Big East Conference Results

[Herman Cain]

Coach Mack said Sumner flew home with team and was okay. Looks like crisis averted.

Glad to hear he is okay. Hopefully he can play soon .

[Herman Cain]

Will be interesting to see how Villanova fares on the road against Creighton.  The sell out crowd will be very loud. I think it would be great if Creighton could pull an upset.

[Herman Cain]

Here is the full Saturday schedule:

10am- DePaul @ Seton Hall, FS1 - Dave Sims, Vin Parise

http://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2016/01/01/three-keys-seton-hall-vs-depaul/78126418/

12pm- #9 Butler @ #6 Xavier, FS1- Joe Davis, Jim Jackson

2:30pm- St. John's @ #12 Providence, FS1- Justin Kutcher, Dickey Simpkins

4:30pm- Marquette @ Georgetown, FS1 - Gus Johnson, Tarik Turner

9pm- #16 Villanova @ Creighton, FS1- Tim Brando, Nick Bahe

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Glad we don't have that 10 am game...

[martyconlonontherun]

Here is the full Saturday schedule:

10am- DePaul @ Seton Hall, FS1 - Dave Sims, Vin Parise

http://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2016/01/01/three-keys-seton-hall-vs-depaul/78126418/

12pm- #9 Butler @ #6 Xavier, FS1- Joe Davis, Jim Jackson

2:30pm- St. John's @ #12 Providence, FS1- Justin Kutcher, Dickey Simpkins

4:30pm- Marquette @ Georgetown, FS1 - Gus Johnson, Tarik Turner

9pm- #16 Villanova @ Creighton, FS1- Tim Brando, Nick Bahe

Gus Johnson does some bucks games now but I think he is horrible in the regular season team analyst. He seems like a cheap hype man anytime something semi exciting happens. That doesn't translate as well when you are supposed to be a Bucks analyst and he goes nuts every dunk by the Knicks.

[Herman Cain]

At the end of today either Butler or Xavier will open the conference season 0-2. Will be interesting to see how far they fall in polls. This conference is a Beast.

[Herman Cain]

A win for Seton Hall today puts them at 2-0. Hopefully they get some top 25 votes this week.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Butler benched Dunham and Chrabaz (sp?) to start to game. Down 10 right now.

[statnik]

Gus Johnson does some bucks games now but I think he is horrible in the regular season team analyst. He seems like a cheap hype man anytime something semi exciting happens. That doesn't translate as well when you are supposed to be a Bucks analyst and he goes nuts every dunk by the Knicks.

Yeah that's been a very valid complaint of other Bucks fans.  Gets more excited about the opposing team when they have big plays.  I would think it would get a little better if or when their play improves.

[Herman Cain]

Solid rebound win for Xavier by blowing out Butler.

[Herman Cain]

Providence now 2-10 with  win over St. Johns. They looked solid and pulled away after St. Johns made it competitive.

[Herman Cain]

Looking forward to Creighton Villanova game. Should be loud and crazy in Omaha tonight.

[Herman Cain]

Enjoying this Creighton Villanova game. I went to a Creighton game earlier this year and was very impressed with their fan support. They absolutely love being a part of the Big East. Every seat in the house filled and the Blue Jays are hanging in there so far.

Half time 40-35 Villanova

[Herman Cain]

Villanova impressive road win. Hopefully they move up in rankings.

[Herman Cain]

This weeks rankings look good
8. Providence
10. Xavier
11. Villanova
18. Butler

Seton Hall got 4 votes.

The Butler ranking was a sign of respect for the league. They really have a tough early league schedule .

[Herman Cain]

Games Tonight
Marquette at Providence 7 Eastern
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/preview/NCAAB_20160105_MARQET@PROV

Butler at Depaul            8 Eastern     
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/preview/NCAAB_20160105_BUTLER@DEPAUL

Georgetown at Creighton   9 Eastern


Would like to see Butler come up with a big win. We want as many Big East teams as possible in top 25.

Probably better for the league if Georgetown wins tonight.

[We R Final Four]

Beating DePaul (even on the road) is not a BIG win.

Losing to DePaul would be a BAAAAADDDDD loss for a top 20 team.

[Herman Cain]

Quality Win for MU tonight helps The Big East.

[Herman Cain]

Butler win over DePaul helpful for Big East , want to keep them in ratings.

Creighton beats Georgetown  at home. Great fan support really helps Creighton .

[muwarrior69]

I work with a PC grad....he's been saying all year he thinks this is the best team they've had in decades.  He might be right.

Is your co-worker speaking to you this morning?

[forgetful]

So for tonights games.  I would assume it is best for the conference for Seton Hall and Xavier to come away with wins.

That shouldn't affect Villanova much and would get Seton Hall into the rankings.

[We R Final Four]

I don't follow what you (NY) consider good or helpful for the Big East.

Based upon your reasoning, a ranked team winning is "good" for the Big East.............unless the unranked winning team is Marquette, which apparently is also "good" for the Big East?

[MUMountin]

I don't follow what you (NY) consider good or helpful for the Big East.

Based upon your reasoning, a ranked team winning is "good" for the Big East.............unless the unranked winning team is Marquette, which apparently is also "good" for the Big East?

My guess is that he means is it is good for the league to get as many teams into the tourney as possible, so whatever results get us there.   

The top 4 (Nova, X, Providence, Butler) should all be locks barring epic collapses. 

The next three (Seton Hall, Georgetown, and MU) all have the potential to make the tourney through a combo of winning against the bottom three (Creighton, St. John's, DePaul), splitting against the other middle teams, and stealing some wins against the top 4.  You could possibly include Creighton in this group as well, but having 4 teams in that middle tier at the end of the season probably hurts the league overall, as we won't get 8 teams in the tourney.  Even seven is probably tough, so probably better for the league overall if at least two of this group fades as the season goes--for MU, that means rooting against Creighton, G'town, and the Hall, in that order.   For the rest of the league, you probably want to see the Hall to do the best, then MU, then G'town, then Creighton (in terms of signature wins OOC).

So, we want to see St. John's, DePaul, and possibly Creighton all go winless this season except against each other, so that the other seven teams all have a minimum of 6 conference wins.

Then, you want to see the Hall, G'town, and MU steal a few wins against the top 4 to bolster the middle teams' resumes.  Although, you may not want them to steal too many, as that might drop one or more of those top teams into the middle tier and potentially out of the Top 25 (which is important for league exposure). 

Our win against Providence is good for the league because it elevates our status, while not hurting Providence too much if they can turn around against Creighton on Saturday.  If Butler lost last night to DePaul, dropping them to 0-3 to start the season, they likely would have been dropped from Top 25 and would be dropped into the middle tier (especially with their big game against Nova this weekend). 

[We R Final Four]

Thank you for the clarification.

For the record, I hope we crush Butler and if that knocks them out of the top 25....so be it.

MU>Big East.

[jsglow]

I continue to believe that the BEast is a 6 bid league if the chips fall properly as well documented by Mountain.