Big East Conference Results/ NCAA/NIT/CBI

[Its DJOver]

That Gtown/Hall game is exactly why you have to play straight up D in a one possession game late.  At the end of regulation, Gtown doubled Powell and he made the pass for an easy game tying bucket.  At the end of OT, they triple teamed Powell and he made the pass for an easy lay-up. 

Sometimes your best defender will fall down and give Ponds an easy lay-up, but gambling and double or triple teaming him will ultimately end up with an even easier shot for someone else more often than not.

[Herman Cain]

Big East Net Rankings as of games of Saturday March 2. Will be interesting to see when they actually publish the formula. Georgetown won yesterday and their ranking fell. Seton Hall lost yesterday and their ranking rose. Go figure.
New Old
19   21   Marquette   
26   27   Villanova   
57   56   Creighton   
58   59   St. John's (NY)   
60   55   Butler   
63   64   Seton Hall   
70   70   Xavier   
72   71   Georgetown   
78   77   Providence   
110   111   DePaul   

[BM1090]

SJU up 3 with 17 mins left but have seven players with 2 or 3 fouls

[Herman Cain]

The Johnnies up 6 at the first second half media timeout.

[Herman Cain]

Tied 55 55 11:17 left second.

[BM1090]

SJU is done unless Ponds goes nuts

[Galway Eagle]

this game is unbearable to watch with the fouls

[BM1090]

Ref show

[Herman Cain]

Strus having a big game

[NickelDimer]

Literally a whistle every possession. Unwatchable

[Herman Cain]

DePaul up 4 2:25 left

[MUfanatic45]

Another SJU loss

[nyg]

Ha, Depaul has missed 10 free throws, 8 of them by Olujibi.  Thanks to Strus going nuclear, looks like a Depaul win.

Depaul would sweep St. Johns and St. Johns sweeps MU.  Strange. 

[MU82]

That Gtown/Hall game is exactly why you have to play straight up D in a one possession game late.  At the end of regulation, Gtown doubled Powell and he made the pass for an easy game tying bucket.  At the end of OT, they triple teamed Powell and he made the pass for an easy lay-up. 

Sometimes your best defender will fall down and give Ponds an easy lay-up, but gambling and double or triple teaming him will ultimately end up with an even easier shot for someone else more often than not.

Maybe ... but DePaul has sent defender after defender on Ponds, obviously refusing to let him beat them down the stretch, and the rest of the Johnnies aren't up to the task.

[Herman Cain]

Ha, Depaul has missed 10 free throws, 8 of them by Olujibi.  Thanks to Strus going nuclear, looks like a Depaul win.

Depaul would sweep St. Johns and St. Johns sweeps MU.  Strange.

Wait till the fat lady sings before declaring victory lol...

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

[Herman Cain]

Congrats to DePaul . Strus with 43 wow

[nyg]

Lucky number 59.

Depaul scored 59 in second half.
Total fouls in game 59.

[muguru]

A team that many here thought would be the class of the conference just got swept..by Depaul..yet MU lost to them twice..think about that..SJU lost to everyone in the BE except MU and Creighton...but..on the plus side it helps MU towards the #1 seed..makes SJU's task tougher of finishing 3rd now

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

St john is a trainwreck offensively.  Not just this game which was a difference of Strus simply going off but to have so many weapons and stand around each possesion with five guys literally standing in place.  No ball movement, no player movement and then a bad shot is so broken and hard to watch.  If i was an SJU grad i would be beside myself.  Mullin needs to revamp his offensive philospohy or get a new offensive coordinator.  Less than impressed with ST. Jean.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Is it a must win for St. John's at Xavier next Saturday for its tourney hopes?

[Herman Cain]

St john is a trainwreck offensively.  Not just this game which was a difference of Strus simply going off but to have so many weapons and stand around each possesion with five guys literally standing in place.  No ball movement, no player movement and then a bad shot is so broken and hard to watch.  If i was an SJU grad i would be beside myself.  Mullin needs to revamp his offensive philospohy or get a new offensive coordinator.  Less than impressed with ST. Jean.

Alternatively they could recruit kids that come out of basketball cultures where winning is primary objective. Of course that is easier said than done.

[HowardsWorld]

Is it a must win for St. John's at Xavier next Saturday for its tourney hopes?

That team is toast. They are going to lose by 10+ at Xavier and lose in the first round of the BET. They will miss the NCAA tournament.

[brewcity77]

Is it a must win for St. John's at Xavier next Saturday for its tourney hopes?

The bubble is so bad that 8-10 might be enough, which is sad when you consider we went 9-9 last year with a better team. Those three wins over us & Nova are big.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Current Standings (with current tie breakers):

Villanova 13-4
Marquette 12-4
Georgetown 8-8
Xavier 8-8
St. Johns 8-9
Seton Hall 7-9
Creighton 7-9
Butler 6-10
Depaul 6-10
Providence 6-10

Projected Standings with expected results of remaining schedule via TRANK:

1. Marquette 14-4
[@SHU (W); vs. Gtown (W)]
*MU wins 3rd tie breaker of BE road record (MU's 6 wins to Nova's 3; Nova cannot catch MU on that tie breaker.  Teams splits H2H (1st tiebreaker); both teams 3-1 against teams tied for 3rd (2nd tiebreaker).*

2. Nova 14-4
[@SHU (W)]

3. Creighton 9-9
[vs.PC (W); vs. Depaul (W)

4. Xavier 9-9
[@Butler (L); vs. SJU (W)]

5. SJU 8-10
[@ X (L)]

6. Georgetown 8-10
[@ Depaul (L); @MU (L)]

7. Providence 7-11
[ @Creighton (L); vs. Butler (W)]

8. Butler 7-11
[vs. X (W); @PC (L)]

9. Depaul 7-11
[vs. Gtown (W); @ Creighton (L)]

10. Seton Hall 7-11
[vs. MU (L); vs. Nova (L)]


Big East Tourney Bracket (based on above results):

PC vs. Seton Hall
Butler vs. Depaul

Marquette vs. Butler/Depaul Winner
X vs. SJU

Nova vs. PC/Seton Hall Winner
Creighton vs. Gtown