Thurs 11/28 BE Game Thread (5 Games), Thanksgiving.

[billyjack]

Hey Guys,
With Wednesday off for the Big East, I figured we could get our Thanksgiving game thread going.
5 very big games for us.
I say we go 5-0...!

"Battle 4 Atlantis" Tourney - Bahamas.
1pm - Villanova vs Southern Cal.
7pm - Xavier vs #23 Iowa.

"Old Spice Classic" Tourney - Orlando FL.
2pm - Butler vs Washington State.

"Wooden Classic" Tourney - Fullerton CA.
4:30pm - Marquette at Cal State Fullerton.
11pm - #20 Creighton vs Arizona State.

Actually I think each is winnable. I don't know enough about #23 Iowa, but Xavier has brass ones so I feel good about the game. We could really build up momentum with a great day.

[stever20]

Ken Pom's odds-
Creighton vs Arizona St 82-78 62% chance of winning
Villanova vs USC 74-65 82% chance of winning
Xavier vs Iowa 72-74 40% chance of winning
Butler vs Wash St 68-63 72% chance of winning
Marquette @ CS Fullerton 70-65 70% chance of winning

4-1 projected and the most ? win being with our best team. Anything worse than 3-2 would not be good. As last weekend- tomorrow is the most important day generally speaking- because you lose and you lose out on some of the better teams in your tournament.

[admin]

Marquette, Butler and Villanova have to win. After seeing Arizona State play the other night, I think that could be a tough matchup for Creighton. Xavier-Iowa is a coin flip. No worse than 3-2 and hopefully better.

[GumbyDamnit!]

Nova getting Dylan Ennis back from injury; will be interested in seeing how he blends in with the rest of the team. The guard/wing positions are a definite area of strength for us this year but having one more contributor sure isn't going to hurt. I imagine he'll see 8-10 minutes to ease into things. Def don't want to look past USC but a 2nd round game with Kansas would sure be a lot of fun.

[TheHall]

Can't wait to see Creighton's pg tandem of Chatman & Brooks go at Jahii Carson. Marquette couldn't match up with him but I don't think CU will have same problem.

[Bulldog_Muskie]

If each team brings their A game, there's no reason we can't go 5-0

[TheHall]

... I don't know enough about #23 Iowa, but Xavier has brass ones so I feel good about the game...

FWIW #23 Iowa has beaten only 1 team with a winning record:

SF Austin (4-2)
Nebraska-OH (Div 2)
Maryland-Eastern Shore (2-3)
Abeline Christian (2-6)
Penn (2-3)

Go get em X!

[stever20]

... I don't know enough about #23 Iowa, but Xavier has brass ones so I feel good about the game...

FWIW #23 Iowa has beaten only 1 team with a winning record:

SF Austin (4-2)
Nebraska-OH (Div 2)
Maryland-Eastern Shore (2-3)
Abeline Christian (2-6)
Penn (2-3)

Go get em X!

LOL- their RPI right now at 5-0 is 87 with the 273rd SOS right now.
Xavier- 39 with 189 SOS right now.

[GumbyDamnit!]

We need to turn the tables on the Big 10. So far they've slapped us around a bit.

[TheHall]

... I don't know enough about #23 Iowa, but Xavier has brass ones so I feel good about the game...

FWIW #23 Iowa has beaten only 1 team with a winning record:

SF Austin (4-2)
Nebraska-OH (Div 2)
Maryland-Eastern Shore (2-3)
Abeline Christian (2-6)
Penn (2-3)

Go get em X!

LOL- their RPI right now at 5-0 is 87 with the 273rd SOS right now.
Xavier- 39 with 189 SOS right now.

The competition has been so weak that after five games Iowa has 10 guys averaging 5.0 ppg or more....10! I probably could have posted a solid 2.5 ppg.