Seton Hall vs Georgetown Preview and Game Thread

[MackNova]

You can be impartial overall and still root for certain teams. Rooting for the conference means rooting for the bubble teams. I know you guys hate hearing about it, but a team that lost to FDU and SPU with no good wins going on the road and beating PC and GTWN doesn't look good for prospective bubble teams. If Hall had beaten PC and GTown AND beaten Nova or Creighton at home, they'd be getting a lot more respect because they'd have that one big win to make up for one of those bad losses.


And the idea this conference needs to add Richmond or Dayton or SLU or La Salle or GWU is such a loser's attitude. Those teams have a combined 2 Sweet 16 appearances since 1994. They're fine programs, but none of them would legitimize the league or make a huge difference. It would just make the middle tier (the bubble tier) of our conference a little bigger.

[BillikensWin]

You can be impartial overall and still root for certain teams. Rooting for the conference means rooting for the bubble teams. I know you guys hate hearing about it, but a team that lost to FDU and SPU with no good wins going on the road and beating PC and GTWN doesn't look good for prospective bubble teams. If Hall had beaten PC and GTown AND beaten Nova or Creighton at home, they'd be getting a lot more respect because they'd have that one big win to make up for one of those bad losses.


And the idea this conference needs to add Richmond or Dayton or SLU or La Salle or GWU is such a loser's attitude. Those teams have a combined 2 Sweet 16 appearances since 1994. They're fine programs, but none of them would legitimize the league or make a huge difference. It would just make the middle tier (the bubble tier) of our conference a little bigger.

I think SLU could help quite a bit. I'm admittedly biased, but you know how that goes with fans.

I don't think the Big East is going to expand in my lifetime, but this is a good basketball league with the 10 that are in it now.

[MackNova]

You can be impartial overall and still root for certain teams. Rooting for the conference means rooting for the bubble teams. I know you guys hate hearing about it, but a team that lost to FDU and SPU with no good wins going on the road and beating PC and GTWN doesn't look good for prospective bubble teams. If Hall had beaten PC and GTown AND beaten Nova or Creighton at home, they'd be getting a lot more respect because they'd have that one big win to make up for one of those bad losses.


And the idea this conference needs to add Richmond or Dayton or SLU or La Salle or GWU is such a loser's attitude. Those teams have a combined 2 Sweet 16 appearances since 1994. They're fine programs, but none of them would legitimize the league or make a huge difference. It would just make the middle tier (the bubble tier) of our conference a little bigger.

I think SLU could help quite a bit. I'm admittedly biased, but you know how that goes with fans.

I don't think the Big East is going to expand in my lifetime, but this is a good basketball league with the 10 that are in it now.

I was hoping SLU would be taken over Butler in the initial expansion because I felt they had more of a chance for long-term success. Saint Louis would be next on my wish list (if Gonzaga isn't doable) if the Big East were to expand. I just don't see a reason to.