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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: brewcity77 on January 28, 2021, 12:07:41 PM

Title: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: brewcity77 on January 28, 2021, 12:07:41 PM
St. John's basketball Twitter account has reported that they will be traveling to Milwaukee to play Marquette on Sunday, Jan. 31. This game was originally scheduled for Feb. 20, which opens up a 10-day stretch for Marquette. This is the first time I've seen a game moved up.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: BM1090 on January 28, 2021, 12:20:55 PM
Going to be fun to win the next two vs. SJU and Butler and let us all gain some false hope.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: Mr. Nielsen on January 28, 2021, 12:24:36 PM
Game was originally scheduled for Feb. 20, will air at 2:30 p.m. on FOX. Replaces UConn/St. John's
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: cheebs09 on January 28, 2021, 12:30:06 PM
St. John's basketball Twitter account has reported that they will be traveling to Milwaukee to play Marquette on Sunday, Jan. 31. This game was originally scheduled for Feb. 20, which opens up a 10-day stretch for Marquette. This is the first time I've seen a game moved up.

Freeing up the backend for some flexibility at the end. Maybe some sort of extended BET.  I think I saw on Twitter (maybe you) that the two opponents MU had for cancelled games are already scheduled for that day, so it won’t allow for those games to be made up.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: #UnleashSean on January 28, 2021, 12:34:02 PM
St. John's basketball Twitter account has reported that they will be traveling to Milwaukee to play Marquette on Sunday, Jan. 31. This game was originally scheduled for Feb. 20, which opens up a 10-day stretch for Marquette. This is the first time I've seen a game moved up.

Great. So now we can get a tired legs excuse. Then a rusty excuse later on.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on January 28, 2021, 12:49:08 PM
St. John's basketball Twitter account has reported that they will be traveling to Milwaukee to play Marquette on Sunday, Jan. 31. This game was originally scheduled for Feb. 20, which opens up a 10-day stretch for Marquette. This is the first time I've seen a game moved up.

Didn't they move up a St. John's/Georgetown game at the beginning? Either way, glad to see some proactiveness
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: muwarrior97 on January 28, 2021, 12:49:20 PM
Great. So now we can get a tired legs excuse. Then a rusty excuse later on.

Spot-on....sigh
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: JamilJaeJamailJrJuan on January 28, 2021, 01:26:01 PM
So we didn't have a game schedule this weekend? 
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: Billy Hoyle on January 28, 2021, 01:36:44 PM
Didn't they move up a St. John's/Georgetown game at the beginning? Either way, glad to see some proactiveness

St. John's/Seton Hall too.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: Nukem2 on January 28, 2021, 02:04:18 PM
Now have a 10 day layover from 2/17 to 2/27.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: BrewCity83 on January 28, 2021, 02:25:09 PM
Now have a 10 day layover from 2/17 to 2/27.

Maybe we can make up Nova or Georgetown in that stretch.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: Miss Katie’s on January 28, 2021, 02:29:34 PM
So we didn't have a game schedule this weekend?

We did not.  Next game was scheduled for 2/2. 
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: MU24 on January 28, 2021, 02:54:38 PM
why wait till Feb 20th to experience a L when we can experience it this weekend?!
Perfect!
In all seriousness...always hope for a W, but at this point in the Wojo era it becomes exhausting to expect one.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: brewcity77 on January 28, 2021, 02:59:39 PM
Maybe we can make up Nova or Georgetown in that stretch.

Seems unlikely. 'Nova plays the 20th and 23rd, Georgetown plays the 20th and 24th.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: CTWarrior on January 28, 2021, 03:02:32 PM
Maybe its just COVID and lack of other entertainment options, but I know I'm still invested in this team because I was happy to hear we had a game to watch this weekend.  Still not enthusiastic like I once was (I don't DVR games in case I want to rewatch anymore), but I still look forward to the games.

Usually on a team with post season hopes, you watch for the development of the frosh and sophs and see about how they fit in the future.  Even that is tempered now, because you get the feeling that a few of them may depart after this season, and it seems nowadays that 90% of a players improvement seems to occur in the off season.

