The Next 5 Games...

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MakingPlays

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This 5 game stretch is going to be huge, potentially all 5 will be considered quadrant 1 games by the end of the season. The only one that's not considered quadrant 1 right now would be the DePaul game at home, however DePaul is 45 in NET right now and have a very winnable 3 game home stretch coming up, that should get them close to a top 30 NET if they take care of business by the time we play them. Winning 2 of the next 5 would be a really good start, if you can get 3 of the next 5 that would be amazing, and would probably put them in most NCAA tournament bracket predictions.

And on a side note when looking at the upcoming conference schedule... the good thing about the Big East this year is there is no clear cut favorite and every team is beatable. And outside of Providence every other Big East team took care of business in the non-conference, avoided bad losses, and bringing in a good NET to the conference. Even Seton Hall, who's had injuries, avoided losing to bad teams and still has a 56 NET, which isn't bad.

I think if this team can find a way to at least go .500 in conference, and win a game or 2 in Big East tournament, they'll be in position for a tournament bid. I've watched a fair amount of Big East games this year, and I think it's at the very worst a 6 bid league and at best it could get 8 teams in.
 
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[quote="Making Plays" post=368223]This 5 game stretch is going to be huge, potentially all 5 will be considered quadrant 1 games by the end of the season. The only one that's not considered quadrant 1 right now would be the DePaul game at home, however DePaul is 45 in NET right now and have a very winnable 3 game home stretch coming up, that should get them close to a top 30 NET if they take care of business by the time we play them. Winning 2 of the next 5 would be a really good start, if you can get 3 of the next 5 that would be amazing, and would probably put them in most NCAA tournament bracket predictions.

And on a side note when looking at the upcoming conference schedule... the good thing about the Big East this year is there is no clear cut favorite and every team is beatable. And outside of Providence every other Big East team took care of business in the non-conference, avoided bad losses, and bringing in a good NET to the conference. Even Seton Hall, who's had injuries, avoided losing to bad teams and still has a 56 NET, which isn't bad.

I think if this team can find a way to at least go .500 in conference, and win a game or 2 in Big East tournament, they'll be in position for a tournament bid. I've watched a fair amount of Big East games this year, and I think it's at the very worst a 6 bid league and at best it could get 8 teams in.[/quote]

Yeah it’s incredible but because the Big East has held up so well top to bottom, we will almost certainly get a bunch of bids. Lots of other power conferences having somewhat down years should swing an extra bid or two our direction. I don’t want to get too far ahead, but we are doing everything we are supposed to be doing right now. More challenges ahead but with our depth, we are poised to be able to weather rigors of conference play. If we compete every night the way we have been, Heron gets back on track and Steere gives us something, we might be in better shape than anybody thought entering the season.
 
[quote="Making Plays" post=368223]This 5 game stretch is going to be huge, potentially all 5 will be considered quadrant 1 games by the end of the season. The only one that's not considered quadrant 1 right now would be the DePaul game at home, however DePaul is 45 in NET right now and have a very winnable 3 game home stretch coming up, that should get them close to a top 30 NET if they take care of business by the time we play them. Winning 2 of the next 5 would be a really good start, if you can get 3 of the next 5 that would be amazing, and would probably put them in most NCAA tournament bracket predictions.

And on a side note when looking at the upcoming conference schedule... the good thing about the Big East this year is there is no clear cut favorite and every team is beatable. And outside of Providence every other Big East team took care of business in the non-conference, avoided bad losses, and bringing in a good NET to the conference. Even Seton Hall, who's had injuries, avoided losing to bad teams and still has a 56 NET, which isn't bad.

I think if this team can find a way to at least go .500 in conference, and win a game or 2 in Big East tournament, they'll be in position for a tournament bid. I've watched a fair amount of Big East games this year, and I think it's at the very worst a 6 bid league and at best it could get 8 teams in.[/quote]

Maybe to others 2-3 is really good, to each their own.
I just can't accept ever going under 500, gotta go atleast 3-2.
Can't accept under 500, that's a loser mentality, and it's time to lose that.
 
[quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.
 
I like your optimism Making Plays, and while a few of those projected road W's are feasible, they are also far from locks and losing a likely W at home can happen to us too.

I can just as easily see 7-11.
 
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[quote="Making Plays" post=369443][quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, it's people saying az went on a run. I mean they did, but why did az go on that run? They didn't do anything special, it's because we missed tons of bunnies and layups, if we hit those then az never makes that run. If we clean that up we could go 11-7.
B.E. has 2 teams ranked higher than az.

Can anyone really say that anyone else is clearly better than az, maybe equal but not better. If we beat butler on new years eve that will be huge
 
[quote="RedStormNC" post=369444]I like your optimism Making Plays, and while a few of those projected road W's are feasible, they are also far from locks and losing a likely W at home can happen to us too.

