Bubble Watch
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buckethead
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Providence beats Nova would drop us to #6 seed. Not sure if I like being the 5 or the 6 seed. As the 6 we would get another game vs DePaul followed by Creighton. As the #5 it looks like we would be Seton Hall followed by UConn
While I'd love another crack at SH, oddly, I think we're better off as the 6. Depaul should be another win, which can't hurt and gets us to the next BET round, whereas a loss to SH (certainly possible) almost definitely knocked us out. I will go with the sure thing over bravado...
I would also rather see us get the 6 seed rather than the 5 in the Big East Tournament because it would also keep us from being bracketed with Uconn in the quarter-finals.
Queens_Ball
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We need to become enormous Villanova fans over the next few games. Wins against the tournament field is apparently important to a lot of the guys on the selection committee and Nova establishing itself on the right side of the bubble doubles that number for us. (Utah climbing back into it would also be helpful but Nova counts for two)
If it turns out that way , I don’t think Playing DePaul takes much out of us . Especially with our depth . We could almost coast like a scrimmage .
Playing Creighton is a more favorable match up than UCONN in the next round .
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I get it and that bravado is very appealing, but the goal now is to win games and get a bid, not try to prove a pint and risk a loss. JMHO.
I do not consider beating Seton Hall as some type of issue. You have to play someone. Creighton obliterated them last night, just because they were off last Sunday doesn’t make me want to play them, or Marquette, etc.
I think of every first Thursday game possible they are the easiest. And beating DePaul again would be nothing more than some type of overpriced exhibition game.
Beating them certainly helps our cause.
If we can't beat Seton Hall in a must-win after losing to them twice, we probably shouldn't be in the tournament. I totally agree.
SJ had dreadful stretch w losing 8 of 10, but playing best ball of season albeit two wins. Staying in win column entering BE T seems to make them a team opponents have to worry about a lot more than two weeks ago. A little wind at their backs & perhaps can grab two wins at Tournament. This could be fun while Wed “door mat fest” isn’t.
Play like last 2 games continue that the next 2 games and I’m not afraid of anyone. Just want to play UConn as late as possible to make the agony worse for their fans potentially
Strange thing about momentum. When you have it it’s very easy to put the bad stuff out of your mind
Strange thing about momentum. When you have it it’s very easy to put the bad stuff out of your mind
I don't get SH so low....
Dreadful ooc schedule
Ray Morgan
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We have been hearing the same mantra for years about being the team no one wants to play in the BET. Hasn't worked out so far. If I have learned one thing about SJU basketball since the long drought started is to assume no game is an automatic win and to take things one game at a time.
And as they mentioned on the broadcast last night, 3 of the losses were by 3 points or less! Yikes.
Redmen88
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Hopefully things are a little different this year. RP said one of the most difficult things at Iona or any small/mid-major was having to win the end of season tournament to get in the NCAA T. Everything hinged on the tournament so RP knows how to get his team ready for end of season tournaments. I know that we are all aware of SJ's history. Hoping somethings start to change now.