Big East Conference Results/ NCAA/NIT/CBI

[Herman Cain]

New Big East Conference Rankings as of Tuesday January 15 games. Providence moved up with their win over the Hall.  MU did not get much out of the win over Georgetown.
New Old
21   22   Marquette   
26   27   Villanova   
37   37   St. John's
47   39   Seton Hall   
52   50   Butler   
56   56   Creighton   
80   79   Xavier   
85   98   Providence   
92   90   DePaul   
98   99   Georgetown   

[rocky_warrior]

New Big East Conference Rankings as of Tuesday January 15 games. Providence moved up with their win over the Hall.  MU did not get much out of the win over Georgetown.
New Old
21   22   Marquette   
26   27   Villanova   
37   37   St. John's
47   39   Seton Hall   
52   50   Butler   
56   56   Creighton   
80   79   Xavier   
85   98   Providence   
92   90   DePaul   
98   99   Georgetown

Marquette beats Georgetown and they both move up one spot. Win-win!

[Mr. Nielsen]

14-3 run by St. John's to close the half.
39-34. St. John's.

[brewcity77]

St John's handles Creighton. Jays fall to 1-4 in league.

Butler showing off some slick looking uniforms at DePaul. Not as such on the court, down 12-4 early.

[nyg]

St John's handles Creighton. Jays fall to 1-4 in league.

Butler showing off some slick looking uniforms at DePaul. Not as such on the court, down 12-4 early.

Not anymore, Butler spanking them real bad now.

Jordan Tucker, the Duke transfer and former MU target, looking very good for Butler. 

[Mr. Nielsen]

17-0 run by Butler.


Former St. Louis forward Carte'Are Gordon transfer to DePaul. Was shown on the boardcast.

[Herman Cain]

Paul Reed for DePaul is a promising player. Some skills and length.

Butler just pulled away and played great team ball. Also a fair amount of Butler fans were at the game at Wintrust.

[brewcity77]

Not anymore, Butler spanking them real bad now.

Jordan Tucker, the Duke transfer and former MU target, looking very good for Butler.

I think DePaul is one of those teams that could really benefit from a postseason tournament, even a CIT/CBI type of run. At some point, their young guys have to see what it's like to win. If they were putting in 40 minute efforts, they would be a tourney team this year. No doubt in my mind. Instead, they lose games that they seemingly had well in hand: Northwestern, BC, Xavier. Even the Notre Dame, Villanova, and Butler games were all ones they were competitive in into the second half. Even their three most notable wins, Penn State, Seton Hall, and St. John's, were all games they had control of and very nearly threw away.

I know it's been a joke that they rehired Leitao, but he's done a decent job recruiting there and if he could get them to be at least 50/50 in the close games, they'd have a chance at some form of postseason play. Looking back, I think our little NIT run did help this year's team. Got us winning and competing in a more tense environment, which helped us to bring that intensity to the regular season. If that program is ever going to turn around, they could use some of that.

[Oldgym]

https://www.bigeastcoastbias.com/2019/1/16/18185954/damien-jefferson-injury-surgery-creighton-to-undergo-ankle-surgery

January is unkind to Creighton.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

I think DePaul is one of those teams that could really benefit from a postseason tournament, even a CIT/CBI type of run. At some point, their young guys have to see what it's like to win. If they were putting in 40 minute efforts, they would be a tourney team this year. No doubt in my mind. Instead, they lose games that they seemingly had well in hand: Northwestern, BC, Xavier. Even the Notre Dame, Villanova, and Butler games were all ones they were competitive in into the second half. Even their three most notable wins, Penn State, Seton Hall, and St. John's, were all games they had control of and very nearly threw away.

I know it's been a joke that they rehired Leitao, but he's done a decent job recruiting there and if he could get them to be at least 50/50 in the close games, they'd have a chance at some form of postseason play. Looking back, I think our little NIT run did help this year's team. Got us winning and competing in a more tense environment, which helped us to bring that intensity to the regular season. If that program is ever going to turn around, they could use some of that.

