conference would have four teams in the tournament. A fifth team is still possible but a long shot. Not terrible for the first year.

Guess what.
The season doesn't end right now. The other 8 teams in the conference are beating each other up. Ala Seton Hall today.

Yeah, that is one advantage the AAC has over us. After the top five, it falls off faster than the Grand Canyon. They can just rack up ten easy wins and hope to take a few from the other big boys. St. John's would be going nuts in that conference. AAC has 5/10 teams ranked 147-208 in the RPI and St. John's is currently 9-0 against teams ranked 125 and worse. Hopefully the selection committee understands that. The Big East is much more unforgiving. Cincy is 9-0 (5-0 away from home) in the AAC, but they are 0-1 against the Big East, getting waxed by 17 points on a neutral court by Xavier. I think St. John's would win 14-15 games in the AAC. I find it hard to believe that Creighton and Nova wouldn't beat them as well, and we've at least split with them, even in the darkest years, because of their sloppy style of play.

I think the Big East has four teams in right now. Providence is inside the bubble and has to be careful, but Xavier is very safe for now--but has to win at least five to maintain that status. They have an excellent RPI that will help.

Gtown and SJU are the only two really left in the hunt for what could be the fifth bid. Both teams have strong RPIs relative to their record and nearly identical schedules remaining. The only differences are Gtown has five road games and SJU only has four, they play @ DePaul and home against Providence (reverse of us), and, of course, they play @ St. John's. Five bids is not out of the question if the quartet of Xavier, Providence, Gtown, and St. John's beat up on the bottom of the league and take a few from Xavier and Nova.

St. John's is #51 in the Pomeroy ratings. Not bad.

 

[paultzman]

@BIGEASTMBB: MBB Weekly Awards: McDermott Named #BIGEAST Player of the Week, @DePaulAthletics Curington picks up Rookie honorhttp://t.co/Tx2G4yhS0O

Also, D'Lo honored by BE;

D’Angelo Harrison, G, St. John’s
Averaged 21.0 points and shot 50 percent from 3-point range in a 1-1 week. Had 27 points in win over Marquette.

 

[paultzman]

http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...ra-a-10-big-east-teams-hurting-each-other.ece

 

[Jack Williams]

Xavier continues to skid, Nova destroyed them tonight at the pavilion.

DePaul/GTOWN on now on FS1

 

[Andrew]

Xavier continues to skid, Nova destroyed them tonight at the pavilion.

DePaul/GTOWN on now on FS1

Fourth place is not impossible with a strong finish.

 

[bobo]

Big East performances in January and the upcoming week.

http://collegechalktalk.com/2014/02/03/notable-big-east-performances-in-january/

 

[paultzman]

@AdamZagoria: Donovan, Miller, Cooley to Coach USA U18shttp://t.co/w3ptip0fj1

 

[Moose]

@AdamZagoria: Donovan, Miller, Cooley to Coach USA U18shttp://t.co/w3ptip0fj1

I know someone who would never do that

 

[Marillac]

Xavier continues to skid, Nova destroyed them tonight at the pavilion.

DePaul/GTOWN on now on FS1

Fourth place is not impossible with a strong finish.

We'll catch Xavier. We have an easier schedule and can even them up with a win tonight and against them at MSG. Providence will be tougher to catch but still possible.

 

[Jack Williams]

Xavier continues to skid, Nova destroyed them tonight at the pavilion.

DePaul/GTOWN on now on FS1

Fourth place is not impossible with a strong finish.

We'll catch Xavier. We have an easier schedule and can even them up with a win tonight and against them at MSG. Providence will be tougher to catch but still possible.

Xavier hasn't done squat this season in the big east. Haven't won much on the road other than DePaul, and got beat at home by seton hall. They will end year in sixth in big east standings, I am sure of it

 

[Marillac]

Xavier continues to skid, Nova destroyed them tonight at the pavilion.

DePaul/GTOWN on now on FS1

Fourth place is not impossible with a strong finish.

We'll catch Xavier. We have an easier schedule and can even them up with a win tonight and against them at MSG. Providence will be tougher to catch but still possible.

Xavier hasn't done squat this season in the big east. Haven't won much on the road other than DePaul, and got beat at home by seton hall. They will end year in sixth in big east standings, I am sure of it

It's not looking good for them right now. That SH loss could prove to be devestating. It cost them 11 spots in the RPI.

They had an easy conference schedule to start...I think first three games were at home. We had a very hard start and easy finish. We'll pass them...I think Gtown will as well.

 

[Jack Williams]

Xavier continues to skid, Nova destroyed them tonight at the pavilion.

DePaul/GTOWN on now on FS1

Fourth place is not impossible with a strong finish.

We'll catch Xavier. We have an easier schedule and can even them up with a win tonight and against them at MSG. Providence will be tougher to catch but still possible.

Xavier hasn't done squat this season in the big east. Haven't won much on the road other than DePaul, and got beat at home by seton hall. They will end year in sixth in big east standings, I am sure of it

It's not looking good for them right now. That SH loss could prove to be devestating. It cost them 11 spots in the RPI.

They had an easy conference schedule to start...I think first three games were at home. We had a very hard start and easy finish. We'll pass them...I think Gtown will as well.

Georgetown looked good against MSU. But boy was that game against DePaul last night Ugly

 

[Marillac]

Xavier continues to skid, Nova destroyed them tonight at the pavilion.

DePaul/GTOWN on now on FS1

Fourth place is not impossible with a strong finish.

We'll catch Xavier. We have an easier schedule and can even them up with a win tonight and against them at MSG. Providence will be tougher to catch but still possible.

Xavier hasn't done squat this season in the big east. Haven't won much on the road other than DePaul, and got beat at home by seton hall. They will end year in sixth in big east standings, I am sure of it

It's not looking good for them right now. That SH loss could prove to be devestating. It cost them 11 spots in the RPI.

They had an easy conference schedule to start...I think first three games were at home. We had a very hard start and easy finish. We'll pass them...I think Gtown will as well.

Georgetown looked good against MSU. But boy was that game against DePaul last night Ugly

Depaul can do that to you...it was also a classic trap game. I'm more worried about Gtown than Xavier at this point. It's looking like Nova/Creighton 1-2, Providence 3, St. John's and Gtown fighting it out for 4/5, with Xavier six.

I hope Xavier gets that redshirt PF back because he's a good looking player and gives them another dimension in spit of what his stats might indicate. I'm sure he'll be back against us, but it'd be nice if they got him back after.