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Four games scheduled on Tuesday night in the Big East.
Rhode Island is supposed to get some snow, so I may have to watch from my living room.

7pm: Yale at Providence, FS1.
7pm: Elon at Georgetown, CBSSN.
8pm: Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Creighton, FS2.
9pm: Ball State at Marquette, FS1.

Solid opportunity for a 4-0 night.

"Solid opportunity for a 4-0 night."

(translation: solid opportunity to beat little sisters of the poor at home)

Just kidding guys !

tsmithohio1234 wrote:"Solid opportunity for a 4-0 night."

(translation: solid opportunity to beat little sisters of the poor at home)

Just kidding guys !

Yeah, Duke hogged Gardner-Webb on us...! And Illinois State is playing tonight...!

I wonder who Central Michigan is playing tonite?

Elon is actually a pretty good team. They're the preseason pick to win their conference and have size for a midmajor school: 5'10, 6'4, 6'7, 6'8, 6'10 starting line up with 3 more players over 6'6 on the bench. They also can shoot the 3. This will not be a walk in the park for Georgetown and if it is then it will be impressive. I never like playing after long layoffs and the Hoyas haven't played since the 7th.

hoyahooligan wrote:Elon is actually a pretty good team. They're the preseason pick to win their conference and have size for a midmajor school: 5'10, 6'4, 6'7, 6'8, 6'10 starting line up with 3 more players over 6'6 on the bench. They also can shoot the 3. This will not be a walk in the park for Georgetown and if it is then it will be impressive. I never like playing after long layoffs and the Hoyas haven't played since the 7th.

Kenpom projects a 91% chance of GT winning. It could be close early, but it should be at minimum a brisk stroll by the under-16 media timeout in the second half. Elon is currently the second worst offensive rebounding team in the country and they don't get to the line much, which more than cancels out for good three-point shooting, especially when they're not really good at anything on the defensive side of the ball except to a degree (strangely) rebounding. I could see their high rate of shooting the three keeping them in the game if they're making them, but in the long run over 40 minutes, I'd be worried about Georgetown if this is still an actual game in the last 10 minutes.

XUFan09 wrote:

hoyahooligan wrote:Elon is actually a pretty good team. They're the preseason pick to win their conference and have size for a midmajor school: 5'10, 6'4, 6'7, 6'8, 6'10 starting line up with 3 more players over 6'6 on the bench. They also can shoot the 3. This will not be a walk in the park for Georgetown and if it is then it will be impressive. I never like playing after long layoffs and the Hoyas haven't played since the 7th.

Kenpom projects a 91% chance of GT winning. It could be close early, but it should be at minimum a brisk stroll by the under-16 media timeout in the second half. Elon is currently the second worst offensive rebounding team in the country and they don't get to the line much, which more than cancels out for good three-point shooting, especially when they're not really good at anything on the defensive side of the ball except to a degree (strangely) rebounding. I could see their high rate of shooting the three keeping them in the game if they're making them, but in the long run over 40 minutes, I'd be worried about Georgetown if this is still an actual game in the last 10 minutes.

He also only predicts a 14 point spread that's not a walk in the park in my book. 30+ points is a walk in the park. 20+ is a brisk stroll.

Elon is the 4th best team we've faced this year according to kenpom behind Oregon, VCU, and Kansas St.

This is a classic trap game. Long period of time off before the game, during exams, right before a huge game @ Kansas.

blowing this team out would mean a lot and be very impressive. While a close win would be nothing to worry about.

billyjack wrote:Four games scheduled on Tuesday night in the Big East.
Rhode Island is supposed to get some snow, so I may have to watch from my living room.

7pm: Yale at Providence, FS1.
7pm: Elon at Georgetown, CBSSN.
8pm: Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Creighton, FS2.
9pm: Ball State at Marquette, FS1.

Solid opportunity for a 4-0 night.

Billy Jack, being that I'm in connecticut, I guess I'll have to root for the Yalies tonight. LOL.

Actually I'm really looking forward to this game because too many PC games early in the season have been on CBSSN, which I don't get. And the Kentucky game left a bad taste in my mouth.

BTW, sorry to hear of the demise of for namesake. Were you a fan?

Not the best slate of games, but watching these sure beats having another expansion conversation here tonight

Bill Marsh wrote:

billyjack wrote:Four games scheduled on Tuesday night in the Big East.
Rhode Island is supposed to get some snow, so I may have to watch from my living room.

7pm: Yale at Providence, FS1.
7pm: Elon at Georgetown, CBSSN.
8pm: Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Creighton, FS2.
9pm: Ball State at Marquette, FS1.

Solid opportunity for a 4-0 night.

Billy Jack, being that I'm in connecticut, I guess I'll have to root for the Yalies tonight. LOL.

Actually I'm really looking forward to this game because too many PC games early in the season have been on CBSSN, which I don't get. And the Kentucky game left a bad taste in my mouth.

BTW, sorry to hear of the demise of for namesake. Were you a fan?

Hi Bill,
Yeah, always been a fan of Tom Laughlin/ Billy Jack... tolerance, understanding, patience, compassion, peace... JFK, MLK, RFK... great movie ending where he is convinced by Dolores to surrender and not be a martyr... less so the martial arts, but that was a great part with the 'beserk' part and the 'take this right foot and wallop you on that side of your head'...

Tonight here in Providence we're getting hit with several inches of snow, right during rush hour, so I'm going to miss the game with the family, and attendance will probably be low from the other suburbs. Tonight against Yale is the memorial game for the Newtown Sandy Hook tragedy. The Friars last year wore green and auctioned off the jerseys.

Also tonight there are rumors that the freshman may play... or it could be vs Maine on Saturday... or it could be never... Friar fans are in the dark and really have no idea...