Sat. March 9, 2019 -Final Day of the Regular Season

[MUPanther]

Saturday 3/9
23 Villanova @ Seton Hall, 12:00, FOX - Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson
Line: Villanova -2

Butler @ Providence, 12:00, FSN - Brian Custer, Len Elmore
Line: Providence -2.5

Georgetown @ 16 Marquette, 2:30, FOX - Tim Brando, Nick Bahe
Line: Marquette -11

St. John's @ Xavier, 5:00, FOX - Justin Kutcher & Donny Marshall
Line: Xavier -2.5

DePaul @ Creighton, 8PM, FS1 - Dave O'Brien, Doug Gottlieb
Line: Creighton -7.5

[MUPanther]

Big East Standings
Villanova 22-8 13-4
Marquette 23-7 12-5
St. John's 20-10 8-9
Georgetown 18-12 8-9
Seton Hall 17-12 8-9
Creighton 17-13 8-9
Xavier 16-14 8-9
DePaul 15-13 7-10
Butler 16-14 7-10
Providence 16-14 6-11

[cu blujs]

I think Nova goes down and Marquette wins, leaving them co-champs (although Marquette has certainly picked the wrong time of year to have problems so Gtown could surprise them). CU of course wins, and betting on Providence and Xavier to round out the season.

[Hall2012]

Close to 16k at the Rock today. Crazy number of fans that only show up against Nova.

[Vill]

Close to 16k at the Rock today. Crazy number of fans that only show up against Nova.

Glad we can help.

[Hall2012]

Pretty good on the scoreboard at halftime, but too many things that don't bode well for the second half IMO

1. McKnight's foul trouble
2. Shooting too many 3s. The Pirates were hitting them, but their odds of winning a 3pt contest against Nova aren't good.
3. Allowing too many 3s. Unlike Seton Hall, Nova is capable of, if not likely to continue hitting them at their current rate.

[jfan]

Boy, anyone want to play Providence in the BE tournament the way they are playing today? Of course, does anyone really want to play anyone in the BE tournament?

[Hall2012]

Wow, back to back awful block calls on SHU completely changed the game. Pirates need to move on from them and get back to what they were doing.

[Hall2012]

Obviously not the refs' fault, but potentially huge that the out of bounds call there was non-reviewable by 14 seconds.

[sju88grad]

Congrats Hall! Hopefully this win locks you in for NCAAs. Now let’s go Marquette so my Johnnies will be guaranteed to avoid Weds night!