Concise List of Remaining OOC Games for Big East Teams

[billyjack]

Remaining OOC Games for Big East Teams:

CREIGHTON (7-2):
Dec 17 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Dec 22 vs Cal
Dec 29 vs Chicago State.

MARQUETTE (6-4):
Dec 17 vs Ball State.
Dec 21 ne New Mexico (in Las Vegas).
Dec 28 vs Samford.

DePAUL (6-4):
Dec 18 vs Houston Baptist.
Dec 22 at Illinois State.
Dec 27 at Northwestern.

BUTLER (8-2):
Dec 21 at Evansville.
Dec 28 vs N.J.I.T.

XAVIER (8-3):
Dec 21 at Alabama.
Dec 28 vs Wake Forest.

GEORGETOWN (6-2):
Dec 17 vs Elon.
Dec 21 at Kansas.
Dec 28 vs FIU.
Feb 01 ne Michigan State (MSG).

VILLANOVA (10-0):
Dec 21 vs Rider.
Dec 28 at Syracuse.
Feb 01 at Temple.

SETON HALL (7-4):
Dec 22 vs Eastern Washington.
Dec 27 vs Lafayette.

ST JOHN'S (6-3):
Dec 18 vs San Francisco.
Dec 21 vs Youngstown State.
Dec 28 vs Columbia.
Jan 18 vs Dartmouth.

PROVIDENCE (8-2):
Dec 17 vs Yale.
Dec 21 vs Maine.
Dec 28 at UMass.

[TheHall]

24-4...book it!

[stever20]

24-4...book it!

what 4 losses?

[Jet915]

24-4...book it!

what 4 losses?

I'm assuming Kansas, Michigan State, Syracuse and UMASS. We will probably win 1 or 2 of those but then lose 1 or 2 we don't expect in addition to DePaul and Seton Hall dropping a game atleast. I'd probably go with 21-7.

[redmen9194]

The Johnnies also have a home date with Dartmouth on January 18.

[TheHall]

24-4...book it!

what 4 losses?

I'm assuming Kansas, Michigan State, Syracuse and UMASS. We will probably win 1 or 2 of those but then lose 1 or 2 we don't expect in addition to DePaul and Seton Hall dropping a game atleast. I'd probably go with 21-7.

@NCAAhoopsdigest: Fantastic news from @SterlingGibbs4 that his injury is "nothing serious" according to his twitter feed. #shbb fans can exhale. #bigeast

Feeling better about that 1 now but still going to count that as 1+ MSU+ Cuse + @New Mexico/@Alabama

[billyjack]

The Johnnies also have a home date with Dartmouth on January 18.

Thanks, I fixed it.

[TheHall]

The Johnnies also have a home date with Dartmouth on January 18.

25-4 then.

[XUFan09]

Thanks for doing this, Billy Jack. Taking that info, I put together a schedule of Kenpom top 100 opponent. At this point, Kenpom is probably a better predictor of RPI than RPI. Here we go:

Dec 21 - Marquette vs. #35 New Mexico (Neutral site)
Dec 21 - Xavier @ #43 Alabama (Only non-conference road game of the season for a young, mercurial team)
Dec 21 - Georgetown @ #6 Kansas (HUGE game)
Dec 22 - Creighton vs. #60 Cal
Dec 28 - Xavier vs. #80 Wake Forest
Dec 28 - Villanova @ #7 Syracuse (Really tough game in the Wildcats' bid for an undefeated non-conference slate)
Dec 28 - Providence @ #24 UMass (Good opportunity to the Friars)

Feb 1 - Georgetown vs. #16 Michigan State (neutral - MSG)
Feb 1 - Villanova @ #96 Temple (Borderline top 100 opponent yet a big rival...That's a recipe for a bad loss on the tournament resume)

As you can see, this coming Saturday is probably the biggest day in the non-conference schedule for the Big East, with the final Saturday of the year being pretty significant too.

[stever20]

Thanks for doing this, Billy Jack. Taking that info, I put together a schedule of Kenpom top 100 opponent. At this point, Kenpom is probably a better predictor of RPI than RPI. Here we go:

Dec 21 - Marquette @ #35 New Mexico (Tough, tough place to play)(RPI #26)
Dec 21 - Xavier @ #43 Alabama (Only non-conference road game of the season for a young, mercurial team)(RPI 132)
Dec 21 - Georgetown @ #6 Kansas (HUGE game)(RPI 4)
Dec 22 - Creighton vs. #60 Cal(RPI 64)
Dec 28 - Xavier vs. #80 Wake Forest(RPI 89)
Dec 28 - Villanova @ #7 Syracuse (Really tough game in the Wildcats' bid for an undefeated non-conference slate)(RPI 5)
Dec 28 - Providence @ #24 UMass (Good opportunity to the Friars)(RPI 1)

Feb 1 - Georgetown vs. #16 Michigan State (neutral - MSG)(RPI 25)
Feb 1 - Villanova @ #96 Temple (Borderline top 100 opponent yet a big rival...That's a recipe for a bad loss on the tournament resume)(RPI 69)

As you can see, this coming Saturday is probably the biggest day in the non-conference schedule for the Big East, with the final Saturday of the year being pretty significant too.

put the RPI's on. Really, outside of Alabama and UMass- and maybe Temple- not huge differences at all between RPI and Ken Pom. Also, the Marquette/New Mexico game is at Las Vegas, not the Pit(huge difference there!)