Q1 loss or a Q2 win. Give me the latter!
@Butler, Wed., Feb. 26 , 9p, CBSSN
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He’s got two all league guys on his team. Hard to see him having better talent next year IMO
SJUDave
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I think it matters a lot actually.
Could effect Florida seed line, could put Georgia into the tournament, and puts a wrench into the top 5 AP poll
Fyi after last night..Florida's NET stayed same (# 4)..Georgia moved up 4 spots to #36
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My (hypothetical) point was that if chasing #1 were to reduce the odds of #'s 2&3 due to the due to fake tough guy BS like "you can rest when the season's over", that would not be smart. Think bigger.
Butler is 21-35 in the Big East the past 3 seasons under Matta. Will probably get worse with their last 4 games being against top teams in the Big East. I'd argue he's been a major disappointment there given his pedigree. None of us would be happy with that type of record and next year will be worse with him losing his two top scorers.
Look, Rick is trying to win out without question. However, he will rest his banged up guys as much as possible while achieving that goal. In other words, don't expect 38 minutes from Kadary tonight. If we get off well and don't need him, he will sit.
Mullins Revenge
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I have one message for Rick Pitino tonight:
Give me Lefty or give me death!
Give me Lefty or give me death!
He wasn't expected to revive that program. 7-13 isn’t horrible considering the likelihood of getting swept by the top 4 teams and playing .500 vs the rest.
Not sure I'm following your logic. What was he brought in for then? They haven't even sniffed an NCAA bid in his 3 years and likely won't next year. Not sure how anyone could be satisfied.
Absolutely. If he was here the “Is Matta the Guy” thread would be at about 1,000 pages by now.
Thad has lived in the NCAA tournament his whole career. His butler tenure this time has definitely been a disappointment. The school has also made some pretty significant NIL commitments for the basketball program. Things just haven’t panned out. This year is especially disappointing because they started off with some solid non conference wins (SMU, Northwestern, @Miss St) but things haven’t gone their way since.
Totally agree . Johnson makes any Color Commentator useless . Plus , his voice is annoying . He’s speaks too fast.
And, can barely hear him during the games . I like Jackson but , not paired with Johnson .
Donny Marshall , is always suspect , due to his UCONN bias . I would have loved Donny doing last Sunday’s game
Lappas is ok . I don’t get how Fox or CBSSN assign announcers . Another Manhattan Coach , then Villanova and then , UMASS. He knows ball .
Last night at Marquette -PC , they had Jason Brinetti and Raftery . Go figure
Despite him aging , I love Raftery doing our games . We don’t get him enough.
And both physical. He may not have any aces but he's got Jack/Queen same suit.
Anthony Mattia
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You don't think we can get them minutes against Seton Hall?
Larry Wright
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Chris Mullin 75
Jimmy Chitwood 66
Jimmy Chitwood 66
carmineabbatiello
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We're so lucky. We got big slick and a possible straight draw.
They got a number of kids that can score the ball and make 3s. And Matta can still coach for sure.
It has been a weird season for both Butler and Xavier. You look at the rosters and the coaches and you don't expect the results you see. Just odd