Sat 11/30 BE Game Thread (4 Games)

[Lavinwood]

Splitting the PSU/GT games won't look bad at all if we beat Cuse somehow. Even if we lose vs. Cuse, assuming we are done with the stupid losses, PSU may not be the worst scenario. If you can look back in March and see your worst loss is to a major conference team, that isn't too bad. Watching the Ole Miss game hoping they crush PSU who got lucky that SJ beat themselves last night missing 2 key FT's. We can't lose anymore games we are the favorites in.

if you lost to cuse- 10-3 OOC... If you can get to 10-8, that's 20 wins and probably on the right side of the bubble. 1 more loss somewhere, and it gets a lot more complicated!

And 20 wins would get us in…that seems to be the magic number these days…only time a 18 or 19 win team would get in these days is by doing what Nova did last year…beating top 10 teams.

[bman95]

Here is not the place for other fans to put down the possible poor coaching ability of a fellow BE coach even if they lose to a BIG team that wasn't good enough for the old BE or even the new BE basketball league. The main thing is they won today , and hopefully will start to play as a team very soon. Hopefully before traveling up to Cuse. In all fairness to Lavin, his first year he did very well with the seniors he inherited , and every year since they were young and had player issues.

[Lavinwood]

PSU looking very tough vs. Ole Miss…

and Bman the games at MSG!

[stever20]

Splitting the PSU/GT games won't look bad at all if we beat Cuse somehow. Even if we lose vs. Cuse, assuming we are done with the stupid losses, PSU may not be the worst scenario. If you can look back in March and see your worst loss is to a major conference team, that isn't too bad. Watching the Ole Miss game hoping they crush PSU who got lucky that SJ beat themselves last night missing 2 key FT's. We can't lose anymore games we are the favorites in.

if you lost to cuse- 10-3 OOC... If you can get to 10-8, that's 20 wins and probably on the right side of the bubble. 1 more loss somewhere, and it gets a lot more complicated!

And 20 wins would get us in…that seems to be the magic number these days…only time a 18 or 19 win team would get in these days is by doing what Nova did last year…beating top 10 teams.

Nova had 20 with a win in the BET. but Nova is the team that last year had nothing OOC. La Salle and Temple they played and lost. 9-4 OOC. They got 4 wins vs top 18 teams in conference play though. To me, that is the big question whether the Big East will be good enough to allow a team to be as mediocre as Nova was last year OOC make the tourney strictly on conference play(going only 10-8).

[Lavinwood]

Well they beat top 5 teams cuse and l'ville in conference so that sealed it. We need more rigorous OOC teams next year to give more chances.

by the way jeering henderson on ole miss is like knicks fans jeering reggie miller…only inspires them

[Lavinwood]

PSU is a good team…Newbill and Frazier may surprise many in the B1G.

LOL KARMA! Henderson just got fouled with 1 min left from beyond the 3 pt arc! Exactly same thing we did to PSU. And Henderson makes all 3 just like they made all 4 on us! Lol...

[MUBasketball]

and every year since they were young and had player issues.

Which falls squarely on the shoulders of the head coach. He recruits the kids and is responsible for the culture within the program. Kids will be knuckleheads from time to time and there's only so much a coach can do, but I do sense both chronic discipline & chemistry issues with this program under Lavin (that's an observation from afar, I could be wrong).

And everybody knows Dunlap deserves most of the credit for their success that first year.

[TheHall]

and every year since they were young and had player issues.

Which falls squarely on the shoulders of the head coach. He recruits the kids and is responsible for the culture within the program. Kids will be knuckleheads from time to time and there's only so much a coach can do, but I do sense both chronic discipline & chemistry issues with this program under Lavin (that's an observation from afar, I could be wrong).

And everybody knows Dunlap deserves most of the credit for their success that first year.

And Norm Roberts...

[Lavinwood]

There is nothing wrong with saying Lavin is a bad coach. Thus far, he is. It's a fact. Let's see what we can do vs. Cuse…I don't think we've beaten them at MSG in like 15 years. It's time.

[bman95]

Who was the assistant that got the NBA head coach job a few years ago. He was supposedly a great X's O's guy and I know he was let go. Any chance for a return to the team?