Tue Feb 3rd (2 Games) - SJU v Butler, Seton v DePaul...

[Xudash]

Life on the road in the Big East!

A rainbow, Hail Mary three that goes in to establish an eight point lead late. And Seton Hall does not appear to have any answers at this point.

It again begs the question as to how Depaul managed to screw up it's OOC schedule so badly.

[shupirate98]

Gibbs and Rodriguez only 2 players to show up for Seton Hall tonight. So of course Rodriguez sits the whole final 10 minutes. Freaking Willard.

[Hall2012]

and people thought this joke of a team had a shot at the NCAA Tournament. They don't deserve a CBI bid.

[shupirate98]

and people thought this joke of a team had a shot at the NCAA Tournament. They don't deserve a CBI bid.

The talent is there. The coaching is not. I imagine our friends from Queens would sing a similar tune.

[ivet]

Life on the road in the Big East!

A rainbow, Hail Mary three that goes in to establish an eight point lead late. And Seton Hall does not appear to have any answers at this point.

It again begs the question as to how Depaul managed to screw up it's OOC schedule so badly.

DePaul didn't have stimage who is a post presence. Also relied way to much on tommy Hamilton. He was removed from the starting rotation at the start of conference play and his minutes has dwindled since. Took OLiver way too long to realize he is a liability.

[Hall2012]

and people thought this joke of a team had a shot at the NCAA Tournament. They don't deserve a CBI bid.

The talent is there. The coaching is not. I imagine our friends from Queens would sing a similar tune.

The only thing that wasn't there today was the effort. Standing around on defense and getting dominantly out-rebounded by one of the worst rebounding teams in the nation. It doesn't matter what plays the coach calls if the kids decide they don't feel like playing, and that's exactly what happened. Just a little bit of effort and this game's an easy win.

We'll probably hear excuses about the delayed flight and the 9:00 start time but the fact of the matter is DePaul wanted to win this game and Seton Hall decided they didn't give a crap.

[OldSchoolDemon]

breaking news: DePaul won and I expect someone will post how awful it is for the conference.

[Hall2012]

breaking news: DePaul won and I expect someone will post how awful it is for the conference.

the only thing awful for the conference is that this crappy seton hall team is in it.

[Bill Marsh]

and people thought this joke of a team had a shot at the NCAA Tournament. They don't deserve a CBI bid.

Hmm . . .

Does this mean that Xavier and Stanford, 2 other DePaul victims, don't deserve NCAA or CBI bids either?

[SJHooper]

1. SHU and SJU are basically the same. SJU has much better history and way more tourney berths, but other than that both teams have been ranked on and off recently, and we both have lots of highly rated players. The problem? Awful coaching and zero consistency. It's almost like if you live within 50 miles of NYC and you have a major college hoops team, they will be cursed.

2. I understand we played classless tonight and no doubt it was uncalled for, but Butler fans are really going too far now. Arguing with the refs? Really? You want to make that exclusively a SJU thing? That is so stupid I won't even go further with it. Flopping? Clearly you never watched college hoops before if you only notice SJU flopping. Cough, Arcidiacono cough Villanova. Sorry, bad cold.

The fact that Butler fans see us as a team of "thugs" makes sense. You have to remember the Butler community is more countrified. Different culture. Now I know, you guys are going to act like Indianapolis is a major city. To NYC Indianapolis is a few buildings surrounded by farm land. Butler is a team with lots of kids from the country. It's more slow down and take your time. More shooting oriented. More half-court. Major city hoops is all about aggression, fast pace, in your face dunks, and grit. So I think you just don't get that culture. I personally know some of the players and though you will see Harrison's shaved eyebrows and countless tattoos, he is a very well-spoken kid and is extremely friendly always smiling off the court. Phil Greene is like the team nerd. He's quieter. Obekpa is the big joker. Always breaking balls. So when you call them "thugs" it's disrespectful. I understand it if I put myself in some fan's shoes living in Indiana, but this aggressive behavior is all during the game. Off the court they are regular guys.