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Yep, conference play is coming up.

Xuperman wrote:

butlerguy03 wrote:

Xuperman wrote:Futler

That's cute. What else did you steal from Wright State?

Can you elaborate? I thought Buck Futler was an organic X thing.

Wright State student section printed shirts on at least two occasions. I believe in 2007. Some say Detroit-Mercy did the same dating back to the late 90s, early 00's.

It's a chant we've heard from student sections since I have been associated with the school in 1998. Mostly from the Horizon League.

gtmoBlue wrote:

sju88grad wrote:I hate to predict but here goes…..all based on what I’ve seen so far, not necessarily how things will end up…..3 groups of 3 and then one group of two….

Group 1 - Seton Hall, Xavier, Villanova

Group 2 - Providence, UConn, Creighton

Group 3 - Marquette, DePaul, SJU

Group 4 - Butler, Gtown

Obviously, sju88grad is a Harvard professor and resident genius.
Best predictions of the group thus far. Luv it.

Thanks Git! Although it pains me to put my favorite Vincentians in group 3…..sorry DePaul, not referring to you guys!

I mean, it's not like "Buck Futler" is that creative. Just a way to wink at censors.

1. Hall
2. UConn
3. Nova
4. Xavier
5. Providence
6. St. John's
7. DePaul
8. Marquette
9. Creighton
10. Butler
11. Georgetown

Tournament Champ... Nova

Wizard of Westroads wrote:1. Nova

2. Hall
3. UConn
4. X
5. Providence

6. Creighton
7. St. John's
8. Butler
9. Marquette

10. Georgetown
11. DePaul

First place team's record: 15-5.
Last place team's record: 7-13.

Westroads prediction makes the most sense so far. I am going to make a slight adjustment.

XU- 13-7
SHU- 13-7
Nova- 13-7
UConn- 13-7

PC- 11-9
CU- 10-10
SJU- 10-10
BU- 10-10
MU- 8-12
GU- 5-15
DU- 4-16

POY- Nate Watson
FOY- Aminu Mohammed
COY- Travis Steele

Xuperman wrote:

Wizard of Westroads wrote:1. Nova

2. Hall
3. UConn
4. X
5. Providence

6. Creighton
7. St. John's
8. Butler
9. Marquette

10. Georgetown
11. DePaul

First place team's record: 15-5.
Last place team's record: 7-13.

Westroads prediction makes the most sense so far. I am going to make a slight adjustment.

XU- 13-7
SHU- 13-7
Nova- 13-7
UConn- 13-7

PC- 12-8
CU- 11-9
SJU- 11-9
BU- 10-10
MU- 9-11
GU- 6-14
DU- 4-16

small problem there- that's an overall record of 115-105 in conference games. So somewhere you'd need to take 5 wins and make those losses.

Xuperman wrote:

Wizard of Westroads wrote:1. Nova

2. Hall
3. UConn
4. X
5. Providence

6. Creighton
7. St. John's
8. Butler
9. Marquette

10. Georgetown
11. DePaul

First place team's record: 15-5.
Last place team's record: 7-13.

Westroads prediction makes the most sense so far. I am going to make a slight adjustment.

XU- 13-7
SHU- 13-7
Nova- 13-7
UConn- 13-7

PC- 12-8
CU- 11-9
SJU- 11-9
BU- 10-10
MU- 9-11
GU- 6-14
DU- 4-16

Because handing out 3 trophies 2 years ago obviously wasn't enough

Reverse alphabetical predictions work really well for UConn at present! I can go with the U or the C as the first letter, which in my highly scientific RAP system would place them either second (if healthy fairly soon) or fifth (if not) among what I see as the top 5. I will very carefully consider which letter to put first; look for my highly scientific conclusion sometime around Feb. 15! Method to my madness?!

Seton Hall probably has no shot at top 3 if they have to forfeit 2 conference games to start the season. Lets just hope that their play doesn't suffer due to having to pause.