I can just as easily see 7-11.[/quote

Last 2 years of doing good in ooc only to take a crap in conf, i wont be happy.
I don't believe cma will allow that to happen. 9-9 minimum.
 
[quote="CMA TIME" post=369449][quote="Making Plays" post=369443][quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, it's people saying az went on a run. I mean they did, but why did az go on that run? They didn't do anything special, it's because we missed tons of bunnies and layups, if we hit those then az never makes that run. If we clean that up we could go 11-7.
B.E. has 2 teams ranked higher than az.

Can anyone really say that anyone else is clearly better than az, maybe equal but not better. If we beat butler on new years eve that will be huge[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, people who don’t understand basketball, don’t understand that players are human and miss shots, teams play well and play poorly, very often within the same game. That there are two teams out there and games have ebb and flows and real sports are not video games, don’t understand that players are not robots. People who always blame other teams successes on their teams failures. So now we are so good we should be blowing out Arizona? Yeah, right. I mean if we can clean up missing shots I think we become the favorites to win the national championship.
 
[quote="Logen" post=369455][quote="CMA TIME" post=369449][quote="Making Plays" post=369443][quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, it's people saying az went on a run. I mean they did, but why did az go on that run? They didn't do anything special, it's because we missed tons of bunnies and layups, if we hit those then az never makes that run. If we clean that up we could go 11-7.
B.E. has 2 teams ranked higher than az.

Can anyone really say that anyone else is clearly better than az, maybe equal but not better. If we beat butler on new years eve that will be huge[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, people who don’t understand basketball, don’t understand that players are human and miss shots, teams play well and play poorly, very often within the same game. That there are two teams out there and games have ebb and flows and real sports are not video games, don’t understand that players are not robots. People who always blame other teams successes on their teams failures. So now we are so good we should be blowing out Arizona? Yeah, right. I mean if we can clean up missing shots I think we become the favorites to win the national championship.[/quote]

Logen, we aren't talking 15ft jumpers, we're talking missed layups and bunnies.
If we make half of those that were missed, we probably win by 9-10.
And yeah I expect cma and staff to work on those.

So now missing layups and bunnies are ok to miss. To me you should make those, not saying 100% of the time, but 80%
 
[quote="CMA TIME" post=369456][quote="Logen" post=369455][quote="CMA TIME" post=369449][quote="Making Plays" post=369443][quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, it's people saying az went on a run. I mean they did, but why did az go on that run? They didn't do anything special, it's because we missed tons of bunnies and layups, if we hit those then az never makes that run. If we clean that up we could go 11-7.
B.E. has 2 teams ranked higher than az.

Can anyone really say that anyone else is clearly better than az, maybe equal but not better. If we beat butler on new years eve that will be huge[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, people who don’t understand basketball, don’t understand that players are human and miss shots, teams play well and play poorly, very often within the same game. That there are two teams out there and games have ebb and flows and real sports are not video games, don’t understand that players are not robots. People who always blame other teams successes on their teams failures. So now we are so good we should be blowing out Arizona? Yeah, right. I mean if we can clean up missing shots I think we become the favorites to win the national championship.[/quote]

Logen, we aren't talking 15ft jumpers, we're talking missed layups and bunnies.
If we make half of those that were missed, we probably win by 9-10.
And yeah I expect cma and staff to work on those.

So now missing layups and bunnies are ok to miss. To me you should make those, not saying 100% of the time, but 80%[/quote]

I don' t recall, did AZ miss any layups and bunnies?
 
[quote="Logen" post=369455][quote="CMA TIME" post=369449][quote="Making Plays" post=369443][quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, it's people saying az went on a run. I mean they did, but why did az go on that run? They didn't do anything special, it's because we missed tons of bunnies and layups, if we hit those then az never makes that run. If we clean that up we could go 11-7.
B.E. has 2 teams ranked higher than az.

Can anyone really say that anyone else is clearly better than az, maybe equal but not better. If we beat butler on new years eve that will be huge[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, people who don’t understand basketball, don’t understand that players are human and miss shots, teams play well and play poorly, very often within the same game. That there are two teams out there and games have ebb and flows and real sports are not video games, don’t understand that players are not robots. People who always blame other teams successes on their teams failures. So now we are so good we should be blowing out Arizona? Yeah, right. I mean if we can clean up missing shots I think we become the favorites to win the national championship.[/quote]

Thank you for some sanity Logen
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=369462][quote="Logen" post=369455][quote="CMA TIME" post=369449][quote="Making Plays" post=369443][quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, it's people saying az went on a run. I mean they did, but why did az go on that run? They didn't do anything special, it's because we missed tons of bunnies and layups, if we hit those then az never makes that run. If we clean that up we could go 11-7.
B.E. has 2 teams ranked higher than az.

