DePaul (UBS), Tue., Feb. 6, 6:30p, FS-1

[bucketshardy]

21 point faves....

 

[Mean Gene]

I think the bobble head looks more like Massiello than it does Pitino

 

[mjmaherjr]

21 point faves....

I might take DePaul and the points just so I have less angst

 

[mjmaherjr]

Does anyone familiar with UBS know if the Dime Club will be open for the game & have free food and non-alcoholic drinks?

You are on the wrong board asking about non alcoholic drinks

 

[Goose]

You are on the wrong board asking about non alcoholic drinks

Didn't want to start a stampede to the Dime Club tomorrow by leaving out the words "non-alcoholic"

 

[weathermannyc]

I think the bobble head looks more like Massiello than it does Pitino

Gary Apple

 

[kranmars]

This team, man. If my father had just gone to Duke I wouldn't be having all these problems now.

Duke may have the fancy wins, but the trade off is you would have missed out on all of this great humanity, humility, and humor. The things that Duke fans are incapable of attaining.

 

[mjmaherjr]

Rick Bobblehead definitely was created to land some crest white strip NIL

 

[paultzman]

Rick: “It is not a great bobble head, it will not be a great bobble head until it follows the manufacturer’s bobble head game plan. The Bobble Head Manufacturer’s Association in China is corrupt and should be disbanded. Mass transfers of bobble head torsos are ruining the tradition and we must take over operations ourselves. Lastly, hence forth we will only play the Chinese Embassy at Carnesecca Arena not MSG.”

 

[austour]

It’s just funny cause every discussion about our at large chances are “let’s just get to 11-9 or 12-8 in conference and see what happens” and now you guys are trying to downplay an opportunity to get an easy conference win.

Weird to me. Every game is CRUCIAL to our hopes of making the tournament. This is a massive game. I know that because if we lose it our at large chances would be nearly shot

True. And everyone has played them at least once already. Here's everyone's effective conference w/l with the big assumption that everyone in the middle pool loses to Marquette and Uconn and beats Depaul and Gtown.

Creighton/ 8-6, 6 games in pool
Seton Hall/ 9-4, 7 games in pool
Butler/ 7-7, 6 games in pool
Xavier/ 8-7, 5 games in pool
Providence/ 7-8, 5 games in pool
St Johns/ 9-7, 4 games in pool
Villanova 7-7, 6 games in pool

Those 4 games in pool are the most important of the season and anything less than 2-2 is a real bad situation. I get the feeling @Butler is going to be very important as thing continue to unfold. Would love to go in there 2-1 against Prov, SH and Creighton.

 

[SJUDave]

St. John's is 13-1 on "Bobblehead Night" - the lone loss coming last year against Creighton for Billy Schaeffer bobblehead night.

 

[espken]

St. John's is 13-1 on "Bobblehead Night" - the lone loss coming last year against Creighton for Billy Schaeffer bobblehead night.

Speaking of Billy, he was sitting in the row ahead of me on Sat. It was great that they gave Felipe a shout out, but all former players deserve the love. David Cain sitting a row behind me as well.

Back to topic, let’s blast DePaul.

 

[austour]

Added the record to date against the pool in case anyone was wondering:

Creighton/ 8-6, 6 games in pool, 4-2 to date in pool
Seton Hall/ 9-4, 6 games in pool, 3-3
Butler/ 7-7, 6 games in pool, 2-4
Xavier/ 8-7, 5 games in pool, 4-3
Providence/ 7-8, 5 games in pool, 2-5
St Johns/ 9-7, 4 games in pool, 5-3
Villanova 7-7, 6 games in pool, 3-3

Those 4 games in pool are the most important of the season and anything less than 2-2 is a real bad situation. I get the feeling @Butler is going to be very important as thing continue to unfold. Would love to go in there 2-1 against Prov, SH and Creighton.

PS I understand that this does not take into account OOC just doing a BE season analysis.

 

[Redenbacher]

True. And everyone has played them at least once already. Here's everyone's effective conference w/l with the big assumption that everyone in the middle pool loses to Marquette and Uconn and beats Depaul and Gtown.

Creighton/ 8-6, 6 games in pool
Seton Hall/ 9-4, 7 games in pool
Butler/ 7-7, 6 games in pool
Xavier/ 8-7, 5 games in pool
Providence/ 7-8, 5 games in pool
St Johns/ 9-7, 4 games in pool
Villanova 7-7, 6 games in pool

Those 4 games in pool are the most important of the season and anything less than 2-2 is a real bad situation. I get the feeling @Butler is going to be very important as thing continue to unfold. Would love to go in there 2-1 against Prov, SH and Creighton.

Sorry I am thick. What does the pool number stand for?

 

[austour]

Sorry I am thick. What does the pool number stand for?

the pool of teams listed making up the middle of the pack. You can argue whether Creighton belongs of course but with a home loss against Butler last weekend I put them in, even if they're basically guaranteed a spot in the dance. The way these teams play each other will dictate their final standing in the BE assuming everyone holds serve against Gtown and Depaul.

 

[passitback]

I agree
Joel plays like a lion against inferior opponents but like a lamb against most teams with very good post players
You can knock Jenkins all you want but, overall, he's been our most productive player this season to date

100%

 

[Redenbacher]

the pool of teams listed making up the middle of the pack. You can argue whether Creighton belongs of course but with a home loss against Butler last weekend I put them in, even if they're basically guaranteed a spot in the dance. The way these teams play each other will dictate their final standing in the BE assuming everyone holds serve against Gtown and Depaul.

Thanks. I am not sure of your Seton Hall pool number of 7.

 

[austour]

Thanks. I am not sure of your Seton Hall pool number of 7.

Yeah, it's corrected in the follow up post. I caught that too late to edit.

 

[Redenbacher]

Yeah, it's corrected in the follow up post. I caught that too late to edit.

Got it, thanks. Interesting analysis.

 

[paultzman]