Sat 12/28 BE Game Thread (7 Games)

[TheHall]

The BIG EAST owns YouTube & Twitter today!!!

[DudeAnon]

oh well, Good effort though Nova.

[HoosierPal]

I'll leave it at this since I feel like I'm hijacking the thread.

If you've been tracking those RPIForecast projections often, you'll agree that they're still changing fairly significantly day to day. An unexpected win or two, opponents playing better than expected, etc. really matters.

As a Xavier fan, when I look at the conference schedule I just see so many opportunities for good, meaningful wins. Teams that have proven they can beat other good teams will rise to the top. I'm optimistic for my team and conference.

I advise that you compare the Big East to the other major conferences that currently exist. Drop the "well last year the Big East had..." arguments as irrelevant. We don't need to beat the Big East as it was last year.

3-4 locks going into the Big East Tournament is not a horrible scenario. 1 or 2 teams will play themselves in from there.

I'd agree with you about those- if OOC play had another 2-3 weeks to go. But, today is it pretty much. now we start to beat up on each other.

about the other conferences-
P12 6 projected top 50 teams
B12 6 projected top 50 teams
B10 6 projected top 50 teams
ACC 6 projected top 50 teams
SEC 5 projected top 50 teams
A10 3 projected top 50 teams

my point is we have 2 locks right now probably in Nova and Creighton. Georgetown I think is in pretty decent shape if we can win 10 games in the BE. So 3 locks and then 1-2 that could play themselves in from there.

Creighton better not consider themselves as a lock for the NCAA tourney yet. They have no current Top 50 RPI wins to date. The two Top 50 RPI teams they have played, San Diego State (43) and GW (24), resulted in losses. Best win is over Nebraska (55 RPI).

[jays911]

Agree that my Jays are no lock. But I think the wins against Cal and especially Arizona State will look better as time goes on.

[NJRedman]

Like what i'm seeing from X today. Can't wait to see these guys take on my Johnnies on Tuesday. Hopefully they keep this up in the second half.

[Jet915]

Nice half by X, everything going as planned, hopefully Providence can get the upset.

[XUFan09]

Second half has been more of the same

[marquette]

Nice work so far by Xavier.

[anXUfan]

A little too much cruise control for my taste.

[XUFan09]

Second half has been more of the same

I jinxed it...The offense hasn't looked so good since. Wake is a pretty good defensive team that they were beating up on for awhile, but theymust have adjusted. Plus, Xavier isn't nearly as effective on offense with Stainbrook resting on the bench.