Sat 11/16 BE Game Thread (6 Games)

[gofriars08]

Seton Hall getting all they can handle against Mercer on the road. 56-56, heading to OT.

[TheHall]

Finish strong.

[handdownmandown]

How did SHU wind up with a road game at Mercer? Just curious.

[TheHall]

Fuquan doing it all double ot.

[gofriars08]

The Hall gives the conference its first "bad" loss. Not terrible one - Mercer should be good this year. Still, that's a game SHU should win.

[handdownmandown]

Did that hit the back of the rim? Tough to tell on the feed.

[HoosierPal]

Well, at least the Atlantic Sun Conference has some Mojo going this year, with FL Gulf Coast being last year's Cinderella. [Had to Google Mercer. Didn't realize it was in Macon, Georgia.]

[jks1985]

Providence dominating an absolutely abysmal Marist team. Rik Smits isn't walking through that door, apparently.

DePaul eeks out a win over the Horizon League Wright State Raiders. The Big East should send a personalized thank you note to Wright State thanking them for all the non-conference cupcakes.

Seton Hall and Marquette doing their best to make our new conference look weak. Mercer?!? C'mon! I know their are supposed to be decent this year, but it's still an Atlantic Sun team. Marquette continues our streak of losing to ranked openents in the non-conference.

Will we even have any ranked teams come Monday? We really needed that OSU game.

[PhillyPirate]

The Hall gives the conference its first "bad" loss. Not terrible one - Mercer should be good this year. Still, that's a game SHU should win.

Though Seton Hall threw this one away it is not a bad loss. Mercer is 31-3 at home over the past three years and was thr regular season A-Sun winner last year that returned the entire squad. They lost at Texas earlier this year only by 3 and will be dancing come March. And they play them as part of a home and home from 2011.

[gofriars08]

The Hall gives the conference its first "bad" loss. Not terrible one - Mercer should be good this year. Still, that's a game SHU should win.

Though Seton Hall threw this one away it is not a bad loss. Mercer is 31-3 at home over the past three years and was thr regular season A-Sun winner last year that returned the entire squad. They lost at Texas earlier this year only by 3 and will be dancing come March. And they play them as part of a home and home from 2011.

1. That's why I put it in quotes. It's not really a bad one, but it's one the Pirates should've won handily. Mercer's RPI last years was 137 and KenPom has them rated 130th this year. They're not a bad team but not a good one either.

2. Why did SHU even schedule this game in the first place? This is the type of no-upside nonconference game that BE teams should not be scheduling.