The Holy Land of Hoops

I'll start with my take on Butler:

I think they'll surprise some in the Big East. The Bulldogs will not make the NCAA tournament, but will end up in the NIT at (17-14, 8-10).

W – Maine
W – Chattanooga
W – Loyola MD
L – North Carolina (Battle 4 Atlantis)
L – UCLA (Battle 4 Atlantis)
W – UAB (Battle 4 Atlantis)
L – at Indiana State
W – Northwestern
W – Kennesaw State
L – at Tennessee
W – Indiana (Conseco Fieldhouse)
W – UT-Martin
W – Belmont
L – at Villanova
L – at St. John’s
L – Providence
W – Xavier
W – at Seton Hall
L – at Georgetown
W – Creighton
W – Seton Hall
L – at Marquette
W – St. John’s
W - DePaul
L – Villanova
W – at Creighton
L – at Xavier
L – Marquette
W – at DePaul
L – Georgetown
L – at Providence

(17-14, 8-10)

OK, why not?

Here's Creighton's
W - Sioux Falls (Ex.)
W - Central Arkansas
W - Chicago State
L - Oklahoma
W - North Carolina Central (Emerald Coast Classic - Home Game)
W - Eastern Illinois (Emerald Coast Classic - Home Game)
W - vs. Ole Miss (Emerald Coast Classic - Niceville, FL)
W - vs. Cincinnati (Emerald Coast Classic - Niceville, FL)
W - @ Tulsa
L - @ Nebraska
W - South Dakota
W - St. Mary's
W - Texas-Pan American
W - @ North Texas
L - @ Providence
L - @ Georgetown
W - DePaul
W - Seton Hall
W - @ Marquette
W - Providence
W - @ Butler
L - @ Villanova
W - St. John's
L - Georgetown
L - @ Xavier
L - @ St. John's
W - Marquette
W - Butler
W - @ DePaul
W - @ Seton Hall
L - Villanova
W - Xavier

That has Creighton going 22-9 (11-7) and on the bubble. If they win a game in the Big East Tournament, they're certainly in, if they don't, they're sweating it out on the bubble on Selection Sunday.

Okay, I'll play too. Here's Providence:

W - Albany
W - Binghamton
W - Navy
W - Florida State
W - Notre Dame
W - Yale
L - @ Kentucky
W - @ BC
W - Brown
W - Rhode Island
W - Stony Brook
W - UMass
W - Miami
W - Creighton
L - @ Marquette
W - @ Butler
L - Georgetown
L - St. John's
W - @ Creighton
W - Xavier
W - DePaul
L - @ St. John's
L - @ Georgetown
L - @ Xavier
L - Villanova
W - Seton Hall
W - @ DePaul
L - @ Villanova
W - Marquette
L - @ Seton Hall
W - Butler

Overall: 21-10
Big East : 9-9

W- NJIT
W- Franklin Pierce
W- LIU Brooklyn
W- Minnesota
L- Gonzaga
W- Niagara
L- Cuse
W- FDU
W- Fordham
L- St. Mary's
W- Long Beach St.
W- Tulane

W- Seton Hall
W- Butler
W- Nova
W- PC
W- DePaul
L- Marquette
W- Creighton
L- PC
W- Butler
L- Creighton
W- DePaul
W- Xavier
L- G'Town
L- Seton Hall
L- Xavier
W- G'Town
W- Marquette
L- Nova

L- Duke


20-11 (11-7) On bubble and miss tourney unless we go deep into BET. Then we barely make the tourney.

Man, with all those predicted road losses listed above, Xavier will be lucky to finish in the top half of the BE this season.

It's always going to be that way, no one is going to predict a home loss unless it's Nova or something. The St. Johns guy surprised me by predicting a loss in Omaha, because I figured if one person from every fan base chimed in CU would cumulatively be estimated at 1-17, with only the DePaul fan predicting a split.

No biggie, let's just get the season going.

