Who will win the BEast 2022-23?

[hortle]

http://www.xavierhoops.com/showthread.p ... Freemantle

TLDR - all speculation

[Xuperman]

Any scuttlebutt among the X fans about what happened here? DudeA/Dash/Xup?

No. The lid is totally tight on this one. However, the timing of the suspension is telling. 1st day of practice? Something tells me it is a attitude situation in need of immediate adjustment.

[robbo1010]

seton hall look like they could upset the apple cart a little this year. 4th in power rankings i think. pretty impressive with Ndefo protecting the rim. remember he had a few games with 6 blocks last season which is crazy seeing as hes only 6'7

[Xudash]

Any scuttlebutt among the X fans about what happened here? DudeA/Dash/Xup?

Gumby, I agree with Xup. I think he walked into the building like an entitled cock of the walk and immediately got put into his place. There’s a new sheriff in town and he doesn’t put up with that nonsense.

We will see. The ball is clearly in Zach‘s court to get back on the right track.

[shizzle898]

My regular season predicted order of finish for top 11 leagues+ bonus league
Keep in mind, I cheated a little. With the exception of the Big East and Ivy League I checked out various website to see where they think everybody stood before presumably making a fool of myself.

ACC (7 bids: top 6 + Syracuse)
1 Virginia
2 Duke
3 Florida State
4 UNC
5 Wake Forest
6 Notre Dame
7 Virginia Tech
8 Syracuse
9 Miami
10 Louisville
11 Clemson
12 NC State
13 Boston College
14 Pitt
15 Ga Tech
Big East (6 bids: top 6)
1 Creighton
2 Nova
3 UConn
4 Xavier
5 Providence
6 Marquette
7 Seton Hall
8 St. John's
9 Butler
10 DePaul
11 Georgetown
B1G (9 bids: top 9)
1 Michigan
2 Purdue
3 Illinois
4 Wisconsin
5 Indiana
6 Michigan State
7 Ohio State
8 Iowa
9 Rutgers
10 Maryland
11 Minnesota
12 Nebraska
13 Penn State
14 Northwestern
Big 12 (7 bids: top 7)
1 Kansas
2 Baylor
3 Texas Tech
4 TCU
5 Iowa State
6 Texas
7 Oklahoma State
8 West Virginia
9 Kansas State
10 Oklahoma
Pac-12 (5 bids: top 5)
1 UCLA
2 Arizona
3 Oregon
4 USC
5 Colorado
6 Washington State
7 Stanford
8 Utah
9 Washington
10 Arizona State
11 Oregon State
12 California
SEC (6 bids: top 6)
1 Kentucky
2 Tennessee
3 Arkansas
4 Alabama
5 Texas A&M
6 Auburn
7 LSU
8 Florida
9 Mississippi State
10 Georgia
11 Vanderbilt
12 Ole Miss
13 Missouri
14 South Carolina
Atlantic 10 (2 bids: top 2)
1 St. Louis
2 Dayton
3 Loyola
4 VCU
5 Davidson
6 UMass
7 URI
8 St. Bonaventure
9 Richmond
10 George Mason
11 George Washington
12 St. Joe's
13 LaSalle
14 Duquesne
15 Fordham
American (1 bid: Houston)
1 Houston
2 Cincy
3 SMU
4 Memphis
5 Tulane
6 Wichita State
7 Tulsa
8 Temple
9 UCF
10 USF
11 ECU
MVC (1 bid: Drake)
1 Drake
2 Northern Iowa
3 Belmont
4 Murray State
5 Bradley
6 Southern Illinois
7 Missouri State
8 Illinois State
9 Valporaiso
10 Evansville
11 Indiana State
12 UIC
MW (1 bid: SDSU)
1 SDSU
2 UNLV
3 Boise State
4 Utah State
5 Wyoming
6 Colorado State
7 Nevada
8 New Mexico
9 Fresno State
10 Air Force
11 San Jose State
WCC (2 bids: top 2)
1 Gonzaga
2 St. Mary's
3 BYU
4 Santa Clara
5 San Francisco
6 San Diego
7 Loyola Marymount
8 Portland
9 Pepperdine
10 Pacific
Ivy League (1 bid: Yale)
1 Yale
2 Harvard
3 Princeton
4 Penn
5 Cornell
6 Dartmouth
7 Brown
8 Columbia

The remaining 20 leagues are one-bid leagues.
AE: Vermont
A-Sun: Liberty
Big Sky: Weber State
Big South: Winthrop
Big West: UC Santa Barbara
C-USA: Western Kentucky
CAA: College of Charleston
Horizon: Northern Kentucky
MAAC: Iona
MAC: Ohio
MEAC: Norfolk State
NEC: Wagner
OVC: Morehead State
Patriot: Bucknell
SWAC: Texas Southern
Southern: UNC Greensboro
Southland: New Orleans
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Texas State
WAC: New Mexico State

First four out:
Virginia Tech
Washington State
LSU
SMU

[GumbyDamnit!]

Any scuttlebutt among the X fans about what happened here? DudeA/Dash/Xup?

Gumby, I agree with Xup. I think he walked into the building like an entitled cock of the walk and immediately got put into his place. There’s a new sheriff in town and he doesn’t put up with that nonsense.

We will see. The ball is clearly in Zach‘s court to get back on the right track.

Good move by Miller. It's one thing to set the tone with the 4th guy down on the bench and the other to call out one of the stars of the team. Let's hope young Free responds. If he has any plans to take a run at a professional career it will be as a stretch 4. Work on your game Zach, hit the 3, guard multiple positions well and listen to someone who has been there before. These kids need to learn early that life is 80% effort, persistent and a positive attitude, 10% talent and 10% good timing. Free handled the 10% talent part, if Miller can get him to maximize the 80% X could have a monster year.

[Xudash]

Any scuttlebutt among the X fans about what happened here? DudeA/Dash/Xup?

Gumby, I agree with Xup. I think he walked into the building like an entitled cock of the walk and immediately got put into his place. There’s a new sheriff in town and he doesn’t put up with that nonsense.

We will see. The ball is clearly in Zach‘s court to get back on the right track.

Good move by Miller. It's one thing to set the tone with the 4th guy down on the bench and the other to call out one of the stars of the team. Let's hope young Free responds. If he has any plans to take a run at a professional career it will be as a stretch 4. Work on your game Zach, hit the 3, guard multiple positions well and listen to someone who has been there before. These kids need to learn early that life is 80% effort, persistent and a positive attitude, 10% talent and 10% good timing. Free handled the 10% talent part, if Miller can get him to maximize the 80% X could have a monster year.

Good insights, Gumby.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/xavier/xaviersports/2022/10/04/xaviers-zach-freemantle-rejoins-team-after-last-weeks-suspension/69540272007/

It lasted one week.

[Django]

I’m looking forward to X, UCONN and Butler returning to their old selves.

[Wizard of Westroads]

Is whoever did the order-of-finish poll in years past doing one this year? That was always fun.

[Xudash]

So, I'm a homer.

But let's consider the dominate love for Creighton. IF the Jays have a truly great season and pull the BEC off by themselves while also having otherwise dominant OOC success, could they find themselves in rarified air - a #1 NCAAT Seed?

The 1's from the last 10 years - didn't know where else to put this, so thought I would put it here with the idea that a BE team could snag another top seed this year:

https://twitter.com/CbbReview/status/15 ... 8497603586