Sat 1/18 Game Thread (5 games)

[ChelseaFriar]

Not a good day for the league.

It is what it is. Some of the teams people thought were going to be good due to the names on their jerseys are not as good as predicted. Some of the teams people thought were going to be bad due to to the names on their jerseys are not as bad as predicted.

[TheHall]

Not a good day for the league.

It is what it is. Some of the teams people thought were going to be good due to the names on their jerseys are not as good as predicted. Some of the teams people thought were going to be bad due to to the names on their jerseys are not as bad as predicted.

Exactly & some of us (myself) predicted this is what would happen, while most others preached "chalk" religiously for months.

[TheHall]

Not a good day for the league.

Why is it a bad day for the league? This is Big East Basketball. I love seeing these lower ranked teams beating up on these upper ranked teams. It's not Seton Halls fault that Georgetown doesn't have their center or ran out of steam in the last 4 minutes. I didn't watch Butler Marquette but I'm assuming Butler played with a sense of urgency and desperately wanted their first win. DePaul is currently playing Villanova tough right now. Nova is expected to be a 18 or 20 point favorite.

I don't know what the other conferences do but I love the fact that you cant just come in to a game and expect the other team to roll over so "we" can send more teams to the tournament. Why are we even setting up these games if we already decided that we want our top 4 to go dancing. You deserve to go to the tournament? Prove it. Why have you guys decided to start that mentality? Is that a carry over from the A-10 or MVC? The year that we sent 11 teams to the tournament was a fun year. Every game was played tough.

Well said...the Big East is & was never about crowing teams before MLK day.

[Jet915]

Personally, I just want what is best for the Big East and IMO that means more NCAA bids. Teams have not stepped up though...

[TheHall]

Personally, I just want what is best for the Big East and IMO that means more NCAA bids. Teams have not stepped up though...

Jet you keep equating "more" with "better". But actually, better = better. Having untested, incapable teams make the NCAAT hurts the league enormously when they get upset or underachieve. The year the BE got 11 teams was on the verge of being one of the worst years for the BE image-wise b/c of shotty performances by those teams, until Uconn saved the league's bacon & won it all. Getting bids will not be a problem for the BE if our teams live up to their own standards. The teams you're crooning over aren't living up to their own standards at the moment and in some cases the teams you seem to be discounting are making plays & fighting hard. That's what's best for the league IMO.

[bmorex]

Personally, I just want what is best for the Big East and IMO that means more NCAA bids. Teams have not stepped up though...

Yup. Having three tournament teams would be a big disappointment for the league.

[ivet]

Personally, I just want what is best for the Big East and IMO that means more NCAA bids. Teams have not stepped up though...

Jet you keep equating "more" with "better". But actually, better = better. Having untested, incapable teams make the NCAAT hurts the league enormously when they get upset or underachieve. The year the BE got 11 teams was on the verge of being one of the worst years for the BE image-wise b/c of shotty performances by those teams, until Uconn saved the league's bacon & won it all. Getting bids will not be a problem for the BE if our teams live up to their own standards. The teams you're crooning over aren't living up to their own standards at the moment and in some cases the teams you seem to be discounting are making plays & fighting hard. That's what's best for the league IMO.

Some people said that all 11 deserved it while many, especially outside the conference, said that was ridiculous and 11 teams was way too much. I believe UConn finished 9th in the Conference. They went and won 5 straight games in the conference tournament and then 6 games in the tournament. I just looked it up and they were 9-9 in conference play. Although I prefer not to talk about the past, I hope this conference can end up like that. It's a good lesson especially once the tourney starts that you cant come in and think you are going to dominate any of your opponents.

I am OK with 3 tournament teams, now I can only hope that those 3 make a deep run. If team 4,5,6 think they deserve it? they shouldn't have lost to the lower half of the conference.

[gosports1]

I dont get the whole "bad for the leauge" thing. We have 3 teams that are begining to set themselves apart, xavier,creighton and Villanova. We have others than now have the opportunity to join them at 4 and 5 Gtwon, Marquette,PC,Seton Hall and to a slightly lesser extent depaul all still have a shot of making a move. Still too early IMO to write the season off

[ivet]

Although Nova is up 14 points with less than 10 minutes left, they are still pressing. They have no intentions of losing this game.

[ivet]

Nova wins by 26. They have a deep bench capable of pressing the entire game without losing steam. Can't wait to see them play Creighton.