Can anyone really say that anyone else is clearly better than az, maybe equal but not better. If we beat butler on new years eve that will be huge[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, people who don’t understand basketball, don’t understand that players are human and miss shots, teams play well and play poorly, very often within the same game. That there are two teams out there and games have ebb and flows and real sports are not video games, don’t understand that players are not robots. People who always blame other teams successes on their teams failures. So now we are so good we should be blowing out Arizona? Yeah, right. I mean if we can clean up missing shots I think we become the favorites to win the national championship.[/quote]

Thank you for some sanity Logen[/quote]

lol ok, so if we didn't miss all those layups, it would still have been a 3pnt win.
Gotcha
 
[quote="CMA TIME" post=369476][quote="Paultzman" post=369462][quote="Logen" post=369455][quote="CMA TIME" post=369449][quote="Making Plays" post=369443][quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, it's people saying az went on a run. I mean they did, but why did az go on that run? They didn't do anything special, it's because we missed tons of bunnies and layups, if we hit those then az never makes that run. If we clean that up we could go 11-7.
B.E. has 2 teams ranked higher than az.

Can anyone really say that anyone else is clearly better than az, maybe equal but not better. If we beat butler on new years eve that will be huge[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, people who don’t understand basketball, don’t understand that players are human and miss shots, teams play well and play poorly, very often within the same game. That there are two teams out there and games have ebb and flows and real sports are not video games, don’t understand that players are not robots. People who always blame other teams successes on their teams failures. So now we are so good we should be blowing out Arizona? Yeah, right. I mean if we can clean up missing shots I think we become the favorites to win the national championship.[/quote]

Thank you for some sanity Logen[/quote]

lol ok, so if we didn't miss all those layups, it would still have been a 3pnt win.
Gotcha[/quote]

Did zona make every layup they took? Relax man.
 
I think at least part of the Arizona result can be attributed to them taking us lightly and not being prepared for our intensity to start the game. We caught them on their heels early and took advantage.

They made their run when they stopped turning the ball over. We were not going to have consistent offense with out Heron if we don't get live ball turnovers that create the opportunity for fast break opportunities and easy buckets. Hustle and hard work don't allow you to go toe to toe with a more skilled and athletic team in a half court setting. We have to dictate tempo AND convert the opportunities we get in order to be successful.

Also, you are going to miss "bunnies" when the other team is more athletic. Just because a shot is close to the basket does not make it an easy shot. If your runner is fading away or high off the glass to avoid a shot block the degree of difficulty goes way up even though it may only be a three foot shot. We saw that a lot with LoVett, Simon and Ponds in years past where they attempted an off balance runner and missed because they were off-balance.
 
[quote="Amaseinyourface" post=369477][quote="CMA TIME" post=369476][quote="Paultzman" post=369462][quote="Logen" post=369455][quote="CMA TIME" post=369449][quote="Making Plays" post=369443][quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, it's people saying az went on a run. I mean they did, but why did az go on that run? They didn't do anything special, it's because we missed tons of bunnies and layups, if we hit those then az never makes that run. If we clean that up we could go 11-7.
B.E. has 2 teams ranked higher than az.

Can anyone really say that anyone else is clearly better than az, maybe equal but not better. If we beat butler on new years eve that will be huge[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, people who don’t understand basketball, don’t understand that players are human and miss shots, teams play well and play poorly, very often within the same game. That there are two teams out there and games have ebb and flows and real sports are not video games, don’t understand that players are not robots. People who always blame other teams successes on their teams failures. So now we are so good we should be blowing out Arizona? Yeah, right. I mean if we can clean up missing shots I think we become the favorites to win the national championship.[/quote]

Thank you for some sanity Logen[/quote]

lol ok, so if we didn't miss all those layups, it would still have been a 3pnt win.
Gotcha[/quote]

Did zona make every layup they took? Relax man.[/quote]

I am relaxed, you see me getting nasty and vulger?
Just posting.
 
[quote="weathermannyc" post=369478]I think at least part of the Arizona result can be attributed to them taking us lightly and not being prepared for our intensity to start the game. We caught them on their heels early and took advantage.

They made their run when they stopped turning the ball over. We were not going to have consistent offense with out Heron if we don't get live ball turnovers that create the opportunity for fast break opportunities and easy buckets. Hustle and hard work don't allow you to go toe to toe with a more skilled and athletic team in a half court setting. We have to dictate tempo AND convert the opportunities we get in order to be successful.

