Big East Conference Results/ NCAA/NIT/CBI

[Spotcheck Billy]

I watch a lot of college basketball.  You occasionally see assistants jump in after the head coach as said his bit in a huddle, but you rarely see assistants run the whole thing.  Mullin usually is standing in the background while his assistants run the game planning. 

It definitely seems strange to me, and perhaps suggests that Mullin is more the figurehead and recruiter, and less of an Xs and Os guy.

Yup, even in an MU game earlier this year, they showed a Wojo cuddle but at the end you could hear Wojo tell them Stan would now give them their assignment or something along that line.

[LoudMouth]

Xavier being the favorite by 5 over Georgetown tells me that Vegas thinks X is better than they are or that they think Gtown is awful. Whatever it is..the game seems to be shaping up as the tallest midget contest

[MarquetteDano]

Yup, even in an MU game earlier this year, they showed a Wojo cuddle

Never knew Wojo was that  touchy feely.   

[Herman Cain]

Xavier up 3 10:19 left second

[Mr. Nielsen]

Xavier up 3 10:19 left second

Georgetown once led, 39-22 on FS1.

[Herman Cain]

Georgetown once led, 39-22 on FS1.

Xavier up 5 with 5:14 left

[Herman Cain]

Xavier solid win over Georgetown . Seton Hall up 2  over Butler with 1:51 left.

[Herman Cain]

Seton Hall won. Looking forward to our match up.

[Herman Cain]

Watching the other two games tonight, it is clear that there are going to be no easy games in this league. The bottom of the league has come up and the middle class teams have enough firepower to make every game close all the way to the end of the game. The league needs a couple of teams to be clearly outstanding, and MU may have done the rest of the league a favor by getting a tough road victory tonight.  Clearly a long conference season to go though.

[MU82]

For all of their problems in the non-con, there's only one unbeaten team in conference play.

[BM1090]

For all of their problems in the non-con, there's only one unbeaten team in conference play.

True. And they will be there until the end. But I'd hope we'd be 3-0 with their schedule as well.

[MU82]

True. And they will be there until the end. But I'd hope we'd be 3-0 with their schedule as well.

Early signs are there will be few easy wins in this conference.

[Its DJOver]

Any other day 31 points in a 1 point win would be the standout performance of the day, but not yesterday.  Sorry Myles Powell.

[Herman Cain]

Any other day 31 points in a 1 point win would be the standout performance of the day, but not yesterday.  Sorry Myles Powell.

I was thinking that exact same thing. The conference has three All American level guards this year which does not happen often.

[MU82]

The conference has three All American level guards this year which does not happen often.

Markus, Sacar and who's the third?

[Spotcheck Billy]

Shamorie Ponds?

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Creighton has continued to recruit well -- credit to McDermott, I thought they'd fall off the map after Dougie left.  Hall is also playing surprisingly well (to me at least); I thought they'd collapse under Willard after that senior class graduated.

Providence -- other side of the coin, I thought Cooley would have them playing better.

[Herman Cain]

Creighton has continued to recruit well -- credit to McDermott, I thought they'd fall off the map after Dougie left.  Hall is also playing surprisingly well (to me at least); I thought they'd collapse under Willard after that senior class graduated.

Providence -- other side of the coin, I thought Cooley would have them playing better.

Creighton has a good young team and more kids  in the pipeline who want to play in that format. Same with Seton Hall. The Hall is also starting to get some fan support. They have a curtain over the upper bowl at their arena, so they really have the pit feeling at their games.

Cooley & Company had a top level freshman , AJ Reeves who was doing  very well get injured,  he was paired with another solid Freshman in the back court so there is some youth going on there.  They did have a solid road win over Texas, so they can be dangerous. For some reason they are always very motivated when they play MU.

[Herman Cain]

Big East NET Rankings update through January 9. Not much change after last night.
New Old
20   21   Marquette      
27   29   St. John's (NY)   
28   31   Villanova      
44   45   Seton Hall      
48   53   Butler      
52   48   Creighton   
83   85   Xavier   
94   91   Providence   
103   99   Georgetown   
123   125   DePaul   

[Herman Cain]

Not much change in the rankings after games of January 10 other than a jump up by Xavier 6 spots. 
New  Old
20   20   Marquette   
26   27   St. John's
29   28   Villanova   
45   44   Seton Hall   
48   48   Butler   
52   52   Creighton   
77   83   Xavier   
93   94   Providence   
104   103   Georgetown   
124   123   DePaul   

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Would be nice for seeding purposes if X could find a way to keep rising and sneak into the top 75.

[brewcity77]

Would be nice for seeding purposes if X could find a way to keep rising and sneak into the top 75.

Agreed. Love to see X and Providence push to the top-75, especially if DePaul & GT can stay top-135.

[Herman Cain]

NET rankings after last night January 11 games. Maryland beat Indiana ,not sure how that impacted our ranking. Xavier dropped down 3 spots. 
New  Old
21   20   Marquette   
26   26   St. John's
29   29   Villanova   
45   45   Seton Hall   
49   48   Butler   
52   52   Creighton   
80   77   Xavier   
93   93   Providence   
105   104   Georgetown   
123   124   DePaul   

[Herman Cain]

Cooley & Company up 2 at halftime over Georgetown.

[Herman Cain]

Cooley pulls a McDermott and Georgetown makes a prayer at the buzzer and sends it to overtime.