General Big East Thread 20-21

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

So good to be watching basketball again. Didn't watch everything but from what I saw the best performances in the BEast tonight were:

1. X by 52 over Oakland (down 2 reserves)
2. Providence by 41 over Fairfield
3. Marquette by 42 over APB (down 1 reserve)
4. Villanova by 9 over BC (down 2 reserves)
5. UConn by 27 over Central Connecticut (down Tyrese Martin)
6. St. John's by 1 over St. Peter's (down Julian Champagnie)
7. Georgetown by 8 over UMBC (down 1 reserve)
8. Butler by 4 over Western Michigan (down 1 reserve)

[Its DJOver]

X is not a good offensive team.  Struggling mightily with Bradley.

[BM1090]

X is not a good offensive team.  Struggling mightily with Bradley.

Final Four good.

[Its DJOver]

X survives.  Fts no matta, except when you have a 1-and-1 down 1 with .4 seconds left.

[MU82]

X very fortunate to beat the Fighting Wardles.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I already hate Zach Freemantle

[Billy Hoyle]

St John's without Dunn and Champagne against LaSalle today.

[MU82]

I already hate Zach Freemantle

Only watched the last 5 mins. He looked totally gassed the entire time.

[brewcity77]

Villanova up 41-32 on Arizona State at halftime. ASU started hot but Nova slowed it down and imposed their will to take a relatively comfortable lead. JRE looks awesome. On the other end, Josh Christopher is a stud. High-flyer that can do a bit of everything.

[shoothoops]

Glass eaters. 25-10 Nova.

Both teams shooting poorly, Nova missing better looks than what ASU has been getting. ASU hanging around for now. Vastly improved game for Jeremiah Robinson-Earl for Villanova this season thus far. Lots of player development going on there.

[brewcity77]

After winning the Empire Classic, Villanova has decided to stay at Mohegan Sun and added a game with Virginia Tech to their schedule because Temple went on quarantine. Virginia Tech was supposed to play Temple tomorrow while Villanova was supposed to play them Dec. 3, so the schools decided to fill their Temple vacancies with each other. Scheduling games 48 hours in advance, welcome to the new reality.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/villanova-wins-empire-classic-extends-stay-in-bubbleville-by-adding-game-vs-virginia-tech-on-saturday/

[HutchwasClutch]

After winning the Empire Classic, Villanova has decided to stay at Mohegan Sun and added a game with Virginia Tech to their schedule because Temple went on quarantine. Virginia Tech was supposed to play Temple tomorrow while Villanova was supposed to play them Dec. 3, so the schools decided to fill their Temple vacancies with each other. Scheduling games 48 hours in advance, welcome to the new reality.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/villanova-wins-empire-classic-extends-stay-in-bubbleville-by-adding-game-vs-virginia-tech-on-saturday/

Well played by the schools. Need to be able to adjust on a dime in times like this.

[shoothoops]

Goal setting.

In the past 7 plus seasons and counting, Villanova has won:

6 Big East Regular Season Titles
4 Big East Tourney Titles
2 NCAA Titles
7 November Tourneys

Not bad. Not bad at all.

[BM1090]

Xavier down a couple to Toledo at the u4 timeout.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I'm happy Xavier pulled off the win, but part of me is enjoying watching them struggle the last two games. It took awhile but the camaraderie of the Catholic 7 + 3 is slowly being replaced by an irrational hatred for our conference rivals. It feels nice.

[MU82]

Holy Toledo ... that was close!

[Uncle Rico]

I'm happy Xavier pulled off the win, but part of me is enjoying watching them struggle the last two games. It took awhile but the camaraderie of the Catholic 7 + 3 is slowly being replaced by an irrational hatred for our conference rivals. It feels nice.

In another lifetime, Xavier was one of the few teams outside MUBB that I cheered for, going back to the Pete Gillen days.  Since they've joined the Big East, I've found their fan base to be amongst the most hateable in the new league.  They're right behind Seton Hall for me at the moment

[BM1090]

I'm happy Xavier pulled off the win, but part of me is enjoying watching them struggle the last two games. It took awhile but the camaraderie of the Catholic 7 + 3 is slowly being replaced by an irrational hatred for our conference rivals. It feels nice.

I don't hate anyone in the conference. SHU was definitely on the list last year but with Powell gone the hate has dialed back a bit.

It was better for MU if X won that game so I was happy to see them pull it off.

[WhiteTrash]

The last team I hated in conference was Sayracuse.  So arrogant. I'm cool with our current roster of teams.

[wadesworld]

From most hate to least hate in the Big East, I'd rank them:

1) Seton Hall (large gap between them and the rest)
2) Creighton
3) Butler - almost entirely because of their fans
4) St. John's (mainly because of PTSD from teams not as good as ours running us out of the gym)
5) UCONN
6) Providence
7) DePaul
8) Georgetown
9) Xavier
10) Nova

[MU82]

SH played Louisville to 38-38 halftime tie but opened 2H getting outhustled over and over, and quickly down 45-38.

[PGsHeroes32]

Aiken hurt already

[mumi27]

Aiken hurt already

Not even trying to be mean but I am in no way surprised. Aiken hasn't played more than 18 games in a season in four years so I'm not confident that he does much for Seton Hall this year if those injury issues continue

[Uncle Rico]

Hahaha, Seton Hall

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Hahaha, Seton Hall

So long as Mamu, Cale, and Willard are still around, they're still very much unlikeable.