Re: (3) BE Games - Wed Dec 6th 2017...
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:47 am
i think I'd keep Providence ahead of Marquette.
1- I trust Cooley way more than I trust Wojo as a coach. I think Cooley is at worst the 3rd best coach in the league- behind only Wright and Mack. I think Wojo has allowed Marquette to get way too reliant on the 3 point shot(#5 now in the country in percentage of shots taken as 3's. 1 of the 4 higher than them is Washington St, and we saw what happened to them last night vs Idaho. a 27 point mauling.).
2- PC is still much better positioned to make the tourney compared to Marquette. Marquette has 3 losses and a game on Saturday with Wisconsin that is pretty much a must win for Wisconsin. Wisconsin getting a 6th OOC loss in a tough conference is pretty close to fatal. Providence has 2 losses, with only 1 tough game left. Plus PC has the better win(we'll see what Washington does going forward). Looking at RPI Forecast, they both have a very similar OOC SOS- Providence at 102, Marquette at 113. So the 1 fewer loss would be pretty big. Even right now with Marquette at 3 losses, if they go 9-9 in conference play, they're going to have a tough time making the tourney with that.
3- Marquette has still had their close calls as well. Remember Eastern Illinois?
1- I trust Cooley way more than I trust Wojo as a coach. I think Cooley is at worst the 3rd best coach in the league- behind only Wright and Mack. I think Wojo has allowed Marquette to get way too reliant on the 3 point shot(#5 now in the country in percentage of shots taken as 3's. 1 of the 4 higher than them is Washington St, and we saw what happened to them last night vs Idaho. a 27 point mauling.).
2- PC is still much better positioned to make the tourney compared to Marquette. Marquette has 3 losses and a game on Saturday with Wisconsin that is pretty much a must win for Wisconsin. Wisconsin getting a 6th OOC loss in a tough conference is pretty close to fatal. Providence has 2 losses, with only 1 tough game left. Plus PC has the better win(we'll see what Washington does going forward). Looking at RPI Forecast, they both have a very similar OOC SOS- Providence at 102, Marquette at 113. So the 1 fewer loss would be pretty big. Even right now with Marquette at 3 losses, if they go 9-9 in conference play, they're going to have a tough time making the tourney with that.
3- Marquette has still had their close calls as well. Remember Eastern Illinois?