Big East Conference Results/ NCAA/NIT/CBI

[MUBigDance]

Ha, agreed. Rule of thumb: if you think your audience will have to pause to think about them, don't use them. That's somewhere in Strunk & White, right???

Abbreviation Nazis...oh geeezzz.

[MU82]

Abbreviation Nazis...oh geeezzz.

Yeah, I hate the damn ANs!

[MUBigDance]

Yeah, I hate the damn ANs!

Funny!

And I admit I sometimes use the wrong verbiage....I once was using MQ for marquette and got rightly chastised.
What would people say I should use for two letter abbreviations...this is what comes to mind.  I guess people us PC for Providence.
VN-Villanova
MU-Marquette
SJ-St. Johns
GT-Georgetown
SH-Seton Hall
DP-Depaul
CR-Creighton
BT-Butler
PR-Providence   (PC ok, got it)
X-Xavier  (two letters seems overkill)

open to corrections.

[Herman Cain]

Creighton is a fun team to watch. I think they are a year away from being a top tier team. In the meantime as their performance last night showed MU has to keep its guard up in the rematch.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Creighton is a fun team to watch. I think they are a year away from being a top tier team. In the meantime as their performance last night showed MU has to keep its guard up in the rematch.

They should make a huge jump next season. As "down" as the Big East is this year it will be way more up next season.

[brewcity77]

Funny!

And I admit I sometimes use the wrong verbiage....I once was using MQ for marquette and got rightly chastised.
What would people say I should use for two letter abbreviations...this is what comes to mind.  I guess people us PC for Providence.
VN-Villanova
MU-Marquette
SJ-St. Johns
GT-Georgetown
SH-Seton Hall
DP-Depaul
CR-Creighton
BT-Butler
PR-Providence   (PC ok, got it)
X-Xavier  (two letters seems overkill)

open to corrections.

BU - Butler University
CU - Creighton University
DPU - DePaul University
GT - Georgetown
MU - Marquette University
PC - Providence College
SHU - Seton Hall University
SJU - St John's University
XU - Xavier University (though I can see X)
VU - Villanova University

Sometimes you just need the third letter.

[Galway Eagle]

BU - Butler University
CU - Creighton University
DPU - DePaul University
GT - Georgetown
MU - Marquette University
PC - Providence College
SHU - Seton Hall University
SJU - St John's University
XU - Xavier University (though I can see X)
VU - Villanova University

Sometimes you just need the third letter.

Based on the people I know who went to depaul maybe you don't need the third letter...

[Herman Cain]

Big East NET rankings as of games of Wednesday February 6. Interesting to see Creighton moved up after their loss to Nova. 
New Old
19   18   Villanova   
21   21   Marquette   
39   40   St. John's
54   58   Creighton   
56   55   Butler   
67   67   Seton Hall   
73   79   Georgetown   
85   81   Providence   
90   92   Xavier   
104   102   DePaul   

[Herman Cain]

Good to see entire league in action on Saturday.

[CountryRoads]

St. John's goes down to providence. My ideal scenario is they are a fringe bubble team and we end their season at the garden.

[Herman Cain]

Butler needed that win

[MU82]

St. John's goes down to providence. My ideal scenario is they are a fringe bubble team and we end their season at the garden.

I like it.

Some folks think StJ has "our number." They beat us by 1 whole point on a night we didn't shoot well. I'd love to see them again in the BEast tourney. We'll clean their clocks!

[Mr. Nielsen]

Big game for both Creighton and Seton Hall on CBSSN. 14-9. Hall up early.

DePaul up on Xavier 13-11 in a rock fight on FS1.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Was about to say, if you wanna see some bad basketball then X vs. DePaul is the game for you. It has picked up a little bit though in the last few minutes.

[brewcity77]

Was about to say, if you wanna see some bad basketball then X vs. DePaul is the game for you. It has picked up a little bit though in the last few minutes.

Check out Creighton & Seton Hall. Really bad basketball on both ends.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Seton Hall ends the game on a 11-2 run. Beats Creighton by 5.

DePaul won at Xavier by 12.

[SaveOD238]

St. John's, Seton Hall, DePaul, Georgetown, Butler in 5-way tie at 5-6.  If the season ended today, I think DePaul would be the three seed, since they are 3-1 in that five team mini-conference.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

St. John's, Seton Hall, DePaul, Georgetown, Butler in 5-way tie at 5-6.  If the season ended today, I think DePaul would be the three seed, since they are 3-1 in that five team mini-conference.

I don't think so. I think the earlier tiebreaker is win against highest rated conference opponent. So I think St. John's get the 3 seed because of their wins over us

[CountryRoads]

I know many here had strong opinions a few weeks ago about this, but is it outlandish to think that if selection Sunday were tomorrow only 2 big east teams would get in? What a weird season.

I'm not sure I see any team breaking through in the remaining 7 games.

I think we're looking at MU/Villanova plus a possible BET winner wild card. Other than that I'm not seeing it. Maybe one of those teams will make a play in game. Down year. Happy MU is one of the top 2.

[wadesworld]

I know many here had strong opinions a few weeks ago about this, but is it outlandish to think that if selection Sunday were tomorrow only 2 big east teams would get in? What a weird season.

I'm not sure I see any team breaking through in the remaining 7 games.

I think we're looking at MU/Villanova plus a possible BET winner wild card. Other than that I'm not seeing it. Maybe one of those teams will make a play in game. Down year. Happy MU is one of the top 2.

Yes, it's outlandish.

[Herman Cain]

Have to see how all the teams in the league end up. Still a lot of games to go and one of the lower 8!could go on a run. The Johnnies really screwed up today.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Have to see how all the teams in the league end up. Still a lot of games to go and one of the lower 8!could go on a run. The Johnnies really screwed up today.

The Johnnies screw up every time they don't play MU.

Pops was asking me what I thought about Providence +6 today. Told him PC was much better than their record indicates and St. John's is always good for a clunker.

Not long after the the game got a text saying "Shoulda bet more"

[brewcity77]

The Johnnies screw up every time they don't play MU.

Or Creighton. 2-0 with wins by 15 at home & 16 in Omaha.

[SaveOD238]

I don't think so. I think the earlier tiebreaker is win against highest rated conference opponent. So I think St. John's get the 3 seed because of their wins over us

As usual, TAMU, I'm right on this one:

MULTIPLE-TEAM TIE (3 or more teams)

1. Teams are viewed as a "mini-conference" when comparing head-to-head results. The team with the best record vs. the other teams in the mini-conference gains the advantage. The team with the worst record vs. the other teams in the mini-conference is seeded the lowest.

[warriorchick]

Based on the people I know who went to depaul maybe you don't need the third letter...

In recent history, four letters have been appropriate.