Villanova at Providence tonight

[NersEllenson]

Nova coming off loss Sunday at Creighton, short turnaround, playing at Providence tonight.  Nova won by 30 over Providence in Philly 5 weeks ago.  Providence needs game badly for NCAA consideration...

Better for us of course if Providence loses...

Think game will be closer than I'd think at first glance...

[GooooMarquette]

Should be a great game.  I picked Nova, but would not be the least bit surprised if Providence pulls it out at home.

[MarsupialMadness]

I hope for both Providence and SJU to lose tonight.

[jsheim]

Who do we want to win this game? Prv win gives them better RPI and Us one too if we beat them 2x .

But... nova wins and it gives us a better BE seed potentially...but is that academic if we beat Prv again.

Also 3 seed in BET better than  4/5 but 4/5 no different.

Also, my highest priority is an ncaa bid not BE finish. Though they go closely together.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Cmon Nova. I dont know why but I have a feeling that MU rattles off another 3 in a row. Call me optimistic but I really feel like Jamil has finally figured it out, Todd is playing much better and Buzz has his rotations set. Survive and advance.

[wardle2wade]

I'm torn on who I want to win, but ultimately I feel it's better for Providence to win.  Provy is on a downward swing and this win would keep them up in the NCAA talk.  I think longterm it's important for the league to get a lot of bids this year... for that to happen, ultimately we need Nova and Creighton to drop the occasional game to the 5 other potential tourney teams.  This seems like a good spot.

Also, personally I don't see Provy stealing our bid... MU has to earn that on its own, which includes sweeping Providence.  

[MUfan12]

Root for the league when your team is safely in, or definitely out. If MU is potentially fighting SJU and PC on the bubble, I want them to lose.

[wardle2wade]

Forgot to add... with a Provy win, they'll jump from #62 to about #48 in RPI.  MU is short on top 50 wins as it is.

[Aughnanure]

Don't want SJU to lose to a bad Butler team. Need everyone's RPI's to keep getting stronger and that would be a bad loss for them (115 RPI ish?).

I'll root for Nova in the 2nd. Need our top teams to do well and get high seeds.

[bradley center bat]

Two good games on FS1!

[wardle2wade]

St John's big man Chris Obepka is out for the next "10-14 days"... selfishly, hope he's still out for MU game, but I doubt it.  I wonder if that will derail their recent hot streak.

[Texas Western]

Two good games on FS1!

I think FS1 is doing a very good job of covering our league. One of the benefits of having so many teams with a potential shot at the tourney is each televised game becomes worth watching. Hopefully over the next few years the ratings will rise steadily as a result.

[jesmu84]

Double OT

[bradley center bat]

I think FS1 is doing a very good job of covering our league. One of the benefits of having so many teams with a potential shot at the tourney is each televised game becomes worth watching. Hopefully over the next few years the ratings will rise steadily as a result.

FS1 will get help this summer, with many MLB games.

[jesmu84]

Cotton's 3 ties it with 16 seconds left in 2OT. Archie scores to go up 2 with 3.0 left.

[Niv Berkowitz]

Damn! Archidianonononono on the same play to end double OT as OT. This time he makes, and 1. Solid.

[PGsHeroes32]

Wow. That was a finish.

[brandx]

Wow. Can't switch the big man onto Arci on that play.

[brandx]

Damn! Archidianonononono on the same play to end double OT as OT. This time he makes, and 1. Solid.

Good call - same play - he got the layup earlier and missed it. Why not try it again?

[Texas Western]

Villanova point guard  with a very clutch play.