11/15: ST.FRANCIS NY W
11/18: TEXAS A&M-CC W
11/22: ROBERT MORRIS W
11/26: vs. Florida [1] W
11/27: Wisc./UAB [1] L vs. Wisconsin
11/28: Battle 4 Atlantis[1] W
12/07: TOWSON W
12/10: KANSAS W
12/13: RADFORD W
12/20: NC-CHARLOTTE W
12/27: vs Indiana [2] W
12/31: at Xavier W
01/03: CREIGHTON W
01/06: MARQUETTE W
01/10: at Providence L
01/13: at DePaul W
01/17: BUTLER W
01/19: VILLANOVA L
01/24: at Marquette W
01/27: XAVIER W
01/31: at Creighton W
02/04: PROVIDENCE W
02/07: at Villanova W
02/10: at Seton Hall L
02/17: ST. JOHN'S W
02/21: DEPAUL W
02/28: at St. John's W
03/03: at Butler W
03/07: SETON HALL W

25-4 (15-3)

hoyahooligan wrote:11/15: ST.FRANCIS NY W
11/18: TEXAS A&M-CC W
11/22: ROBERT MORRIS W
11/26: vs. Florida [1] W
11/27: Wisc./UAB [1] L vs. Wisconsin
11/28: Battle 4 Atlantis[1] W
12/07: TOWSON W
12/10: KANSAS W
12/13: RADFORD W
12/20: NC-CHARLOTTE W
12/27: vs Indiana [2] W
12/31: at Xavier W
01/03: CREIGHTON W
01/06: MARQUETTE W
01/10: at Providence L
01/13: at DePaul W
01/17: BUTLER W
01/19: VILLANOVA L
01/24: at Marquette W
01/27: XAVIER W
01/31: at Creighton W
02/04: PROVIDENCE W
02/07: at Villanova W
02/10: at Seton Hall L
02/17: ST. JOHN'S W
02/21: DEPAUL W
02/28: at St. John's W
03/03: at Butler W
03/07: SETON HALL W

Hoya, only 29 games for you guys?

Amase2 wrote:

hoyahooligan wrote:11/15: ST.FRANCIS NY W
11/18: TEXAS A&M-CC W
11/22: ROBERT MORRIS W
11/26: vs. Florida [1] W
11/27: Wisc./UAB [1] L vs. Wisconsin
11/28: Battle 4 Atlantis[1] W
12/07: TOWSON W
12/10: KANSAS W
12/13: RADFORD W
12/20: NC-CHARLOTTE W
12/27: vs Indiana [2] W
12/31: at Xavier W
01/03: CREIGHTON W
01/06: MARQUETTE W
01/10: at Providence L
01/13: at DePaul W
01/17: BUTLER W
01/19: VILLANOVA L
01/24: at Marquette W
01/27: XAVIER W
01/31: at Creighton W
02/04: PROVIDENCE W
02/07: at Villanova W
02/10: at Seton Hall L
02/17: ST. JOHN'S W
02/21: DEPAUL W
02/28: at St. John's W
03/03: at Butler W
03/07: SETON HALL W

Hoya, only 29 games for you guys?

Well hopefully more but yes only 29 regular season games, but I'm hoping we get 38 games this year.

hoyahooligan wrote:

Amase2 wrote:

hoyahooligan wrote:11/15: ST.FRANCIS NY W
11/18: TEXAS A&M-CC W
11/22: ROBERT MORRIS W
11/26: vs. Florida [1] W
11/27: Wisc./UAB [1] L vs. Wisconsin
11/28: Battle 4 Atlantis[1] W
12/07: TOWSON W
12/10: KANSAS W
12/13: RADFORD W
12/20: NC-CHARLOTTE W
12/27: vs Indiana [2] W
12/31: at Xavier W
01/03: CREIGHTON W
01/06: MARQUETTE W
01/10: at Providence L
01/13: at DePaul W
01/17: BUTLER W
01/19: VILLANOVA L
01/24: at Marquette W
01/27: XAVIER W
01/31: at Creighton W
02/04: PROVIDENCE W
02/07: at Villanova W
02/10: at Seton Hall L
02/17: ST. JOHN'S W
02/21: DEPAUL W
02/28: at St. John's W
03/03: at Butler W
03/07: SETON HALL W

Hoya, only 29 games for you guys?

Well hopefully more but yes only 29 regular season games, but I'm hoping we get 38 games this year.

Same with St. John's, who has a 30th game against a DII team. I think it hurts in this day and age. 21-9 looks a lot better than 20-9. And a hell of a lot better than 19-10.