Also, you are going to miss "bunnies" when the other team is more athletic. Just because a shot is close to the basket does not make it an easy shot. If your runner is fading away or high off the glass to avoid a shot block the degree of difficulty goes way up even though it may only be a three foot shot. We saw that a lot with LoVett, Simon and Ponds in years past where they attempted an off balance runner and missed because they were off-balance.[/quote]

"Also, you are going to miss "bunnies" when the other team is more athletic. Just because a shot is close to the basket does not make it an easy shot."
True, but I also saw a few uncontested shot that were just missed.
 
[quote="CMA TIME" post=369480][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=369477][quote="CMA TIME" post=369476][quote="Paultzman" post=369462][quote="Logen" post=369455][quote="CMA TIME" post=369449][quote="Making Plays" post=369443][quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, it's people saying az went on a run. I mean they did, but why did az go on that run? They didn't do anything special, it's because we missed tons of bunnies and layups, if we hit those then az never makes that run. If we clean that up we could go 11-7.
B.E. has 2 teams ranked higher than az.

Can anyone really say that anyone else is clearly better than az, maybe equal but not better. If we beat butler on new years eve that will be huge[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, people who don’t understand basketball, don’t understand that players are human and miss shots, teams play well and play poorly, very often within the same game. That there are two teams out there and games have ebb and flows and real sports are not video games, don’t understand that players are not robots. People who always blame other teams successes on their teams failures. So now we are so good we should be blowing out Arizona? Yeah, right. I mean if we can clean up missing shots I think we become the favorites to win the national championship.[/quote]

Thank you for some sanity Logen[/quote]

lol ok, so if we didn't miss all those layups, it would still have been a 3pnt win.
Gotcha[/quote]

Did zona make every layup they took? Relax man.[/quote]

I am relaxed, you see me getting nasty and vulger?
Just posting.[/quote]

I see you avoiding the question
 
[quote="Amaseinyourface" post=369483][quote="CMA TIME" post=369480][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=369477][quote="CMA TIME" post=369476][quote="Paultzman" post=369462][quote="Logen" post=369455][quote="CMA TIME" post=369449][quote="Making Plays" post=369443][quote="CMA TIME" post=369414]Almost forgot this thread.

1-0[/quote]

Yep, that was a good one to get, it was a huge win.

Now looking at the conference schedule, I really like this stretch coming up and think there's an opportunity to rack up some wins. The mid-later part of the schedule gets a little rougher.

Here's my prediction now that the non-conference is over.

Butler - W
@Xavier - L
@Georgetown - W
DePaul - W
@Providence - W
Seton Hall - W
@Marquette - L
@DePaul - L
Villanova - L
Georgetown - W
@Creighton - L
Providence - W
Xavier - W
@Seton Hall - L
@Villanova - L
Creighton - W
@Butler - L
Marquette - W

I have them going 10-8 in conference and making the NCAA tournament regardless of Big East Tournament results.

The Big East is really good, this is really my first year watching most of the teams play, I think there are a couple teams though, that's considered ahead of St.John's that will fall off. Like Georgetown, I think they are fool's gold right now, they are playing really well despite losing 4 players and only have 7 scholarship players, I don't think that will last long in the Big East, they will eventually wear down.[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, it's people saying az went on a run. I mean they did, but why did az go on that run? They didn't do anything special, it's because we missed tons of bunnies and layups, if we hit those then az never makes that run. If we clean that up we could go 11-7.
B.E. has 2 teams ranked higher than az.

Can anyone really say that anyone else is clearly better than az, maybe equal but not better. If we beat butler on new years eve that will be huge[/quote]

You know what makes me laugh, people who don’t understand basketball, don’t understand that players are human and miss shots, teams play well and play poorly, very often within the same game. That there are two teams out there and games have ebb and flows and real sports are not video games, don’t understand that players are not robots. People who always blame other teams successes on their teams failures. So now we are so good we should be blowing out Arizona? Yeah, right. I mean if we can clean up missing shots I think we become the favorites to win the national championship.[/quote]

Thank you for some sanity Logen[/quote]

lol ok, so if we didn't miss all those layups, it would still have been a 3pnt win.
Gotcha[/quote]

Did zona make every layup they took? Relax man.[/quote]

I am relaxed, you see me getting nasty and vulger?
Just posting.[/quote]

I see you avoiding the question[/quote]

No, but they weren't missing like we were.
 
Before the season started, just about every poster was expecting a rebuilding year. A few optimists were hoping for escaping the Big East cellar. There was no talk of the NIT, let alone the NCAA. Now there are arguments over how much we should have beaten the 15th ranked team by.

I figured this would a nice, relaxing season to watch my favorite team since nothing big was at stake. Last year's incredible ebbs and flows probably raised my blood pressure 20 points. No worry about bracketology, or watching the scoreboard. Now, every game has meaning since the team truly have set the foundation of a potential NCAA invite. I still have no idea what will happen next. The Big East has no free squares. Each game is a dog fight. So instead of relaxing each game, I feel like this guy:
 
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