(2) Big East Conference Games 1/21/20

[Irishdawg]

Officiating mandate and the lack of talent are hurting Butler now. Hopefully the 2020 class can stick together.

Oh well, was a fun season while it lasted.

[scoscox]

bo boroski just called a travel on a guy between dribbles lol

[scoscox]

"every team is on a quest for the chalice of easy buckets" lol tim miles is great

[Xuperman]

Butler is letting teams push them around and not responding except by not making any shots... BE is tough can't play weak. Not happy with any aspect of the team right now.

A week or two I was vilified for saying I didn’t think that Butler was a Top 5 team / 1 seed in NCAA. I wasn’t trying to be a jerk, but it wasn’t that hard to see.

Vilified? I was called a "blithering idiot" by some BU fool for pointing out the same, although in a much more thorough manner. Safe to say all that BE CHAMPIONS/#1 SEED NONSENSE can be filed in the joke catagory, along with how X is playing right now.

[MullinMayhem]

Why are we even in this conference?

[Hall2012]

Why are we even in this conference?

The MSG relationship

[Novachap]

Why are we even in this conference?

The MSG relationship

Now, that was cold

[MullinMayhem]

Well enjoy Powell, because you won't be getting 30 pts from anyone else again.

[Hall2012]

You left it out there, I had to lol.

In reality, SJU's a good team (we saw that OOC) with a bright future, but the brutal Big East schedule can put good teams into a tailspin pretty quickly. Mike Anderson was great hire but hasn't seen anything like this league and it makes sense that he needs some time to adjust. In the SEC he had to play Kentucky, Florida and maybe one other good team in a given year mixed among a bunch of mediocrity. You let one slip away? No big deal, you've got a good shot at the next one. Let one slip away in the Big East and it can quickly turn into an extended losing streak. The Johnnies will be fine.

As for SHU, we've heard it before. "1 year wonder, just wait till Whitehead leaves and you'll be back in the basement." "SHU's done, they'll never recover from Delgado and the core 4 leaving, the window's closed." Now you're saying it about Powell. Who's graduation is gonna lead to our demise next? Sandro? Rhoden? Maybe the freshman, Tyrese Samuel? The bottom line is that Willard is building a culture here and every time one leader leaves, the next one steps up. That's why SHU's currently in position to head to its 5th straight NCAA tournament. There was uncertainly in the year post-Whitehead and the year post-Delgado, but it was next man up each time and there's no reason to think that won't happen again.

[Fieldhouse Flyer]

The brutal Big East schedule can put good teams into a tailspin pretty quickly.

My nominee for the Big East's motto.