But I still want to watch.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on January 28, 2021, 03:13:11 PM
Maybe its just COVID and lack of other entertainment options, but I know I'm still invested in this team because I was happy to hear we had a game to watch this weekend.  Still not enthusiastic like I once was (I don't DVR games in case I want to rewatch anymore), but I still look forward to the games.

Usually on a team with post season hopes, you watch for the development of the frosh and sophs and see about how they fit in the future.  Even that is tempered now, because you get the feeling that a few of them may depart after this season, and it seems nowadays that 90% of a players improvement seems to occur in the off season.

But I still want to watch.


Right.  I mean what else am I going to do? 
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: BrewCity83 on January 28, 2021, 03:32:10 PM
This is actually really good news...there's no football to watch this weekend (not even the ProBowl), and it'll be good to get back in the saddle before Tuesday after this week's two killer losses.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: BrewCity83 on January 28, 2021, 03:32:49 PM
Is this "Al's Night"?
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: Windyplayer on January 28, 2021, 03:36:38 PM
Maybe its just COVID and lack of other entertainment options, but I know I'm still invested in this team because I was happy to hear we had a game to watch this weekend.  Still not enthusiastic like I once was (I don't DVR games in case I want to rewatch anymore), but I still look forward to the games.

Usually on a team with post season hopes, you watch for the development of the frosh and sophs and see about how they fit in the future.  Even that is tempered now, because you get the feeling that a few of them may depart after this season, and it seems nowadays that 90% of a players improvement seems to occur in the off season.

But I still want to watch.
Exactly.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: Windyplayer on January 28, 2021, 03:39:20 PM
This is actually really good news...there's no football to watch this weekend (not even the ProBowl), and it'll be good to get back in the saddle before Tuesday after this week's two killer losses.
Yep, win these two and give yourself a chance to win a third straight at home against Creighton. Then we have a little juice again...
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: CountryRoads on January 28, 2021, 03:54:26 PM
I think it’s good news getting this game in now. Not sure if it’s feasible, but one way MU/Wojo could save this season is aggressively try and get more high quality opponents on the schedule during the long layoffs to try and get back in the tournament discussion. As a fan, it would be hard not to respect that even if they flamed out and lost the games. There really is nothing to lose at this point.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: BM1090 on January 28, 2021, 04:21:27 PM
I think it’s good news getting this game in now. Not sure if it’s feasible, but one way MU/Wojo could save this season is aggressively try and get more high quality opponents on the schedule during the long layoffs to try and get back in the tournament discussion. As a fan, it would be hard not to respect that even if they flamed out and lost the games. There really is nothing to lose at this point.

I agree with this. I'm not sure if the logistics are feasible but it would make the backend of the schedule more fun
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: brewcity77 on January 28, 2021, 04:48:22 PM
Is this "Al's Night"?

Yes, I suppose so.

One thing I noticed, we have two big breaks but can't really make up either of our postponed games. Villanova is booked pretty solid during both of our off stretches. We could play Georgetown on February 11, but that would put them in a 3 games in 5 days situation, so that seems unlikely. Loyola-Chicago on February 10th would make a lot of sense to add a Q1 opponent and try to breathe life into the resume.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: BrewCity83 on January 28, 2021, 04:50:15 PM
I'd love to play Loyola.  Got a kid going there.
Title: Re: St. John's rescheduled to Sunday 1/31
Post by: MU82 on January 28, 2021, 04:52:47 PM
Seems unlikely. 'Nova plays the 20th and 23rd, Georgetown plays the 20th and 24th.

According to Georgetown's website, they have games on 2/20 (vs SH), 2/23 (vs UConn) and 2/27 (at DeP).

And Nova has games on 2/20 (vs UConn), 2/23 (vs StJ) and 2/28 (at But).

So we certainly could play at Nova on 2/25 before going to UConn on 2/27. Or GT, which plays at DePaul on 2/27, could pretty easily incorporate a trip to Milwaukee on 2/25.

Seems quite doable to play one of the two on 2/25.