2015 BE Tourney - Thurs afternoon games VU-MU, PC-SJU

[MUPanther]

#1 Villanova vs #9 Marquette, 12pm
FS1: Justin Kutcher & Donny Marshall, Molly McGrath

#4 Providence vs #5 St. John's, 2:30pm
FS1: Justin Kutcher & Donny Marshall, Molly McGrath

#2 Georgetown vs #10 Creighton, 7pm
FS1: Gus Johnson & Bill Raftery, MOlly McGrath

#6 Xavier vs #3 Butler, 9:30pm
FS1: Gus Johnson & Bill Raftery, Molly McGrath

[MUPanther]

Point Spreads for Thursday
Villanova -14 over Marquette
Providence -2 over St. John's
Georgetown -10 over Creighton
Butler -1.5 over Xavier

[hoyahooligan]

Point Spreads for Thursday
Villanova -14 over Marquette
Providence -2 over St. John's
Georgetown -10 over Creighton
Butler -1.5 over Xavier

I'm kinda surprised Providence is favored over St. John's with St. John's being at home (sort of) and having swept Providence.

[Barley]

Really excited for these games today. I hope MSG is rocking.

[Milloy]

I think that's wrong. PC has been 1.5-2.5 point underdogs all week.

[stever20]

unless ESPN has it wrong, I'm seeing Providence as a 1.5 point favorite on their score board.

[DudeAnon]

Nova over Marquette
St. Johns over Providence
GT over Creighton
Xavier over Butler

[Edrick]

Chalk day (Nova, G'town, BU, PC - most big)

[dmac80]

I am very worried about Providence's matchup with St. Johns. They seem to be a major matchup problem for us, blowing us out last year and in our home game this year, and the game we lost at MSG it wasn't that close for most of it save for a late second half run by us that fell short. So we're 1-3 vs SJU in the last 2 seasons. I just don't like the way we're trending and they're trending and the matchup. It's also a home game for them. That said I expect Friar fans to make themselves known and it to be a good game, I just hope we can compete well and not get into a early hole. I worry about our seed should we lose. I still think we slip from 6 to 7 which isn't the worst thing, but want to avoid 8 seed because of the second round matchup against the 1.

[NJRedman]

I am very worried about Providence's matchup with St. Johns. They seem to be a major matchup problem for us, blowing us out last year and in our home game this year, and the game we lost at MSG it wasn't that close for most of it save for a late second half run by us that fell short. So we're 1-3 vs SJU in the last 2 seasons. I just don't like the way we're trending and they're trending and the matchup. It's also a home game for them. That said I expect Friar fans to make themselves known and it to be a good game, I just hope we can compete well and not get into a early hole. I worry about our seed should we lose. I still think we slip from 6 to 7 which isn't the worst thing, but want to avoid 8 seed because of the second round matchup against the 1.

2-3 DMac, you guys beat us in this game last season.