Big East Conference Results/ NCAA/NIT/CBI

[wadesworld]

The only game that worries me at this point is Butler at home.

Let's get it.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Xavier up 6 with 2:30 left at Seton Hall. Nothing good can come from Xavier winning.

[Its DJOver]

StJ is the most inconsistent team I've ever seen.

[nyg]

Providence won without Khalif Young (concussion) and without Ashton-Langford, who hurt ankle in game and was seen in a boot later on. 

[wadesworld]

I hope Marquette is a 1 or 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and the BE gets 9 NIT teams.

[MU82]

Crazy night in the BEast.

Thankfully, the only team that matters provided a sense of sanity!

[source?]

Providence won without Khalif Young (concussion) and without Ashton-Langford, who hurt ankle in game and was seen in a boot later on.

So, he's transferring to Marquette?

[Herman Cain]

Wow the lower 8 in the league keep cannibalizing each other.   The Hall loss was not good for the leagues cause.

[muwarrior69]

Yet the Hall and the Johnnies are considered in whereas Butler even with a losing record is on the bubble as last 4 in according to CBS analyst last night.

[brewcity77]

Yet the Hall and the Johnnies are considered in whereas Butler even with a losing record is on the bubble as last 4 in according to CBS analyst last night.

They're in, but it will be awfully dicey if they finish with sub-.500 league records. Georgetown also likely crawled back into the conversation last night. Their win over Nova gives them 3 Q1 wins while Illinois' recent surge has them knocking on the door of becoming a fourth.

[Galway Eagle]

They're in, but it will be awfully dicey if they finish with sub-.500 league records. Georgetown also likely crawled back into the conversation last night. Their win over Nova gives them 3 Q1 wins while Illinois' recent surge has them knocking on the door of becoming a fourth.

I would much rather GTown in over Hall or Johnnies. I really dislike both of those programs. SJU has a massively inflated view of where they stand all time and SHU annoys me ever since Pope and Hazel played.

[MUMonster03]

We just need Wojo to keep the team focused on the next game and not what others are doing. As long as he does that hopefully we can avoid the losses that should never happen. Marquette is no longer the team hunting for the big wins at the end of the season to increase their resume, instead we have become the hunted with two bubble teams as our last two games.

[wadesworld]

We just need Wojo to keep the team focused on the next game and not what others are doing. As long as he does that hopefully we can avoid the losses that should never happen. Marquette is no longer the team hunting for the big wins at the end of the season to increase their resume, instead we have become the hunted with two bubble teams as our last two games.

Yup.

[UWW2MU]

We just need Wojo to keep the team focused on the next game and not what others are doing. As long as he does that hopefully we can avoid the losses that should never happen. Marquette is no longer the team hunting for the big wins at the end of the season to increase their resume, instead we have become the hunted with two bubble teams as our last two games.

Luckily, we don't control the outcome of these games so we're free to speculate and dissect Big East outcomes all we want.  After all, the better the conference does in the tournament, the better for MU in the long run. 

Besides, you see these teams so much during the year, do you not have any interest in how it shakes out?  If not, why bother clicking on the "Big East Conference Results" thread?

[MU82]

We just need Wojo to keep the team focused on the next game and not what others are doing.

Absolutely. That's part of his job.

Luckily, we don't control the outcome of these games so we're free to speculate and dissect Big East outcomes all we want.

Absolutely. That's part of our "job."

I started a whole thread on me being concerned about the DePaul game. I was wrong about that game because we beat the stuffin' out of 'em. And somehow, my thread didn't prevent us from beating Nova. I thought I had more control than that, but I guess not.

[copious1218]

MU can now win the Big East with three more wins as long as one is Nova.  Would be tied if Nova won their other 3 games, but MU would have the season sweep.

[Herman Cain]

Big East Net Rankings as of Games of Wednesday February 20.I believe Georgetown will now be considered a Q1 win. Also it is not yet known how these rankings will figure into NIT, but as of now every team has a winning record which would make our entire conference NCAA or NIT eligible.
New Old

19   20   Marquette   
27   22   Villanova   
48   44   St. John's (NY)   
49   49   Butler   
54   62   Creighton   
64   60   Seton Hall   
71   81   Georgetown   
74   88   Providence   
89   94   Xavier   
110   99   DePaul   

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The entire conference gets a major bump thanks to Georgetown and Providence making the jump north of 75.

[Herman Cain]

Big East Net Rankings as of games of Thursday February 21.
New Old
19   19   Marquette   
27   27   Villanova   
49   48   St. John's (NY)   
50   49   Butler   
56   54   Creighton   
64   64   Seton Hall   
69   71   Georgetown   
73   74   Providence   
89   89   Xavier   
109   110   DePaul   

[Mr. Nielsen]

Question for my math people. The quad system is still the same as last season, it's just based off the NET and not the RPI?

[brewcity77]

Question for my math people. The quad system is still the same as last season, it's just based off the NET and not the RPI?

Correct. The only change is the division of Quadrant 1 & Quadrant 2 into Q1A/B & Q2A/B on the team sheets.

[MU82]

So we won on the road against a top-75 NET team. Does our NET automatically go up? Does this loss - at home to a top-20 team - hurt Providence?

I guess I still don't understand the system very well.

As I used to tell my buddies when they were describing whatever golf game they wanted to play: "Just tell me how much I owe at the end of the round."

[brewcity77]

So we won on the road against a top-75 NET team. Does our NET automatically go up? Does this loss - at home to a top-20 team - hurt Providence?

I guess I still don't understand the system very well.

As I used to tell my buddies when they were describing whatever golf game they wanted to play: "Just tell me how much I owe at the end of the round."

The win and loss, no. Had we won by 1, our NET likely goes down while Providence's goes up. However because of the margin of victory, I expect ours will improve and theirs decline. That's why this, while a Quadrant 1 win now, will probably be Q2 by tomorrow. We beat Providence so bad I expect them to drop out of Q1.

[MU82]

The win and loss, no. Had we won by 1, our NET likely goes down while Providence's goes up. However because of the margin of victory, I expect ours will improve and theirs decline. That's why this, while a Quadrant 1 win now, will probably be Q2 by tomorrow. We beat Providence so bad I expect them to drop out of Q1.

So if Wojo were really smart, we'd have beaten them only by what, 9?

[MUMountin]

So if Wojo were really smart, we'd have beaten them only by what, 9?

No, but we hope for Providence to win out big to get/stay above 75.