It's good to see them get some Chicago press. Looks like a decent recruiting class for next season.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-depaul-basketball-progress-momentum-20190117-story.html

[MUMountin]

I know it's been a joke that they rehired Leitao, but he's done a decent job recruiting there and if he could get them to be at least 50/50 in the close games, they'd have a chance at some form of postseason play.

To be honest, I think he was a good choice for them at this point even on the return.  My memory of his teams from the CUSA era was that they always played tough even without top tier talent.  Seems to understand what you need to do to be successful there. 

[Herman Cain]

Big East Net Rankings through games of Wednesday January 16. DePaul went down significantly with the home loss, Butler moved up with the road win.
New Old
20   21   Marquette   
24   26   Villanova   
34   37   St. John's
48   52   Butler   
49   47   Seton Hall   
58   56   Creighton   
81   80   Xavier   
82   85   Providence   
94   98   Georgetown   
112   92   DePaul   

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Paschall and Booth are gonna be a handful.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Paschall and Booth are gonna be a handful.

They will. Key is not letting someone like Gillespie hit 6 3PM in addition to everything that Boot hand Paschall bring.

[Johnny B]

I was in a bar in montego bay Jamaica and many of the tvs had nova Xavier on. Nice to see people watching the big east in different countries

[LloydsLegs]

They will. Key is not letting someone like Gillespie hit 6 3PM in addition to everything that Boot hand Paschall bring.

And he hit some of those from deeeeeeep nba land

[Herman Cain]

Big East NET rankings through Thursday January 17 games. Will be interesting to see how much Nova moves up when the results of tonight's games are calculated .  It would help the conference if they could move up in the same area MU is in.
New Old
20   20   Marquette   
25   24   Villanova   
35   34   St. John's
47   48   Butler   
49   49   Seton Hall   
59   58   Creighton   
78   81   Xavier   
82   82   Providence   
95   94   Georgetown   
117   112   DePaul   

[muwarrior69]

If X was just an average beyond the arc shooting team they could of stayed with Nova and made a game of it.

[StillWarriors]

It's good to see them get some Chicago press. Looks like a decent recruiting class for next season.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-depaul-basketball-progress-momentum-20190117-story.html

Two four stars coming in and a former top 75 transfer who will be eligible in November is pretty impressive. The four star from Chicago, Markese Jacobs, scored something like 45 and 46 in two games this week, one of them against very good competition. He hit 24-25 free throws I believe. Leitao seems to have things going in the right direction finally.

[MarquetteDano]

Two four stars coming in and a former top 75 transfer who will be eligible in November is pretty impressive. The four star from Chicago, Markese Jacobs, scored something like 45 and 46 in two games this week, one of them against very good competition. He hit 24-25 free throws I believe. Leitao seems to have things going in the right direction finally.

During Leitao's first stint he was an arrogant jag. Got knocked down a peg with Virginia debacle.  Will be interesting to see if success brings back old Leitao.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Two four stars coming in and a former top 75 transfer who will be eligible in November is pretty impressive. The four star from Chicago, Markese Jacobs, scored something like 45 and 46 in two games this week, one of them against very good competition. He hit 24-25 free throws I believe. Leitao seems to have things going in the right direction finally.

Jacobs is a ticking time bomb.

He had some issues last year, not off the court, but he was a terrible teammate and single handedly lost games for a pretty talented Uplift team.

Sure he can put up 40, but curious to see how he reacts to Leito and other talented players around him.

[Herman Cain]

Butler over The Johnnies

[tower912]

Hinkel is tough.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Butler over The Johnnies

Fun game to watch. Lots of runs though Butler always seemed to be able to keep them just out of reach

[Herman Cain]

Fun game to watch. Lots of runs though Butler always seemed to be able to keep them just out of reach

Kamar with 30 and Jordan Tucker ,getting better every game , had 24 with 6 of 11 from 3. I think this win by Butler is a good for the conference and MU in particular.