Big East Conference Results/ NCAA/NIT/CBI

[Herman Cain]

Georgetown won in overtime. Cooley and his buddy McDermott can get together and cry in their beer now.

[Herman Cain]

Ponds out tonight for The Johnnies against DePaul. Back Injury.
https://twitter.com/BrandonTierney/status/1084210135990456321

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Ponds out tonight for The Johnnies against DePaul. Back Injury.
https://twitter.com/BrandonTierney/status/1084210135990456321

Cue "carrying the entire St. John's team on his back" jokes.

[Herman Cain]

DePaul up 1 at half . 31-30.

[Mr. Nielsen]

DePaul up 48-41 @St. John's.
12:12 left on CBSSN.

[Herman Cain]

DePaul up 7 . 48-41 . 12:21 left in second.

[CountryRoads]

Would ponds be sitting if it was against a better team?

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Would ponds be sitting if it was against a better team?

DePaul isn't really DePaul bad this year. Don't get me wrong, still bottom half of the BEast, but they may be able to avoid the play in game for the tourney if things go right.

[BM1090]

Would ponds be sitting if it was against a better team?

Yeah I'd assume so. No reason to make an "easy" conference game into a hard one.

[Heisenberg]

Final

DePaul 79 - #24 St. Johns 71

When was the last time DePaul beat a ranked team on the road?

[Mr. Nielsen]

DePaul doesn't crap their pants versus Northwestern & Boston College, they would be 12-3.

[Herman Cain]

DePaul is a solid team. They are learning how to win. Very dangerous can't let guard down against them.

[muguru]

Ponds or not, DePaul has NO business winning at SJU..I know everyone thinks that team is the greatest team since sliced bread...but they are a .500 team in the BE currently..MU getting blasted there was NOT by any stretch a good look.

[tower912]

SJU without Ponds is like MU without Markus.  I would expect Depaul beat MU if Markus didn't play.

[CountryRoads]

DePaul isn't really DePaul bad this year. Don't get me wrong, still bottom half of the BEast, but they may be able to avoid the play in game for the tourney if things go right.

Yeah, no doubt. MU will have their hands full in both games against them. Just seemed odd when they said he has been dealing with a back injury the past few games.

St. John's escaped against Georgetown last week or so. Could easily be 1-4 in conference play. Not sure where they end up in the standings. Could be near the bottom. 😳

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Ponds or not, DePaul has NO business winning at SJU..I know everyone thinks that team is the greatest team since sliced bread...but they are a .500 team in the BE currently..MU getting blasted there was NOT by any stretch a good look.

1. This isn't a usual DePaul team
2. Shamorie Ponds is one of the top two players in the conference and top 25ish in the country. Any team would struggle without him
3. Since playing us, SJU had their sixth man Mikey Dixon transfer
4. With Dixon and Ponds out, they really only have 4 Big East level players on the roster. Playing guys like Trimble, Williams Jr, and Keita for big minutes is not a recipe for success
5. Sometimes good teams play bad. Sometimes bad teams play good. Sometimes both things happen on the same night.

Getting blown out by anyone is not a good look. But trying to make it more than one bad game on an otherwise strong resume is not a good look either.

[Cheeks]

Ponds or not, DePaul has NO business winning at SJU..I know everyone thinks that team is the greatest team since sliced bread...but they are a .500 team in the BE currently..MU getting blasted there was NOT by any stretch a good look.

Pitt beat Louisville a few days ago.  Today Louisville beat North Carolina by 20 in Chapel Hill. 

Sometimes teams do crazy things.  SJU hasn't played without Ponds, they looked lost.  Not surprising.  DePaul has given teams fits, including Villanova.  Why is this hard to comprehend?

[brewcity77]

Ponds or not, DePaul has NO business winning at SJU..I know everyone thinks that team is the greatest team since sliced bread...but they are a .500 team in the BE currently..MU getting blasted there was NOT by any stretch a good look.

DePaul isn't bad. They were 85+% to win in the second half against Northwestern, BC, and X. Finish those games and they're a tourney team. This is the best DePaul team in more than a decade.

[muguru]

DePaul isn't bad. They were 85+% to win in the second half against Northwestern, BC, and X. Finish those games and they're a tourney team. This is the best DePaul team in more than a decade.

That isn't saying much, they are still DePaul

[HowardsWorld]

That isn't saying much, they are still DePaul

They are still Depaul as in the DePaul that always seems to play us close or beat us when they have no business even being in the game? Then yes I agree they are still DePaul. The same Depaul that ended our season last year.

[Cheeks]

That isn't saying much, they are still DePaul

Wow.  Yeah, actually it says a lot.  Teams can get better, each year is totally different than the previous year.

Again, this is not hard.  Kansas State for decades was a horrific football program, then they got good and routinely went to bowl games.  It can happen.  Come on.

[Cheeks]

They are still Depaul as in the DePaul that always seems to play us close or beat us when they have no business even being in the game? Then yes I agree they are still DePaul. The same Depaul that ended our season last year.

Penn State ended our season last year,  but yes DePaul has played us tough over the years.  They beat a Buzz team, beat Wojo and Crean teams, etc. 

[GooooMarquette]

Penn State ended our season last year,  but yes DePaul has played us tough over the years.  They beat a Buzz team, beat Wojo and Crean teams, etc.

We're their Super Bowl.

[HowardsWorld]

Penn State ended our season last year,  but yes DePaul has played us tough over the years.  They beat a Buzz team, beat Wojo and Crean teams, etc.

I meant the loss to Depaul all but sealed out fate that we were not going to the tournament.

[Herman Cain]

I meant the loss to Depaul all but sealed out fate that we were not going to the tournament.

I agree with this analysis.