Go St. John’s

[Cheeks]

Need them to pull off win against Nova tomorrow

[Mr. Nielsen]

Need them to pull off win against Nova tomorrow

Sunday

[dannyb334]

Don't NEED them to. MU controls their own destiny to the BE 1 seed

[Cheeks]

Sunday

Ah, thank you

[robmufan]

Don't NEED them to. MU controls their own destiny to the BE 1 seed

This is true. Even if St. Johns wins, and MU loses @Nova they will be ahead.

At this point...please just keep St. Johns on the other side of the BET bracket.

[MDMU04]

Screw St John's.

[Johnny B]

What's up with people wanting st John's on the other side of the bracket? I say I hope we play them again. If we cant beat a bubble st John's 1 out of three times then we dont deserve to make a run in March. I mean come on.

[BM1090]

What's up with people wanting st John's on the other side of the bracket? I say I hope we play them again. If we cant beat a bubble st John's 1 out of three times then we dont deserve to make a run in March. I mean come on.

Because we struggle with them and they are clearly a bad matchup. It would be a true road game instead of neutral. We want our team to win the BET and playing both SJU and Nova decreases the chances of that.

[mu03eng]

What's up with people wanting st John's on the other side of the bracket? I say I hope we play them again. If we cant beat a bubble st John's 1 out of three times then we dont deserve to make a run in March. I mean come on.

Sometimes teams are just bad match-ups irrespective of their actual record.

[Anti-Dentite]

What's up with people wanting st John's on the other side of the bracket? I say I hope we play them again. If we cant beat a bubble st John's 1 out of three times then we dont deserve to make a run in March. I mean come on.

I agree, the Johnnies have a whuppin' coming from us and MU will whup them in a 3rd meeting.

[The Lens]

I want the Johnnies on the other side of the bracket bc a Saturday night tilt at the Garden vs St. John's would be electric. 

[Cheeks]

Because we struggle with them and they are clearly a bad matchup. It would be a true road game instead of neutral. We want our team to win the BET and playing both SJU and Nova decreases the chances of that.

It's why I want no part of Florida State, Maryland and a few other teams in the early rounds of the NCAA.....long is our enemy it seems.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

What's up with people wanting st John's on the other side of the bracket? I say I hope we play them again. If we cant beat a bubble st John's 1 out of three times then we dont deserve to make a run in March. I mean come on.

St. John's isn't and won't really be a bubble team.

[StillWarriors]

Because we struggle with them and they are clearly a bad matchup. It would be a true road game instead of neutral. We want our team to win the BET and playing both SJU and Nova decreases the chances of that.

Agree that St. John's in the Garden would essentially be another road game and present a big challenge, but don't necessarily buy that they are a bad matchup to the point we should be afraid of them. We missed numerous really good looks that just wouldn't go down against St. John's at FF. It happens. I'd feel differently if they were playing incredible D that we couldn't shake due to their length (some of Markus's misses on 2s could be attributable to that), but I don't believe that was the case. Sam and Joey in particular had a bunch of good looks, any one of which results in a W, and a few in a comfortable W.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I'm also in the camp that wouldn't mind a rematch with St. John's. I think we figured out how to beat them in the 2nd half of the last game but just ran out of time at the end. I think the third matchup would go a lot differently.

Now that doesn't mean that I disagree about them being a bad matchup. They are, but I think we that much better of a team that I expect us to overcome the bad matchup and win. It's nice having a team that you expect to win almost every night again

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I don't care who Marquette plays in the BET.  Then again,  I don't really care that much about Marquette winning the BET.

Regular season and NCAA tournament are much more important to me.  When Marquette is a lock to get an at large, losing in the conference tourney is "meh."

[Pepe Sylvia]

I've never seen Marquette win a conference tourney so it means quite a bit to me.

[GooooMarquette]

I don't care who Marquette plays in the BET.  Then again,  I don't really care that much about Marquette winning the BET.

Regular season and NCAA tournament are much more important to me.  When Marquette is a lock to get an at large, losing in the conference tourney is "meh."

Yep. I am FAR more interested in making a deep run in the Dance. BET would be nice, and this team has the talent to make lots of noise in both, but I won't be crushed if we don't win the BET.

[Herman Cain]

Rooting for The Johnnies. A quality win by them helps the Big East cause.

[bilsu]

Yep. I am FAR more interested in making a deep run in the Dance. BET would be nice, and this team has the talent to make lots of noise in both, but I won't be crushed if we don't win the BET.

People worried about being tired, but most of the teams that make the elite 8 did well in their conference tournaments. Every game you win in the conference tournament may lead to a higher seed. I also rather entered the tournament on high than a low. I am more worried about the NCAA tournament, because nobody on this team has won an NCAA game. I think that is a bigger factor than how many games we play in the Big East tournament.

[BrewCity83]

Johnnies beat Nova this weekend, then MU beats Nova at Nova, and we have a one-game cushion to lose a regular season (non-Nova) game and still win the Big East.

[Dawson Rental]

Is Herron playing?

[GooooMarquette]

People worried about being tired, but most of the teams that make the elite 8 did well in their conference tournaments. Every game you win in the conference tournament may lead to a higher seed. I also rather entered the tournament on high than a low. I am more worried about the NCAA tournament, because nobody on this team has won an NCAA game. I think that is a bigger factor than how many games we play in the Big East tournament.

I'm not worried about the team being tired. I just don't get worked up about the BET because I don't think it will have any bearing on our NCAA performance. As for seeding, I really doubt we can move up to a 2, even with a BET win.

FWIW - our last Final Four appearance was preceded with a disheartening loss in the C-USA Tournament. Our last conference tournament title let to a one-and-done NCAA. I'm not saying fatigue was a factor - just saying I don't think there is any relationship between conference tournaments and the NCAA, unless you are on the bubble.

[muguru]

Because we struggle with them and they are clearly a bad matchup. It would be a true road game instead of neutral. We want our team to win the BET and playing both SJU and Nova decreases the chances of that.

SJU almost never plays well at MSG during the tourney or regular season..is it any wonder they ALWAYS play MU at that band box carnesecca??

[mileskishnish72]

[quote  It's nice having a team that you expect to win almost every night again
[/quote]

Isn't that the truth.